The FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award was an annual Player of the Year (POY) award that was given by FIBA Europe, the European division of FIBA, the international governing body of the sport of basketball, to the best basketball player with European citizenship, aged 22 and under of the year. The inaugural award was given out in the year 2005 to Nikos Zisis of Greece. The vote was decided upon by a panel of basketball experts and also by fan voting.
The candidates included all European basketball players aged 22 and under in the world, regardless of whether they played in Europe, or anywhere else in the world. Also, the candidates included all players, from both professional sports leagues such as the NBA or the EuroLeague, etc. (including from both senior and junior level sports clubs) and amateur status, such as the NCAA's college basketball competitions, etc. The FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award was the junior European Player of the Year award (only for players aged 22 and under) that was given by FIBA, and is not to be confused with the senior men's award, which was the FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year Award.
The award was a calendar year by calendar year award, and was not a season by season award.
Award winners
FIBAEurope.com Previous Winners. FIBAEurope.com Rubio Receives Young Men's Player of the Year Trophy. FIBAEurope.com Vesely Is Young Men's Player Of The Year. Jonas Valančiūnas Is Young Men's Player Of The Year. Young Men. Year Winner Club(s) Nikos Zisis Benetton Treviso Rudy Fernández Joventut Badalona Ricky Rubio Joventut Badalona Ricky Rubio (2×) Joventut Badalona Ricky Rubio (3×) FC Barcelona Jan Veselý Partizan Jonas Valančiūnas Lietuvos Rytas Jonas Valančiūnas (2×) Toronto Raptors Dario Šarić Cibona Dario Šarić (2×) Anadolu Efes
European Young Men's Player of the Year Winners
See also FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year Award Euroscar Mr. Europa EuroLeague MVP EuroLeague Final Four MVP
References
External links FIBAEurope.com FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award Winners