Belgian Basketball All-Star Game

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StatusInactive
FrequencyAnnually
Inaugurated1998 and 2017
Most recent2019
Belgian Basketball All-Star Game
StatusInactive
FrequencyAnnually
Inaugurated1998 and 2017
Most recent2019
Organized byBelgian Basketball League

The Belgian Basketball All-Star Game was an annual basketball event in Belgium, organised by the Belgian Basketball League.

Shaun Stonerook played in the 2001 All-Star Game.

It was fist launched in 1998 and lasted until 2001. After a long hiatus, the event returned in 2017, under the name Orange All Star Game. It took place in Kortrijk with the selection limited to only home-grown players of the EuroMillions Basketball League (a player should have had at least four years of training in Belgium between the ages of 12 and 21). In the following 2018 edition, all players of the league (including foreigners) were eligible for selection.[1]

The profits from the 2019 edition (the 3d Orange All Star Game) at the Forest National, were donated to an association committed to the fight against cancer.[2]

The 2020 and 2021 editions were suspended due to COVID-19. It has not been held since 2019.

Well-known players like J.R. Holden,[3] Shaun Stonerook,[4] Ron Ellis,[5] Roger Huggins and Tomas Van Den Spiegel have featured in the All-Star Game.

List of games

Bold: Team that won the game.

Year Date / Location Team 1 Score Team 2 MVP Club
1998
1999
2000 United Kingdom Roger Huggins Racing Basket Antwerpen
2001 [6] 7 January East All Stars 127-120 West All Stars United States Belgium Ralph Biggs Sunair Oostende
2002-2016Not held
2017 [7][8][9] 29 December, Kortrijk Team Orange 107-109 Team Black Belgium Anthony Lambot [10] Leuven Bears
2018 [11][12] 27 December, Kortrijk Team Belgium 116-127 Team World
2019 [13][14][15] 28 December, Forest National, Brussels Team Belgium 111-118 Team World not awarded -

Three-Point Shoot Contest

Season Player Team
2000-01Belgium Danny Herman [16]
2017-18Belgium Terry Deroover [17]Liege Basket
2018-19United States Matt MobleySpirou Charleroi
2019-20United States Katin ReinhardtUnion Mons-Hainaut

Slam-Dunk winners

Season Player Team
2017-18Belgium Hans VanwijnAntwerp Giants
2018-19Belgium Ismaël BakoAntwerp Giants
2019-20Belgium Francis TorreborreLiège Basket

Skill Challenge winners

Season Player Team
2018-19Belgium Senne GeukensOkapi Aalstar
2019-20Montenegro Vladimir MihailovicOkapi Aalstar

Topscorers

Season Player Points Team
2000-01United States Otis Hill19Racing Antwerpen
2017-18Belgium Vincent Kesteloot24BC Oostende
2018-19United States Zach Thomas19Okapi Aalst

Players with most appearances

Current president of ULEB, Tomas Van Den Spiegel played in the 2000 and 2001 editions.
Player All-Star Editions Notes
Belgium Jacques Stas[18]31998, 1999, 2000
United Kingdom Roger Huggins[19]31999, 2000, 20012000 Belgian All Star Game MVP
United States Jim Potter [20]31998, 2000, 2001
United States Belgium Ralph Biggs[21]22000, 20012001 Belgian All Star Game MVP
Belgium Tomas Van Den Spiegel[22][23]22000, 2001
Belgium Eric Cleymans [24]21998, 2000

See also

References

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