The HEBA Greek All-Star Game, also known as the EKO Greek All-Star Game for sponsorship reasons, was the All-Star Game of the Hellenic Basketball Association (HEBA) (Greek: ΕΣΑΚΕ) professional men's basketball competition. The HEBA Greek all-star game includes players that currently play in HEBA's top-tier level Greek Basketball League (GBL). The HEBA Greek all-star game was originally founded and organized by Gus Sarianides.

On 3 July 2024, ESAKE decided that the All-Star Game would no longer continue.Greek All Star Game is discontinued (2024) - sportal.gr

Format

The HEBA Greek 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, although it has also included several other format variations over the years. Only players that play in Greece's first-tier level Greek Basketball League (GBL) are eligible to become official HEBA Greek all-star selections. There is also a men's slam dunk competition, and a men's 3-point shootout competition. Players from lower level divisions are eligible to compete in both the all-star weekend's slam dunk and 3-point shootout contests.

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

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History The HEBA 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 has been 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 Esake.gr History of The Greek All-Star Game.

SeasonDate Winners Losers Score Arena Location MVPTeam1991–9212/31/91 Rest of the WorldAll-Stars GreekAll-Stars 133–122 Peace and Friendship Stadium Piraeus, Athens Brian VaughnsPeristeri1992–93Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held 1993–944/10/94 (I) AmericanAll-Stars EuropeanAll-Stars 115–104 Peace and Friendship Stadium Piraeus, Athens Tony WhiteAris1994–9512/22/94 (II) EuropeanAll-Stars AmericanAll-Stars 94–88 Peace and Friendship Stadium Piraeus, Athens Stojko VrankovićPanathinaikos1995–961/6/96 (I) AmericanAll-Stars EuropeanAll-Stars 124–113 O.A.C.A Olympic Indoor Hall Maroussi, Athens Dominique WilkinsPanathinaikos1996–9712/14/96 (II) EuropeanAll-Stars AmericanAll-Stars 83–75 Alexandrio Melathron Thessaloniki Peja Stojaković PAOK1997–9811/22/97 EuropeanAll-Stars AmericanAll-Stars 127–108 Perivola Indoor Hall Perivola, Patras Peja Stojaković (2×)PAOK1998–9911/21/98 EuropeanAll-Stars AmericanAll-Stars 124–114 O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Maroussi, Athens Arijan KomazecOlympiacos1999–0011/20/99 AmericanAll-Stars EuropeanAll-Stars 119–118 O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Maroussi, Athens Dejan BodirogaPanathinaikos2000–011/20/01 GreekAll-Stars Rest of the WorldAll-Stars 86–85 Perivola Indoor Hall Perivola, Patras Fragiskos AlvertisPanathinaikos2001–022/16/02 Rest of the WorldAll-Stars GreekAll-Stars 126–125 Dimitris Krachtidis Indoor Hall Drama İbrahim KutluayPanathinaikos2002–033/30/03 GreekAll-Stars Rest of the WorldAll-Stars 115–110 Tasos Kambouris Hall Chalkis Georgios DiamantopoulosPanionios2003–043/28/04 GreekAll-Stars Rest of the WorldAll-Stars 102–89 Nea Ionia Indoor Hall Volos Nestoras KommatosAris2004–054/10/05 GreekAll-Stars Rest of the WorldAll-Stars 77–76 Dimitris Tofalos Arena Patras Nikos BarlosApollon Patras2005–062/26/06 GreekAll-Stars Rest of the WorldAll-Stars 97–97(tie) Neapolis Indoor Arena Larissa Sofoklis SchortsanitisOlympiacos2006–072/4/07 Rest of the WorldAll-Stars GreekAll-Stars 99–87 Chalkiopoulio Sports Hall Lamia Andre Hutson Panionios2007–084/12/08 Rest of the WorldAll-Stars GreekAll-Stars 111–101 Amaliada Indoor Hall Amaliada / Jeremiah MasseyAris2008–093/15/09 GreekAll-Stars Rest of the WorldAll-Stars 127–93 Xanthi Arena Xanthi Ioannis BourousisOlympiacos2009–103/14/10 GreekAll-Stars Rest of the WorldAll-Stars 147–114 Heraklion Arena Heraklion Sofoklis Schortsanitis (2×)Olympiacos2010–113/13/11 GreekAll-Stars Rest of the WorldAll-Stars 141–122 Giorgos Vassilakopoulos Indoor Hall Pyrgos Antonis FotsisPanathinaikos2011–12Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held 2012–133/10/13 Rest of the WorldAll-Stars GreekAll-Stars 131–125 Perivola Indoor Hall Perivola, Patras Brent PetwayRethymno2013–143/9/14 GreekAll-Stars Rest of the WorldAll-Stars 123–122 Kladissos Indoor Hall Chania Nikos PappasPanathinaikos2014–15Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held 2015–16Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held 2016–17Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held 2017–182/11/18 Rest of the WorldAll-Stars GreekAll-Stars 144–137 Dimitris Tofalos Arena Patras Thanasis AntetokounmpoPanathinaikos2018–19All Star ήταν οι… Έλληνες! .2/10/19 GreekAll-Stars Rest of the WorldAll-Stars 149–146 Alexandrio Melathron Thessaloniki Thanasis Antetokounmpo (2×)Panathinaikos2019–20Η Team Maciulis μεγάλη νικήτρια στο 24o EKO All Star Game .2/9/20 TeamMačiulis TeamCalathes 109–104 Heraklion Arena Heraklion Dinos MitoglouPanathinaikos2020–21Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held 2021–22Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held Not Held 2022–23Επέστρεψε το All Star Game! Nικήτρια η ομάδα του MVP Βεζένκοφ (videos) .12/18/22 TeamVezenkov TeamPapagiannis 137–112 O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Maroussi, Athens / Sasha VezenkovOlympiacos2023–24 12/17/23TeamWalkupTeamSloukas177–165Giannis Bourousis Arena Karditsa Isaiah CanaanOlympiacos

Players with most MVP awards

Player WinsEditions Predrag Stojakovic 21997, 1998 Thanasis Antetokounmpo 22018, 2019 Sofoklis Schortsanitis 22006, 2010

Score sheets 1st All-Star Game 1991–92: DATE: 31 December 1991 VENUE: SEF SCORE: World - Greece 133–122

TEAM GREECE: (Coach: Michalis Kyritsis): Nasos Galakteros 14, Kostas Patavoukas 10, Minas Gekos 3, Lefteris Subotić 6, Panos Fasoulas 17, Bane Prelević 23, Jon Korfas 22, Argiris Papapetrou 4, Liveris Andritsos 6, Fanis Christodoulou 9, Dimitris Papadopoulos 2, Nikos Fasouras 6, Nikos Galis (DNP), Panagiotis Giannakis (DNP).

WORLD TEAM: (Coach: Vlado Djurović): Derrick Hamilton 6, David Ancrum 23, Levertis Robinson 10, Thomas Jordan 14, Antonio Davis 12, John Hudson 16, Melvin Cheatum 2, Ken Barlow 13, Brian Vaughns 19, Edgar Jones 8, Earl Harrison 10.

2nd All-Star Game 1993–94: DATE: April 10, 1994 (I) VENUE: SEF SCORE: USA - Europe 115–104

TEAM EUROPE: (Coach: Giannis Ioannidis): Fanis Christodoulou 15, Panagiotis Giannakis 17, Achilleas Demenagas, Žarko Paspalj 23, Angelos Koronios 7, Stavros Elliniadis, Zoran Savić 31, Thodoros Aposkitis, Dimitris Podaras, Georgios Sigalas 7, Georgios Makaras 2, Argiris Papapetrou 2, Nikos Galis (DNP).

TEAM USA: (Coaches: Michalis Kyritsis / Vangelis Alexandris): Tony White 24, Brent Scott 13, Derrick Chievous 19, Todd Mitchell 10, Henry Turner 11, Lance Berwald 2, Gary Plummer 14, Ed Stokes 0, Mitchell Wiggins, 20.

3rd All-Star Game 1994–95: DATE: December 22, 1994 (II) VENUE: SEF SCORE: Europe - USA 94–88

TEAM EUROPE: (Coach: Giannis Ioannidis): Efthimis Bakatsias 3, Georgios Sigalas 6, Panagiotis Giannakis 2, Bane Prelević 9, Tzanis Stavrakopoulos 11, Fragiskos Alvertis 7, Panos Fasoulas 10, Stojko Vranković 20, Nasos Galakteros, Zoran Savić 13, Sasha Volkov 7, Jure Zdovc 6.

TEAM USA: (Coach: Lefteris Subotić): Melvin Cheatum 6, Chris King, Lance Berwald 2, Travis Mays 6, Eddie Johnson 8, Tony White 25, Mitchell Wiggins 3, Brent Scott 3, Tony Costner 5, Rolando Blackman 9, Thurl Bailey 14, Richard Rellford 4.

4th All-Star Game 1995–96: DATE: January 6, 1996 (I) VENUE: OAKA SCORE: USA - Europe 124–113

TEAM EUROPE: (Coach: Lefteris Subotić): Fragiskos Alvertis 16, Georgios Sigalas 20, Panagiotis Giannakis 2, Bane Prelević 7, Nikos Oikonomou 27, Angelos Koronios 7, Stojan Vranković 9, Dinos Angelidis 6, Lefteris Kakiousis 2, Efthimis Rentzias 14, Georgios Karagkoutis 3.

TEAM USA: (Coach: Dragan Šakota): Byron Dinkins 20, Melvin Cheatum 4, Xavier McDaniel 12, Buck Johnson 2, Richard Rellford 21, Lucius Davis 8, Mitchell Wiggins 12, Priest Lauderdale 1, Dominique Wilkins 19, Dean Garrett 12, José Ortiz 5, Lawrence Funderburke 4, Anthony Pelle 2.

5th All-Star Game 1996–97: DATE: 14 December 1996 (II) VENUE: Alexandreio Melathron SCORE: Europe - USA 83–75

TEAM EUROPE: (Coaches: Giannis Ioannidis / Vangelis Alexandris): Angelos Koronios, Jure Zdovc 5, Panagiotis Liadelis 2, Nikos Chatzis 1, Georgios Sigalas 13, Peja Stojaković 20, Fragiskos Alvertis 9, Nikos Oikonomou 12, Dinos Angelidis, Panos Fasoulas 12, Efthimis Rentzias 4, Giannis Giannoulis, Dimitris Papanikolaou 4, Lefteris Kakiousis 1.

TEAM USA: (Coaches: Kostas Missas / Kostas Petropoulos): Alphonso Ford 7, Harold Ellis 11, Byron Dinkins 6, "Dollar "Bill" Edwards, Marlon Maxey 8, Victor Alexander 6, Anthony Bonner 4, Keith Gatlin 4, Andrés Guibert 4, Melvin Cheatum 5, Eric Riley 2, John Hudson.

6th All-Star Game 1997–98: DATE: November 22, 1997 VENUE: EAK Patras SCORE: Europe - USA 127–108

TEAM EUROPE: (Coach: Giannis Ioannidis): Dragan Tarlać 2, Artūras Karnišovas 32, Nikos Vetoulas, Peja Stojaković 30, Dinos Angelidis 6, Nasos Galakteros 2, Angelos Koronios, Fragiskos Alvertis 12, Alexis Papadatos, Giannis Giannoulis 3, Nikos Chatzis 22, Dušan Vukčević 9, Panagiotis Liadelis (DNP)

TEAM USA: (Coach: Kostas Diamantopoulos): Willie Anderson 5, Samir Gouda 4, Scotty Thurman 8, José Ortiz 9, Byron Scott 29, Michael Hawkins 3, Frankie King 7, Conner Henry 3, Marlon Maxey 17, Brooks Thompson 17, Dyron Nix 3, Antonio Harvey 8.

7th All-Star Game 1998–99: DATE: November 21, 1998 VENUE: OAKA SCORE: Europe - USA 124–114

TEAM EUROPE: (Coaches: Soulis Markopoulos / Kostas Petropoulos): Fragiskos Alvertis 8, Nikos Chatzis 14, Arijan Komazec 20, Dimitris Papanikolaou 13, Georgios Sigalas 9, Georgios Balogiannis 4, Dejan Bodiroga 9, Nikos Oikonomou 9, Dragan Tarlać 11, Claudio Coldebella 12, Anatoly Zourpenko 2, Mikhail Mikhailov 13.

TEAM USA (Coaches: Zvi Sherf / Argyris Pedoulakis): Andy Toolson 13, Anthony Goldwire 26, Shane Heal 13, Derrick Dial 6, Joe Arlauckas 12, Buck Johnson, Alphonso Ford 4, Frankie King 3, Antonio Harvey 4, Mikki Moore 9, Erik Meek 8, Alvin Sims 17.

8th All-Star Game 1999–00: DATE: November 20, 1999 VENUE: OAKA SCORE: Europe - USA 119–118

TEAM EUROPE: (Coaches: Giannis Ioannidis / Georgios Zevgolis): Angelos Koronios, Oded Kattash 26, Nikos Chatzis 6, Dimitris Papanikolaou 11, Panagiotis Liadelis 16, Claudio Coldebella 1, Dejan Bodiroga 19, Johnny Rogers 7, Giannis Giannoulis 13, Dimos Dikoudis 9, Michalis Kakiouzis 10.

TEAM USA: (Coaches: Dragan Šakota / Andrea Mazzon): Shane Heal 2, Anthony Bowie 19, Henry Turner 6, Byron Dinkins 9, James Robinson 9, Alphonso Ford 1, Ashraf Amaya 12, Khalid Reeves 10, "Dollar Bill" Edwards 27, James Forrest 19, Andrés Guibert 6, Buck Johnson.

9th All-Star Game 2000–01: DATE: January 20, 2001 VENUE: EAK Patras SCORE: Greece - World 86–85