YUBA All-Star Game
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The YUBA All-Star Game was an annual basketball event in Yugoslavia, organised by the YUBA League and it was established in 1997. The YUBA All-Star Game lasted until 2003.
| YUBA Basketball All-Star Game | |
|---|---|
| Status | Inactive |
| Inaugurated | 1997 |
Most recent | 2003 |
| Organized by | YUBA League |
Montenegrin Mladen Šekularac is the player with the most participations in the history of the event.
Background
The previous All-Star Game experience in Yugoslavia was the 1991 Yu All-Star just before the country was dissolved.[1] That event included all the big names who played in the unified Yugoslav League, including Croatians Toni Kukoc and Dino Radja, Slovenian Jure Zdovc, Bosnian Mario Primorac and many others. Then in 1992 the YUBA League was founded and lasted until 2006 (when Yugoslavia was split to two countries, Serbia and Montenegro).
In 1997 the YUBA League followed the example of the Croatian Federation and launched its own All-Star Game, six years since the Yu All-Star (the Croatian All-Star Game started in the 1992–94 season).
All Star Game events
Apart from the main match, the All Star Game included a three-point shootout and a slam-dunk contest.
Slam-Dunk winners
| Year | Venue | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Hala Pionir, Belgrade |   Vladimir Petrović[2] | KK Borac Čačak |
| 2003 | Hala Pionir, Belgrade | ||
Three-point shootout contest
Aftermath
A few years after the last YUBA All-Star edition in 2003, the Adriatic Basketball Association All-Star Game was established for players from the former Yugoslavia leagues.
Players with most appearances
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| Player | All-Star | Editions | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mladen Šekularac | 4 [3] | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 | |
| Dejan Milojevic | 3 [4] | 1999, 2000, 2001 | |
| Vlado Scepanovic | 3 [5] | 1998, 1999, 2000 | |
| Dejan Tomasevic | 2 [6] | 1999, 2000 | |
| Nenad Canak | 2 [7] | 1999, 2000 | |
| Milenko Topic | 2 [8] | 1998, 2000 | 1x MVP (2000) |
| Veselin Petrovic | 2 [9] | 1999, 2000 | |
 Aleksandar Nađfeji | 2 [10] | 1999, 2001 | |
| Jovo Stanojević | 2 [11] | 1999, 2000 | |
| Ognjen Aškrabić | 2 [12] | 2000, 2001 | |
| Milos Vujanic | 2 [13] | 2001, 2003 | |
Eligible foreign players for selection (1997-2001)
Simeon Haley – Crvena zvezda (1997)-
Dayon Ninkovic – Crvena zvezda (1998) 
Neno Ašćerić – Crvena zvezda (2000)
Neno Ašćerić – KK Partizan (2000)-
Dusan Jelic – Crvena zvezda (2000–2001) - Jason Crowe – KK Sloga (2000–2001)
Predrag Materić – KK Partizan (2001–2002, 2003–2004)- Peter Cornell – KK Partizan (2001)
- Schea Cotton – KK Partizan (2001)
- Daymeon Fishback – Crvena zvezda (2000–2001)
- Mahmoud Jameel – KK Sloga (2000–2001)
Other notable participants
- Nikola Jestratijević (2000) [14]
- Dragan Lukovski (2000) [15]
- Igor Rakočević (1999) [16]
- Djuro Ostojic (1999) [17]
- Stevan Nađfeji (2001) [18]
- Aleksandar Glintić (1998) [19]
- Miroslav Beric (1997) [20]
- Dusan Kecman (2001) [21]
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Žarko Čabarkapa (2001) [22] - Goran Nikolić (2001) [23]
- Vladimir Tica (2001) [24]
- Nebojša Bogavac (2001) [25]
- Goran Ćakić (2001) [26]
- Vladimir Kuzmanović (1999) [27]