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Cyprus Basketball All-Star Day

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The OPAP Cyprus Basketball All-Star Game is an annual basketball event in Cyprus, organised by the Cyprus Basketball Federation and sponsored by OPAP and was established in 2011. The event is being held mostly at the end of the year, around Christmas time and consists of a game between a Cyprus/Europe and a Rest of the World team, a three-point shoot contest and slam-dunk exhibition activities which replaced the slam-dunk contest. Since its inception it has been considered the biggest annual basketball event in Cyprus. All the games have been held in the 6,000 Eleftheria Indoor Hall, in Nicosia.
The event was not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, but it is scheduled to resume on 17 December 2022.[1]

List of games

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Bold: Team that won the game.

Year Date Arena City Team Score Team MVP
2011 [2] December 31 Eleftheria Indoor Hall Nicosia Cyprus/Europe All Stars 76-60 USA/Rest of the World United States Charron Fisher
2012 [3] December 31 Eleftheria Indoor Hall Nicosia Cyprus/Europe All Stars 82-85 USA/Rest of the World United States Orion Outerbridge
2013 [4] December 28 Eleftheria Indoor Hall Nicosia Cyprus/Europe All Stars 104-115 USA/Rest of the World -
2014 [5] December 28 Eleftheria Indoor Hall Nicosia Cyprus/Europe All Stars 85-100 USA/Rest of the World -
2015 [6] December 28 Eleftheria Indoor Hall Nicosia Cyprus/Europe All Stars 64-79 USA All Stars -
2016 [7] December 19 Eleftheria Indoor Hall Nicosia Cyprus/Europe All Stars 44-66 USA/Rest of the World -
2017 [8] December 16 Eleftheria Indoor Hall Nicosia Cyprus/Europe All Stars 50-54 USA/Rest of the World -
2018 [9] December 15 Eleftheria Indoor Hall Nicosia Cyprus/Europe All Stars 62-58 USA/Rest of the World -
2017 [10] December 14 Eleftheria Indoor Hall Nicosia Cyprus/Europe All Stars 62-69 USA/Rest of the World -

Three-Point Shoot Contest

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Year Player Team
2011 Serbia Vukašin Mandić APOEL
2012 Serbia Vukašin Mandić (2) APOEL
2013 United States Tyler Laser AEK Larnaca
2014 United States Georgia (country) Thaddus McFadden AEK Larnaca
2015 United States Evan Smotrycz Keravnos Strovolou
2016 Cyprus Aris Koronides Keravnos Strovolou
2017 Cyprus Andreas Sizopoulos AEK Larnaca
2018 United States Mike Balogun Enosis Neon Paralimni
2019 United States Jordin Williams Enosis Neon Paralimni

Slam-Dunk champions

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Year Player Team
2011 United States Isaac Wells APOEL
2012 United States Isaac Wells (2) APOEL
2013 United States Keith Gabriel AEK Larnaca

Players with most appearances

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Player All-Star Editions DOB Notes
Cyprus Panagiotis Trisokkas 8 2011-2018 1980
Cyprus Iakovos Panteli 6 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 1985
Cyprus Iezekel Papadopoulos 6 2011-2014, 2018, 2019 1982
Cyprus Andreas Sizopoulos 4 2014-2017 1983 1x Three-Point Contest Winner
Croatia Tomislav Petrovic 4 2014-2017 1985
Cyprus Andreas Pilavas 4 2011-2014 1983
Cyprus Simon Michail 4 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 1992

References

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  1. ^ "OPAP All-Star Day returns". cyprusbasket.net. 30 November 2022.
  2. ^ "OPAP All-Star Day 2011".
  3. ^ "OPAP All-Star Day 2012".
  4. ^ "OPAP All-Star Day 2013".
  5. ^ "OPAP All-Star Day 2014".
  6. ^ "OPAP All-Star Day 2015".
  7. ^ "OPAP All-Star Day 2016".
  8. ^ "OPAP All-Star Day 2017".
  9. ^ "OPAP All-Star Day 2018".
  10. ^ "OPAP All-Star Day 2019".