HEBA Greek All-Star Game

HEBA All-Star Game
	ΕΣΑΚΕ All-Star Game
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1991
Country	Greece
Continent	Europe
Official website	Esake.gr/AllStar

The HEBA Greek All-Star Game, also known as the EKO Greek All-Star Game for sponsorship reasons, is the All-Star Game of the HEBA (Greek: ΕΣΑΚΕ) Greek professional basketball association for men. It was founded and organized by Gus Sarianides. The men's all-star game has most often been played in a format featuring the Greek All-Stars, versus the Rest of the World All-Stars. There is also a men's slam dunk competition, and a men's 3-point shootout competition. The all-star weekend also features a game between under age 22 players and senior age players (players that are retired professionals), called the Rising Stars versus the All-Time Stars.

Finally, there are also youth 3-point shootout and youth slam dunk competitions, for the age 22 and under players. The all-star weekend previously featured an age 20 and under all-star game, called the Hopes or Youth All-Star Game.

Format

Players from the professional top-tier level Greek Basket League, the professional 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League, and the Greek lower level divisions, are eligible to compete at the All-Star Game's weekend festivities. Normally, only players from the top-tier level Greek Basket League are eligible to compete in the men's all-star game. However, sometimes players from lower level divisions can also play in the men's all-star game, if they are selected on all-star day, during the all-star weekend festivities, as special participants by the coaches of the game, to play in the all-star game.

Such players however, are not considered to be all-star selections, because they are not officially chosen to be all-stars, and because they do not actually play in the top-tier level Greek Basket League, from which the actual all-star selections are chosen. However, players from the lower-tier level Greek divisions can participate in the men's slam dunk and men's 3 point shootout contests.

Logos

(The current official logo of the HEBA Greek All-Star Game.)
(The previous official logo of the HEBA Greek All-Star Game.)

History

The Greek All-Star Game was held for the first time on December 31, 1991, and in that first game, "The Rest of the World All-Stars" defeated "The Greek All-Stars", by a score of 133–122. Over the next seven all-star games, the format was "The European All-Stars" versus "The American All-Stars". From 2001 until 2019, the format was the same as the original all-star game was, The Greek All-Stars versus The Rest of the World All-Stars. Since 2001, the Greek All-Star Game is held in various cities in Greece, which is in contrast to the early years of the all-star game, when most of the games were held at either the Peace and Friendship Stadium, or Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall arenas in Athens.

All-Star Game results

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Season Date	Winners	Losers	Score	Arena	Location	MVP Team
1991–92 12/31/91	Rest of the World All-Stars	Greek All-Stars	133–122	Peace and Friendship Stadium	Piraeus, Athens	Brian Vaughns Sporting
1992–93 Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	None
1993–94 4/10/94 (I)	American All-Stars	European All-Stars	115–104	Peace and Friendship Stadium	Piraeus, Athens	Tony White Aris
1994–95 12/22/94 (II)	European All-Stars	American All-Stars	94–88	Peace and Friendship Stadium	Piraeus, Athens	Stojko Vranković Panathinaikos
1995–96 1/6/96 (I)	American All-Stars	European All-Stars	124–113	O.A.C.A Olympic Indoor Hall	Maroussi, Athens	Dominique Wilkins Panathinaikos
1996–97 12/14/96 (II)	European All-Stars	American All-Stars	83–75	Alexandrio Melathron	Thessaloniki	Peja Stojaković PAOK
1997–98 11/22/97	European All-Stars	American All-Stars	127–108	Perivola Indoor Hall	Perivola, Patras	Peja Stojaković (2×) PAOK
1998–99 11/21/98	European All-Stars	American All-Stars	124–114	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall	Maroussi, Athens	Arijan Komazec Olympiacos
1999–00 11/20/99	American All-Stars	European All-Stars	119–118	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall	Maroussi, Athens	Dejan Bodiroga Panathinaikos
2000–01 1/20/01	Greek All-Stars	Rest of the World All-Stars	86–85	Perivola Indoor Hall	Perivola, Patras	Fragiskos Alvertis Panathinaikos
2001–02 2/16/02	Rest of the World All-Stars	Greek All-Stars	126–125	Dimitris Krachtidis Indoor Hall	Drama	İbrahim Kutluay Panathinaikos
2002–03 3/30/03	Greek All-Stars	Rest of the World All-Stars	115–110	Tasos Kambouris Hall	Chalkis	Georgios Diamantopoulos Panionios
2003–04 3/28/04	Greek All-Stars	Rest of the World All-Stars	102–89	Nea Ionia Indoor Hall	Volos	Nestoras Kommatos Aris
2004–05 4/10/05	Greek All-Stars	Rest of the World All-Stars	77–76	Dimitris Tofalos Arena	Patras	Nikos Barlos Apollon Patras
2005–06 2/26/06	Greek All-Stars	Rest of the World All-Stars	97–97 (tie)	Neapolis Indoor Arena	Larissa	Sofoklis Schortsanitis Olympiacos
2006–07 2/4/07	Rest of the World All-Stars	Greek All-Stars	99–87	Chalkiopoulio Sports Hall	Lamia	Andre Hutson Panionios
2007–08 4/12/08	Rest of the World All-Stars	Greek All-Stars	111–101	Amaliada Indoor Hall	Amaliada	Jeremiah Massey Aris
2008–09 3/15/09	Greek All-Stars	Rest of the World All-Stars	127–93	Xanthi Arena	Xanthi	Ioannis Bourousis Olympiacos
2009–10 3/14/10	Greek All-Stars	Rest of the World All-Stars	147–114	Heraklion Arena	Heraklion	Sofoklis Schortsanitis (2×) Olympiacos
2010–11 3/13/11	Greek All-Stars	Rest of the World All-Stars	141–122	Giorgos Vassilakopoulos Indoor Hall	Pyrgos	Antonis Fotsis Panathinaikos
2011–12 Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	None
2012–13 3/10/13	Rest of the World All-Stars	Greek All-Stars	131–125	Perivola Indoor Hall	Perivola, Patras	Brent Petway Rethymno
2013–14 3/9/14	Greek All-Stars	Rest of the World All-Stars	123–122	Kladissos Indoor Hall	Chania	Nikos Pappas Panathinaikos
2014–15 Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	None
2015–16 Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	None
2016–17 Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	None
2017–18 2/11/18	Rest of the World All-Stars	Greek All-Stars	144–137	Dimitris Tofalos Arena	Patras	Thanasis Antetokounmpo Panathinaikos
2018–19 2/10/19	Greek All-Stars	Rest of the World All-Stars	149–146	Alexandrio Melathron	Thessaloniki	Thanasis Antetokounmpo (2×) Panathinaikos
2019–20 2/9/20	Team Mačiulis	Team Calathes	109–104	Heraklion Arena	Heraklion	Dinos Mitoglou Panathinaikos

Slam Dunk Contest winners

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Year Held (Season)	Slam Dunk Champion	Team	Runner-up	Team
1991 1991–92	John Hudson	Panionios	Brian Vaughns	Peristeri
1992-93		Not held
1994 (I) 1993–94	Henry Turner	Panionios	Mitchell Wiggins	Milon
1994 (II) 1994–95	Chris King	Aris	Travis Mays	Panionios
1996 (I) 1995–96	Lawrence Funderburke	PAOK	Harold Ellis	Aris
1996 (II) 1996–97	Harold Ellis	Apollon Patras	Dimitrios Papanikolaou	Olympiakos
1997 1997–98	Antonio Harvey	Panionios	Anatoly Zourpenko	Olympiakos
1998 1998–99	Antonio Harvey (2)	Irakleio	Dimitrios Papanikolaou	Olympiakos
1999 1999–00	Henry Turner (2)	Maroussi	Anatoly Zourpenko	Maroussi
2001 2000–01	Dimitrios Papanikolaou	Olympiakos	Anatoly Zourpenko	Near East
2002 2001–02	Ryan Lorthridge	KAOD	Misan Nikagbatse	Olympiakos
2003 2002–03	Tyrone Nesby	Olympia Larissa
2004 2003–04	Kasib Powell	PAOK	Smush Parker	Aris
2005 2004–05	Toby Bailey	AEK Athens
2006 2005–06	Michael Paragyios	Ilysiakos	Georgios Printezis	Olympiakos
2007 2006–07	Georgios Printezis	Olympia Larissa	Kennedy Winston	Panionios
2008 2007–08	Qyntel Woods	Olympiakos	Kennedy Winston	Panathinaikos
2009 2008–09	Will Daniels	Kavala	Lance Harris	Kolossos Rodou
2010 2009–10	Lance Harris	Kolossos Rodou	Ioannis Psathas	AGO Rethymnou
2011 2010–11	Lance Harris (2×)	Ikaros Kallitheas	Alexis Raptis	AEK Argos BC
2012 2011–12	Not held
2013 2012–13	Brent Petway	Rethymno	Keaton Grant	Apollon Patron
2014 2013–14	Kenny Gabriel	Rethymno	D. J. Stephens	Ilysiakos
2015 2014–15	Not held
2016 2015–16	Not held
2017 2016–17	Not held
2018 2017–18	Stefan Moody	Rethymno	Jahii Carson	Koroivos Amaliada
2019 2018–19	Octavius Ellis	Promitheas	Thanasis Antetokounmpo	Panathinaikos
2020 2019–20	Georgios Papagiannis	Panathinaikos	Jacob Wiley	Panathinaikos

3-Point Shootout Contest winners

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Season	3 Point Shootout Champion	Team
1991 1991–92	Ioannis Giannopoulos	Pagrati
1992–93	Not Held	Not Held
1994 (I) 1993–94	Dimitrios Podaras	AEK Athens
1994 (II) 1994–95	Travis Mays	Panionios
1996 (I) 1995–96	Fragiskos Alvertis	Panathinaikos
1996 (II) 1996–97	Fragiskos Alvertis (2×)	Panathinaikos
1997 1997–98	Fragiskos Alvertis (3×)	Panathinaikos
1998 1998–99	Andy Toolson	Maroussi
1999 1999–00	Nikos Chatzis	AEK Athens
2001 2000–01	Ioannis Kritikos	Peristeri
2002 2001–02	İbrahim Kutluay	Panathinaikos
2003 2002–03	Nikos Chatzis (2×)	AEK Athens
2004 2003–04	Angelos Koronios	Panionios
2005 2004–05	Dimitrios Tsarouchas	Ilysiakos
2006 2005–06	Fotios Vasilopoulos	Panionios
2007 2006–07	Sani Bečirovič	Panathinaikos
2008 2007–08	Makis Nikolaidis	Egaleo
2009 2008–09	Dimitrios Karadolamis	AEL
2010 2009–10	Drew Nicholas	Panathinaikos
2011 2010–11	Drew Nicholas (2×)	Panathinaikos
2012 2011–12	Not Held	Not Held
2013 2012–13	Georgios Dedas	PAOK
2014 2013–14	Saša Vasiljević	Nea Kifissia
2014–15	Not Held	Not Held
2015–16	Not Held	Not Held
2016–17	Not Held	Not Held
2018 2017–18	Antonis Koniaris	PAOK
2019 2018–19	Phil Goss	PAOK
2020 2019–20	Bobby Brown	PAOK

Players with most appearances (1991-2020)

Player	All-Star	Years	MVP	Notes
Fragiskos Alvertis	12	1995-1999, 2001–2007	2001	2x Three-Point Contest winner
Dimitris Diamantidis	11	2002-2009, 2011, 2013, 2014	-
Vasilis Spanoulis	8	2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019	-
Giorgos Sigalas	7	1994-1997, 1999, 2001, 2002	-
Kostas Tsartsaris	7	2001, 2002, 2004-2008	-
Dimitrios Papanikolaou	7	1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009	-	1x Slam-Dunk contest winner
Nikos Oikonomou	6	1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006	-	4x FIBA EuroStar
Georgios Printezis	6	2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019	-	1x Slam Dunk Winner
Lazaros Papadopoulos	6	2001-2004, 2010, 2013	-
Dimos Dikoudis	6	2000-2003, 2007, 2008	-
Antonis Fotsis	6	2001, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014	2011
Nikos Chatzis	6	1997-2000, 2004, 2005	-	2x Three-Point Contest winner
Mike Batiste	6	2005, 2006, 2008-2011	-
Panagiotis Vasilopoulos	6	2005-2009, 2019	-
Buck Johnson	5	1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001	-
Sofoklis Schortsanitis	5	2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2020	2006, 2010
Loukas Mavrokefalidis	5	2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2020	-

Rising Stars versus All-Time Stars

The Rising Stars versus the All-Time Stars, is the all-star game that is played between players from the Greek basketball leagues that are ages 22 and under, and retired former professional Greek players. The first game was played on February 10, 2018. The game is played over the same all-star weekend as the regular Greek All-Star Game, and is played at the same arena as well.

Rising Stars versus All-Time Stars results

Season Date	Winners	Losers	Score	Arena	Location	MVP Team
2017–18 2–10–18	All-Time Stars	Rising Stars	108–92	Dimitris Tofalos Arena	Patras	Theo Papaloukas retired
2018–19 2–9–19	Rising Stars	All-Time Stars	120–115	Alexandrio Melathron	Thessaloniki	Dimitris Flionis
2019–20 2–8–20	Rising Stars	All-Time Stars	103–90	Heraklion Sports Arena	Heraklion	Nikos Rogkavopoulos

HEBA Greek Youth All-Star Game

The HEBA Greek Hopes, or Youth All-Star Game of basketball, was the all-star game that was played by players from the Greek basketball leagues that were ages 20 and under. The first Hopes game was played on March 29, 2003. The Youth All-Star Game was played over the same all-star weekend as the regular Greek All-Star Game, and was played at the same arena as well.

The game was considered as analogous to the NBA's All-Star Weekend Rising Stars Challenge. There are also the Greek Youth 3 Point Shootout Competition and the Greek Youth Slam Dunk Contest, for Greek players that are ages 20 and under.

Youth Under-20 All-Star Game results

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Season Date	Winners	Losers	Score	Arena	MVP Team
2002–03 3–29–03	North	South	67–64	Kanithou	Christos Tapoutos AEK Athens
2003–04 3–27–04	North	South	87–70	Nea Ionia	Kostas Vasileiadis PAOK
2004–05 4–9–05	South	North	89–87	Tofalos	Dimitrios Charitopoulos Aris
2005–06 2–25–06	South	North	80–79	Larissa	Georgios Printezis Olympia Larissa
2006–07 2–3–07	South	North	87–83	Lamia	Dimitrios Verginis PAOK
2007–08 4–11–08	South	North	93–69	Amaliada	Dimitrios Karadolamis Aris
2008–09 3–14–09	North	South	65–53	Amiridis	Kostas Papanikolaou Aris
2009–10 3–13–10	Under 20s	Under 22s	91–89	Alikarnassou	Michalis Tsairelis Trikala 2000
2010–11 3–13–11	Under 22s	Under 20s	69–68	Vassilakopoulos	Linos Chrysikopoulos Aris
2011–12 Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held
2012–13 3–9–13	Under 21s	Under 18s	104–80	Perivola	Lefteris Bochoridis Aris
2013–14 3–8–14	Young Stars	Rising Stars	82–77	Chania	Ioannis Papapetrou Olympiacos
2014–15 to 2019–20 Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held

Youth Under-22 3 Point Shootout Contest winners

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Season	3 Point Shootout Champion	Team
2002–03	Panagiotis Katranas	Olympiacos
2003–04	Sotirios Manolopoulos	PAOK
2004–05	Panagiotis Katranas	Olympiacos
2005–06	Dušan Šakota	Panathinaikos
2006–07	Fotios Vasilopoulos	Panionios
2007–08	Vlado Janković	Panionios
2008–09	Dimitrios Karadolamis	AEL
2009–10	Kostas Sloukas	Olympiacos
2010–11	Kostas Sloukas	Aris
2011–12	Not Held	Not Held
2012–13	Fotios Zoumpos	Peristeri
2013–14	Panagiotis Zanidakis	Nea Kydonia
2014–15	Not Held	Not Held
2015–16	Not Held	Not Held
2016–17	Not Held	Not Held
2017–18	Antonis Koniaris	PAOK
2018–19	Dimitris Flionis	Aris
2019–20	Kostas Papadakis	Panathinaikos

Youth Under-22 Slam Dunk Contest winners

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Season	Slam Dunk Champion	Team
2012–13	Vassilis Kavvadas	Panionios
2013–14	Vassilis Charalampopoulos	Panathinaikos
2014–15	Not Held	Not Held
2015–16	Not Held	Not Held
2016–17	Not Held	Not Held
2017–18	Georgios Tsalmpouris	Kolossos Rodou
2018–19	Ioannis Agravanis	Peristeri
2019–20	Lefteris Mantzoukas	Promitheas Patras

Notes

^ ^a ^b Esake.gr History of The Greek All-Star Game. (in Greek)
^ Esake.gr Greek All Star Game Slam Dunk Contest Winners. (in Greek)
^ Esake.gr Greek All Star Game 3 Point Shootout Contest Winners. (in Greek)
^ Esake.gr Greek Hopes All Star Game 3 Point Shootout Contest Winners. (in Greek)
^ Esake.gr Greek Hopes All Star Game Slam Contest Winners. (in Greek)

References

Sports.e-go.gr Greek All Star Game Slam Dunk Contest Winners (in Greek)
Sport24.gr Greek All Star Game 3 Point Shootout Contest Winners (in Greek)

External links

Greek All Star Game Official Site (in Greek)
History of The Greek All Star Game (in Greek)

[esake1-1] Esake.gr History of The Greek All-Star Game. (in Greek)

[2] Esake.gr Greek All Star Game Slam Dunk Contest Winners. (in Greek)

[3] Esake.gr Greek All Star Game 3 Point Shootout Contest Winners. (in Greek)

[4] Esake.gr Greek Hopes All Star Game 3 Point Shootout Contest Winners. (in Greek)

[5] Esake.gr Greek Hopes All Star Game Slam Contest Winners. (in Greek)

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