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 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.
15-402: 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
30-609: 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
45-495: Is a number of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Greece . The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels. There are nine different competition levels in the system. The highest level competitions are the professional and semi professional nationwide competitions, which include the top-tier level Greek Basketball League (GBL),
60-527: The 1996 Summer Olympic Games . Sigalas won five consecutive Greek League championships, while playing with Olympiacos Piraeus , from 1993 to 1997. He also won two Greek Cup titles with Olympiacos, in 1994 and 1997. He also served as the team's captain . In 1997, while playing with Olympiacos, Sigalas won the European basketball Triple Crown , meaning his team won the Greek League championship,
75-577: The Greece men's national under-18 basketball team at the 1990 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship , and the Greece men's national under-20 basketball team won a silver medal at the 1992 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship . Sigalas was the long-time captain of the Greece men's national basketball team . He played with the Greece men's national team in 185 games . With Greece's senior team, he competed in six consecutive EuroBaskets ( 1993 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , and 2003 ). Sigalas competed with
90-666: The Greek Cup title, and also the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague championship, all in the same season. As of 2020, it is still the only time it has happened in the club's history. Sigalas left Olympiacos Piraeus in 1997, after winning the EuroLeague championship with them, and he then joined the Italian League team Olimpia Milano . He played there during the 1997–98 season. Sigalas then returned to
105-470: The Greek League the following year, to play with Aris Thessaloniki . He stayed with Aris until 2000, when he transferred to Aris' arch-rival PAOK Thessaloniki , with whom he played with from 2000 to 2002. Sigalas next played in the Spanish League with Granada , at the beginning of the 2002–03 season. Sigalas returned to the Italian League , to play with Viola Reggio Calabria , at the end of
120-496: The 1990s, the 2.01 m (6'7") tall swingman was the regular team captain of the pro club Olympiacos Piraeus , of the Greek League and the EuroLeague , and also of the Greece men's national basketball team . Nicknamed Rambo , during his playing career, Sigalas was one of the best European defensive players of his generation. Sigalas helped Olympiacos Piraeus to win a EuroLeague title in 1997 , as well as to make two more EuroLeague Finals appearances, in 1994 and 1995 . With
135-415: The 2002–03 season. In the last years of his pro playing career, Sigalas returned home to once again play in the Greek League , to finish his club career. He played with Makedonikos in the 2003–04 season, with Panionios in the 2004–05 season, and finally, Sigalas ended his career back with Aris , where he played from 2005, until he retired in the year 2007. Sigalas made his U18 international debut with
150-446: The Greece men's national team at the 1994 FIBA World Championship , and the 1998 FIBA World Championship , as well as at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games . After retiring from playing professional club basketball, Sigalas worked as a TV basketball commentator in Greece, for EuroLeague games. He also worked as a basketball coach for the Greece men's national under-20 basketball team . He would coach Ermis Lagkada , during
165-474: The Greece men's national team, he competed in six consecutive EuroBasket tournaments, ( 1993 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , and 2003 ), and he made it to the semifinals on the first three occasions. Sigalas was also instrumental on the Greek teams that made the semifinals of both the 1994 FIBA World Championship and the 1998 FIBA World Championship , as well as on Greece's team that finished in fifth place at
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#1732802226634180-517: 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. 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
195-613: The league levels below the top-tier are organized by the Hellenic Basketball Federation (HBF) . Georgios Sigalas Giorgos Sigalas (alternate spelling: Georgios) (Greek: Γιώργος Σιγάλας ; born July 31, 1971, in Peristeri , Athens , Greece), is a retired Greek professional basketball player and basketball coach for Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League . During the decade of
210-720: The second-tier level Greek A2 Basketball League , the third-tier level Greek B Basketball League , and the fourth-tier level Greek C Basketball League . Those competitions are then followed by the regional amateur level competitions, which include: the A1, the A2, the B, the C, and/or the C1, and the C2 categories. The top-tier level Greek Basketball League is organized by the Hellenic Basketball Association (HEBA) , while all of
225-10989: 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 . 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. 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. 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 . DATE: January 20, 2001 VENUE: EAK Patras SCORE: Greece - World 86–85 TEAM GREECE : (Coaches: Argyris Pedoulakis / Kostas Flevarakis ): Fragiskos Alvertis 17, Georgios Kalaitzis 2, Thodoris Papaloukas 10, Dimitris Papanikolaou 13, Georgios Sigalas 3, Georgios Diamantopoulos 6, Dimos Dikoudis 11, Kostas Tsartsaris 5, Lazaros Papadopoulos 9, Christos Tapoutos 6, Nikos Chatzivrettas 2, Michalis Pelekanos (DNP) WORLD TEAM : (Coaches: Ilias Zouros / Georgios Zevgolis ): Vrbica Stefanov 5, Buck Johnson 14, İbrahim Kutluay 1, Stéphane Risacher 10, Byron Dinkins 7, Jimmy Oliver 9, Dušan Vukčević 17, Ashraf Amaya 10, Anatoly Zourpenko , Vladimir Petrović-Stergiou 3, Harper Williams 9. DATE: February 16, 2002 SCORE: World - Greece 126–125 VENUE: Dimitris Krachtidis Indoor Hall TEAM GREECE : (Coaches: Panagiotis Giannakis / Nikos Pavlou ): Christos Charissis 17, Kostas Sdrakas 2, Thodoris Papaloukas 2, Dimitris Papanikolaou 7, Georgios Sigalas 5, Nikos Chatzivrettas 11, Georgios Diamantopoulos 4, Kostas Tsartsaris 2, Dimos Dikoudis 18, Fragiskos Alvertis 16, Lazaros Papadopoulos 17, Michalis Kakiouzis 21, Dimitris Diamantidis 3. WORLD TEAM : (Coaches: Željko Obradović , Dragan Šakota ): Laurent Sciarra 3, İbrahim Kutluay 16, Dejan Bodiroga 11, Jimmy Oliver 3, J.R. Holden 22, Chris Carr 10, Alphonso Ford 8, Torraye Braggs 24, Norman Nolan 21, Ryan Lorthridge 8. DATE: March 30, 2003 SCORE: Greece - World 115–110 VENUE: Kanithou Indoor Hall TEAM GREECE : (Coaches: Panagiotis Giannakis / Vangelis Alexandris ): Christos Charissis 10, Georgios Kalaitzis , Dimitris Diamantidis 7, Dimitris Papanikolaou , Nikos Oikonomou 11, Fragiskos Alvertis 8, Georgios Diamantopoulos 26, Dimos Dikoudis 15, Nestoras Kommatos 5, Lazaros Papadopoulos 2, Michalis Pelekanos 2, Antonis Fotsis 29. WORLD TEAM : (Coaches: Bane Prelević / Argyris Pedoulakis ): Doremus Bennerman 6, Larry Ayuso 13, Jaka Lakovič , Iñaki de Miguel 8, İbrahim Kutluay 17, Mo Evans 13, Tyrone Nesby 22, Kenyon Jones 4, Ryan Stack , Teoman Alibegović 10, Ben Handlogten 8, Andy Betts 9. DATE: March 28, 2004 SCORE: Greece - World 102–89 VENUE: Nea Ionia Indoor Hall TEAM GREECE : (Coaches: Panagiotis Giannakis / Lefteris Kakiousis ): Georgios Kalaitzis 7, Nikos Chatzivrettas 8, Christos Tapoutos 2, Nestoras Kommatos 22, Nikos Chatzis 6, Panagiotis Liadelis 8, Dimitris Diamantidis 9, Kostas Tsartsaris , Giannis Giannoulis 12, Lazaros Papadopoulos 14, Andreas Glyniadakis 2, Fragiskos Alvertis , Nikos Zisis (DNP). WORLD TEAM : (Coaches: Bane Prelević , Charles Burton ): Damir Mulaomerović 15, Roderick Blakney 8, Horace Jenkins , Toby Bailey 6, Jamel Thomas 3, Ryan Stack 4, Smush Parker 8, Ruben Douglas 12, Pete Mickeal 13, Ira Clark 4, Dalibor Bagarić 8, Travis Watson 8, Kasib Powell . DATE: April 10, 2005 SCORE: Greece - World 77–76 VENUE: EAK Patras TEAM GREECE : (Coaches: Panagiotis Giannakis / Fotis Katsikaris ): Nikos Zisis 2, Vassilis Spanoulis 6, Christos Charissis , Kostas Vasileiadis 8, Dimitris Diamantidis 2, Nikos Chatzis 5, Nikos Barlos 18, Nikos Oikonomou 5, Kostas Tsartsaris 9, Panos Vasilopoulos 12, Fragiskos Alvertis 3, Sofoklis Schortsanitis . WORLD TEAM : (Coaches: Željko Obradović / Bane Prelević ): Damir Mulaomerović 6, Jaka Lakovič , Ibrahim Kutluay , DeJuan Collins 14, Gary Trent 4, Travis Watson 13, Sandro Nicević 3, Toby Bailey 8, Ryan Stack 3, Andre Hutson 6, Pete Mickeal 11, Mike Batiste 8. DATE: February 26, 2006 SCORE: Greece - World 97–97 VENUE: Neapolis Indoor Hall TEAM GREECE : (Coaches: Željko Obradović / Vangelis Alexandris ): Ioannis Gagaloudis 9, Vassilis Spanoulis 9, Dimitris Papanikolaou 20, Kostas Vasileiadis 9, Loukas Mavrokefalidis , Fragiskos Alvertis 3, Nikos Oikonomou 4, Kostas Tsartsaris 4, Dimitris Diamantidis 5, Ioannis Bourousis 8, Sofoklis Schortsanitis 20. WORLD TEAM : (Coaches: Jonas Kazlauskas / Argyris Pedoulakis ): Damir Mulaomerović 17, Tyus Edney 4, Jaka Lakovič 3, Larry Stewart 4, Quincy Lewis 10, Mike Batiste 9, Andrija Žižić 2, Nikolay Padius 11, Terrel Castle 12, Ryan Stack 9, Bryan Bracey 16. DATE: Feb. 4, 2007 SCORE: World - Greece 99–87 VENUE: Lamia Indoor Hall Greek basketball league system The Greek basketball league system
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