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Argentina
Argentina
i/ˌɑrdʒənˈtiːnə/, officially the Argentine Republic (Spanish: República Argentina [reˈpuβlika aɾxenˈtina]), is a country in South America, the continent's second largest by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the eighth-largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations.
Argentina's continental area is between the Andes mountain range in the west and the Atlantic Ocean in the east. It borders Paraguay and Bolivia to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast, and Chile to the west and south. Argentine claims over Antarctica, as well as overlapping claims made by Chile and the United Kingdom, are suspended by the Antarctic Treaty of 1961. Argentina also claims the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, which are administered by the United Kingdom as British Overseas Territories.
A recognised middle power, Argentina is Latin America's third-largest economy, with a "very high" rating on the Human development index. Within Latin America, Argentina has the fifth highest nominal GDP per capita and the highest in purchasing power terms. Analysts have argued that the country has a "foundation for future growth due to its market size, levels of foreign direct investment, and percentage of high-tech exports as share of total manufactured goods", and it is classed by investors as middle emerging economy. Argentina is a founding member of the United Nations, Mercosur, the Union of South American Nations, the Organization of Ibero-American States, the World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization, and is one of the G-15 and G-20 major economies.
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Australia
Australia (
/əˈstreɪljə/), officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent as well as the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north; the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east.
For at least 40,000 years before European settlement in the late 18th century, Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians, who belonged to one or more of roughly 250 language groups. After discovery by Dutch explorers in 1606, Australia's eastern half was claimed by Great Britain in 1770 and settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales from 26 January 1788. The population grew steadily in subsequent decades; the continent was explored and an additional five self-governing Crown Colonies were established.
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Barcelona
Barcelona (English /bɑrsɨˈloʊnə/, Catalan: [bərsəˈɫonə], Spanish: [barθeˈlona]) is the capital of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, after Madrid, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of 101.4 km2 (39 sq mi). The urban area of Barcelona extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of between 4,200,000 and 4,500,000 within an area of 803 km2 (310 sq mi), being the sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, London, the Ruhr, Madrid and Milan. About five million people live in the Barcelona metropolitan area. It is also Europe's largest metropolis on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the main component of an administrative area of Greater Barcelona, with a population of 3,218,071 in an area of 636 km² (density 5,060 hab/km²). It is located on the Mediterranean coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs and is bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola ridge (512 m/1,680 ft).
Founded as a Roman city, Barcelona became the capital of the County of Barcelona. After merging with the Kingdom of Aragon, Barcelona became one of the most important cities of the Crown of Aragon. Besieged several times during its history, Barcelona has a rich cultural heritage and is today an important cultural centre and a major tourist destination. Particularly renowned are the architectural works of Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner, which have been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean is located in Barcelona. The city is known for hosting the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as world-class conferences and expositions, including the 1888 Exposición Universal de Barcelona, the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition (Expo 1929), the 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures, and the 2004 World Urban Forum.
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Belgium
Belgium (i/ˈbɛldʒəm/ BEL-jəm), officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO. Belgium covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres (11,787 sq mi), and it has a population of about 11 million people. Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe, Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups, the Dutch-speakers, mostly Flemish (about 60%), and the French-speakers, mostly Walloons (about 40%), plus a small group of German-speakers. Belgium's two largest regions are the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders in the north and the French-speaking southern region of Wallonia. The Brussels-Capital Region, officially bilingual, is a mostly French-speaking enclave within the Flemish Region. A German-speaking Community exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political conflicts are reflected in the political history and a complex system of government.
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Belgrade
Belgrade ( /ˈbɛlɡreɪd/; Serbian: Београд; [beǒɡrad] (
listen); names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. Its name in English translates to White city. The city proper has a population of over 1.1 million, while its metropolitan area has over 1.6 million people, making it one of the largest cities in Southeast Europe.
One of the largest prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved around the area Belgrade in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region, and after 279 BC Celts conquered the city, naming it Singidūn. It was conquered by the Romans during the reign of Augustus, and awarded city rights in the mid 2nd century. It was settled by the Slavs in the 520s, and changed hands several times before it became the capital of King Stephen Dragutin (1282–1316). In 1521 Belgrade was conquered by the Ottoman Empire and became the seat of a the Sanjak of Smederevo. It frequently passed from Ottoman to Habsburg rule, which saw the destruction of most of the city during the Austro-Ottoman wars. Belgrade was again named the capital of Serbia in 1841. The north of Belgrade remained a Habsburg outpost until 1918, when it was merged into the capital city. As a strategic location, the city was battled over in 115 wars and razed to the ground 44 times. Belgrade was the capital of Yugoslavia (in various forms of governments) from its creation in 1918, to its final dissolution in 2006.
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Belgrade Arena
The Belgrade Arena (Serbian: Београдска арена) is an indoor arena located in Novi Beograd, Belgrade. It is designed as a universal hall for sport, cultural events and other programs. With a total space that covers 48,000 square metres, and an official total capacity of 20,000 seats (for handball, volleyball, basketball and other events), it is one of the largest indoor arenas in the world. Maximum capacity can be up to 20.000 - 25.000, depending on the event being held. Its cost was estimated at €70 million. The Belgrade Arena is the largest member (by capacity) of the European Arenas Association.
In 1989, The City of Belgrade was chosen to host the Basketball World Championship of 1994. However, there was a condition for the city to build an all-new basketball arena. The city government immediately started a competition to find the best design of the new arena that was supposed to have a seat capacity of 20,000. The design submitted by Belgrade architect Vlada Slavica was chosen as the best.
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Brazil
Brazili/brəˈzɪl/ (Portuguese: Brasil, IPA: [bɾaˈziw]), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil, listen (help·info)), is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people. It is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas and the largest lusophone country in the world.
Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 km (4,655 mi). It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and the French overseas region of French Guiana; on the northwest by Colombia; on the west by Bolivia and Peru; on the southwest by Argentina and Paraguay and on the south by Uruguay. Numerous archipelagos form part of Brazilian territory, such as Fernando de Noronha, Rocas Atoll, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks, and Trindade and Martim Vaz. It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile.
Brazil was a colony of Portugal from the landing of Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500 until 1815, when it was elevated to the rank of kingdom and the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves was formed. The colonial bond was in fact broken in 1808, when the capital of the Portuguese colonial empire was transferred from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, after Napoleon invaded Portugal.Independence was achieved in 1822 with the formation of the Empire of Brazil, a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system. The country became a presidential republic in 1889, when a military coup d'état proclaimed the Republic, although the bicameral legislature, now called Congress, dates back to the ratification of the first constitution in 1824. Its current Constitution, formulated in 1988, defines Brazil as a Federal Republic. The Federation is formed by the union of the Federal District, the 26 States, and the 5,564 Municipalities.
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Budapest
Budapest ( /ˈbuːdəpɛst/, /ˈbuːdəpɛʃt/ or /ˈbʊdəpɛst/; Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbudɒpɛʃt] ( listen); names in other languages) is the capital and the largest city of Hungary, the largest in East-Central Europe and the seventh largest in the European Union. It is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre, sometimes described as the primate city of Hungary. According to 2011 Census, Budapest had 1.74 million inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2.1 million due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter Area is home to 3.3 million people. The city covers an area of 525 square kilometres (202.7 sq mi) within the city limits. Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with a unification on 17 November 1873 of west-bank Buda and Óbuda with east-bank Pest.
The history of Budapest began with Aquincum, originally a Celtic settlement that became the Roman capital of Lower Pannonia.Hungarians arrived in the territory in the 9th century. Their first settlement was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241-42. The re-established town became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture in the 15th century. Following the Battle of Mohács and nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule, development of the region entered a new age of prosperity in the 18th and 19th centuries, and Budapest became a global city after the 1873 unification. It also became the second capital of Austria-Hungary, a great power that dissolved in 1918. After the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, when Hungary lost 72% of its former territory, culturally and economically the country became wholly Budapest-dominated. The capital dominates the country both by the size of its population—which dwarfs those of Hungary's other cities Budapest was the focal point of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919, Operation Panzerfaust in 1944, the Battle of Budapest of 1945, and the Revolution of 1956.
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Bulgaria
Coordinates: 42°45′N 25°30′E / 42.75°N 25.5°E / 42.75; 25.5
Bulgariai/bʌlˈɡɛəriə/ (Bulgarian: България, IPA: [bɤ̞ɫˈɡarijɐ]), is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and the Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south and the Black Sea to the east. With a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), Bulgaria is Europe's 14th-largest country. Its location has made it a historical crossroad for various civilisations and as such it is the home of some of the earliest metalworking, religious and other cultural artifacts in the world.
Prehistoric cultures began developing on Bulgarian lands during the Neolithic period. Its ancient history was marked by the presence of the Thracians, and later by the Greeks and Romans. The emergence of a unified Bulgarian ethnicity and state dates back to the First Bulgarian Empire, which dominated most of the Balkans and functioned as a cultural hub for Slavic peoples during the Middle Ages. With the downfall of the Second Bulgarian Empire in 1396, its territories came under Ottoman rule for nearly five hundred years. The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 resulted in the Third Bulgarian State, recognised in 1908. The following years saw several conflicts with its neighbours, which prompted Bulgaria to align with Germany in both World Wars. In 1946 it became a Communist republic with a single-party system until 1989, when the Communist Party allowed multi-party elections. After 1990 Bulgaria transitioned to democracy and a market-based economy.
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Canada
Canada ( /ˈkænədə/) is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Spanning over 9,900,000 km2 (3,800,000 sq mi), Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area, and its common border with the United States is the longest land border in the world.
The land that is now Canada has been inhabited for millennia by various Aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French colonial expeditions explored, and later settled, along the region's Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy; the Canada Act 1982 severed the vestiges of legal dependence on Britain.
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Cleveland
Cleveland ( /ˈkliːvlənd/) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles (97 km) west of the Pennsylvania border. It was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, and became a manufacturing center owing to its location on the lake shore, as well as being connected to numerous canals and railroad lines. Cleveland's economy has diversified sectors that include manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, and biomedical. Cleveland is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
As of the 2010 Census, the city proper had a total population of 396,815 and was the 45th largest city in the United States, and the second largest city in Ohio. It is the center of Greater Cleveland, the largest metropolitan area in Ohio. The Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor Metropolitan Statistical Area in 2011 ranked as the 28th largest in the United States with 2,068,283 people. Cleveland is part of the larger Cleveland-Akron-Elyria Combined Statistical Area, which in 2011 had a population of 2,871,084, and ranked as the country's 15th largest.
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Croatia
Croatia (i/kroʊˈeɪʃə/ kroh-AY-shə; Croatian: Hrvatska pronounced [xř̩ʋaːtskaː]), officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska listen (help·info)), is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of Central Europe, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers 56,594 square kilometres (21,851 square miles) and has diverse, mostly continental and Mediterranean climates. Croatia's Adriatic Sea coast contains more than a thousand islands. The country's population is 4.29 million, most of whom are Croats, with the most common religious denomination being Roman Catholicism.
In the early 7th century the Croats arrived in area of present-day Croatia. They organised the state into two dukedoms by the 9th century. Tomislav became the first king by 925 AD, elevating Croatia to the status of a kingdom. The Kingdom of Croatia retained its sovereignty for nearly two centuries, reaching its peak during the rule of Kings Peter Krešimir IV and Dmitar Zvonimir. Croatia entered a personal union with Hungary in 1102. In 1527, faced with Ottoman conquest the Croatian Parliament elected Ferdinand I of the House of Habsburg to the Croatian throne. In 1918, after World War I, Croatia was included in the short-lived State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs that declared independence from Austria–Hungary and co-founded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. A Croatian state briefly existed during World War II as a fascist puppet state. After the war, Croatia became a founding member and a federal constituent of the Second Yugoslavia, a socialist state. In June 1991, Croatia declared independence, which came into effect on 8 October of the same year. The Croatian War of Independence was fought successfully during the four years following the declaration.
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic (i/ˈtʃɛk/ CHEK;Czech: Česká republika, pronounced [ˈtʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka] ( listen), short form Česko Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛskɔ]) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the north, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east. Its capital and largest city, with 1.3 million inhabitants, is Prague.
It is a pluralist multi-party parliamentary representative democracy, a member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group.
The Czech state, formerly known as Bohemia, was formed in the late 9th century as a small duchy around Prague, at that time under dominance of the powerful Great Moravian Empire (which reached its greatest territorial extent during the reign of Svatopluk I from the House of Mojmír). After the fall of the Empire in 907, the centre of power was transferred from Moravia to Bohemia, under the Přemyslids. During the rule of Přemyslid dukes/kings and their successors, the Luxembourgs, the country reached its greatest territorial extent (13th–14th century). Life in the country was significantly affected by the Hussite wars, during which it faced economic embargo and crusades from all over Europe. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the Crown of Bohemia was gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy as one of its three principal parts alongside the Archduchy of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary. The Bohemian Revolt (1618–20) led to the further centralization of the monarchy including forced recatholization and Germanization. During radical reforms in the 18th century the Bohemian Crown was even de facto abolished (1749). In the 19th century the Czech lands became the industrial powerhouse of the monarchy and the core of the Republic of Czechoslovakia which was formed in 1918, following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire after World War I.
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Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia (Czech and Slovak: Československo, Česko-Slovensko) was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992. From 1939 to 1945, the state did not de facto exist because of its forced division and partial incorporation into Nazi Germany, but the Czechoslovak government-in-exile nevertheless continued to exist during this period. In 1945, the eastern part of Carpathian Ruthenia was taken over by the Soviet Union. On 1 January 1993, Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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The country was of generally irregular terrain. The western area was part of north-central European uplands. The eastern region was composed of northern reaches of Carpathian Mountains and Danube River basin lands.
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The weather was predominantly continental, but varied from the moderate temperature of Western Europe in the west, to more severe weather of Eastern Europe and the western Soviet Union in the east.
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Denver
Denver ( /ˈdɛnvər/) (Arapaho: Niinéniiniicíihéhe' ) is the largest city and the capital of the U.S. state of Colorado. As Denver County, it is the second most populous county in Colorado after El Paso County, which surpassed Denver County as of the 2010 Census. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The Denver downtown district is located immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Denver is nicknamed the Mile-High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile (1.6 km) or 5,280 feet (1,609.344 m) above sea level, which is defined by the elevation of the spot of a benchmark on the steps of the State Capital building. The elevation of the entire city ranges from 5,130 to 5,680 feet. The 105th meridian west of Greenwich passes through Union Station and is the temporal reference for the Mountain Time Zone.
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France
France (Englishi/ˈfræns/ FRANSS or /ˈfrɑːns/ FRAHNSS; French: [fʁɑ̃s] ( listen)), officially the French Republic (French: République française [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is often referred to as l’Hexagone ("The Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its territory. It is the largest western European country and it possesses the second-largest exclusive economic zone in the world, covering 11,035,000 km2 (4,260,000 sq mi), just behind that of the United States (11,351,000 km2 / 4,383,000 sq mi).
Over the past 500 years, France has been a major power with strong cultural, economic, military and political influence in Europe and around the world. During the 17th and 18th centuries, France colonised great parts of North America and Southeast Asia; during the 19th and early 20th centuries, France built the second largest colonial empire of the time, including large portions of North, West and Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and many Caribbean and Pacific Islands.
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Georgia (country)
Georgiai/ˈdʒɔrdʒə/ (Georgian: საქართველო Sakartvelo, IPA: [sɑkʰɑrtʰvɛlɔ] ( listen)) is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of Georgia is Tbilisi. Georgia covers a territory of 69,700 km² and its population is almost 4.7 million. Georgia is a unitary, semi-presidential republic, with the government elected through a representative democracy.
During the classical era independent kingdoms became established in what is now Georgia. The kingdoms of Colchis and Iberia adopted Christianity in the early 4th century. A unified Georgia reached the peak of its political and economic strength during the reign of King David IV and Queen Tamar in the 11th–12th centuries. At the beginning of the 19th century, Georgia was annexed by the Russian Empire. After a brief period of independence following the Russian Revolution of 1917, Georgia was occupied by Soviet Russia in 1921, becoming the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic and part of the Soviet Union. After independence in 1991, post-communist Georgia suffered from civil unrest and economic crisis for most of the 1990s. This lasted until the Rose Revolution of 2003, after which the new government introduced democratic and economic reforms.
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Germany
Germany (i/ˈdʒɜrməni/), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ( listen)), is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state and the largest economy in the European Union. It is one of the major political powers of the European continent and a technological leader in many fields.
A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, was documented before AD 100. During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward, and established successor kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation while southern and western parts remained dominated by Roman Catholic denominations, with the two factions clashing in the Thirty Years' War, marking the beginning of the Catholic–Protestant divide that has characterized German society ever since. Occupied during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states into the German Empire in 1871 which was Prussian dominated. After the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the subsequent military surrender in World War I, the Empire was replaced by the Weimar Republic in 1918, and partitioned in the Treaty of Versailles. Amidst the Great Depression, the Third Reich was proclaimed in 1933. The latter period was marked by Fascism and World War II. After 1945, Germany was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990 Germany was reunified.
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Greece
Greecei/ˈɡriːs/ (Greek: Ελλάδα, Ellada, IPA: [eˈlaða] ( listen) historically in Katharevousa and Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, Hellas, IPA: [eˈlas] and [helːás] respectively), officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Elliniki Dimokratia, IPA: [eliniˈci ðimokraˈtia]), is a country in Southern Europe, politically considered part of Western Europe.Athens is the capital and the largest city in the country (its urban area also including Piraeus). The population of the country is around 11 million.
Greece has land borders with Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of mainland Greece, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the 11th longest coastline in the world at 13,676 km (8,498 mi) in length, featuring a vast number of islands (approximately 1,400, of which 227 are inhabited), including Crete, the Dodecanese, the Cyclades, and the Ionian Islands among others. Eighty percent of Greece consists of mountains, of which Mount Olympus is the highest at 2,917 m (9,570 ft).
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Houston
Houston ( /ˈhjuːstən/) (Alibamu: Yosti ) is the largest city in the state of Texas, and the fourth-largest city in the United States. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of 656.3 square miles (1,700 km2). Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown, which is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the United States, with 6.08 million people as of July 1st, 2011.
Houston was founded in 1836 on land near the banks of Buffalo Bayou. It was incorporated as a city on June 5, 1837, and named after then-President of the Republic of Texas—former General Sam Houston—who had commanded at the Battle of San Jacinto, which took place 25 miles (40 km) east of where the city was established. The burgeoning port and railroad industry, combined with oil discovery in 1901, has induced continual surges in the city's population. In the mid-twentieth century, Houston became the home of the Texas Medical Center—the world's largest concentration of healthcare and research institutions—and NASA's Johnson Space Center, where the Mission Control Center is located.
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Hungary
Hungaryi/ˈhʌŋɡəri/ (Hungarian: Magyarország [ˈmɒɟɒrorsaːɡ] ( listen)) is a country, which is located in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The country's capital, and largest city, is Budapest. Hungary is a member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, the Visegrád Group, and is a Schengen state. The official language is Hungarian, also known as Magyar, which is part of the Finno-Ugric group and is the most widely spoken non-Indo-European language in Europe.
Following a Celt (after c. 450 BC) and a Roman (AD 9 - c. 430) period, the foundation of Hungary was laid in the late 9th century by the Hungarian prince Árpád, whose great-grandson Saint Stephen I was crowned with a crown sent by the pope from Rome in 1000 AD. The Kingdom of Hungary lasted for 946 years, and at various points was regarded as one of the cultural centres of the Western world. After about 150 years of partial Ottoman occupation (1541–1699), Hungary was integrated into the Habsburg Monarchy, and later constituted half of the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy (1867–1918).
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Israel
Coordinates: 31°N 35°E / 31°N 35°E / 31; 35
Israel, officially the State of Israel ( /ˈɪzriːəl/ or /ˈɪzreɪəl/; Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, Medīnat Yisrā'el, IPA: [me̞diˈnät jisʁäˈʔe̞l] ( listen); Arabic: دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل, Dawlat Isrāʼīl, IPA: [dawlat ʔisraːˈʔiːl]), is a parliamentary republic in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan and the West Bank in the east, Egypt and the Gaza Strip on the southwest, and the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea to the south, and it contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. Israel is defined as a Jewish and Democratic State in its Basic Laws and is the world's only Jewish-majority state.
Following the adoption of a resolution by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 29 November 1947 recommending the adoption and implementation of the United Nations plan to partition Palestine, on 14 May 1948 David Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization and president of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, declared the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel, to be known as the State of Israel, a state independent from the British Mandate for Palestine. Neighboring Arab states invaded the next day in support of the Palestinian Arabs. Israel has since fought several wars with neighboring Arab states, in the course of which it has occupied the West Bank, Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights. Portions of these territories, including east Jerusalem, have been annexed by Israel, but the border with the neighboring West Bank has not yet been permanently defined.[neutrality is disputed] Israel has signed peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, but efforts to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict have so far not resulted in peace.
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Istanbul
Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul) is the largest city in Turkey, forming the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With a population of 13.4 million, the city is at the center of the second-largest urban area in Europe after Moscow, and among the world's largest cities by population within city limits. Istanbul's vast area of 5,343 square kilometers (2,063 sq mi) is coterminous with Istanbul Province, of which the city is considered capital. Straddling the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea, Istanbul is a transcontinental city, with one third of its population living in Asia but its commercial and historical center in Europe.
Founded around 660 BC as Byzantium on the Seraglio Point, the city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. For nearly sixteen centuries following its reestablishment as Constantinople in 330 AD, it served as the capital of four empires — the late classical Roman Empire (330–395), the Eastern Roman ("Byzantine") Empire (395–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922). It was instrumental in the advancement of Christianity during Roman and Byzantine times, before the Ottomans conquered the city in 1453 and transformed it into an Islamic stronghold from which the last caliphate ruled. Although the Republic of Turkey established its capital elsewhere, in Ankara, remnants of Istanbul's previous central role still remain highly visible across the city, with palaces and imperial mosques lining its hills.
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Italy
Italyi/ˈɪtəli/ (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja]), officially the Italian Republic or the Republic of Italy (Italian: Repubblica italiana), is a unitary parliamentary republic in south-central Europe. To the north, it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia along the Alps. To the south, it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia–the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea–and many other smaller islands. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy, while Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. The territory of Italy covers some 301,338 km2 (116,347 sq mi) and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 60.6 million inhabitants, it is the fifth most populous country in Europe, and the 23rd most populous in the world.
Rome, the capital of Italy, was for centuries a political and religious centre of Western civilisation as the capital of the Roman Empire and site of the Holy See. After the decline of the Roman Empire, Italy endured numerous invasions by foreign peoples, from Germanic tribes such as the Lombards and Ostrogoths, to the Byzantines and later, the Normans, among others. Centuries later, Italy became the birthplace of Maritime republics and the Renaissance, an immensely fruitful intellectual movement that would prove to be integral in shaping the subsequent course of European thought.
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Lanxess Arena
Lanxess Arena (originally Kölnarena, German for Cologne Arena) is an indoor arena, in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The arena opened in 1998 and can accommodate 20,000 people.
It is primarily used by VfL Gummersbach (team handball), Kölner Haie (ice hockey) and as a concert venue.
Bob Dylan may have been the first major performer to play Kolnarena, bringing his Never-Ending Tour to the building on May 11, 2000.
Janet Jackson was scheduled to perform during her All for You Tour on November 19, 2001, but the show was canceled, due to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Christina Aguilera brought her Stripped World Tour to the arena on October 4, 2003.
Kylie Minogue performed a show at the arena during her Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour on April 5, 2005, and again during her KylieX2008 Tour on May 27, 2008.
WWE is a regular at the arena, as they hosted events in 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2007.
The arena was used for the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship, including the third place game and the final game.
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Latvia
Latviai/ˈlætviə/ (Latvian: Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Republika), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia (border length 343 km), to the south by Lithuania (588 km), to the east by the Russian Federation (276 km), to the southeast by Belarus (141 km), and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden. With 2,067,887 inhabitants and a territory of 64,589 km2 (24,938 sq mi) it is one of the least populous and least densely populated countries of the European Union. The capital of Latvia is Riga. The official language is Latvian and the currency is called Lats (Ls). The country has a temperate seasonal climate.
The Latvians are a Baltic people, culturally related to the Lithuanians. Together with the Finno-Ugric Livs (or Livonians), the Latvians are the indigenous people of Latvia.Latvian is an Indo-European language and along with Lithuanian the only two surviving members of the Baltic branch. Indigenous minority languages are Latgalian and the nearly extinct Finno-Ugric Livonian language. In terms of geography, territory and population Latvia is the middle of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Latvia and Estonia share a long common history: historical Livonia, times of German (Teutonic Order), Polish-Lithuanian, Swedish, Russian, Nazi German and Soviet rule, 13th century Christianization and 16th century Protestant Reformation. Both countries are home to a large number of ethnic Russians (26.9% in Latvia and 25.5% in Estonia) of whom some are non-citizens. Latvia is historically predominantly Protestant, except for the region of Latgalia in the southeast which is historically predominantly Roman Catholic.
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Lithuania
Lithuania (i/ˌlɪθuːˈeɪniə/ or /ˌlɪθjuːˈeɪniə/; Lithuanian: Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublika) is a country in Northern Europe, the largest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark. It borders Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and a Russian exclave (Kaliningrad Oblast) to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 3.2 million as of 2011, and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. The Lithuanians are a Baltic people, and the official language, Lithuanian, is one of only two living languages (together with Latvian) in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.
For centuries, the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea was inhabited by various Baltic tribes. In the 1230s the Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, who was crowned as King of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the first Lithuanian state, on 6 July 1253. During the 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the largest country in Europe: present-day Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia were territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. With the Lublin Union of 1569, Lithuania and Poland formed a voluntary two-state union, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Commonwealth lasted more than two centuries, until neighboring countries systematically dismantled it from 1772 to 1795, with the Russian Empire annexing most of Lithuania's territory.
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London
Londoni/ˈlʌndən/ is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium. London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It is the world's leading financial centre alongside New York City and has the fifth-largest city GDP in the world (and the largest in Europe). London has been described as a world cultural capital. It was the world's most visited city during 2011 and London Heathrow is the world's busiest airport by number of international passengers. London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. In 2012 London will become the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.
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Madrid
Madrid (English /məˈdrɪd/, Spanish: [ma'ðrid]) is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third largest in the European Union after London and Paris. The city spans a total of 604.3 km2 (233.3 sq mi).
The city is located on the Manzanares river in the centre of both the country and the Community of Madrid (which comprises the city of Madrid, its conurbation and extended suburbs and villages); this community is bordered by the autonomous communities of Castile and León and Castile-La Mancha. As the capital city of Spain, seat of government, and residence of the Spanish monarch, Madrid is also the political centre of Spain. The current mayor is Ana Botella from the People's Party (PP).
Madrid urban agglomeration has the 3rd largest GDP in the European Union and its influences in politics, education, entertainment, environment, media, fashion, science, culture, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities. Due to its economic output, high standard of living, and market size, Madrid is considered the major financial centre of Southern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula; it hosts the head offices of the vast majority of the major Spanish companies, such as Telefónica, Iberia or Repsol. Madrid is the most touristic city of Spain, the fourth-most touristic of the continent, and is the 10th most livable city in the world according to Monocle magazine, in its 2010 index. Madrid also ranks among the 12 greenest European cities in 2010. Madrid is currently a Candidate City for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers.
Memphis had a population of 662,897 at the 2010 census, making it the largest city in the state of Tennessee, the third largest in the Southeastern United States, and the 20th largest in the United States. The greater Memphis metropolitan area, including adjacent counties in Mississippi and Arkansas, had a 2010 population of 1,316,100. This makes Memphis the second largest metropolitan area in Tennessee, surpassed only by metropolitan Nashville, which has overtaken Memphis in recent years. Memphis is the youngest of Tennessee's major cities. A resident of Memphis is referred to as a Memphian, and the Memphis region is known, particularly to media outlets, as the "Mid-South".
Because it occupies a substantial bluff rising from the Mississippi River, the site of Memphis is a natural location for settlement. The area was first settled by the Mississippian Culture and then by the Chickasaw Indian tribe. For 10,000 years they occupied the bluffs along the river, building a large mound on the bluff. European exploration came later, beginning in the 16th century with Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and French explorers led by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.
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Miami
Miami ( /maɪˈæmi/ or /maɪˈæmə/) is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625. The 42nd largest city proper in the United States, with a population of 408,568, it is the principal, central, and most populous city of the South Florida metropolitan area, and the most populous metropolis in the Southeastern United States. According to the US Census Bureau, Miami's metro area is the seventh most populous and fifth-largest urban area in the United States, with a population of around 5.5 million.
Miami is a major center and a leader in finance, commerce, culture, media, entertainment, the arts, and international trade. In 2010, Miami was classified as a Alpha- World City in the World Cities Study Group’s inventory. In 2010, Miami ranked seventh in the United States in terms of finance, commerce, culture, entertainment, fashion, education, and other sectors. It ranked thirty-third among global cities. In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked Miami "America's Cleanest City", for its year-round good air quality, vast green spaces, clean drinking water, clean streets and city-wide recycling programs. According to a 2009 UBS study of 73 world cities, Miami was ranked as the richest city in the United States, and the world's fifth-richest city in terms of purchasing power. Miami is nicknamed the "Capital of Latin America", is the 2nd largest U.S. city (after El Paso) with a Spanish-speaking majority, and the largest city with a Cuban-American plurality.
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Milan
Milan (Italian: Milano [miˈlaːno] ( listen); Lombard: [miˈlan]; Latin: Mediolanum) is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital of Lombardy as well as of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area is the 5th largest in EU and the largest in Italy with an estimated population of approximately 5 million. The growth of many suburbs and satellite settlements around the city proper, following the Italian economic miracle of 1950s–60s and massive commuting flows, suggest that socioeconomic linkages have expanded well beyond the boundaries of its administrative limits and its agglomeration, creating a region of approximately 9,3 million people. It has been suggested that the Milan metropolitan area is part of the so-called Blue Banana, the area of Europe with the highest population and industrial density. Its health care and education system is considered one of the best of Europe.
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Montenegro
Montenegro (i/ˌmɒntɨˈneɪɡroʊ/ or /ˌmɒntɨˈniːɡroʊ/; or /ˌmɒntɨˈnɛɡroʊ/; Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора [tsr̩̂ːnaː ɡɔ̌ra] ( listen), meaning "Black Mountain") is a country in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the southeast. Its capital and largest city is Podgorica, while Cetinje is designated as the Prijestonica (Пријестоница), meaning the former Royal Capital City.
In the 10th century, there existed three Slavic principalities on the territory of Montenegro: Duklja, roughly corresponding to the southern half, Travunia, the west, and Rascia, the north. In 1042, archon Stefan Vojislav led a revolt that resulted in independence of Duklja and the establishment of the Vojislavljević dynasty. Duklja reached its zenith under Vojislav's son, Mihailo (1046–81), and his son Bodin (1081–1101). By the 13th century, Zeta had replaced Duklja when referring to the realm, which at the time was part of the Serbian Grand Principality of the Nemanjić dynasty.
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Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. ( /ˈnaɪkiː/; NYSE: NKE) is a major publicly traded clothing, footwear, sportswear, and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world's leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in excess of US$18.6 billion in its fiscal year 2008 (ending May 31, 2008). As of 2008, it employed more than 30,000 people worldwide. Nike and Precision Castparts are the only Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the state of Oregon, according to The Oregonian.
The company was founded on January 25, 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight, and officially became Nike, Inc. on May 30, 1978. The company takes its name from Nike (Greek Νίκη, pronounced [nǐːkɛː]), the Greek goddess of victory. Nike markets its products under its own brand, as well as Nike Golf, Nike Pro, Nike+, Air Jordan, Nike Skateboarding, and subsidiaries including Cole Haan, Hurley International, Umbro and Converse. Nike also owned Bauer Hockey (later renamed Nike Bauer) between 1995 and 2008. In addition to manufacturing sportswear and equipment, the company operates retail stores under the Niketown name. Nike sponsors many high profile athletes and sports teams around the world, with the highly recognized trademarks of "Just do it" and the Swoosh logo.
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Oakland, California
Oakland ( /ˈoʊklənd/) is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state and the 47th-largest in the U.S. with a population of 390,724 according to the 2010 census. Incorporated in 1852, Oakland is the county seat of Alameda County and is a central hub city for a region of the San Francisco Bay Area known as the East Bay. The city lies directly across the bay from San Francisco.
Oakland's territory covers what was once a mosaic of coastal terrace prairie, oak woodland, and north coastal scrub. Oakland served as a rich resource when its hillside oak and redwood timber were logged to build San Francisco, and Oakland's fertile flatland soils helped it become a prolific agricultural region. During the California Gold Rush, Oakland became the main staging post for passengers and cargo journeying between the Bay Area and the Sierra foothills. In the late 1860s, Oakland was selected as the western terminal of the Transcontinental Railroad. It continued to grow into the 20th century with its busy port, shipyards, and a thriving automobile industry. Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, many San Franciscans left that city's destruction, and a great number of Oakland's homes were built during the 1910s and 1920s. An extensive streetcar network connected most of Oakland's neighbourhoods to inter-city rail lines, most of whose routes continue as bus lines today. Ferry lines connected Oakland to San Francisco and other cities.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City (Pawnee: Uukuhuuwasiri ) is the capital and the largest city in the US state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's population, from the 2010 census, was 579,999, with a metro-area population of 1,252,987 . In 2010, the Oklahoma City-Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,322,249 residents. Oklahoma City's city limits extend into Canadian, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie counties, though much of those areas outside of the core Oklahoma County area are suburban or rural (watershed). The city ranks as the eighth-largest city in the United States by land area (including consolidated city-counties; it is the largest city in the United States by land area whose government is not consolidated with that of a county).
Oklahoma City features one of the largest livestock markets in the world. Oil, natural gas, petroleum products and related industries are the largest sector of the local economy. The city is situated in the middle of an active oil field and oil derricks dot the capitol grounds. The federal government employs large numbers of workers at Tinker Air Force Base and the United States Department of Transportation's Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center. (These two sites house several offices of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Department's Enterprise Service Center, respectively.)
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Olympic Indoor Hall
The O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall (also known simply as the Indoor Hall or the Olympic Sports Hall) which is part of the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (O.A.C.A.) "Spiros Louis" (in Greek: O.A.K.A.), was completed in 1995 and was the largest indoor venue in use for sporting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. It is located in the suburb of Maroussi. It is considered to be one of the biggest and most modern indoor sports arenas in all of Europe. In Greece it is known as the O.A.K.A. Indoor Hall and/or the O.A.K.A. Olympic Sports Hall.
It is notable for the distinctive A-frame roof that features four huge pillars, each 35 meters tall that stand 108 meters apart from each other. According to the Greek Ministry of Sports, it is the largest indoor sporting arena of its kind in the world. The arena is also constructed in a unique way so that an abundant amount of natural light comes into the arena during the day.
The arena seats up to 17,600 for gymnastics events, although only 12,500 seats were made publicly available for the gymnastics at the 2004 Olympics. It seats 19,250 for basketball games, which includes 18,500 seats for the fans, 300 seats for media members, and 450 seats for VIPs.
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Orlando, Florida
Orlando (/ɔrˈlændoʊ/) is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States. The Greater Orlando metropolitan area has a population of 2,134,411, making it the 26th largest metro area in the United States, the sixth largest metro area in the Southeastern United States, and the third largest metro area in Florida. Orlando is the fifth largest city in Florida, and the state's largest inland city.
Orlando is nicknamed "The City Beautiful" and its symbol is the fountain at Lake Eola. The current mayor is Buddy Dyer. The city is best known for the Walt Disney World Resort (located approximately 21 miles (34 km) southwest of Downtown Orlando in Lake Buena Vista), founded by the Walt Disney Company in 1971, and for the Universal Orlando Resort (which consists of two parks, Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure, as well as other attractions, including City Walk). Orlando is also home to the SeaWorld theme park, Gatorland, as well as Wet 'n Wild Water Park. With the exception of Walt Disney World, most major attractions are located along International Drive. The city's famous attractions form the backbone of Orlando's tourism industry, making the city the most visited American city in 2009. The city is also one of the busiest American cities for conferences and conventions. Like other major cities in the Sun Belt, Orlando grew rapidly during the 1980s and well into the first decade of the 21st century. Orlando is also home to the University of Central Florida, which is the second largest university in the United States in terms of enrollment (as of 2011).
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Palau Sant Jordi
Palau Sant Jordi (Catalan pronunciation: [pəˈɫaw ˈsaɲ ˈʒɔrði], English: St. George's Palace) is an indoor sporting arena and multi-purpose installation that is part of the Olympic Ring complex located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The maximum seating capacity of the arena is 16,500 for handball, 17,000 for basketball, and 24,000 for musical events.
It was opened in 1990 and designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki.
The Palau Sant Jordi was one of the main venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics hosting the artistic gymnastics, handball final, and volleyball final. Nowadays, it is used for all kinds of indoor sport events as well as for concerts and other cultural activities, due to its great flexibility.
The arena was the venue of the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics.
The arena was the venue of three Euroleague final four in 1998,2003 and 2011. It also hosted the EuroBasket 1997 from the quarter-finals.
The final of 2000 Davis Cup was the 89th edition of the most important tournament between nations in men's tennis. Spain defeated Australia at Palau Sant Jordi on 8–10 December, giving Spain their first title. It also received the final of 2009 Davis Cup between Spain and Czech Republic with the victory for the Spaniards 5-0.
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Panama
Panama (i/ˈpænəmɑː/ PAN-ə-mah; Spanish: Panamá), officially the Republic of Panama (Spanish: República de Panamá [reˈpuβlika ðe panaˈma]), is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The capital is Panama City. Explored and settled by the Spanish in the 16th century, Panama broke with Spain in 1821 and joined a union of Nueva Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela, named the Republic of Gran Colombia.When Gran Colombia the dissolved in 1831, Panama and Nueva Granada remained joined. Nueva Granada later became the Republic of Colombia.
With the backing of the United States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the Panama Canal to be built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1904 and 1914. In 1977, an agreement was signed for the complete transfer of the Canal from the United States to Panama by the end of the century.
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Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( /ˈfiːnɪks/ FEE-niks; O'odham: Ski:kigk; Yavapai: Wathinka or Wakatehe; Western Apache: Fiinigis; Navajo: Hoozdoh; Mojave: Hachpa 'Anya Nyava) is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populous city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data. It is the anchor of the Phoenix metropolitan area (also known as the Valley of the Sun), and is the 12th largest metro area by population in the United States with about 4.2 million people in 2010. In addition, Phoenix is the county seat of Maricopa County, and is one of the largest cities in the United States by land area. Phoenix is the largest capital city in the United States and the only state capital with over 1,000,000 people.
Phoenix was incorporated as a city in 1881, after being founded in 1861 near the Salt River, close to the confluence with the Gila River. The city has a notable and famous political culture and has been home to numerous influential American politicians and other dignitaries, including Barry Goldwater, William Rehnquist, John McCain, Carl Hayden, and Sandra Day O'Connor. Residents of the city are known as Phoenicians.
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Poland
Polandi/ˈpoʊlənd/ (Polish: Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Polska; Kashubian: Pòlskô Repùblika; Silesian: Polsko Republika), is a country in Central Europe, bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north. The total area of Poland is 312,679 square kilometres (120,726 sq mi), making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe. Poland has a population of over 38 million people, which makes it the 34th most populous country in the world and the sixth most populous member of the European Union, being its most populous post-communist member. Poland is a unitary state made up of 16 voivodeships. Poland is a member of the European Union, NATO, the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), European Economic Area, International Energy Agency, Council of Europe, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, International Atomic Energy Agency, G6, Council of the Baltic Sea States, Visegrád Group, Weimar Triangle and Schengen Agreement.
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Prague
Prague ( /ˈprɑːɡ/; Czech: Praha pronounced [ˈpraɦa] ( listen)) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and fourteenth largest city in European Union. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of nearly 2.0 million. The city has a temperate oceanic climate with warm summers and chilly winters.
Prague has been a political, cultural, and economic centre of central Europe with waxing and waning fortunes during its 1,100 year existence. Founded during the Romanesque and flourishing by the Gothic and Renaissance eras, Prague was the seat of two Holy Roman Emperors and thus then also the capital of the Holy Roman Empire. It was an important city to the Habsburg Monarchy and its Austro-Hungarian Empire and after World War I became the capital of Czechoslovakia. The city played major roles in the Protestant Reformation, the Thirty Years' War, and in modern history generally as the principal conurbation in Bohemia and Moravia whose second city is Brno.
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Riga
Riga (Latvian: Rīga, pronounced [riːɡa] ( listen)) is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 657,424 inhabitants ( 2011) Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial, cultural and financial centre of the Baltic Sea region.[citation needed] The city lies on the Gulf of Riga, at the mouth of the river Daugava. Riga's territory covers 307.17 km2 (118.60 sq mi) and lies between 1 and 10 metres (3.3 and 33 ft) above sea level, on a flat and sandy plain.
Riga was founded in 1201 and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture. The city will be the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. The city hosted the 2006 NATO Summit, the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 and the 2006 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. It is home to the European Union's office of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). Riga is served by Riga International Airport, the largest airport in the Baltic states.
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Russia
Russiai/ˈrʌʃə/ or /ˈrʊʃə/ (Russian: Россия, tr. Rossiya; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə] ( listen)), also officially known as the Russian Federation (Russian: Российская Федерация, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə] ( listen)), is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk, and the US state of Alaska by the Bering Strait. At 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia is also the eighth most populous nation with 143 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning nine time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources and is the largest producer of oil and natural gas globally. Russia has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
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San Antonio
San Antonio ( /ˌsænænˈtoʊni.oʊ/) is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.3 million. It was the fastest growing of the top 10 largest cities in the United States from 2000-2010, and the second from 1990-2000. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. San Antonio has characteristics of other western urban centers in which there are sparsely populated areas and a low density rate outside of the city limits. The city is one of the two principal municipalities of the San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan area, the other being New Braunfels. Commonly referred to as Greater San Antonio, the metropolitan area has a population of 2.2 million based on the 2011 U.S. Census estimate, making it the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States and third-largest in the state of Texas.
The city was named for San Antonio de Padua, whose feast day is on June 13, when a Spanish expedition stopped in the area in 1691. Famous for Spanish missions, the Alamo, the River Walk, the Tower of the Americas, the Alamo Bowl, Marriage Island and host to SeaWorld and Six Flags Fiesta Texas theme parks, the city is visited by approximately 26 million tourists per year according to the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau. The city is home to the four-time NBA champion San Antonio Spurs and the annual San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, one of the largest in the country.
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San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio ( /ˌsænænˈtoʊni.oʊ/) is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.3 million. It was the fastest growing of the top 10 largest cities in the United States from 2000-2010, and the second from 1990-2000. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. San Antonio has characteristics of other western urban centers in which there are sparsely populated areas and a low density rate outside of the city limits. The city is one of the two principal municipalities of the San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan area, the other being New Braunfels. Commonly referred to as Greater San Antonio, the metropolitan area has a population of 2.2 million based on the 2011 U.S. Census estimate, making it the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States and third-largest in the state of Texas.
The city was named for San Antonio de Padua, whose feast day is on June 13, when a Spanish expedition stopped in the area in 1691. Famous for Spanish missions, the Alamo, the River Walk, the Tower of the Americas, the Alamo Bowl, Marriage Island and host to SeaWorld and Six Flags Fiesta Texas theme parks, the city is visited by approximately 26 million tourists per year according to the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau. The city is home to the four-time NBA champion San Antonio Spurs and the annual San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, one of the largest in the country.
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Sarajevo
Sarajevo (Cyrillic: Сарајево) (pronounced [sǎrajɛʋɔ]) is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with an estimated population of over 311,161 people within its administrative limits. It is also the capital of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity, as well as the center of the Sarajevo Canton, which has a population of 438,757. Nestled within the greater Sarajevo valley of Bosnia, it is surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans.
Sarajevo is the leading social and cultural center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and its region-wide influence in politics, education, entertainment, media, fashion, science, and the arts contribute to its status as Bosnia and Herzegovina's major economic center.
The city is historically famous for its traditional cultural and religious diversity, with adherents of Islam, Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Judaism coexisting there for centuries. Due to this long and rich history of religious and cultural variety, Sarajevo is often called the "Jerusalem of Europe" or "Jerusalem of the Balkans". It was, until recently in the 20th century, the only major European city to have a mosque, cathedral, Orthodox church and synagogue within the same neighborhood.
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Serbia
Serbiai/ˈsɜrbiə/, officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија / Republika Srbija, pronounced [rɛpǔblika sř̩bija]), is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans. Serbia borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; the Republic of Macedonia to the south; and Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the west; additionally, it borders Albania through Kosovo, whose status as part of Serbia is disputed. Serbia covers an area of 88,361 km2 and has a population of just over 7.1 million, while the capital and largest city is Belgrade.
The arrival of the Serbs to the Balkans in the 7th century, established several states, eventually forming the Serbian Empire in the 14th century. By the 16th century, Serbia was conquered and occupied by the Ottoman Empire, at times interrupted by the Habsburgs. In the early 19th century the Serbian revolution re-established the country as the region's first constitutional monarchy, which subsequently expanded its territory and pioneered the abolition of feudalism in the Balkans. The former Habsburg crownland of Vojvodina united with Serbia in 1918. Following World War I, Serbia formed Yugoslavia with other South Slavic peoples which existed in several forms up until 2006, when the National Assembly of Serbia declared independence and the legal succession to the former State Union. In February 2008 the parliament of UNMIK-governed Kosovo, Serbia's southern province, declared independence, with mixed responses from international governments.
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Slovenia
Slovenia (i/sloʊˈviːniə/ sloh-VEE-nee-ə, Slovene: Slovenija), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija, [reˈpublika sloˈveːnija]) is a Slavic nation state, situated in South-Central Europe, at the crossroad of main European cultural and trade routes. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Croatia to the south and southeast, and Hungary to the northeast. It covers 20,273 square kilometres (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.05 million. It is a parliamentary republic, member of the European Union and NATO. Relative to its geography, history, economy, culture, and language, it is a very diverse country distinguished by a transitional character. It is characterised by a high economic and social level. Its capital and largest city is Ljubljana.
The territory of Slovenia is mainly hilly or mountainous and has an exceptionally high landscape and biological diversity and a mosaic structure, which are a result of natural attributes and the long-lasting presence of humans. Four major European geographic units interweave here: the Alps, the Dinaric Alps, the Mediterranean, with a small portion of coastline along the Adriatic Sea, and the Pannonian Plain. The climate is temperate and significantly influenced by the variety of territory, with a strong interaction of the continental climate, the sub-Mediterranean climate and Alpine climate across most of the country. The country is one of the water-richest in Europe, with a dense river network, a rich aquifer system, and significant karstic underground watercourses. Over half of the territory is covered by forest.
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Sofia
Sofia (Bulgarian: София, pronounced [ˈsɔfijɐ] ( listen)) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 15th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.2 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.
Prehistoric settlements were excavated in the centre of the present city, near the royal palace, as well as in outer districts Slatina and Obelya. The well-preserved town walls (especially their substructures) date back before the 7th century BC, when Thracians established their city around a mineral spring, which exists to the present day. Sofia has had several names in the different periods of its existence. Its ancient name, Serdika or Serdica, derives from the local Celtic tribe of the serdi who inhabited the region since the 1st century BC. Serdica was a Roman capital during the tetrarchic system of government. During the Middle Ages, it was one of the major commercial centres of the Bulgarian Empire, along with Tarnovo. Sofia's population remained small until 1879, when it was declared a capital of the Principality of Bulgaria after the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule.
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Soviet Union
The Soviet Union (Russian: Советский Союз, tr. Sovetsky Soyuz), officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR; Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик, tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik; IPA: [sɐˈjus sɐˈvʲetskʲɪx sətsɨəlʲɪˈstʲitɕɪskʲɪx rʲɪsˈpublʲɪk] ( listen); abbreviated СССР, SSSR), was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.
The Soviet Union was a single-party state ruled by the Communist Party from its foundation until 1990. A union of 15 subnational Soviet republics, the Soviet state was structured under a highly centralized government and economy.
The Russian Revolution of 1917 caused the downfall of the Russian Empire. Following the Russian Revolution, there was a struggle for power between the Bolshevik party, led by Vladimir Lenin, and the anti-communist White movement. In December 1922, the Bolsheviks won the civil war, and the Soviet Union was formed with the merger of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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Spain
Spain (i/ˈspeɪn/ SPAYN; Spanish: España, pronounced: [esˈpaɲa] ( listen)), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España), is a sovereign state and a member of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar; to the north and north east by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the northwest and west by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal.
Spanish territory also includes the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the African coast, and two autonomous cities in North Africa, Ceuta and Melilla, that border Morocco. Furthermore, the town of Llívia is a Spanish exclave situated inside French territory. With an area of 504,030 square kilometres (194,610 sq mi), it is the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union after France, and the fourth largest country in Europe after Russia, Ukraine and France.
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Switzerland
Switzerland (German: die Schweiz[ˈʃvaɪts]; French: Suisse [sɥis(ə)]; Italian: Svizzera [ˈzvit͡sːɛra]; Romansh: Svizra [ˈʒviːtsrɐ] or [ˈʒviːtsʁːɐ]), in its full name the Swiss Confederation (Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica, hence its abbreviation CH), is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in western Europe, where it is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8 million people is concentrated mostly on the Plateau, where the largest cities are to be found. Among them are the two global cities and economic centres of Zurich and Geneva.
The Swiss Confederation has a long history of armed neutrality—it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815—and did not join the United Nations until 2002. It pursues, however, an active foreign policy and is frequently involved in peace-building processes around the world. Switzerland is also the birthplace of the Red Cross and home to a large number of international organizations, including the second largest UN office. On the European level, it is a founding member of the European Free Trade Association and is part of the Schengen Area – although it is notably not a member of the European Union, nor the European Economic Area.
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Tbilisi
Tbilisi (Georgian: თბილისი [tʰb̥ilisi] ( listen)) is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi (ტფილისი) and it was officially known as Tpilisi (in Georgian) or Tiflis (in Russian) until 1936. The city covers an area of 726 km2 (280 sq mi) and has 1,480,000 inhabitants.
Founded in the 5th century by Vakhtang Gorgasali, the monarch of Georgia's precursor Kingdom of Iberia, Tbilisi has served, with various intervals, as Georgia's capital for nearly 1500 years and represents a significant industrial, social, and cultural center of the country. Located near the southeastern edge of Europe, Tbilisi's proximity to lucrative east-west trade routes often made the city a point of contention between various rival empires throughout history and the city's location to this day ensures its position as an important transit route for global energy and trade projects. Tbilisi's varied history is reflected in its architecture, which is a mix of medieval, classical, and Soviet structures.
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Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv, officially Tel Aviv-Yafo (Hebrew: תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ; Arabic: تل أبيب), is the second most populous city in Israel. It has a population of 404,400 within city limits, on a land area of 52 km2 (20 sq mi). The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in central-west Israel. In 2010, it was the largest and most populous city in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area of 3,325,700 residents, known as Gush Dan. The city is governed by the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality, headed by Ron Huldai. Residents of Tel Aviv are referred to as Tel Avivim.
Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 by the Jewish Community of Jaffa (Hebrew: יָפוֹ Yafo; Arabic: يافا Yāfā), on the outskirts of the ancient port city. The growth of Tel Aviv soon outpaced Jaffa, which had a majority Arab population at the time. Tel Aviv and Jaffa were merged into a single municipality in 1950, two years after the establishment of the State of Israel. Tel Aviv's White City, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003, comprises the world's largest concentration of Bauhaus buildings.
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Texas
Texas (i/ˈtɛksəs/) (Alibamu: Teksi ) is the second most populous and the second most extensive of the 50 United States, and the most extensive state of the 48 contiguous United States. The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in East Texas. Located in the South Central United States, Texas shares an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south, and borders the US states of New Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas to the northeast, and Louisiana to the east. Texas has an area of 268,820 square miles (696,200 km2), and a growing population of 25.7 million residents.
During the Spanish colonial rule, the area was officially known as the Nuevo Reino de Filipinas: La Provincia de Texas. Antonio Margil de Jesús was known to be the first person to use the name in a letter to the Viceroy of Mexico in July 20, 1716. The name was not popularly used in daily speech but often appeared in legal documents until the end of the 1800s.
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Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη [θesaloˈnici] ( listen)), also known as Thessalonica ( /ˌθɛsəlɵˈnaɪkə/) and historically known as Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace. Its honorific title is Συμπρωτεύουσα (Symprotévusa), literally "co-capital", and stands as a reference to its historical status as the Συμβασιλεύουσα (Symvasilévousa), "co-reigning" city of the Byzantine Empire, alongside Constantinople.
According to the 2011 census the municipality of Thessaloniki today has a population of 322,240, while the Thessaloniki Urban Area (the contiguous built up area forming the "City of Thessaloniki") has a population of 790,824; making it the fifth largest and most populated city in the Balkans and the second most populated city that is not a capital. Furthermore, the Thessaloniki Metropolitan Area extends over an area of 1,455.62 km2 (562.02 sq mi) and its population in 2011 reached a total of 1,006,730 inhabitants.
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Toronto
Toronto (/təˈrɒntoʊ/, colloquially /ˈtrɒnoʊ/) is the largest city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from the Mississaugas of the New Credit. The settlement was later established as the Town of York and proclaimed as the new capital of Upper Canada by its lieutenant-governor, John Graves Simcoe. In 1834, York was incorporated as a city and renamed to its present name. The city was ransacked in the Battle of York during the War of 1812 and damaged in two great fires in 1849 and in 1904. Since its incorporation, Toronto has repeatedly expanded its borders through amalgamation with surrounding municipalities, most recently in 1998.
With over 2.6 million residents, it is the fifth most populous city in North America. Its metropolitan area has over 5.5 million residents. Toronto is at the heart of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and is part of a densely populated region in Southern Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe, which has a population of nearly 9 million people as of 2011. The census metropolitan area (CMA) had a population of 5,583,064, and the Greater Toronto Area had a population of 6,054,191 in the 2011 Census. Its cosmopolitan and international population reflects its role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada. Toronto is one of the world's most diverse cities by percentage of non-native-born residents, with about 49% of the population born outside Canada. Toronto is also consistently rated as one of the world's most livable cities by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Mercer Quality of Living Survey.
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Turkey
Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (help·info)), is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia (mostly in the Anatolian peninsula) and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhchivan) and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea is to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (which together form the Turkish Straits) demarcate the boundary between East Thrace and Anatolia; they also separate Europe and Asia.
Turkey is one of the six independent Turkic states. The vast majority of the population are Muslims. The country's official language is Turkish, whereas Kurdish and Zazaki languages are spoken by Kurds and Zazas, who constitute 18% of the population.
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Ukraine
Ukraine (i/juːˈkreɪn/ yew-KRAYN; Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina, [ukrɑˈjinɑ]; Russian: Украина; Crimean Tatar: Ukraina) is a country in Central and Eastern Europe. Ukraine borders the Russian Federation to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after the Russian Federation.
According to a popular and well established theory, the medieval state of Kievan Rus was established by the Varangians in the 9th century as the first historically recorded East Slavic state which emerged as a powerful nation in the Middle Ages until it disintegrated in the 12th century. By the middle of the 14th century, Ukrainian territories were under the rule of three external powers—the Golden Horde, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Kingdom of Poland. After the Great Northern War (1700–1721) Ukraine was divided between a number of regional powers and, by the 19th century, the largest part of Ukraine was integrated into the Russian Empire with the rest under Austro-Hungarian control. A chaotic period of incessant warfare ensued, with several internationally recognized attempts at independence from 1917 to 1921, following World War I and the Russian Civil War. Ukraine emerged from its own civil war, and on December 30, 1922 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic became one of the founding republics of the Soviet Union. The Ukrainian SSR's territory was enlarged westward during the civil war shortly before, and after World War II, and further south in 1954 with the Crimea transfer. In 1945, the Ukrainian SSR became one of the founding members of the United Nations.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system, with its seat of government in the capital city of London. It is a country in its own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There are three devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff, the capitals of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Associated with the UK, but not constitutionally part of it, are three Crown Dependencies. The United Kingdom has fourteen overseas territories. These are remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in 1922, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface and was the largest empire in history. British influence can still be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former territories.
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United States
The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion (22% of nominal global GDP and over 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity). Per capita income is the world's sixth-highest.
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Vitoria-Gasteiz
Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque: Gasteiz; IPA: [ɡas̺teis̻]; Spanish: Vitoria, IPA: [biˈtoɾja]; officially Vitoria-Gasteiz) is the capital city of the province of Álava and of the autonomous community of the Basque Country in northern Spain with a population of 235,661 people. It is the second largest Basque city. The dwellers of the city are called Vitorianos or Gasteiztarras, while traditionally they are dubbed Babazorros (Basque for 'bean eaters').
Vitoria-Gasteiz will be the European Green Capital in 2012.
In the year 581 the Visigoth king Liuvigild founded the city of Victoriacum, trying to emulate the Roman foundations, as a celebration of the victory against the Vascones near what is assumed to be the hill occupied by the primitive village of Gasteiz. This however is not sufficiently proven, and some historians and experts believe that Victoriacum was located not on the site of present-day Vitoria-Gasteiz but nearby, maybe at Iruña-Veleia (cf. J.M. Lacarra) or at the foot of Mount Gorbea where there is a village called Vitoriano.
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West Germany
West Germany (German: Westdeutschland) is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.
During this period, West Germany and the communist East Germany were divided by the Inner German border. After 1961, West Berlin was physically separated from East Berlin as well as from East Germany by the Berlin Wall. This situation ended when East Germany was dissolved and its five states joined the ten states of the Federal Republic of Germany along with the reunified city-state of Berlin. The enlarged Federal Republic of Germany with sixteen states (known simply as "Germany") is thus the continuation of the pre-1990 Federal Republic of Germany.
The Federal Republic of Germany was established from eleven states formed in the three Allied Zones of occupation held by the United States, the United Kingdom and France (the "Western Zones"). The city of Bonn was its provisional capital city. The fourth Allied occupation zone (the East Zone, or Ostzone) was held by the Soviet Union. The parts of this zone lying east of the Oder-Neisse were in fact annexed by the Soviet Union and communist Poland; the remaining central part around Berlin became the communist German Democratic Republic (abbreviated GDR; in German Deutsche Demokratische Republik or DDR) with its de facto capital in East Berlin. As a result, West Germany had a territory about half the size of the interwar democratic Weimar Republic.
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Zaragoza
Zaragoza (Spanish pronunciation: [θaɾaˈɣoθa]), also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It is situated on the Ebro river and its tributaries, the Huerva and the Gállego, near the centre of the region, in a valley with a variety of landscapes, ranging from desert (Los Monegros) to thick forest, meadows and mountains.
On 1 September 2010 the population of the city of Zaragoza was 701,090, within its administrative limits on a land area of 1,062.64 km2 (410.29 sq mi), ranking fifth in Spain. It is the 35th most populous municipality in the European Union. The population of the metropolitan area was estimated in 2006 at 783,763 inhabitants. The municipality is home to more than 50 percent of the Aragonese population. The city lies at an elevation of 199 metres.
Zaragoza hosted Expo 2008 in the summer of 2008, a world's fair on water and sustainable development. It was also candidate for the European Capital of Culture in 2016.
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Aldo Ossola
Aldo Ossola (born 13 March 1945) is an Italian former basketball player, who was a play maker with a great ability to set the offensive rhythm for his team. He is a member of the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame. His older brother, Luigi Ossola, played football professionally, in the Serie A.
On 3 February 2008, Ossola was chosen as one of the 50 most influential personalities to European club basketball, over the last half-century, by the Euroleague Basketball Experts Committee.
Ossola won, with the great Italian League club Ignis Varese of the seventies, 5 Euroleague titles (1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, and 1976), and played in ten consecutive finals, a record that is almost impossible to be broken.
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Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky (Russian: Гомельский, Александр Яковлевич) (January 18, 1928 in Kronstadt, USSR – August 16, 2005 in Moscow, Russia) was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach. Gomelsky was Jewish.[1]
Gomelsky began his coaching career in 1948, in Leningrad, with LGS Spartak. In 1953, he became the coach of ASK Riga, an army club, leading the team to five Soviet Union league titles, and three consecutive European Champions Cups (Euroleague), from 1958 to 1960.
In 1969, he was appointed the head coach of CSKA Moscow, where he coached until 1980, leading the club to 9 Soviet Union national league championships (1970–1974, 1976–1979), 2 Soviet union national cups (1972–1973), and one European Champions Cup (Euroleague) title in 1971. He also lead the club to two more European Champions Cup (Euroleague) finals, in 1970, and 1973.
He also coached in Spain, France, and the United States.
Gomelsky coached the Soviet Union national team for almost 30 years, leading them to 6 FIBA European Championship titles (1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1979, and 1981), 2 FIBA World Cup titles (1967, and 1982), and the Summer Olympic Games gold medal in 1988.
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Alexei Savrasenko
Alexey Savrasenko (in Russian: Алексей Саврасенко (born February 28, 1979 in Krasnodar, Russia) is a Russian professional basketball player. He plays at the center position. In June 2011 he signed 1-year contract with UNICS Kazan.
Because of half-Greek origin from his mother side he has dual citizenship in both Russia and Greece. In fact, his Greek passport states his name as Alexis Amanatidis.[citation needed]
As a member of the Russian national basketball team, Savrasenko played at the 2002 FIBA World Championship. He also played at the following European Championships: 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007. He won the gold medal at the 2007 European Championship.
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Alphonso Ford
Alphonso Gene Ford (October 31, 1971 – September 4, 2004) was an American professional basketball player. A 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) tall shooting guard, he was one of the greatest scorers in college basketball history. After a short stint in the NBA, Ford played professionally in Europe. In the Euroleague he confirmed his tremendous scoring ability and became a reference in the matter, notwithstanding his chronic health issues. The competition's leading scorer award bears his name in his honor.
Ford was a high school star player for Amanda Elzy High School in Greenwood, Mississippi. Upon entering college basketball at Mississippi Valley State University, Ford led the entire NCAA in freshman scoring during the 1989-90 season with a 29.9 points per game average. In his sophomore year, he averaged 32.9 points per game, second only to Bo Kimble of Loyola Marymount University. He became the first player in NCAA history to average 25 points per game in four straight seasons. His 3,165 career points scored in the NCAA are 4th on the all time scoring list behind only Pete Maravich, Freeman Williams and Lionel Simmons.
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Andrea Meneghin
Andrea Meneghin (born February 2, 1974 in Varese) is an Italian retired professional basketball player and active coach. Son of Dino Meneghin, one of the greatest Italian players in history, Andrea played against his father during the latter's last season as a pro.
Standing at 2.00 m, Meneghin was an offense oriented shooting guard that spent almost his whole career with Pallacanestro Varese. He played many seasons in the Euroleague with Varese and Fortitudo Bologna and was named the European Player of the Year Mr. Europa in 1999.
Andrea Meneghin was selected in the All-Eurobasket Team in 1999 when the Italian national team won the Gold medal. He also helped Pallacanestro Varese win the Italian Championship in 1999, something that the team had not achieved since 1978. Being considered an icon in Varese, he started his coaching career during the 2007-08 also for the Varese team.
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Andrei Kirilenko
Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko (Russian: Андрей Геннадьевич Кириленко; born February 18, 1981) is a Russian professional basketball player who plays the small forward position for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Professional Basketball League and the Euroleague. He is 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall and weighs 103 kg (227 lb). At age fifteen, Kirilenko began playing professional basketball in his native Russia with the Russian Basketball Super League. He spent another three years with CSKA Moscow, winning the Russian league MVP award in 2000.
In 2001, Kirilenko joined the Utah Jazz, who drafted him in 1999. He became the first Russian player selected in the first round of a draft and the youngest European player drafted. He made the NBA All-Rookie Team after his first season, was an NBA All-Defensive Team pick three times and played in the 2004 All-Star Game. In 2012, he led CSKA Moscow to the Euroleague Final, being named the competition's MVP, while earning an All-Euroleague First Team selection. He also won the Euroleague Defensive Player of the Year award the same year.
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Andrés Nocioni
Andrés Marcelo Nocioni (born November 30, 1979) is an Argentine professional basketball player who plays for Caja Laboral in the Spanish Liga ACB. He was a two-time All-Euroleague selection before spending eight seasons in the NBA from 2004 to 2012. His natural position is small forward, but he does sometimes play at power forward.
A regular member of the Argentine national team, Nocioni was part of the team that won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He has also helped the Argentine national team to win the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis.
Andrés was the second son of Pedro José Pilo Nocioni and Ángela Palmira Roux, both also born in Santa Fe. Though both he and his older brother Pablo were born in Santa Fe, the family actually lived in Gálvez, 80 km south of Santa Fe, where Andrés attended school. Andrés and his wife, Paula Raquel Aimonetto, have two sons, Laureano and Benicio. Nocioni is known as Chapu after the children TV series El Chapulín Colorado, which was very popular in Argentina.[dead link] He holds Argentine and Italian citizenships.
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Anthony Parker
Anthony Michael Parker (born June 19, 1975) is an American professional basketball player who plays with the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
After graduating from Bradley University with a major in liberal arts, he entered the 1997 NBA Draft and played briefly in the NBA before plying his trade in Europe. There, Parker spent five seasons with the Israeli Super League basketball club Maccabi Tel Aviv and one season with the Italian Lega A club Lottomatica Roma. With Maccabi he won five Israeli Super League national championships, five Israeli National Cups, three European titles (2 ULEB Euroleague titles and the FIBA SuproLeague title in 2001), and was voted two consecutive times Euroleague MVP.
After returning to the NBA as a free agent in 2006, Parker established himself as the Toronto Raptors' starting shooting guard, as well as one of the best three point shooters and perimeter defenders in the league. In his first season with the Raptors, Parker helped the team clinch their first ever division title, first NBA Playoffs berth in five years, and best regular season record in franchise history. He helped the Raptors reach the playoffs again in the 2007–08 season, before becoming a free agent in 2009.
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Antonis Fotsis
Antonis Fotsis (alternate spelling: Antonios Fotsis, Greek: Αντώνης Φώτσης; born April 1, 1981 in Maroussi, Athens) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 2.09 m (6 ft 10 ¼ in) power forward. He currently plays with Olimpia Milan and is the captain of the Greek national basketball team.
Fotsis began his career as one of the biggest European prospects. He is a good shot blocker, a top offensive rebounder, and an excellent 3 point shooter, especially for a power forward. He is very physical on the defensive end due to his elite athleticism. Fotsis is also the captain of the Greek national team. He is considered to be one of the best Greek basketball players of all time in the power forward position.
Fotsis began his professional career in 1996 with the Greek A1 League club Ilissiakos. He quickly earned a reputation as a very talented young player when playing in senior national team. He then transferred to the Greek club Panathinaikos (PAO) in 1997 just at the age of sixteen. It is a fact of significant importance that he started his career as a point guard and later moved to the small forward and then power forward positions. Due to his early guard playing status, he was later always recognized as one of the best power forwards in Europe, regarding basketball technique. While being the most dominant-youth aged talent in Greece at the time, he twice participated in the Nike Hoop Summit All-World Team (1998, 1999). He got little playing time in his first 2 seasons with Panathinaikos, but he managed to become one of the team's key players during the 1999-00 season. With Panathinaikos, he won the Euroleague Championship that same season while being barely nineteen. One year later, he became a starter on the Panathinaikos team that made it to the FIBA SuproLeague finals.
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Arijan Komazec
Arijan Komazec (born January 23, 1970 in Zadar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Croatian basketball player.
He was a member of the Yugoslavian National Team and then the Croatian National Team after gained independence. He was a part of the Croatian team that won the Silver Medal in Barcelona during the 1992 Olympics. He also won the Bronze Medal with Croatia in 1993 and 1995 at Eurobasket.
He also won the Greek Cup in 1993 with Panathinaikos BC. With Virtus Bologna (then under name Kinder) he won the Italian Supercup in 1996 and Italian Cup in 1997. With KK Zadar he won the Krešimir Ćosić Cup in 2000. He has played in the 1999 Euroleague Final four with Olympiakos.
He was briefly part of the Vancouver Grizzlies, an NBA team from the 2000-2001 season, but he has only spent one month with the team and has not played in any NBA games, and he has since kept to European teams.
Komazec is of ethnic Serb origin, his father's ancestors settling in Dalmatia during the Great Serb Migrations. His mother hails from Kraljevo, in Serbia. His maternal uncle is Petar Popović, the Yugoslav basketball legend.
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Armenak Alachachian
Armenak Alachachian (Russian: Арменак Алачачян, born December 25, 1930 in Alexandria, Egypt) is a retired Armenian basketball player and coach. A creative point guard, he reached European stardom with CSKA Moscow and the Soviet Union national team.
Alachachian's great understanding of the game helped CSKA lift its first Euroleague title in 1961. He added a second title in 1963, and reached another final in 1965, before retiring.
As a player of the Soviet national team, Alachachian won four gold medals at the 1953, 1961, 1963, and 1965 FIBA European Championships, as well as a silver medal at the 1964 Olympic basketball tournament.
Aleksandar Gomelsky, at the time CSKA's sports director, assigned him at the coach position in the late 60's, and Alachachian led the Reds to the 1969 Euroleague title, thus becoming the first man to lift the trophy, as both a player and a coach.
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Arvydas Macijauskas
Arvydas Macijauskas (born January 19, 1980) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. He announced termination of his career after his last club, Olympiacos, released him following a prolonged judicial litigation.
Early in his career, Macijauskas was a member of the Neptūnas junior team.
Macijauskas made his pro debut in 1996 with Neptūnas. He only played 3 games in his rookie season and spent most of the season with the Klaipėda University-Irvinga team. He spent three seasons with the Neptūnas and averaged 12.7 points on 53 percent shooting.
He played the next four seasons with Lietuvos Rytas and led them to two Lithuanian league titles in 2000 and 2002 and a Northern Europe League title in 2003. He was named the Lithuanian league MVP in 2002 and 2003. He averaged 15.3 points on 61% shooting in 143 games with the Rytas.
Macijauskas joined the Tau Ceramica for the next two seasons and helped them win a Spanish Cup in 2004. On December 17, 2003, he scored a career-high 40 points against Asvel Lyon. The team reached the Euroleague finals in 2005, but lost to Maccabi, which was led by a Lithuanian Final Four MVP Šarūnas Jasikevičius. Macijauskas was selected to the All-Euroleague First Team. He played in 42 Euroleague games over 2 seasons with TAU and averaged 18.6 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists.
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Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Romas Sabonis (born December 19, 1964 in Kaunas, Lithuania SSR, USSR) is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player and a businessman. He was an eight-time European Player of the Year, winning the Euroscar Award six times, and the Mr. Europa Award twice, as the best European player and played in a variety of leagues, including seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the United States. Sabonis played the center position and also won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in South Korea for the Soviet Union, and later earned bronze medals at the 1992 and 1996 games while playing for Lithuania. He retired from professional basketball in 2005.
Sabonis is considered one of the best big man passers as well as one of the best overall centers in the history of the game. Bill Walton once called Sabonis a 7'3" Larry Bird due to his unique court vision, shooting range, rugged in-game mentality, and versatility.
On August 20, 2010, Sabonis was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in recognition of his great play in international competition. On April 4, 2011, Sabonis was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and he was inducted on August 12, 2011. Sabonis has the distinction of being the tallest player inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. On 24 October 2011, Sabonis was voted to be the next president of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation.
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Bogdan Tanjević
Bogdan Tanjević (Serbian: Богдан Тањевић) (born 13 February 1947 in Pljevlja, Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia) is an ex-Yugoslav, naturalized Italian, Bosnian, and Turkish professional basketball coach, who last coached the Turkish national basketball team, between 2004-10, and Fenerbahçe Ülker, between 2007-10. He is currently the technical coordinator of male national basketball teams of Turkey.
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Božidar Maljković
Božidar "Boža" Maljković (born 20 April 1952) is a Serbian professional basketball coach, one of the most successful in Europe, having won a title with practically all the clubs he trained; including four Euroleague titles, with three different clubs (Jugoplastika Split, Panathinaikos, and Limoges). In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors. Currently, he's the head coach of the Slovenian national basketball team.
Maljković was born in Otočac (at the time PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia). Having ended his playing career prematurely, at only 19 years of age, he started coaching immediately, in the small basketball club Ušće, in Belgrade, where he worked from 1971 to 1979. Maljković then moved to Radnički Belgrad initially as an assistant to Bratislav Đorđević, but took over as head coach the next season. His next stop was Red Star Belgrade, as an assistant to Ranko Žeravica, from 1981 to 1986.
Maljković's big coaching break came at Jugoplastika Split, where he arrived in 1986, taking over a talented youthful team. After having won two European Champions' Cup (Euroleague) titles, three Yugoslavian Championships, and three Yugoslavian National Cups, he took over FC Barcelona in 1991, where he won the Spanish King's Cup in the same season. Finally, in 1992, he moved to Limoges, where he won another Euroleague title. He then moved to Panathinaikos, Unicaja, and Real Madrid.
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Cesare Rubini
Cesare Rubini (2 November 1923 – 8 February 2011) was an Italian basketball player and coach, and water polo player. One of the greatest European basketball coaches of all time, Rubini was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994, the first, and to this day, one of the few Italian basketball figures to receive such an honour, together with Dino Meneghin and Sandro Gamba. He has also been inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame and into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame.
Rubini started to play basketball for his high school team in his native Trieste, where he graduated in 1941. The same year he began to play for Olimpia Milano, the most prestigious Italian League basketball club at that time. He however had a long-lived passion for water polo: this led him later to become one of the rare world sportsmen to play at the highest level in two different team sports.
In 1946, he won a silver medal with the Italian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 1946, held in Geneva. The following year, he also won a silver medal at the European Championships, but this time with the Italian national water polo team. In the meantime he had assumed the role of player-coach of Olimpia Milano: in 1948, however, he was called by the national teams of both sports. Rubini chose water polo, and won a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games in London, beating the Netherlands in the final. With Rubini as a full-time player, Italy could boast what was to be called the "Golden Settebello", one of the most valuable water polo teams ever, which also won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics and at the Turin European Championship of 1954. In both the events, Italy was behind traditional rivals of Yugoslavia and Hungary.
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Charles Shackleford
Charles Edward Shackleford (born April 22, 1966 in Kinston, North Carolina) is an American former professional basketball player.
Shackleford played collegiate basketball at North Carolina State University for 3 seasons (1985/86-1987/88). He was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the 2nd round (32nd overall pick) of the 1988 NBA Draft. He played in six NBA seasons as a forward-center for the Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Charlotte Hornets. Shackleford's best year as a pro came during the 1989–1990 NBA season when he averaged 8.2 points per game in 70 games for the Nets. On February 20, 1990, he recorded a career high 26 rebounds to go with a career high 23 points at Milwaukee. Having played in top European teams, he led the 1995-96 Euroleague in rebounds averaging 12.3 per game with Ülkerspor and won the 1997 Korać Cup wearing Aris' Thessaloniki jersey.
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Chris Corchiani
Christopher Corchiani (born March 28, 1968 in Coral Gables, Florida) is a retired American professional basketball player. Corchiani's college career lasted from 1988 to 1991 at North Carolina State University.
He attended Miami's Kendall Acres Academy, and also Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School, before attending North Carolina State University and was selected by the Orlando Magic with the 9th pick of the 2nd round (36th overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft. He played with two other teams, the Boston Celtics and the Washington Bullets. He also played professionally in Italy, Turkey, Spain and Germany. He has an adopted son, originally from Turkey, Kevin Totti Corchiani.
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Chuck Eidson
Charles Patrick "Chuck" Eidson Jr. (born October 10, 1980) is an American professional basketball player. He is 2.02 m (6 ft 7 ½ in) tall and plays mainly at the small forward position. He can also play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions as well as a point forward. He currently plays at FC Barcelona Bàsquet.
Eidson played high school basketball at Pinewood Preparatory School where he was a Parade All-American and South Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year. He played college basketball at the University of South Carolina with the Gamecocks men's basketball team. He also played at the Albert Schweitzer Tournament in 1998 and at the Nike Hoop Summit in 1999.
After his college career with the University of South Carolina Gamecocks, Eidson spent a season with the North Charleston Lowgators of the NBDL. After a short stint with the Boston Celtics, he signed a one-year deal with the Giessen 46ers in the German Basketball Bundesliga. The team, that was on the verge of relegation the season before, was brought back to life by Eidson, who led the 46ers to the Bundesliga playoffs against RheinEnergie Köln. In the decisive game five, Eidson scored 40 points, leading Giessen to a 3-2 series win and straight to the semifinals, where they lost against the eventual champion GHP Bamberg. For his stellar performance, the Small Forward was named the 2004-05 Bundesliga MVP. In a pre-season game versus EnBW Ludwigsburg the following fall, Eidson suffered a torn ACL and sat out 172 days before returning to the starting lineup of the 46ers in a Bundesliga game against BG Karlsruhe. Only three games later, Eidson torched TBB Trier for 41 points. After the season, Eidson left Germany and signed with Strasbourg IG in the French ProA, where he also gained ULEB cup experience. One year later, he signed with the Lithuanian powerhouse Lietuvos Rytas of Vilnius.
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Cliff Levingston
Clifford Eugene Levingston (born January 4, 1961 in San Diego, California) is a retired American basketball player in the NBA. Levingston starred at Wichita State University before being drafted by the Detroit Pistons in 1982. After two seasons with the Pistons, he was traded to the Atlanta Hawks, with whom he would spend the prime of his career.
After six seasons with the Hawks, Levingston joined the Chicago Bulls, with whom he won two championship rings in 1991 and 1992. From 1992 to 1994 he played overseas for PAOK BC of the Greek League as such he played in the final four of the European championship. In 1994 he returned to America and joined the Denver Nuggets, and retired from the league in 1995 with career totals of 5,888 points, 4,307 rebounds, and 593 blocked shots.
In 1986, while playing for the Hawks, Levingston had the rare distinction of "fouling into" an NBA game in a game. In a game where Dominique Wilkins and Antoine Carr were injured, Kevin Willis, Scott Hastings, Spud Webb and Levingston fouled out of the game. After Doc Rivers was ejected, the Hawks were down to only four players. Under an obscure rule, Levingston, the last player to foul out, was allowed to come back into the game at the cost of a technical foul.
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Clifford Luyk
Clifford Luyk Diem, (born in Syracuse, New York on June 28, 1941) is a former Spanish American basketball player. Luyk was athletic, talented, and possessed great low-post skills, highlighted by his trademark, old-school hook shot.
He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. On February 3, 2008, he was chosen as one of the 50 most influential personalities to European club basketball, over the last half-century, by the Euroleague Basketball Experts Committee.
Luyk joined Real Madrid in 1962, and acquired Spanish citizenship three years later. Luyk retired in 1978, having won six Euroleague titles with Madrid's legendary club (1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1974, and 1978). This record makes him unique, because he is the only player, who has won 6 Euroleague titles as a player with the same team. Luyk also won 14 Spanish Championships, 10 Spanish Cups, and 2 Intercontinental Cups.
Luyk won the silver medal in the 1973 European championship with the Spanish national team. He also played at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games, EuroBasket 1969, EuroBasket 1971, the 1972 Summer Olympics, EuroBasket 1973, the 1974 FIBA World Championship, EuroBasket 1975, and the 1975 Mediterranean Games.
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Clinton Wheeler
Clinton Wheeler (born October 27, 1959, in Neptune Township, New Jersey) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'1" (185 cm) 185 lb (84 kg) point guard and played collegiately at Division III's William Paterson University. In his brief NBA career from 1987 to 1989 he played for three teams.
Wheeler played high school basketball at Long Branch High School in Long Branch, New Jersey.
During the 80's Wheeler played frequently in the Jersey Shore Basketball League which was a Pro-Am league that played outdoors at the Headliner in Neptune, NJ. NBA players and NJ residents like Kelly Tripucka, Roy Hinson, and Mike O'Koren also played. Wheeler's spectacular plays were memorialized by the PA announcer with "Wow Wheeler!" after an impressive basket.
Wheeler was selected by the Kansas City Kings in the 7th round (12th pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft. He is ranked eighth on the Albany Patroons' all-time regular season scoring list.
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Corny Thompson
Cornelius "Corny" Allen Thompson (born February 5, 1960, in Washington, D.C.) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'8" (203 cm) 225 lb (102 kg) power forward who occasionally also played the center position. Thomson was a member of the Joventut Badalona team that reached a Euroleague final in 1992 and lifted the trophy in 1994.
Corny started playing basketball because people suggested that he play because he was tall. He was about 6'5" before he got to High School. He wasn't serious about it until Middle School. From then on, every year, Corny progressed, went to camp and became a better player.
Corny attended Middletown High School in Middletown, Connecticut. In his freshman season, Corny was too good for the freshman team so he was promoted up to the Varsity team. The Varsity coach was Tom Labella. The team lost 5 or 6 games that year. In his sophomore through senior seasons the team won 76 games in a row. That record has still not been broken. The team won three State Championships and was ranked in the top 25 basketball teams in the country. Corny was the captain in the 1976, 1977, 1978 seasons (sophomore-senior). Corny still holds many records at Middletown High School.
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D'or Fischer
D'or Fischer (born on October 12, 1981 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American professional basketball player. He is a 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 115.4 kg (255 lb.)center-forward. He currently plays with the Spanish pro club CB Bilbao Berri.
Fischer played college basketball at Northwestern State University and also at West Virginia University with the West Virginia Mountaineers.
Fischer began his professional career in 2005 with the Polish League and ULEB Cup club Anwil Włocławek. He then joined the NBA D-League club the Roanoke Dazzle in 2006. He then moved to the German League club EWE Baskets Oldenburg for the 2006–07 season.
He spent the 2007–08 season with the Belgian League club Euphony Bree. He joined the Israeli Euroleague club Maccabi Tel Aviv for the 2008–09 season. In July 2010 he signed with Real Madrid. In August 2011 he signed a one-year contract with Bizkaia Bilbao Basket.
On March 1, 2009, Fischer was attacked outside of a club in Tel Aviv with a glass bottle. He was injured in the face and his facial nerves were damaged, but he has fully healed.
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Dan Peterson
Daniel Lowell "Dan" Peterson (born January 9, 1936) is a former American professional basketball head coach. He resigned his most recent position as the head coach of Olimpia Milano in the Italian Serie A1 after the team was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2011 Italian league playoffs. The team has announced that he will assume another role (not yet announced) with the club. He is nicknamed "The Coach" for his legacy in Italian basketball.
Peterson went to Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Ill. He received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University in Evanston and a masters degree from the University of Michigan.
He served as assistant coach for NAIA school McKendree College from 1962 to 1963. From 1963 to 1964 he served as freshmen coach at Michigan State. After MSU, for one season, he was plebe coach at the United States Naval Academy. The next year, at the age of 30, he became head coach at the University of Delaware. In five years there, he assembled a record of 69 wins and 49 losses.
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Darjuš Lavrinovič
Darjuš Lavrinovič (alternate spelling: Darius Lavrinovič; Polish: Dariusz Ławrynowicz ; Russian Cyrillic: Дарюс Лавринович ; born November 1, 1979 in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a Polish-Lithuanian professional basketball player. His twin brother Kšyštof is also a professional basketball player. He is 2.12m (6' 11 ½") in height. He plays the center position. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. He is currently playing for CSKA Moscow from Russia.
Darjuš Lavrinovič blossomed in the Euroleague 2005-06 season while playing with Žalgiris Kaunas, as he earned an All-Euroleague Second Team selection. He was a rebounding monster that year, claiming the league rebounding crown in both the LKL and the Baltic League, averaging 9.8 rebounds per game in each competition. He joined Real Madrid in 2009. The following year, he was transferred to Fenerbahçe Ülker. In 2011, he signed a two-year contract with CSKA Moscow.
Lavrinovič has also been a member of the senior Lithuanian national basketball team. With Lithuania's national team he has played at the EuroBasket 2005, the 2006 FIBA World Championship, the EuroBasket 2007, the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, and the EuroBasket 2009. He helped Lithuania win the bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2007.
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David Andersen
David Emil Andersen (born 23 June 1980) is an Australian professional basketball player. He also holds a Danish passport (because he has a Danish father and an Australian mother). He is 6 ft 11 (2.11m) tall.
Andersen played in the Euroleague for 9 seasons before moving to the NBA, where he was a part of three Euroleague championship teams: Virtus Bologna 2001, CSKA Moscow 2006, 2008. He did not play during the 2006 Euroleague playoffs, as he was injured, but he still was on CSKA's team that season that won the championship.
He is a power forward/center. In Europe, he is not known for being a defensive player and rebounder for his size, but for being a good offensive power forward/center that could both spread the floor and score in the low post.
Andersen started playing basketball with Frankston and as a teenager moved to the Australian Institute of Sport. He signed his first professional contract with the Wollongong Hawks of the Australian National Basketball League in 1998. After just one year, he moved to the Italian A League and signed a multi-year contract with Virtus Bologna, with whom he won numerous titles in his four-year span with the team. After the team went into bankruptcy in the summer of 2003, he moved to the Italian club Montepaschi Siena, with whom he won another Italian Championship.
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David Rivers
David Lee Rivers (born January 20, 1965 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a retired American basketball player. A point guard, he reached star status in the Euroleague, mostly playing for Olympiacos Piraeus under coach Dusan Ivkovic.
Rivers grew up in Jersey City and played high school basketball under Bob Hurley at powerhouse St. Anthony High School.
A third team All-American in 1986-87 and a second team selection in '87-88, he attended the University of Notre Dame.
He was the co-captain of the '87-88 squad. He currently ranks fourth in school history, in scoring with 2,058 points, and second in Notre Dame history in assists (586). He also ranks second all-time in steals (201) and steals average (1.7 spg), second in games started (116), fourth in assists average (5.0 apg) and three-point field goal percentage (.406), ninth in games played (118), 11th all-time in three-point field goals made (67) and 13th in three-point field goals attempted (165). He was selected to the 1987 NCAA Championship All-Regional team. He earned four monograms while a member of the Fighting Irish.
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Davor Pejčinović
Davor Pejčinović (born March 28, 1971) is a retired Croatian basketball player. A 2.11 m center, he participated in the 2000-01 Euroleague with KK Zadar.
Pejčinović was a member of the Croatian national team that won the bronze medal in the 1995 Eurobasket.
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Dejan Milojević
Dejan Milojević (Serbian: Дејан Милојевић; born April 15, 1977 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian basketball player.
Milojević was born and raised in Belgrade, and started playing basketball for a small club named KK Beovuk 72. He was quite a dominant figure while playing in youth leagues, once scoring 131 points in a single game, a still-standing record.
His professional career began in 1998 with a first division club KK FMP from the Belgrade suburb of Železnik. While playing a couple of seasons for a club well known for its working with young players, the 6 ft 7 in Milojević became famous for his blue collar and never-quit style of playing. He averaged a double-double in both of his seasons with FMP, and won the league MVP award in 1999.
In 2000, Milojević moved to KK Budućnost Podgorica in Montenegro, where he won his first national championship in 2001. He spent three more seasons there, improving his skills and his game every year. Already a dominating inside presence, he improved his three-point and free-throw shooting, an area in which he struggled a lot in early years. While in Budućnost he won a couple more league MVP Awards, in 2003 and 2004.
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Dejan Tomašević
Dejan Tomašević (Serbian: Дејан Томашевић; born 6 May 1973 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Serbian professional basketball player. He is a 2.08 m tall center.
He played with Borac Čačak, Red Star Belgrade, Partizan Belgrade, Budućnost Podgorica, TAU Cerámica and Pamesa Valencia, Panathinaikos and PAOK, which he joined in September 2008.
Tomašević started his great career with Borac Čačak, and he made his first transfer in 1991, to Red Star Belgrade, where he stayed for 4 years, winning 2 Yugoslavian League Championship titles. His next teams were Partizan Belgrade (1995–99), where he won 2 Yugoslavian League Championships and one Yugoslavian Cup title, and Budućnost Podgorica (1999–01), where he won 2 more Yugoslavian League Championships and one Yugoslavian Cup trophy. The big transfer abroad for his career was realized when he signed with TAU Cerámica, where he played the 2001–02 season, winning the Spanish ACB League and the Spanish King's Cup in 2002. He then transferred to Pamesa Valencia, where he won the Eurocup in 2003, and finally on to Panathinaikos, where he won 3 Greek League Championships and 3 Greek Cups in 2006, 2007, 2008, and the Triple Crown in 2007. In September 2008, he signed a one year contract contract with PAOK.
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DeJuan Collins
DeJuan Collins (born November 20, 1976 in Youngstown, Ohio, United States) is an American professional basketball player. He is 6'2" (1.88 m) in height and he weighs 190 pounds (86 kg). Collins is best known as a scorer, also organizing and leading his team's game. He is currently playing for the pro club Žalgiris Kaunas in Kaunas, Lithuania, after leaving Cajasol CB Sevilla.
Collins, or "DC" as fans and friends simply call him, began his career at Louisiana State University (LSU) (NCAA Division I) and the Tuskegee Institute (NCAA Division II).
A second-division club, WiredMinds Tübingen, part of the German Bundesliga, was Collins' first professional adventure. Led by his team-high 26 points per game, Tübingen was able to win promotion in the 2000-01 season. The biggest surprise of the entire season was their first-round German Cup upset of ALBA Berlin. Even though Collins had to play against better teams in the first division, the following season he was able to continue his great performances. He was the top scorer with 23.6 points per game in his first year in the first Bundesliga and he was invited to the All-Star game, subsequently switching to ALBA where, in 2002/2003, he won the German Championship and the German Cup.
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Derrick Phelps
Derrick Michael Phelps (born July 31, 1972 in Queens, New York) is an American former professional basketball player. At 6' 4" and 181 lbs., he played as a point guard.
Phelps attended Christ The King Regional High School in Middle Village, Queens, New York. He was named to the 1990 McDonald's All-American Team. After, he played in the McDonald's All-American game with future UNC teammates Eric Montross, Brian Reese and Clifford Rozier.
He then rose to prominence while playing college basketball for coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina. He was named as an All-Atlantic Coast Conference Honorable Mention in 1993, and was named to the 2nd Team in 1994. Phelps was a member of North Carolina's 1993 NCAA National Championship team, as the Tar Heels defeated Michigan 77-71 in the title game. Graduating in 1994, Phelps left college holding two Tar Heel records: most steals in one game (9) and in a career (247). He was also the only player in ACC history with 600 assists, 400 rebounds, and 200 steals.
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Dimitris Diamantidis
Dimitris Diamantidis (alternate spelling: Dimitrios Diamantidis) (Greek: Δημήτρης Διαμαντίδης) (born May 6, 1980 in Kastoria, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player. Standing at 1.96 m (6'5"), Diamantidis mainly plays at the point guard position, but he also has the ability to play as a shooting guard, as well as to assume the small forward position, being utilized as a point forward. At the age of fourteen, he started his youth career with his home team in Kastoria, and he stayed there for five years, before being transferred to Iraklis in 1999. Since the summer of 2004, he plays for the Greek League and Euroleague team Panathinaikos Athens (PAO).
Diamantidis helped Panathinaikos to three Euroleague championships in 2007, 2009, and 2011, earning the Final Four MVP Award twice, and being named Euroleague MVP in 2011. He also won seven consecutive Greek League (2005 to 2011) and six Greek Cup titles, five of which were consecutive (2005 to 2009). A three-time All-Euroleague First Team selection, he is the first recipient of the Euroleague Best Defender Award, which he won five times in a row from 2005 to 2009, and an additional one in 2011. Moreover, Diamantidis was voted to the Euroleague 2001-10 All-Decade Team. As a member of the Greek national team, he earned a EuroBasket title in 2005, as well as a FIBA World Championship silver medal in 2006, with Greece stunning the likes of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, and Carmelo Anthony in the tournament's semifinal.
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Dino Meneghin
Dino Meneghin (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdino meneˈɡin]; born January 18, 1950) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He is widely considered as the best Italian player ever, as well as one of Europe's all time greats. A 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall center, Meneghin was born in Alano di Piave, Veneto (northeast Italy). On November 20, 1966, when he was 16 years old, he played his first match in the Italian League with Ignis Varese. He played the last match of his career at the age of 45. Today, he works for the Italian Basketball Federation and for the club Olimpia Milano. On August 20, 2010, Meneghin was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, in recognition of his play in international competition.
In total, he played in 836 games and scored 8,560 points in the Italian Championship. With the Italian national basketball team, he played in 271 games and totaled 2,847 points scored. Meneghin became the second player from a European league to be drafted by an NBA team when the Atlanta Hawks manager Marty Blake selected him with a late-round pick in the 1970 NBA Draft. He never played in the USA, however.
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Donatas Motiejūnas
Donatas Motiejūnas (born September 20, 1990) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He plays the power forward and center positions. He is nicknamed "D-Mo" by Houston Rockets fans and "Doncė" (pronounced as "Don-tzeh") by Lithuanian fans. Motiejūnas was selected 20th overall in the 2011 NBA Draft.
Motiejūnas began his career playing with the youth team Arvydas Sabonis School of Kaunas. He made his professional debut with the Žalgiris Kaunas in a Baltic League game against the ASK Riga. He scored 15 points in 22 minutes.
Motiejūnas helped Žalgiris Kaunas win a Baltic Championship, a Lithuanian Championship and a Lithuanian Cup. He averaged 5.6 points in 10.1 minutes per game in the Baltic League.
He signed with the Aisčiai Kaunas in 2008. With Aisčiai, he averaged 19.9 points and 7.0 rebounds in 29.3 minutes per game and he scored a season-high 29 points in a Lithuanian League game against Nevėžis on March 22, 2009.
He moved to the Italian League club Basket Treviso in August 2009. There, he got off to a great start, scoring 18 and 21 points in two friendly matches against other European clubs. In 2011, Motiejūnas won the Eurocup Rising Star award after helping his team Basket Treviso reach the Eurocup 2010-11 Final Four, averaging 10.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 0.9 steals, and 4.4 fouls drawn per game.
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Drew Nicholas
Andrew "Drew" Lawrence Nicholas (born May 17, 1981, in Hempstead, New York) is an American professional basketball player. He is currently playing for the pro club Armani Jeans Milano of the Italian Basketball League.
A 1.93 m (6'4") tall shooting guard-small forward, Nicholas led the Euroleague 2005-06 season in scoring, averaging 18.4 points per game and thus won the Alphonso Ford Trophy.
Nicholas played high school basketball at Long Island Lutheran, New York from 1995-99. He played college basketball at the University of Maryland, College Park with the Maryland Terrapins from 1999-03. In 2002, Nicholas helped Maryland win its first National Championship. He made the All-Atlantic Coast Conference 2nd Team in his senior season in college. His most memorable moment came in the 2003 NCAA Tournament when he hit a three pointer at the buzzer to win a first round game against UNC-Wilmington. He also hit a three pointer at the buzzer to give Coach Gary Williams his 500th career coaching victory against NC State.
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Ed Cota
Eduardo Enrique Cota (born May 19, 1976 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player. The 6' 0", 195-lb. point guard played for Atlas Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski in Poland. He is currently living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[citation needed]
Cota played his freshman and sophomore years at Brooklyn's Samuel J. Tilden High School. As a sophomore, he averaged 31.5 points, 11 assists and six steals per game and led his team to the semifinals of the New York Public School Athletic League.
Cota underwent a devastating family tragedy in the ninth grade when his parents were in a car accident in Panama that would hospitalize them for several years. His mother spent a year in the hospital, his stepfather spent two and left in a wheelchair, never to regain use of his legs. He struggled to stay on track in school but was helped by the return of his mother and help from his high school coach Eric Eisenberg to get him counseling and find a prep school to attend to get a fresh start.
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Elmer Bennett
Elmer James Bennett (born February 13, 1970 in Evanston, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2nd round (38th overall) of the 1992 NBA Draft. Bennett played in 21 career games in the NBA in a span of three seasons. A 6'0" (1.83 m) and 170 lb (77 kg) point guard, he averaged 2.3 points per game. Bennett played competitively for Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas.
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Emiliano Rodríguez
Emiliano Rodríguez (born June 10, 1937 in San Feliz de Torío, León, Spain) is a retired Spanish basketball player. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007, and in 2008, Rodriguez was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors.
At the club level, Rodríguez played for Aismalibar (1958-1960), and Real Madrid (1960-1973). With Real, he won 4 European Champions' Cups (1964, 1965, 1967, and 1968), 12 Spanish League titles (from 1961 to 1966, and from 1968 to 1973) and 9 Spanish Cup titles (1961, 1962, 1965-1967, 1970-1973). He was the Top Scorer of the Spanish League in 1959, 1963, and 1964.
Rodríguez played in 175 games for the Spanish national basketball team, participating in the 1960 Summer Olympic Games, the 1968 Summer Olympic Games, and 7 FIBA European Championships (in the years 1959, 1961, 1963 (named the tournament's MVP), 1965, 1967, 1969, and 1971).
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Emilio Kovačić
Emilio Kovačić (born January 11, 1968 in Zadar, Croatia) is a former Croatian professional basketball player. A 2.08 m center with great rebounding skills and decent defensive abilities, he played many years in the Euroleague for KK Zadar, Union Olimpija and KK Cibona.
Kovačić was a regular member of the Croatian national team and won the bronze medal in the 1993 Eurobasket.
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Ettore Messina
Ettore Messina (born September 30, 1959 in Catania, Italy) is an Italian professional basketball coach that is currently working as a consultant for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He has won four Euroleague championships as a head coach. Messina is regarded as one of the best European basketball coaches, having been named in 2008, one of the 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors.
He was named the Italian League's Best Coach three times, in the years 1998, 2001, and 2005. Furthermore, he twice won the Euroleague Coach of the Year award, in 2006 and 2008. He was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.
Messina had two different stints (1989–1993 and 1997–2002) at the Italian League club, Virtus Bologna. During his second stint at Virtus, he coached the team to Euroleague trophies in both the 1997-98 and 2000-01 seasons. He then served as the head coach of the Italian League club Benetton Treviso, where he succeeded Mike D'Antoni as head coach in 2002.
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Eurelijus Žukauskas
Eurelijus Žukauskas ( pronunciation (help·info), born August 22, 1973, in Klaipėda, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. He played for the Lithuanian national basketball team from 1995 to 2004.
In 1995 NBA Draft Žukauskas was drafted as a #54 by Seattle SuperSonics in the second round. On June 28, 1995 the Milwaukee Bucks acquired his rights from Seattle.
He is a 2.18 m tall center and weighs 115 kg.
In 2007 he signed one year contract with Žalgiris Kaunas, which he later confirmed for another year. He retired from professional basketball on May 20, 2009.
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Fragiskos Alvertis
Fragiskos Alvertis (in Greek: Φραγκίσκος Αλβέρτης) (born June 11, 1974 in Athens) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He was the captain of the Panathinaikos basketball team. On February 3, 2008, Alvertis was chosen as one of the 50 most influential personalities in European Club Basketball over the last half-century by the Euroleague Basketball Experts Committee, in recognition of his major contribution to Panathinaikos' rise on the continental scene.
Alvertis is commonly referred as one of the best pure shooters of the 1990s and the beginning of the new millennium, winning the Greek League 3-Point Shootout Contest three years in a row (1996–1998) and averaging 41 per cent in three point field goals throughout his Euroleague career. Alvertis made his eighth Euroleague Final Four appearance in 2007.
He began his career in 1986 with Glyfada BC and joined Panathinaikos in 1990. He won 11 Greek Championships, 5 Euroleague Championships, 8 Greek Cups, and one Intercontinental Cup. His jersey number (4) was the first and only Panathinaikos shirt number ever to be retired. It was hung at the beginning of the 2009-10 season along with the trophy banners above the court of OAKA Indoor Hall, after his retirement following the 2008–09 season.
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Fran Vázquez
Francisco Vázquez González (Galician pronunciation: [fɾaŋˈθiskɔ ˈβaθkeθ]) (born May 1, 1983 in Chantada, Lugo, Spain), commonly known as Fran Vázquez, is a Galician professional basketball player. He is currently playing with Barcelona of the Spanish ACB League as a center.
Vázquez was selected 11th overall in the 2005 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic. He made headlines when he announced that he would remain playing in the Spanish ACB League for at least the following season. This came as a surprise to the Magic, who expected him to join Dwight Howard in the front court for the 2005-06 season, and it enraged many Magic fans.
Vázquez originally gave no indication that he would be returning to Europe after he was drafted and had indicated that he would like to join the Magic. The Magic retain his NBA rights while he plays in a non-NBA League. In 2010, he signed a one year contract extension with the Euroleague club Barcelona.
Vázquez played with the senior men's Spanish national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2005 and the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
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Fred House
Frederick "Fred" House (born January 4, 1978) is an American professional basketball player. He stands 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) and plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He is most known for his intense defense.
House attended Ellison High School in his native Killeen, Texas. He played college basketball at Dixie State College of Utah, before transferring to Southern Utah University (SUU). He played two years with the Southern Utah Thunderbirds, averaging 16.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.2 steals per game.
As a junior, he led SUU in scoring (14.8 ppg) and rebounding (5.9 rpg). As a senior, he started all 31 games and led the team in scoring 15 times, averaging 17.8 points per game.
After graduation from college, House spent the 2001–02 season with North Charleston Lowgators of the NBA Development League (NBDL), where he was named the league's Rookie of the Year. He averaged 13.4 ppg and 4.5 rpg in 56 starts in helping lead the club to an NBDL-best 36–20 regular season mark and a berth in the NBDL Finals. Later in 2002, he also played for the Adirondack Wildcats of the United States Basketball League (USBL).
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Frédéric Weis
Frédéric Weis (born June 22, 1977 in Thionville, Moselle) is a retired French professional basketball player.
Weis has played for Unicaja Málaga and Iurbentia Bilbao of the Spanish ACB League, PAOK Thessaloniki in the Greek League, and Limoges in the French League. On January 28, 2009, Iurbentia Bilbao waived him after he missed the last 3 games in a row due to his health and on February 13, he signed with ViveMenorca.
He was drafted by the New York Knicks with the 15th pick in the first round of the 1999 NBA Draft, but he did not sign with them and never played in the NBA. The draft angered many Knicks fans because Ron Artest, who had grown up in Queens, New York and played for St. John's University, was still available. Artest was taken with the next pick by the Chicago Bulls. On August 29, 2008, Weis's draft rights were traded from the New York Knicks to the Houston Rockets for power forward Patrick Ewing, Jr.
Weis never played in an NBA game. In March 2011 he announced his retirement.
Weis is known for having been "posterized" by the United States' Vince Carter during a basketball game between the two teams at the 2000 Summer Olympics on September 25, 2000. After getting the ball off a steal, the 6'6" (1.98 m) Carter drove to the basket, leaped, spread his legs as he jumped over 7'2" (2.18 m) Weis, and ferociously dunked the ball. The French media dubbed the slam "le dunk de la mort": "the dunk of death." The US won the game 106-94.
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Gerald Lewis
Gerald Lewis (born March 25, 1971 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a retired professional American basketball player. A 1.90 m guard, he led the Euroleague in steals during the 1998-99 season with 2.5 per game. It was his first and last participation in the competition, playing for KK Zadar.
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Giancarlo Primo
Giancarlo Primo (November 4, 1924, Rome – December 27, 2005, Civita Castellana, Italy) was an Italian basketball player and coach. In 2007, he was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame, and in 2008, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame.
As a player of the Italian national team, Primo participated in the 1948 Summer Olympic Games, EuroBasket 1947, and EuroBasket 1949.
After retiring as a player, Primo became an assistant coach for the Italian national team, participating in the: 1960 Summer Olympic Games, the 1964 Summer Olympic Games, the 1968 Summer Olympic Games, the EuroBasket 1959, the EuroBasket 1963, the EuroBasket 1965, and the EuroBasket 1967.
From 1969 to 1979, he was the head coach of the Italian national team, winning bronze medals at the EuroBasket 1971, and the EuroBasket 1975. He coached Italy at the: 1972 Summer Olympic Games, the 1976 Summer Olympic Games, the 1970 FIBA World Championship, the 1978 FIBA World Championship, and 6 EuroBasket tournaments. In total, he coached Italy for 238 games. While he was coaching the National Team, Italy defeated, for the first time, both the United States, in 1970, and the Soviet Union, in 1977.
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Grigorij Khizhnyak
Grigorij Khizhnyak (Ukrainian: Григорий Хижняк; born July 16, 1974 in Nikolaev, Ukraine) is a retired Ukrainian basketball player. A dominant defensive force in the paint, the 2.16 m center led the Euroleague in blocks per game for two consecutive years in 2001 and 2002 playing for Žalgiris Kaunas. Among his greatest achievements is the participation in the 2005 ULEB Cup final with Makedonikos.
Khizhnyak has been a regular member of the Ukrainian national basketball team.
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Hüseyin Beşok
Hüseyin Beşok (born August 2, 1975 in İzmir, Turkey) is a Turkish professional basketball player of Bosniak ancestry. He is currently playing for Hacettepe Üniversitesi, in the Turkish Basketball League. He is 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) in height and 120 kg (265 lbs) in weight and plays the center position.
A solid big man, he played for Pınar Karşıyaka at the youth and senior level before transferring to Efes Pilsen, where he spent several seasons.
He also played for Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Israel, Šibenik in Croatia, Asvel in France, shortly for UNICS Kazan in Russia, Le Mans in France and Prokom in Poland in the 2006-07 season start.
He was the highest paid athlete in Polish club sport history (including soccer, volleyball, etc.) with a yearly fee of US$700,000.
He used to be a regular member of the Turkish national basketball team.
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İbrahim Kutluay
İbrahim Kutluay (born January 7, 1974 in Yalova, Turkey) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. He scored a record 50 points at the Under-22 1996 European Championship against Italy, and also 41 points in a Euroleague match against Cibona Zagreb.[citation needed]
He played as a guard for Fenerbahçe Istanbul, Ülkerspor, and Efes Pilsen in Turkey, and also played for AEK Athens and Panathinaikos in the Greek League, before going to the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics.
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Igor Rakočević
Igor Rakočević (Serbian: Игор Ракочевић; born March 29, 1978, in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Montepaschi Siena. He can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, but has spent the vast majority of his career playing as a shooting guard. He is 1.94 m (6 ft 4 ½ in) tall. He is the son of Serbian basketballer Goran Rakočević who played as point guard for Crvena zvezda.
Rakočević played with Red Star Belgrade for five seasons before going to the NBA. With Red Star Belgrade, he won the YUBA League championship in the 1997-98 season, and finished second in the Korać Cup in the same season.
Rakočević was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2nd round (51st overall) of the 2000 NBA Draft. He did not play until the 2002-03 NBA season, in which he amounted 244 minutes in 42 games and averaged 1.9 points, 0.8 assists, and 0.4 rebounds per game. He was released after the season and signed by the San Antonio Spurs, who also released him shortly after.
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Ivica Marić
Ivica Marić (born April 16, 1967 in Zenica, Bosnia) is a former Croatian professional basketball player. A 1.82 m point guard with good court vision, he led the 2000-01 Euroleague in assists (5.9 per game) and steals (3.7 per game) playing for KK Zadar.
Marić was a member of the Croatian national team that won the bronze medal in the 1995 Eurobasket.
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Ivica Žurić
Ivica Žurić (born January 9, 1965 in Šibenik, Croatia) is a former Croatian basketball player. A versatile 2.06 m forward, he competed in the Euroleague for many years wearing the Cibona Zagreb jersey.
Zuric has been a member of the Croatian national team. He won the bronze medal in the 1994 FIBA World Championship and in the 1995 Eurobasket.
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Jaka Lakovič
Jaka Lakovič (born July 9, 1978 in Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian professional basketball player. A dynamic 186 cm tall point guard. He currently playing for Galatasaray Medical Park in Turkey.
Previously, Lakovič played with FC Barcelona, Panathinaikos BC, Krka Novo Mesto.
His brilliant performances during the 2004-05 Euroleague season wearing Panathinaikos jersey earned him an All-Euroleague Second Team selection as he reached the Euroleague Final Four.
In July 2011 he signed a two-year contract with Galatasaray Medical Park.
Lakovič competed for the Slovenian national team at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, the 2010 FIBA World Championship, and also at 6 straight FIBA European Championships, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011.
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Jamont Gordon
Jamont Gordon (born March 16, 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American basketball player who played for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. At Glencliff Complex High School, Gordon was named 2004 TSSAA class 3A Mr. Basketball. Gordon currently plays point guard or shooting guard for PBC CSKA Moscow in Moscow, Russia.
Jamont was heavily recruited coming out of high school, being rated as high as 16th in the nation by Rivals.com He was named a second-team Parade Magazine All-American while at the basketball elite Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia after previously attending Glencliff Complex High School in Nashville, Tennessee. Jamont's college decision came down to the University of Tennessee and Mississippi State University.
In his freshman season, he paced the Mississippi State Bulldogs in both scoring (13.8 ppg) and assists (4.3 apg). In addition to being a Freshman All-American by various publications, he was also a unanimous All-SEC Freshman selection in 2006.
As a sophomore, Jamont became the starting point forward and led the team in scoring (16.0 ppg), rebounding (7.1 rpg) and assists (5.3). He was named to the AP All-SEC second team as well as the Coaches ALL-SEC first team.
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Jeff Trepagnier
Jeffery (Jeff) Trepagnier (born July 11, 1979 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player.
Trepagnier is of French Creole descent.
He played collegiately at the University of Southern California and was a second round draft pick of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2001 NBA Draft. At 6'4", Trepagnier was considered by some scouts to be undersized for the NBA shooting guard position, his natural spot. In three seasons for the Cavaliers and the Denver Nuggets, Trepagnier averaged 2.8 points per game.
He spent the 2004-05 season for Italian club Eldo Napoli. He signed with the Knights on June 25, 2006.
Trepagnier signed a contract with French club Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez in December 2007.
In 2009, Trepagnier was playing for the Iowa Energy of the NBA D-League.
In 2010, he joined Scaligera Verona of the Italian second league.
In 2011, he signed to play in Brazil.
Trepagnier played college basketball for the USC Trojans. He also took second place at the 2000 Pac-10 Championships for the second year in a row with a high jump of 7-foot-1, tying for the fifth-best jump in USC school history.
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Jemeil Rich
Jemeil de Juan Rich (born January 31, 1975 in Gary, Indiana) is a retired American professional basketball player.
After graduating from the Southern Methodist University in 1997, he was successful in international play, spending several seasons in Europe, including periods of time spent on teams in France, Switzerland, and Germany. He never got a chance to play in the NBA, although he participated in an Orlando Magic preseason game in 2004.
His performances in the Euroleague earned him a spot on the All-Euroleague Second Team in the Euroleague 2000-01 season, while he was playing for the Lugano Snakes.
An explosive point guard, Rich ended his career playing for the Frankfurt Skyliners in the German Basketball Bundesliga.
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Joe Arlauckas
Joseph John 'Joe' Arlauckas (born 20 July 1965 in Rochester, New York) is a retired American professional basketball power forward.
The son of Lithuanian immigrants, Arlauckas played four years with the Niagara University Purple Eagles, after which he was drafted with the 74th pick of the 1987 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings.
During his sole season in the National Basketball Association, he appeared nine times, averaging four points in roughly 10 minutes of play.
On 14 December 1987, Arlauckas was cut by the Kings; after six months in Italy with Snaidero Caserta, he went on to have a highly successful career in Spain (one exact decade), appearing for Caja de Ronda, Tau Vitoria and Real Madrid, winning several individual and team accolades; with the latter, he formed one of European basketball's most fearsome frontcourts, with Arvydas Sabonis, notably winning the Euroleague in 1995.
In six seasons out of 10 in the country, Arlauckas averaged more than 20 points per game. He retired in 2000 at 35, after two years in Greece - one apiece with AEK Athens B.C. and Aris BC.
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Joe Binion
Joe Binion (born March 26, 1961 in Rochester, New York) is a retired American basketball player.
He played collegiately for the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 3rd round (57th pick overall) of the 1984 NBA Draft. Binion played for the Portland Trail Blazers (1986–87) in the NBA for 11 games.
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Jonas Kazlauskas
Jonas Kazlauskas (born November 21, 1954, in Panevėžys, Lithuania is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former Soviet basketball player. He is not to be confused with the late Lithuanian linguist, also named Jonas Kazlauskas (1930–1970). He is currently the head coach of the CSKA Moscow.
Kazlauskas was a club basketball player with Statyba Vilnius (now known as Lietuvos Rytas), from 1973 to 1985. He won a bronze medal in the former USSR Supreme League in 1979.
Kazlauskas is considered to be one of the best coaches in Europe. In the past, he has coached Lithuania's top two pro club basketball teams, Žalgiris Kaunas and Lietuvos Rytas. He has also been the coach of the senior men's Lithuanian national team. From 2005 to 2008, he was the head coach of the senior men's Chinese national team.
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Jordi Bertomeu
Jordi Bertomeu is the President and CEO of the company Euroleague Basketball, which oversees the first-tier Euroleague and second-tier Eurocup professional basketball leagues. The Euroleague is widely considered to be the world's 2nd most competitive professional basketball league, behind only the NBA.
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Jorge Garbajosa
Jorge Garbajosa Chaparro, Jr., nicknamed "Garbo" (born December 19, 1977), is a former Spanish professional basketball player. At 2.07 m (6 ft 9½ in), he played both power forward and small forward.
Garbajosa began his career playing for Taugres, later known as TAU Cerámica, between 1995–00. In the 1998–99 season, he guided Vitoria to a Spanish National Cup victory.
Garbajosa then spent four seasons at Benetton Treviso between 2000–04 under future Toronto Raptors Vice-President and Assistant General Manager Maurizio Gherardini and New York Knicks head coach Mike D'Antoni. He won two Italian National Cups, two Italian Super Cups and two Italian Championships with Benetton and averaged 13.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and a Euroleague-best 2.85 steals per game en route to All-Euroleague 2002-03 First Team honors and being named the 2003 Eurobasket.com Player of the Year.
Garbajosa spent his next two seasons (2004–06) with Unicaja Málaga, helping them to win the 2005–06 Spanish Championship and Spanish Cup. He was in the top 15 in scoring (14.9 points per game) and rebounding (6.9 rebounds per game) in the Euroleague 2005-06 season, and averaged 13.3 points and 6.4 rebounds domestically in 42 Spanish league outings, shooting 55% from the field and 81% from the free throw line. Garbajosa was also the 2005 Spanish Cup MVP and the 2006 Spanish League Finals MVP, and earned All-Euroleague Second Team honors.
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Joseph Blair
Joseph Blair (born June 12, 1974 in Akron, Ohio, USA) is a retired American professional basketball player. He is 2.10 m (6 ft 10.75 in) tall and he weighs 120 kg (265 pounds). He played as a forward-center. He is well known for his spectacular style of play among other things, and has been a member of the Harlem Globetrotters.
After being drafted 35th overall by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Draft, he made a successful career of international play, spending 12 seasons in Europe, including stops in France, Italy, Turkey, Greece, and Russia. He never played in the NBA, although he participated in a Chicago Bulls preseason game in 2007. His performances in the Euroleague earned him a spot in the All-Euroleague Second Team for the Euroleague 2001-02 season, while he was playing with Scavolini Pesaro. He also won the Euroleague 2002-03 regular season MVP award, while playing with Ülkerspor.
On October 30, 2008, in a Russian Cup quarterfinal game between Spartak Saint Petersburg and Lokomotiv Rostov, Blair started an on-court brawl which led to the ejection of 16 players. When play resumed, it was a 4-on-4 match, before ultimately becoming a 3-on-3 match. Strangely, Blair was not ejected.
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Kaspars Kambala
Kaspars Kambala (nickname: 'KAS' or 'More than Rocky Balboa') (born 13 December 1978 in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian professional basketball player and a former professional boxer. He is 2.06 meters (6'9") tall and he weighs 125 kilograms (276 lbs). He plays at the position of forward-center.
Kaspars Kambala started his way to professional basketball in Latvia. He attended high school in Wisconsin and played college basketball at UNLV. He continued his career in Europe, playing for Efes Pilsen, Real Madrid, UNICS Kazan, Fenerbahçe, ASK Riga, Enisey Krasnoyarsk, and the Latvian national basketball team. Kaspars decided to become a professional boxer.
His suspension in basketball ended on December 12, 2008. When his sanction from playing basketball ended, Kas, as he is often called by fans, stated that he was in great shape and that he was once again ready to play at the highest level of European basketball.
In July 2011 he signed with Türk Telekom B.K. for one season.
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Keith Langford
Keith Langford (born September 15, 1983, in Fort Worth, Texas, USA) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv.
He is a 6' 4" (1.93 m) tall shooting guard. He played college basketball with the University of Kansas.
Langford played in 71 games in the NBA D-League since 2005, most recently with the Austin Toros. Langford played in two NBA games for the San Antonio Spurs during the 2007-08 NBA season, tallying two points and two rebounds. In the 2007–08 season, he played in the Italian League with Angelico Biella.
In the 2008–09 season, he played with the Italian club Virtus Bologna. With Virtus, he won Europe's third-tier basketball clubs competition, the EuroChallenge championship, and he was named the MVP of the Final Four. In June 2009, Langford signed a two-year, $2.6 million net income contract with the Russian team Khimki Moscow Region of the Euroleague.
In March 2011, he signed a 4 year contract extension with Khimki, worth a guaranteed $9.2 million in net income (after taxes). In September 2011, however, Khimki announced that they would be dissolving his contract, after he struggled to bounce back from injuries.
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Laurent Sciarra
Laurent Sciarra (born August 8, 1973 in Nice, France) is a French basketball player.
Sciarra began his professional career in 1990 with Hyères-Toulon Var Basket and moved to Paris Basket Racing in 1993, where he played until 1997 on the club's championship season. Sciarra then moved abroad for one season, playing with Ciudad de Huelva in Spain and Pallacanestro Treviso in Italy before returning to Paris. In 2001, Sciarra again moved abroad and spent a season with Panionios in Greece. Following two more seasons with Paris Basket Racing, Sciarra played at BCM Gravelines for one season. In 2005, he began play with JDA Dijon, where he stayed until his transfer to Entente Orléanaise 45 in 2008.
Sciarra has played internationally for France and was a member of their silver-medal winning squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was the best scorer of the final, with 19 points.
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Lazaros Papadopoulos
Lazaros Papadopoulos (Greek: Λάζαρος Παπαδόπουλος; born June 3, 1980 in Krasnodar, U.S.S.R), is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 7 ft (2.13 m) 265 lbs. and he plays at the center position.
Papadopoulos began his professional career playing for the Greek club Iraklis in the 1996-97 season. After five years with Iraklis, he signed to play for the Greek League powerhouse Panathinaikos in 2001, and he stayed there until 2003. He then returned to Iraklis the following season, and stayed there for only one year, before next signing with Dynamo Moscow of the Russian Superleague in the year 2004. In 2007, he joined the Spanish ACB League club Real Madrid. In 2008, he joined Fortitudo Bologna of the Italian League.
He won the Euroleague Championship during the Euroleague 2001-02 season, while he was with Panathinaikos, and also the Eurocup Championship while he was with Dynamo Moscow in the year 2006. In 2007, his performances with Dynamo Moscow during the Euroleague 2006-07 season, earned him a selection into the All-Euroleague Second team. He joined PAOK for the 2009-10 season, and donated his salary to charity.
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Linas Kleiza
Linas Kleiza (pronounced [ˈlinɐs kleiˈzɐ]; born January 3, 1985) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player with the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national team. Kleiza can play either forward position. After spending a year in Europe for Olympiacos Piraeus and reaching the Euroleague final, he signed a four year, $20 million contract prior to the 2010–11 NBA season with the Raptors.
Kleiza attended the Montrose Christian School and graduated in 2003. He played on the Lithuanian Junior National Team that won the silver medal at the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. He led the tournament in scoring, averaging 29.1 points per game on 58 percent shooting.
Kleiza played college basketball with the University of Missouri Tigers. He was named Honorable Mention All-Big 12 by the league coaches as a sophomore. He also earned All-Tournament honors at the 2005 Big 12 Tournament after averaging 29.5 points and 9 rebounds per game.
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Lolo Sainz
Manuel Sainz Márquez, born 28 August 1940 in Tetuan, is a Spanish former basketball player and coach. Sainz spent most of his career with Real Madrid, either as a player, or a coach. He did however, also coach the Spanish national team, between 1993 and 2001. On 3 February 2008, he was chosen as one of the 50 most influential personalities to European club basketball, over the last half-century, by the Euroleague Basketball Experts Committee.
As a player with Real Madrid, Sainz won 4 European Champions Cup (Euroleague) titles (1964, 1965 1967, 1968).
As a head coach with Real Madrid, Sainz won 2 European Champions Cup (Euroleague) titles (1978, 1980).
He was also the coach of the Spanish national team, between 1993 and 2001.
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Loren Woods
Loren Woods (born 21 June 1978, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American professional basketball player, currently playing with Zob Ahan Isfahan in the Iranian Basketball Super League. He is also a former NBA player.
He attended high school at Cardinal Ritter College Prep, where he teamed with ex-NBA player Jahidi White and Duke University standout Chris Carrawell. He started his college career at Wake Forest University, where was supposed to take over the center position once Tim Duncan left. However he transferred to the University of Arizona.
Woods was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round of the 2001 NBA Draft. After leaving the Timberwolves, Woods played for the Miami Heat and the Toronto Raptors, where he appeared in 45 games during the 2004–05 season and posted a career best 3.9 points per game. On August 15, 2006, he signed with the Sacramento Kings as a backup center, but he was waived before the season began.
Woods joined the Lithuanian giants Žalgiris Kaunas in 2007. In June 2007, he joined the Turkish side Efes Pilsen. He signed two 10-day contracts with the Houston Rockets on March 21 and April 1, 2008. After being waived by the Rockets on July 14, 2008, he signed again with Žalgiris Kaunas on July 16. He joined CAI Zaragoza in 2009.
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Lynn Greer
Lynn Terence Greer Jr. (born October 23, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player. He plays for UNICS Kazan in Russia.
Greer is the son of Lynn Greer Sr. who was drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 11th round (170th overall) of the 1973 NBA Draft, and Alma Greer. His sister is Kelli Greer. His first cousin is Boston radio personality David Anderson. Greer grew up in Southwest Philadelphia and played against many current NBA players, including Kobe Bryant, Jameer Nelson, Ronald "Flip" Murray, Rasheed Wallace, Richard "Rip" Hamilton, Malik Rose, Malik Allen, and Cuttino Mobley. He has a son, Lynn Greer III.
He attended Temple University where he played for John Chaney's Owls. In his senior year he averaged 39.7 minutes per game and also led the Owls with 23.2 points per game, including a career high 47 points in a 70-67 OT victory against Wisconsin. He led the Owls to the Elite Eight, where they lost a tightly contested game to #1 seed Michigan State.
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Maceo Baston
Maceo Demond Baston (born May 29, 1976) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent.
After graduating from Dallas' H. Grady Spruce High School, Baston played college basketball at the University of Michigan. At Michigan, he was part of an all-star recruiting class that included Maurice Taylor, Travis Conlon, Jerod Ward and Willie Mitchell. He was known for his above-average dunking ability, and tenacious defense. Baston averaged 10.7 points and 6.6 rebounds a game for his Michigan career, which included NCAA Tournament appearances in 1995 and 1998 and the National Invitation Tournament Championship in 1997. Michigan later forfeited its entire 1996–97 schedule after Robert Traylor, Maurice Taylor and Louis Bullock were found to have taken money from a Michigan booster.
He was drafted in the second round (58th overall) by the Chicago Bulls in 1998, but he did not appear in any games for them. He played for the Quad City Thunder in the CBA, in Italy (SC Montecatini) in Spain (Joventut Badalona), the NBA's Toronto Raptors (February–April 2003 and 2007–2008) and Indiana Pacers, and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Baston was a CBA All-Star in 2000.
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Manu Ginóbili
Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili (born 28 July 1977) is an Argentine professional basketball player. Coming from a family of professional basketball players, he is a member of the Argentine men's national basketball team and the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Ginóbili spent the early part of his basketball career in Argentina and Italy, where he won several individual and team honors. His stint with Italian side Kinder Bologna was particularly productive, earning two Italian League MVP awards, the Euroleague Finals MVP and the 2001 Euroleague and Triple Crown championships. The shooting guard was selected as the 57th overall pick in the 1999 NBA Draft and is considered one of the biggest draft steals of all time. Ginóbili returned to Italy and only joined the Spurs in 2002. He did not take long to establish himself as a key player for the Spurs, and has since earned three NBA championship rings as well as being named an All-Star in 2005 and 2011. In the 2007–08 season, he was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year.
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Marc Salyers
Marc Douglas Salyers (born February 28, 1979 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is a professional basketball player. He is a small forward-power forward.
Salyers played college basketball at Samford University with the Samford Bulldogs from 1997–01.
Salyers began his professional career in Italy in the 2001-02 season, signed by Cimberlo Novara. He moved to Turkey for the 2003-04 season, signed by Oyak Renault B.K. In April 2004, he moved to France, signed by Pau-Orthez.
He returned to Turkey for the 2004-05 season, signed by Fenerbahçe Istanbul. He next moved to France for the 2005-06 season, signed by Gravelines-Dunkerque. He then went to Korea in November 2005, signed by Busan KTF Magicwings.
In January 2006, he moved back to Italy where he was signed by RB Montecatini Terme, in LegADue. He then returned to France for the 2006-07 season, signed by Chorale Roanne, and in 2008, he transferred to Azovmash Mariupol. On November 14, 2007, Salyers scored 40 points against his former team Fenerbahçe Ülker during a Euroleague match. Salyers won the Alphonso Ford Trophy in 2008.
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Marc-Antoine Pellin
Marc-Antoine Pellin (born September 8, 1987 in Orléans, France) is a French basketball player. He currently plays for Chorale Roanne Basket. A 1.67 m playmaker, he is a member of the French national team.
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Marcelinho Huertas
Marcelo ("Marcelinho") Tieppo Huertas (born May 25, 1983 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian professional basketball player. He also has Italian citizenship. He is a point guard, but he can also play as a shooting guard if needed. He is 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall. He currently plays with the pro club Regal FC Barcelona.
Huertas is also currently number 9 for the Brazilian national basketball team.
Huertas began his career playing with the youth teams of Pinheiros in Brazil. He made his professional debut in 2002 with the senior team of Paulistano in the Brazilian League. He then moved to FMU São Paulo for the 2003-04 season. He later joined the Spanish League club DKV Joventut and stayed there from 2004-07. It was around this time Huertas converted to Judaism.
Next, he moved to Bilbao Basket for the 2007-08 season. He played with Fortitudo Bologna in the Italian League during the 2008-09 season. In August 2009, he signed a 3 year contract with the Spanish League club Caja Laboral. On August 9, 2011 he signed a 4-year contract with Regal FC Barcelona
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Marcus Haislip
Marcus Deshon Haislip (born December 22, 1980 in Lewisburg, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player. Haislip attended Marshall County High School in Lewisburg. He rose to prominence while playing college basketball with the University of Tennessee from 1999 to 2002. After college, he played for several seasons in the NBA. He is listed at 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) and 230 pounds (100 kg).
Haislip was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks as the 13th pick of the 2002 NBA Draft. During his rookie year Haislip was inserted into the starting line-up for the final nine games of the 2002–03 NBA season. When the playoffs started he was relegated to the bench. He remained a bench player with the Bucks for his first two seasons until being placed on waivers on November 4, 2004. He was signed by the Indiana Pacers during the 2004–05 season in order to fill the team's gap at power forward, due to the 15-game suspension of Jermaine O'Neal.
He started playing for Ülkerspor in the 2005–06 season. In March 2006, he left the team without authorization and returned to the United States due to "family issues", according to a teammate. He was selected to the TBL (Turkish Basketball League) All-Star Game and also participated in the Slam Dunk contest, which he won. He signed with Turkish Basketball League powerhouse Efes Pilsen in August 2006.
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Marcus Webb
Marcus L. Webb (born May 9, 1970 in Montgomery, Alabama) is a retired American professional basketball player.
Webb played at Sidney Lanier High School, and collegiately at the University of Alabama and was selected with the 28th overall selection in the 1992 CBA Draft. He played nine games with the NBA's Boston Celtics during the 1992-93 season, averaging 4.3 points and 1.1 rebounds per game. He last played professionally in Argentina in 2005.
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Miljan Goljović
Miljan Goljović (born August 27, 1971 in Raska, Serbia) is a retired Slovenian professional basketball player. He was a 2.03 m tall small forward, that was a remarkable talent on offense.
Goljović was the Top Scorer of the Euroleague 1999-00 season, as a player of Pivovarna Laško, averaging 20.2 points per game. He also played in the Euroleague wearing the jersey of Ulkerspor.
Goljović was also a member of the Slovenian national basketball team.
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Miloš Vujanić
Miloš Vujanić (born November 13, 1980) is a Serbian professional basketball player. He is a 1.90 m (6 ft 2¾ in) tall point guard.
Vujanić started his professional career with Crvena zvezda in 1999. After two seasons at the club, he signed with Partizan in the summer of 2001. In the 2002 NBA Draft, Vujanić was selected with the 36th pick by the New York Knicks, but later, his draft rights were traded to the Phoenix Suns. However, he decided to stay with Partizan for one more season, and was the Top Scorer of the Euroleague 2002-03 season, averaging 25.8 points per game. In the summer of 2003, he moved to the Italian League, and signed a three-year deal with Skipper Bologna.
With the Yugoslav national team, Vujanić won the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis. He has also been a member of the Serbia and Montenegro team at the EuroBasket 2003 and at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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Mire Chatman
Mire De Juan Chatman (born October 24, 1978 in Garland, Texas) is an American professional basketball player. He currently plays for Pınar Karşıyaka in Turkey. Standing at 1.87 m (6'2") and he can plays the point guard position. He is a Texas Pan American University alumnus.
Chatman made a name in Europe playing in the ULEB competitions (Euroleague, Uleb Cup) with BK Ventspils and Pau Orthez. A great passer, he led the 2004-05 Euroleague in assists with 6.2 per game and in the next 2006 season he won the ULEB Cup championship with Dynamo Moscow which has led him to big salaries in Europe ever since.
Chatman joined Beşiktaş Cola Turka for 2008-09 season. In the 2009-10 season, Chatman ranked within the top three players in scoring, assists and steals.
In summer of 2011, he signed a one-year contract with Pınar Karşıyaka.
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Mirko Novosel
Mirko Novosel (born June 30, 1938 in Zagreb, Croatia, formerly SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Yugoslav basketball player and coach. He was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 7th, 2007.
Novosel played club basketball from 1952 to 1966.
As a coach, Novosel led the Yugoslavian national team to the silver medal at the 1974 FIBA World Championship, the silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, and the bronze medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
He also coached Cibona Zagreb to three Yugoslav League titles, seven Yugoslav Cups, and a European Champions Cup (Euroleague) title in 1985, when he was named the European Coach of the Year.
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Miroslav Berić
Miroslav "Mića" Berić (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирослав Берић Мића) (born January 1, 1973 in Belgrade) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 6¾ in (2.00 m), Berić played the shooting guard position.
Berić was the Top Scorer of the FIBA SuproLeague 2000-01 season, averaging 23.3 points per game, while playing with Partizan Belgrade. He announced his retirement from his pro club career in June 2008.
Berić was a regular member of the Yugoslav national basketball team. He won two EuroBasket gold medals, in 1995 and 1997, as well as the gold medal at the 1998 FIBA World Championship.
Serbian national team coach Dušan Ivković hired Berić as the director of the Serbian national basketball youth categories.
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Mirza Begić
Mirza Begić (born July 9, 1985 in Bijeljina, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian professional basketball player of Bosnian origin. He is 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) tall and he can play at Center. He is currently playing with the pro club Real Madrid in Spain.
Begić began his career playing with the Sloboda Dita Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He made his pro debut with Sloboda Dita Tuzla in the Bosnia and Herzegovina League during the 2001-02 season.
In season 2002-03 he played for Union Olimpija Juniors. Than he moved to Triglav Kranj in Slovenian League. Begić averaged 7.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in 16.9 minutes in first season in Slovenian League.
In 2004 he signed with Virtus Bologna in Italy. First season was loaned to Huy Basket in Belgium's first division. He averaged 6.3 points and 4.2 rebounds. In 2005-06 was released by Virtus Bologna.
In season 2006-07 he back to Slovenia. He signed with Geoplin Slovan. He averaged 9.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in 21.1 minutes per game in the Adriatic League and 11.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 20.2 minutes per game in Slovenian League.
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Nacho Azofra
Nacho Azofra (born July 23, 1969 in Madrid, Spain) is Spanish basketball player, who has just returned from his retirement to his all time club, MMT Estudiantes.
A 1.81 m tall creative point guard, he led the Euroleague in assists with 5.6 per game in 1993. He spent almost his whole career playing for Estudiantes with which he reached a Euroleague Final Four in 1992 and a Korać Cup final in 1999. He is considered as being one of the emblematic figures of the club.
Azofra has been a member of the Spanish national basketball team and took part in the 1998 FIBA World Championship. He played 705 games in the ACB League, the third most in ACB history.
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Nicolas Batum
Nicolas Batum (born December 14, 1988, in Lisieux) is a French basketball player with the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA. The Blazers acquired his rights during the 2008 NBA Draft for the rights to Darrell Arthur and Joey Dorsey. Prior to the draft, Batum was considered one of the most talented young players in Europe. He was voted the most valuable player in the U-18 Albert Schweitzer Tournamentin Mannheim 2006.
The 6 foot 8 inch (2.03 m) Batum primarily plays small forward, although he is also capable of shifting to shooting guard and power forward as well.
Batum won the 2004 FIBA European Championship with the French national team. The French team repeated as champion in the 2005 European Championship. Batum won the most valuable player award.
Batum was named the most valuable player of the 2006 U18 Albert Schweitzer Tournament in Mannheim. He won the tournament with the French national team.
Batum averaged 19 points, over 5 rebounds and over 2 steals per game over the seven game tournament.
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Nikola Prkačin
Nikola Prkačin (born November 15, 1975) is a Croatian professional basketball player. He resides in Zagreb, Croatia, with his wife and three children. He plays for Cibona and is team captain.
His natural position is center, though he is also able to play as power forward. Prkačin is known for his pick and roll play, precise hookshot and half-distance shot. Although shorter in height comparing to most European centers, Prkačin compensates it with his immense strength and body balance. It is also a great rarity to see Prkačin try for a three point field goal.
In free time he enjoys fishing and playing water polo.
Prkačin started his career in his hometown Dubrovnik, playing for the local team Pomorac. Aged 18, he moved to KK Split where he played for the next five seasons. At that time Prkačin was a constant member of Croatian U-22 national team. His debut for the senior national selection came on EuroBasket 1997. At the start of season 1998-99 he moves to Croatian champions KK Cibona, where he will reside for the next five seasons. Prkačin had a successful domestic career, winning Croatian Cup five times and bringing four Croatian championships to Cibona's trophy cabinet.
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Nikola Vujčić
Nikola Vujčić (born June 14, 1978) is a Croatian professional basketball player. He is 2.11 m (6 ft 11) tall. He can play at both the center and power forward positions. He last played for Efes Pilsen SK for the 2010–11 season.
Vujčić's strengths and weaknesses are fairly typical for a European center. Though he is not especially athletic or strong, and his defense is questionable, he has some solid moves in the paint, shoots the ball well (including the occasional three-point field goal) and is a deft passer.
Vujčić was the first player in the Euroleague to achieve a triple-double. On November 3, 2005, he finished Maccabi's Euroleague game versus Prokom Trefl Sopot with 11 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists. The game ended with a 95–68 Maccabi win. On November 30, 2006, Vujčić recorded another triple-double, the second ever in Euroleague's history, in Maccabi's 110–87 win over Union Olimpija, with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
Vujčić was born in Vrgorac, in inland Dalmatia, Croatia, in the former Yugoslavia. He made his professional debut with KK Split in 1995–96, coming from the young team of the club. Played there till 2000–01, wearing number 7 that once belonged to former Split star and former NBA player Toni Kukoč. With Split, Vujčić appeared twice in the Croatian League playoff final, played 57 Euroleague/Suproleague games and 28 Saporta Cup games.
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Nikos Galis
Nikolaos Georgalis (Greek: Νικόλαος Γεωργαλής), commonly known as either Nikos Galis (Greek: Νίκος Γκάλης), or Nick Galis (alternate spellings include: Nikos Gallis, Nick Gallis, Nicolaos Georgalis, Nicolaos Georgallis, Nikolaos Galis, Nikolaos Gallis) (born July 23, 1957 in Union City, New Jersey, United States), is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991, is an inaugural member of the FIBA Hall of Fame and was named one of the 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors, on February 3, 2008.
Galis played the point guard position during his college years, but turned into a shooting guard as a professional. He spent most of his career in Aris, before having a late stint with Panathinaikos. He is the Euroleague's all-time leader in both career points scored and points per game (counting both FIBA and ULEB games), leading the competition in scoring eight times. In the premier European club competition, he reached the Euroleague Final Four on four occasions, three consecutive ones with Aris (1988–90), and another one with Panathinaikos (1994). Galis is also the Greek Championship's all-time leading scorer in both career points scored and points per game (counting all the formats in league history). In addition to that, he holds the FIBA World Championship scoring records for the highest career points per game average, as well as the most points ever scored at a World Championship tournament, which he set at the 1986 FIBA World Championship.
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Nikos Zisis
Nikolaos "Nikos" Zisis (alternate spelling: Zissis) (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Ζήσης) (born August 16, 1983 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is currently with the pro club Montepaschi Siena.
He is 1.97 m (6 ft 5 ¾ in) tall and he can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions. His primary position with his pro club teams is point guard, while his primary position with the Greek national team is shooting guard. Zisis is known as "The Lord of the Rings" because he is the Greek player with the most combined medals won at the cadet, junior, young men's and men's FIBA European and world tournaments.
Zisis started his playing career in the year 1996 at a local Saloniki youth basketball team, at the YMCA (in Greek: ΧΑΝΘ). At the age of 17, he moved to Athens and to the Greek League team AEK Athens, where he began his professional basketball career. With AEK he won the Greek Cup in 2001, and also the Greek Championship in 2002. He also won the Greek League Best Young Player award in 2001.
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Omar Cook
Omar Cook (born January 28, 1982 in Brooklyn, New York) is a naturalized Montenegrin professional basketball player and member of the Montenegro national basketball team who grew up in the United States. He is often referred to as a prime example of college basketball players who declared for the NBA Draft too early. He is 1.86 m (6 ft 1 ¼ in) tall. He plays at point guard position with the pro club Olimpia Milano.
Cook played high school basketball at Christ The King Regional High School, and then played college basketball at St. John's University. Cook ranked second in the nation and first in the Big East in assists during the one year he spent at St. John's. He also broke Mark Jackson's record for the most assists in a game for a St. John's player with 17, against Stony Brook University.
Cook was drafted by the Orlando Magic of the NBA as the third pick in the second round (31st overall) of the 2001 NBA Draft. He was immediately traded to the Denver Nuggets, but failed to make the team, allegedly because of his inability to shoot the ball effectively. From 2001–2004, Cook made some pre-season appearances for teams in the league, also managing 22 regular season games played (17 with the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2003–04 season and five with the Toronto Raptors in the 2004–05 season). In July 2005, he was drafted by the AAPBL, but the league folded less than two weeks after the draft.
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Orlando Phillips
Orlando Darryl Phillips (born 1960 in California, USA) is a retired American basketball player. He was a strong rebounding Center or Power Forward who also played in Australia and Europe during his career.
The 6'10" (209 cm) tall Orlando Philips was a standout center for the Pepperdine University Waves, co-winning the 1983 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year award with Waves team mate Dane Suttle.
Unfortunately little is known about the professional basketball career of Orlando Phillips. What is known is that in 1989 he played for the Adelaide 36ers in the Australian National Basketball League. Phillips played 25 games for the 36ers where he averaged 20.4 points, 10.9 rebounds, 1.0 blocked shot and he shot the ball at 62.5% per game. Phillips had a slow start to the 1989 NBL season still recovering from a broken foot but his numbers increased through the season. He wore the number "00" for the 36ers and early in the NBL season before his form changed, the joke in Adelaide was that 00 stood for "Oh Oh".
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Otar Korkiya
Otar Korkia (Georgian: ოთარ ქორქია, Russian: Отар Михайлович Коркия; May 10, 1923 in Kutaisi – March 15, 2005 in Tbilisi) was a Georgian basketball player and coach.
Korkia trained at Dynamo in Tbilisi. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991.
Korkia was a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team, which won the silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games. He played in seven games.
Korkia was the coach of Dinamo Tbilisi, when the club won the European Champions Cup (Euroleague) in 1962.
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Panagiotis Giannakis
Panagiotis Giannakis (Greek: Παναγιώτης Γιαννάκης, pronounced [panaˈʝotis ʝaˈnacis]; born January 1, 1959 in Nikaia, Attica, Athens, Greece), nicknamed "The Dragon", is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is the former head coach of the pro club Olympiacos, and the Greek National Basketball Team. Under Giannakis' guidance, the Greek National team won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 2005, and the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan. Giannakis also coached an Athenian professional team, Maroussi, which he led to the forefront of Greek League basketball.
A true floor general from the point guard position, Giannakis began his pro career in Greece with Ionikos Nikaias, before moving to Aris, where he spent the major part of his career. In Thessaloniki, he led the Yellows (Aris) to three consecutive Euroleague Final Fours between 1988 and 1990, as well as to a Saporta Cup title in 1993. In the summer of 1993, he was transferred to Panionios, and finally a year later, to Panathinaikos, with whom he won a Euroleague championship in 1996. On February 3, 2008, Giannakis was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors over the last half-century by the Euroleague Basketball Experts Committee.
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Pedro Ferrándiz
Pedro Ferrándiz González (born November 20, 1928 in Alicante, Spain) is a Spanish basketball coach. He is most famous for coaching Real Madrid basketball club in the 1960s and 1970s. The International Olympic Committee awarded him the Olympic Order in 1977, and he is the only basketball coach in history to receive the award.
He was enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame in April of 2007. He is also a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors.
Ferrándiz won a record 12 titles in the Spanish League, as well as 4 titles in the European Champions Cup (Euroleague) and 10 titles in the Spanish King's Cup. His combined record, while coaching Real, was 437-90. He recorded three undefeated Spanish League seasons.
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Petar Naumoski
Petar Naumoski (Macedonian: Петар Наумоски, Petar Naumoski) (born 27 August 1968 in Prilep, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Macedonian basketball player who had successful years especially in Turkey and Italy. He is a 1.94 m point-guard and a very skillful playmaker. He once served as Sport Minister of the Republic of Macedonia. He also has a Turkish passport by the name of Namık Polat, as well as Italian citizenship.
In June 2007, some Turkish newspapers claimed that Efes Pilsen is considering him as the new head coach of the club replacing Oktay Mahmuti. However, the Turkish club opted for David Blatt.
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Pini Gershon
Pinhas "Pini" Gershon (Hebrew: פנחס "פיני" גרשון, born 13 November 1951), is an Israeli professional basketball coach, who won 3 European championships as a head coach for Maccabi Tel Aviv. He was also the coach of the Bulgarian national team.
In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors.
He grew up and studied in the city Tel Aviv. He experienced a rough childhood, as his biological father abandoned the family at the age of one year and left him with his mother, in poverty conditions.
In his youth he was a basketball player. He played for the team "Maccabi south Tel Aviv", which was a sister team of Maccabi Tel Aviv, and was one of the stars in the cadets team. He played a number of years also in the adult group of Maccabi south Tel Aviv, but his career as a basketball player ended at the age of 24 as a result of an injury.
After the short career as a basketball player, he began to coach in different Israeli teams, among them, Maccabi Rishon LeZion, Hapoel Galil Elyon, Hapoel Gan Shmuel-Menashe, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem, as well as the assistant coach for the Israel national basketball team.
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Predrag Stojaković
Predrag Stojaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Стојаковић, Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [predraːg stojaːkoʋitɕ]; born June 9, 1977), also known by his nickname Peja (Пеђа), is a Serbian former professional basketball player who last played for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 6 ft 10 (2.08 m), Stojaković played the small forward position. Known for his shooting abilities, he was the winner of the NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Shootout twice, and the first European-born player to win one of the All-Star Weekend competitions. Stojaković is sixth all-time in regular season three-point field goals made in the NBA.
After playing for KK Crvena zvezda and PAOK BC basketball club, Stojaković was drafted fourteenth overall by the Sacramento Kings in the 1996 NBA Draft. After two seasons on the bench, he had a breakthrough season in 2000–01, averaging 20.4 points and 5.8 rebounds while shooting .400 from three-point range in his first season as a starter. He finished second in voting for the 2001 Most Improved Player Award. A three-time All-star and a member of 2004 All-NBA Second Team, Stojaković enjoyed success with the Kings reaching 2002 Western Conference Finals. He also played for the Indiana Pacers, New Orleans Hornets and Toronto Raptors. Stojaković won an NBA Championship in 2011 as a member of the Dallas Mavericks.
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Raimonds Miglinieks
Raimonds Miglinieks (born July 16, 1970, in Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is a retired Latvian professional basketball player. Standing at 1.88 m, he was a point guard with excellent court vision, which allowed him to lead the 2001 Euroleague in assists with 7 per game. He has played in the Euroleague for Śląsk Wrocław and CSKA. Miglinieks also played college basketball in the United States at the University of California, Irvine. He was the Big West Conference men's basketball player of the year in 1996.
Miglinieks was a regular member of the Latvian national basketball team and part of the squad that finished 8th in the 2001 Eurobasket.
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Ralph Biggs
Ralph Biggs (born February 2, 1976 in North Carolina, USA) is a naturalized Belgian professional basketball player, originally from the United States. Biggs is 1.99 m tall and 91 kg in weight and plays small forward.
He played for PBC Ural Great in the Russian Super League. He played college basketball at Towson University.
Biggs led the 2000-01 Euroleague in steals per game averaging 2.1. He competed for two seasons at the Euroleague level in 2000-01 and 2001-02 with Telindus Oostende.
In the 2010/11 season he was playing for the French club Limoges CSP Elite until he left the club.
In February 2011 he signed with Antwerp Giants.
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Riccardo Pittis
Riccardo Pittis (born 18 December 1968 in Milan, Italy) is a former Italian basketball player. A 2.03 m small forward.
He competed at the highest European level for almost two decades (1985–2005). Having been a regular member of the Italian national basketball team, Pittis won two Eurobasket silver medals in 1991 and 1997.
Pittis spent his whole career in two teams: Olimpia Milano and Benetton Treviso. With Olimpia he won the Euroleague twice in 1987 and 1988 as well as the Korać Cup in 1993. With Benetton he lifted the Saporta Cup trophy in 1999. He led the Euroleague in steals 4 times (1992, 1994, 1996, 2003).
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Ricky Rubio
Ricard "Ricky" Rubio i Vives (born October 21, 1990) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Rubio became the youngest player ever to play in the Spanish ACB League on October 15, 2005, at age 14. He made his Euroleague debut on October 24, 2006, at age 16, becoming the first player born in the 1990s to play in a Euroleague game. On June 25, 2009, he was drafted with the fifth pick in the first round of the 2009 NBA Draft by the Timberwolves, making him the first player born in the 1990s to be drafted by the NBA. The Timberwolves had an agreement in principle with his former Spanish team, DKV Joventut, to buy out his contract, but Rubio backed out of the deal. On August 31, 2009, Joventut traded the rights to Rubio to FC Barcelona, and Rubio signed a six-year contract with FC Barcelona the following day. On May 31, 2011, Rubio reached an agreement with Minnesota to join the Timberwolves for the 2011–12 NBA season.
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Roberto Chiacig
Roberto Chiacig (born December 1, 1974 in Cividale del Friuli) is a basketball center from Italy, who won the silver medal with the Italian men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He also competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Chiacig currently plays for Scafati basketball, in the A2 championship in Italy.
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Roy Tarpley
Roy James Tarpley (born November 28, 1964, in New York, New York, USA) is an American former professional basketball player. He played the power forward and center positions, earning an NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 1988. Despite his talent, Tarpley became notable during his career for being banned from the NBA because of his drug addiction. Following his ban in 1991, he had a very successful career in Europe.
Tarpley starred at the University of Michigan, and was named a 3rd-Team All-American by the AP in both 1985 and 1986. In 1986 he was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the seventh pick of the NBA Draft. Tarpley made the NBA All-Rookie Team in his first season and seemed destined for success until his career was cut short in 1991, when he was expelled from the league for violating the NBA's drug-use policies. He returned to the Mavericks briefly in 1994, but he was then permanently banned from the NBA in December 1995 for using alcohol and violating the terms of a court-imposed personal aftercare program.
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Ruslan Avleev
Ruslan Avleev (born June 4, 1976 in Sarapul, Udmurtia) is a former Russian professional basketball 6'6" power forward of Tatar ethnicity. Started his career as a pro in 1995 with BK EVRAZ. Avleev had played in Russia (EVRAZ, CSKA, UNICS Kazan, Ural Great, and MBC Dynamo Moscow) and Italy (Virtus Bologna 2002-03).
Trophies (Superleague A):
Russian National Team (1999–2002):
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Sandro Gamba
Alessandro Gamba (born June 3, 1932 in Milan), better known as, Sandro Gamba, is an Italian former professional basketball coach and player. Gamba was a finalist for induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005, and was elected as a member in 2006. He is also a member of the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame, inducted in 2006.
Gamba played for only one team, winning ten Italian Championships with Olimpia Milano (1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963), and also captained the Italian national team (for which he had debuted in 1952) at the 1960 Summer Olympic Games.
Gamba retired from play in 1965, and became a coach in the top Italian professional league, Serie A, where he coached teams from Olimpia Milano (1965-1973), Varese (1973-1977), Auxilium Torino (1977-1980), and Virtus Bologna (1985-1987). He led Varese to two Italian Championships (1974, 1977) and two European Champions Cup (Euroleague) titles, in 1975 and 1976.
From 1979 to 1992, except for a break in 1985-1987, Gamba was the coach of the Italian national team, and led them at the Summer Olympic Games in 1980 (where they won a silver medal), in 1984, in 1988, and in 1992. He also coached Italy's national team at the FIBA European Basketball Championship seven times, winning a gold in 1983, a bronze in 1985, and a silver in 1991.
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Sani Bečirovič
Sani Bečirović (born May 19, 1981 in Maribor, SR Slovenia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian 1.96 m (6'5") professional basketball player currently plays for the Benetton Treviso, that plays at both point guard and shooting guard positions. His father is Memi Bečirović, former coach of the Slovenian national team.
He was selected in the second round (46th overall) of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets.
Bečirović played for the Slovenian youth teams of KK Bistrica and he made his debut with them during the 1995-96 season. He then moved to the Slovenian club Maribor Ovni for the 1996-97 season. He then moved to the Slovenian Premiere A League team Pivovarna Laško, where he played from 1997–99 and next to the Slovenian team Olimpija Ljubljana, where he played from 1999-01. With Olimpija Ljubljana he won the 2001 Slovenian League Championship and the 2000 and 2001 Slovenian Cups. He also played in Slovenia with Krka Novo Mesto in the 2003-04 season.
He played in the Italian A1 league with Virtus Bologna during the 2001-02 season, where he won the 2002 Italian Cup. He also played with the Italian clubs Casti Group Varese in the 2004-05 season and Climamio Bologna in the 2005-2006 season, where he won the 2005 Italian Super Cup.
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Saulius Štombergas
Saulius Štombergas (born December 14, 1973 in Klaipėda) is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian men's national basketball team.
During the 11 years as a Lithuanian international he played 97 official games and scored 1036 points for his home country. He won two Bronze medals at the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000, a Silver medal at the European Championship in Athens and as a captain of the NT became champion of the same competition in 2003 in Sweden.
S.Štombergas is considered a great team leader and managed to play very well under pressure at the end of the games. He was also known for his 3-point shooting abilities.
His former teams in the order in which he played for them: Atletas (Kaunas), Vostok Shanghai (China), Žalgiris Kaunas, Kinder Bologna, TAU Cerámica, Efes Pilsen, BC UNICS, Ülkerspor.
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Scoonie Penn
James "Scoonie" Donell Penn (born January 9, 1977 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American professional basketball player. He plays at the point guard position. His height is 5 ft 11 in and he weighs 180 pounds.
Penn played high school basketball at Salem High School in Salem, Massachusetts. He then played college basketball at Boston College before transferring to Ohio State University, where he teamed up to form a dominant back court with the future Milwaukee Bucks shooting guard Michael Redd.
Penn left the United States to play in Europe. He made his big splash with the Adriatic League club Red Star Belgrade. He had a great season with Red Star Belgrade. The fans loved him. He was the leader of the team and that was the best season in his career.
Penn left the club the following season and played in the 2005-06 season for Cibona Zagreb and in the 2006-07 season he was a member of the Greek League club Olympiacos. He then moved to the Turkish League club Efes Pilsen for the 2007-08 season, followed by the Ukrainian League club Kyiv in the 2008-09 season. At the beginning of the 2009-10 season, Penn made the move to the Italian League to play with Virtus Bologna. On New Years Day, 2010, it was announced by Greek powerhouse Olympiacos that Penn would return to the club to replace Von Wafer, who had been released due to his inability to adapt to the European game. In October 2010 he signed with Prima Veroli which plays in Italian second division LegADue.
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Sergei Panov
Sergei Yuryevich Panov (Russian: Сергей Юрьевич Панов; born June 30, 1970 in Ryazan, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, USSR) is a retired Russian professional basketball player.
- 1991-93 - Spartak St. Petersburg;
- 1993-94 - Yildirim (Turkey);
- 1994-00 - CSKA Moscow;
- 2000-2002 - Ural Great Perm;
- 2002-2006 - CSKA Moscow
Retired from basketball at the end of the 2005-06 season.
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Shaun Stonerook
Shaun Andrew Stonerook (born August 19, 1977 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player who also holds Italian citizenship. He currently plays for Italian club power Montepaschi Siena.
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Stojan Vranković
Stojan "Stojko" Vranković (born January 22, 1964, in Drniš, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Croatian basketball player who also represented Yugoslavia.
A 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) center, he played 5 seasons (1990–1992; 1996–1999) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Boston Celtics, Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Clippers. He was very popular in Europe while playing for Athens-based Panathinaikos and winning the club's first Euroleague Championship.
A renowned shot blocker, he made little impact in the NBA, managing small minutes and a low scoring average even though he started 73 out of 170 games played. He did however have a major impact in Europe playing for Greek team Panathinaikos. In 1996, he combined with Dominique Wilkins to lead Panathinaikos to a Euroleague Championship - a first for the club. Vranković's defensive contribution was vital, namely his block of Zeljko Rebraca at the buzzer, in the third game of the quarter-finals against Benetton Treviso, sending Panathinaikos through. In the final, his block to deny Barcelona the lead in the last second, gave the game a dramatic end, before falling to the ground in the ensuing hustle and clutching his knee in pain on the buzzer. In an interview on the official Final Four website, Panathinaikos captain Panagiotis Giannakis described the incident as follows:
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Svetislav Pešić
Svetislav Pešić (Serbian: Светислав Пешић) (born August 28, 1949 in Pirot, Serbia, is a former Serbian professional basketball player, and a present day Serbian basketball coach. He is the current coach of Red Star Belgrade.
As a player of Bosna, Pešić won the European Champions Cup (Euroleague) in the season 1978-79. He played for Partizan (1967–1971), and Bosna (1971–1979).
Pešić is also one of the most successful European basketball coaches.
He led a Yugoslavia junior team, that featured future international stars Vlade Divac, Saša Đorđević, Toni Kukoč, and Dino Rađa to victory in the 1987 FIBA World Junior Championship (later split into separate under-19 and under-21 events), defeating the USA twice during the tournament. With the Yugoslavia senior side, Pešić won the 2002 FIBA World Championship, held in Indianapolis, and EuroBasket 2001 (organized by Turkey), and he also won EuroBasket 1993 (organized by Germany), as head coach of Germany.
At the club level, Pešić won the triple crown in 2003 with FC Barcelona.
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Tanoka Beard
Tanoka Dwight Beard (born September 29, 1971) is a retired American basketball player. Tanoka Beard was a solid big man able to play both the power forward and center positions, he earned an All-Euroleague Second Team selection in 2005, while leading the competition in rebounds with 10.6 per game. He has won various championships and cups from different European basketball leagues.
He has been named twice ACB Most Valuable Player in 1999 and 2002.
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Terence Morris
Terence Darea Morris (born January 11, 1979, in Frederick, Maryland, USA) is an American former professional basketball player.
Terence Morris played his high school basketball for Governor Thomas Johnson High School in Frederick, Maryland, leading the TJ Patriots to the Maryland Class 3A state title as a senior in 1997. He played under former TJ Patriots coach Tom Dickman, who until recently was the record holder for wins by a public school coach in Maryland with 592 wins in 29 seasons.
A 6 ft 9 1⁄2 in (2.07 m)forward from the University of Maryland, College Park, Morris was hailed as one of the best prospects in all of college basketball after his sophomore season in 1998-99. But while the consensus of opinion was that he would have been a Top-5 pick in the 1999 NBA Draft had he left school after that year along with teammate Steve Francis, Morris instead opted to return to Maryland for his junior and senior seasons, and his draft stock dropped after two less individually successful campaigns. Morris helped play Maryland to the first Final Four in school history during the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament to cap his senior season.
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Theodoros Papaloukas
Theódoros "Teó" Papaloukás (Greek: Θεόδωρος "Τεό" Παπαλουκάς; born May 8, 1977) is a Greek professional basketball player. He currently plays as a point guard for the Israeli League, Adriatic League and Euroleague club Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Papaloukas started his career in 1995 for his local club of Ampelokipi, before being transferred two years later to AO Dafni and, in 2001, to Panionios. His performances with the latter earned him a transfer to Euroleague traditional powerhouse Olympiacos, where he won his first title, the Greek Cup, in 2002. His journey for the reds turned out to be a short stint, as he moved to Moscow and the club that he would help regain its past glory, CSKA, thus becoming a perennial All-Euroleague selection and competition icon.
After making a minimal impact during the first two seasons in the Russian capital, he evolved into a major contributor of CSKA's success coming off the bench both in the Euroleague and the Russian league in the 2004–05 season. By his fourth season with CSKA in 2006, he earned his first All-Euroleague selection and led his team to their first Euroleague title in 35 years, being voted the Euroleague Final Four MVP. The following year he was named the Euroleague Season MVP before falling short of a second Euroleague title in a row, losing in the championship's final. In 2008, he won his second Euroleague title with CSKA in what would be his last year in Moscow. In the summer of 2008 Papaloukas returned to Olympiacos and reached another two Euroleague Final Fours, thereby holding a record of eight consecutive, alongside his former teammate JR Holden.
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Tony Dawson
For the British actor see Anthony Dawson.
Tony Dawson (born August 25, 1967) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'7" (2.01 m) and 210 lb. (95 kg) small forward, he played college basketball at Gulf Coast Community College and Florida State University. He played a handful of NBA games during the 1990s. Dawson was born in Kinston, North Carolina, and attended Kinston High School.
He is the older brother of NBA player Jerry Stackhouse, and the uncle of former Wake Forest University guard Craig Dawson.
Dawson was signed to a 10-day contract by the Sacramento Kings on March 7, 1991. He played in 4 NBA games with them, averaging 2.3 points and 0.5 rebounds per game. On January 25, 1995, as a member of the CBA's Rockford Lightning, he was named Most Valuable Player of the CBA All-Star Game, held at Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, after scoring 26 points.
He was signed to a 10-day contract by the Boston Celtics on March 28, 1995, but he did not play in an NBA game for them. He was signed to a second contract on April 7, and then played in 2 NBA games for them, averaging four points and 1.5 rebounds. Dawson has also played professionally in Spain, Israel, France, Germany, Greece, Lebanon and Venezuela.
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Travis Watson
Travis Watson (born March 20, 1981 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American professional basketball player. A 2.03 m power forward, he led the 2007-08 Euroleague in rebounds with 9.7 per game playing for Armani Jeans Milano.
Watson played college basketball at the University of Virginia and was named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Second Team following his junior and senior seasons.
Since 2003 Watson is playing in Europe. In the 2008/2009 season Watson played for Hapoel Jerusalem from the Israeli Basketball Super League. He renewed his contract and played for Žalgiris Kaunas in Lithuania until the end of the 2010/2011 season.
When he was thirteen he became a form of a godchild to the Boggs family because his mother had many health issues (and has since recovered) and was unable to care for him. He remains close to the family
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Tyus Edney
Tyus Dwayne Edney (born February 14, 1973 in Gardena, California) is an American former professional basketball player. A point guard for UCLA from 1991–1995, Edney led the Bruins to the 1995 NCAA National Championship. He also led Žalgiris Kaunas to the 1999 Euroleague title. Edney is the director of basketball operations for the UCLA men's basketball team. Edney was listed at 1.78 m (5'10"), 88 kg (195 lbs). His game-winning shot for UCLA in the 2nd Round of the 1995 NCAA Men's Championship is considered to be one of the most famous plays in NCAA Tournament history.
In his freshman season at UCLA in 1992, Edney was named the most valuable freshman player on his team. In his sophomore season, Edney was voted the team's most valuable player (MVP), and he was named to the first team All-Pacific-10 (Pac-10) Conference team. He was again named to the first team All-Pac-10 conference team in 1994. In his senior season, Edney set personal bests in total points (456), steals (74), and assists (216). He was named the team's co-MVP along with Ed O'Bannon, the team's most outstanding defensive player, first team All-Pac-10 for the third consecutive year, and won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the nation's best player under six feet tall.
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Vasili Karasev
Vasily Nikolayevich Karasev (Russian: Василий Николаевич Карасев; born April 14, 1971 in St. Petersburg, USSR (present day Russia)) is a Russian professional basketball player. He is a 1.96 m (6'5") 93 kg (205 pound) point guard, currently playing for Triumph Lyubertsy.
For many years Karasev was the starting point guard of the Russian League club CSKA Moscow in the Euroleague. He also led CSKA to the 1996 Euroleague Final Four. He was selected to the FIBA EuroStars team in the years 1997, 1998, and 1999. He is widely considered to be one of the best European play makers of the decade of the 1990s.
Karasev was the starting play maker of the Russian national basketball team between 1993 and 2003. With Russia's national team, Karasev won two European Championship medals, the silver medal at the 1993 European Championship and the bronze medal at the 1997 European Championship. He also won two World Championship silver medals, one at the 1994 FIBA World Championship and one at the 1998 FIBA World Championship.
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Velimir Perasović
Velimir Perasović (born February 9, 1965) is a basketball coach and former player from Croatia. Perasović was born in Split, in the former Yugoslavia, and grew up in the nearby Stobreč. He started playing basketball at the age of 14, and was soon recruited by KK Split, then named Jugoplastika, in 1981.
Perasović was member of the Yugoslav junior national basketball team which won the silver medal in the junior European championship in Bulgaria in 1982, and the bronze medal in Sweden in 1984.
His club went on to win three Euroleague Championships, in 1989 and 1990 as "Jugoplastika" and in 1991 as "Pop 84". In 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991 they also won the Yugoslav basketball championship. In 1990 and 1991 they won the Yugoslav basketball cup, and in 1992 the Croatian basketball cup (that time as "Slobodna Dalmacija").
Perasović was part of the Yugoslav team that won the world championship in Argentina in 1990, and the European championship in Italy in 1991. He played for the Croatian national basketball team when they won the silver in the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, the European bronze medal in Germany in 1993 and Greece in 1995.
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Viktor Khryapa
Viktor Vladimirovich Khryapa (in Russian: Виктор Владимирович Хряпа, born August 3, 1982, in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, now present day Ukraine) is a Russian professional basketball player.
Khryapa played for Khimik Engels in 1999-00, and for Avtodor Saratov in 2000-02. In 2002, Khryapa was signed by CSKA Moscow, with whom he won two Russian Championships in 2003 and 2004.
Khryapa was the 22nd overall selection of the 2004 NBA Draft. He was chosen by the New Jersey Nets and then subsequently traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for Eddie Gill. Then on June 28, 2006, he was traded to the Chicago Bulls along with Tyrus Thomas, for the rights to LaMarcus Aldridge.
In February 2008, the Chicago Bulls bought out Khryapa's contract after the forward expressed frustration with his lack of playing time. He had appeared in just nine games in the 2007-08 NBA season to that point, averaging 3.6 points per game and 2.2 rebounds per game.
Khryapa intended to return to Russia as a member of CSKA Moscow, and signed with his former club on February 12, 2008, on a four and a half year contract. With CSKA he won the Russian Championship in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, the VTB United League Championship in 2010 and the Euroleague Championship in 2008.
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Warren Kidd
Warren Lynn Kidd (born September 9, 1970 in Harpersville, Alabama), is a retired American basketball player. A solid 6'9", 235 lbs center, he was never drafted by an NBA franchise but spent a single season with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1993/94.
Kidd played his best basketball in Europe with Olimpia Milano, leading the 1996/97 Euroleague in rebounds with 10.6 per game and reaching the Saporta Cup final the following year.
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Wayne Brabender
Wayne Donald Brabender Cole (born October 6, 1945 in Montevideo, Minnesota) is a retired American-Spanish basketball player, who acquired Spanish citizenship on May 22, 1968. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. On February 3, 2008, Brabender was chosen as one of the 50 most influential personalities to European club basketball, over the last half-century, by the Euroleague Basketball Experts Committee.
After playing college basketball at the University of Minnesota Morris, Brabender was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 14th round (145th overall) of the 1967 NBA Draft, though he never played in the NBA. Brabender came to Spain in order to gain experience and he ended up contributing to four Euroleague titles won by Real Madrid in 1968, 1974, 1978 and 1980. He won 13 Spanish Championships, 7 Spanish Cups, and 4 Intercontinental Cups.
He played for the Spanish national basketball team and won the silver medal at EuroBasket 1973. He also played at EuroBasket 1971, the 1972 Summer Olympic Games, the 1974 FIBA World Championship, EuroBasket 1975, the 1975 Mediterranean Games, EuroBasket 1977, EuroBasket 1979, the 1980 Summer Olympics, EuroBasket 1981, and the 1982 FIBA World Championship.
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Will McDonald
William McDonald (born October 5, 1979 in Morristown, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player who most recently played as an import for the Petron Blaze Boosters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He graduated from the University of South Florida.
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Xavier Pascual
Xavier Pascual i Vives (born September 9, 1972, in Gavà, Spain) is a Spanish professional basketball coach. He has been the head coach of FC Barcelona since February 14, 2008. On May 9, 2010, he became the youngest coach who managed to win the Euroleague (only counting the ULEB era, since the year 2000), and soon after, he also won the Euroleague Coach of the Year Award.
The first team Pascual coached was Gavà (1990–91). Other teams he has coached are: Cornellà, Santfeliuenc, Olesa, and Aracena. In the 2004-05 season, Pascual moved to FC Barcelona, where became the coach of the club's Liga EBA farm team.
He then became the assistant head coach of the first division team, in the 2005–06 season. When head coach Duško Ivanović was fired in 2008, he became the head coach.
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Zdravko Radulović
Zdravko Radulović (born December 12, 1966) is a retired Croatian professional basketball player, who is now a coach. Radulović was born in Nikšić, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia.
A 1.91 m shooting guard, he was a very prolific scorer, being the Euroleague Top Scorer during the 1992-93 season, with an average of 23.9 points per game.
Radulović was a member of the Yugoslav national team. He won the silver medal in the 1988 Olympic Games, and the gold medal in the 1989 EuroBasket.
Radulović was the head coach of the Croatian team Cedevita Zagreb in November of 2007, followed by Zagreb, and then Cibona.
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Ömer Aşık
Ömer Aşık (born July 4, 1986) is a Turkish professional basketball player, currently playing for the NBA's Chicago Bulls. Aşık, standing at 7'0", was sought after by many of the top Euroleague basketball teams at the age of 19. Aşık got his first chance playing professionally with the Turkish basketball league team Fenerbahçe in 2005–06. Aşık moved around the Turkish league and eventually ended his Turkish club career with Fenerbahçe in 2008–2009. He gained recognition playing for the Turkish National Team in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, and as the starting center, he helped Turkey win the silver medal. In July 2010, Aşık signed a contract to become a Chicago Bull. He has been nicknamed "The Turkish Hammer" and "Asik and Destroy" by Bulls color commentator Stacey King.
Ömer Aşık was first signed by Fenerbahçe Ülker in 2005. He only played one game before being traded on loan for 2005-06 season to FMV Işık Spor Kulübü, in the 2nd division. Fenerbahçe didn't have room on the roster for Aşık and needed his in-game development to continue. He signed for the 2006-07 season by Alpella İstanbul. He averaged 10.75 points and 11.25 rebounds over 40 games playing for Alpella. Leaving Alpella in December 2007, he resumed the season signing with Fenerbahçe for a second time. He was destined to be a superstar but in 2008 he tore his ACL and didn’t play for six months. When he returned, Aşık was creating havoc in the Turkey League, but he broke his collar-bone and didn't play for two months. After his recovery, Fenerbahçe tried to make him sign a new contract and held him out of the team until he signed. Aşık didn't give in and sat out the rest of the season. At Fenerbahçe, Aşık averaged 7.8 points and 6.1 rebounds during the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 seasons. With the help of Aşık in the 2007-08 season, Fenerbahçe won the Turkish National Championship. Ömer became a 2 time All-Star for Fenerbahçe during the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 seasons.
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Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Šarūnas Jasikevičius ( pronunciation (help·info); born March 5, 1976) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He is a 6'4¾ (1.95m) tallpoint guard. He plays for Panathinaikos. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national team.
Jasikevičius is from Lithuania, but spent his teen years in the United States. He attended the Solanco High School in Quarryville, Pennsylvania.
Jasikevičius played college basketball at the University of Maryland, with the Maryland Terrapins. He played as a wing, although he remade himself into a point guard in his pro career. He did not see much playing time in his first two years in college, with seniors Duane Simpkins, Johnny Rhodes, and Exree Hipp ahead of him at the wing positions. As a junior, he became a better passer and improved his defense. He averaged a shade under 13 points and 4 assists in his junior and senior years.
Jasikevičius made his pro debut in 1998 with Lietuvos Rytas of Vilnius and averaged 18.0 points and 5.4 assists. He joined the Olimpija Ljubljana for the next season and won the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League. His season averages were down to 9.3 points and 3.4 assists per game.
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Žan Tabak
Žan Tabak (born June 15, 1970 in Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Croatian professional basketball player. His basketball career, spanning twenty years, was marked by several notable achievements, despite injuries.
Reportedly, Tabak's father-in-law was a top European basketball player, his wife played first-division basketball for Croatia, and his younger brother played professionally in Croatia.
He was the first international player to play in the NBA Finals for two different teams.
In 2006, he worked for the New York Knicks as an international scout.
Žan Tabak began his basketball career in 1985, at the age of fifteen, making his debut with the Jugoplastika Split organization. Only a few years later, he and Split teammates Dino Rađa and Toni Kukoč led the club to three consecutive European Championships (1989–91), a feat only equaled in Euroleague's storied history by its first champions, ASK Riga, some thirty years before.
Rađa and Kukoć were 2nd-round selections in the 1989 and 1990 National Basketball Association (NBA) Drafts, respectively. The Houston Rockets followed suit, drafting Tabak with the 24th pick in the draft's second round (51st overall) in the 1991 NBA Draft. He did not immediately play for Houston, however, opting instead to spend another year in Croatia with SD Split.
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Željko Obradović
Želimir “Željko” Obradović (Serbian Cyrillic: Желимир Жељко Обрадовић) (born March 9, 1960, in Čačak, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player. He is currently the head coach of Panathinaikos Athens and is generally considered one of the best European coaches ever, having won eight Euroleague (only Real Madrid has won 8 Euroleague titles) titles with four different clubs. In addition to his success at the club level, he has won major trophies as Serbian national basketball team head coach, such as the 1997 FIBA European Championship and the 1998 FIBA World Championship.
In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors.
Obradović started his career as a basketball player with Borac Čačak where he ended up playing 4 senior seasons from 1980 until 1984 as a point guard. Over the summer of 1984, he joined KK Partizan at the age of 24. His first coach in KK Partizan was legendary player of Yugoslav national team Zoran Slavnić (1984-1985).
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Regular Season Week 6 Top 10 Plays
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- Duration: 3:31
- Updated: 22 Nov 2012
Enjoy the Top 10 plays of the week. Make sure you visit www.euroleague.tv to access much more Euroleague videos!
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Weekly Show Euroleague 18/10/12
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- Duration: 26:18
- Updated: 20 Nov 2012
Euroleague Basketball Magazine reviews Week 6 action with Top 10 plays and Sasha Vujacic named bwin MVP
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Regular Season Week 5 Top 10 Plays
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- Duration: 2:48
- Updated: 22 Nov 2012
Enjoy the Top 10 plays of the week. Make sure you visit www.euroleague.tv to access much more Euroleague videos!
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Top 5 Buzzer Beaters in Euroleague History
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- Duration: 3:49
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
The final seconds can be crucial in a Euroleague game. Take a look!
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Euroleague Final: CSKA Moscow-Olympiacos
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- Updated: 22 Nov 2012
Olympiacos defeats CSKA Moscow nad the Reds win the Euroleague Title. Watch all games LIVE on www.euroleague.tv (text can be copied from the one we use at Euroleague.tv)
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Highlights: CSKA Moscow - FC Barcelona Regal
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FC Barcelona Regal kept its perfect Turkish Airlines Euroleague record untouched Watch all games LIVE on www.euroleague.tv
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Highlights: Cedevita Zagreb - Caja Laboral
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- Updated: 10 Nov 2012
Cedevita makes history with its first Euroleague victory. Watch all games LIVE on www.euroleague.tv
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EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL TOP 10 WEEK 13
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- Updated: 02 Sep 2012
EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL TOP 10 WEEK 13
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2011-12 All-Euroleague team nominees
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- Updated: 04 Nov 2012
Euroleague Basketball is pleased to release the names of the 10 nominees for the All-Euroleague teams
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Weekly Show Euroleague 27/10/12
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- Duration: 26:58
- Updated: 31 Oct 2012
Turkish Airlines Euroleague Magazine - Episode 5 Team of the Month: Besiktas; MVPs: San Emeterio-Fernandez; Urtasun Story; First Success for three: Asseco Prokom, Lietuvos Rytas and Mapooro Cantu; Top 3!!!
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Euroleague 2012 cska-olympiakos full match
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- Duration: 127:02
- Updated: 19 Nov 2012
O telikos tis Euroligka se metadosi tis Nova
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Weekly Show Euroleague 20/10/12
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- Duration: 26:13
- Updated: 13 Nov 2012
Turkish Airlines Euroleague Magazine - Episode 4
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Weekly Show Euroleague 18/05/12
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- Duration: 27:10
- Updated: 21 Oct 2012
Turkish Airlines Euroleague Magazine - Episode 29 The 2012 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four review!
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Euroleague Devotion
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- Duration: 0:59
- Updated: 22 Nov 2012
Euroleague "Devotion"
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Weekly Show Euroleague 24/02/12
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- Duration: 26:48
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
Turkish Airlines Euroleague Magazine - Episode 20 Interviews with Ukic, Krstic, Bremer, Lafayette, Law and Mallet, plus the analysis of the Euroleague Top 16 phase.
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Weekly Show Euroleague 13/10/12
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- Duration: 26:01
- Updated: 07 Nov 2012
Turkish Airlines Euroleague Magazine - Episode 3 NBA Europe Live at its best, Kelvin Rivers talks about his new adventure with BC Khimki, Preldzic is the first MVP of the season
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Regular Season Week 1 Top 10 Plays
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- Duration: 3:00
- Updated: 20 Nov 2012
Enjoy the Top 10 plays of the week. Make sure you visit www.euroleague.tv to access much more Euroleague videos!
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EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL SONG - THE FULL VERSION 2009/2010
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- Updated: 21 Nov 2012
This is the full version of the euroleague's song 2009 - 2010. IGNORE TAGS : Fc Bayern Nünchen Munich vs Inter [5/22/2010] Highlights Fc Bayern München vs Sv Werder Bremen DFB Pokal Finale in Berlin 15/05/2010 Diego Forland vs Fulham Euro League Finale Goals & Highlights Fulham1:2 Atletico Madrid Mallorca 1:4 Real Madrid Ronaldo Hattrick Fc Barcelona vs Vfb Stuttgart 03/16/2010-16/03/2010 Inter Mailand vs Chelsea Champions League 03/16/2010 - 16/03/2010 Cristiano Ronaldo vs Real Valladolid Fc Barcelona vs Valencia 03/14/2010 Real Valladolid vs Real Madrid All Goals & Highlights 03/14/2010 Cristiano Ronaldo vs Olympique Lyon All Goals and Higlights 03/10/2010 Cristiano Ronaldo vs Sevilla Real Madrid 3:2 Sevilla All Goals Hd Highlights Lionel Messi vs Racing Santander Champions League 02/16/2010 - 02/17/2010 ALL GOALS AND HIGHLIGHTS Fc Bayern vs Florenz Ac Milan vs Manschester United Olympique Lyon vs Real Madrid Primera Division 13/02/2010 - 14/02/2010 Xerez vs Real Madrid 02/13/2010 0:3 Cristiano Ronaldo 2 Goals Gijon vs Barcelona All Goals and Highlights HD Real Madrid vs Malaga 5:0 Red Card Real Madrid vs Zaragoza 6:0 Real Madrid VS Barcelona 2009 *El Classico* Ibrahimovic Goal 1:0 Goal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Olympic Marseille Score Free Kick 08.12.09 Champions League 12/8/09 8/12/09 Juventus Turin vs Bayern 12/8/09 All Goals Highlights HD Real Madrid vs Real Mallorca Real Madrid vs Osasuna 0:0 Real Madrid vs Almeira 4: 2 All Higlights Goals HD Real Madrid VS ...
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Regular Season Week 2 Top 10 Plays
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- Duration: 3:08
- Updated: 17 Nov 2012
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All-Euroleague Nominees
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- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
The ten players nominated to be part of the All-Euroleague First and Second Team.
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Here comes the 2012 13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague!
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- Duration: 1:17
- Updated: 21 Nov 2012
The Season stars on Oct. 11! Who will be crowned the 2013 Champion in London?
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Panathinaikos BC Euroleague Final 2007
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- Duration: 143:06
- Updated: 20 Nov 2012
Το 4ο Αστέρι του Παναθηναϊκού...★ ★★★☆☆ ΠΑΝΑΘΗΝΑΙΚΟΣ - CSKA 93-91 Panathinaikos: Becirovic 6, Batiste 12, Siskauskas 20, Hatzivretas 10, Dikoudis 2, Diamantidis 15, Tomasevic 16, Vujanic 12 Head coach: Zelimir Obradovic by sopist2007
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Weekly Show Euroleague 11/10/12
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- Duration: 26:35
- Updated: 18 Nov 2012
Euroleague Basketball Magazine reviews Week 5 action and talks with leukemia survivor Heiko Schaffartzik of Alba Berlin, plus rookies Milo Bilan of Cedevita Zagreb, Leo Westerman of Partizan mt:s Belgrade, Top 10 plays and Bobby Brown back-to-back bwin MVP
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20 Nov 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling President Barack Obama's whirlwind tour of southeast Asia and meetings with dignitaries will have to walk a tightrope between either appearing to endorse military juntas or truly being committed to ongoing pro-democracy movements. Specifically at issue is Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi, a democratic advocate...(size: 5.0Kb)
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19 Nov 2012
Gaza/Jerusalem - Israel bombed dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday and said that while it was prepared to step up its offensive by sending in troops, it preferred a diplomatic solution that would end Palestinian rocket fire. Mediator Egypt said a deal for a truce to end the fighting could be close. The leader of Hamas said it was up to...(size: 4.1Kb)
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21 Nov 2012
Hundreds of government soldiers and police in the Democratic Republic of Congo have surrendered to rebels at a stadium in Goma, Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri has reported from the scene. The M23 rebel group, believed to be backed by Rwanda seized the strategic, provincial capital of Goma in eastern Congo on Tuesday, home to more than 1 million...(size: 18.7Kb)
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21 Nov 2012
MUMBAI, India - India executed the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 terror attack on Mumbai early Wednesday, India's home ministry said. Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani citizen, was one of 10 gunmen who rampaged through the streets of India's financial capital in November 2008, killing 166 people. Kasab was hung at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at a jail in...(size: 4.5Kb)
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22 Nov 2012
A new battle is underway in Pakistan with its powerful military front-and-centre, but the fight is not against armed insurgents or ideological extremists - this opponent is a muscle-flexing Supreme Court. For the first time in decades, the military's iron grip over the South Asian country has been challenged, and it remains to be seen if it will...(size: 23.7Kb)
Novosti
22 Nov 2012
MOSCOW, November 22 (R-Sport) - CSKA Moscow bounced back from a surprise Euroleague regular season defeat to...(size: 0.8Kb)
Kathimerini
22 Nov 2012
Irresistible Olympiakos thrashed Anadolu Efes in Piraeus on Thursday with a 75-53 score to go second in its Euroleague group. Even if the Turkish club had not played its worst game...(size: 1.2Kb)
Novosti
16 Nov 2012
MOSCOW, November 16 (R-Sport) – A buzzer-beating rebound from American guard K.C. Rivers gave BC Khimki a 71-70 home victory over Fenerbahce to take the Russians to the top of Euroleague Group A. Thursday's win was Khimki's fourth in six games on Thursday, while Fenerbahce's third defeat leaves the Turkish team third in the group. “In the first...(size: 2.3Kb)
Reuters
16 Nov 2012
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Former Euroleague champions Maccabi Tel Aviv and Zalgiris Kaunas saw their perfect starts end in a pulsating sixth round of the preliminary group stage while Fenerbahce were undone by a last-gasp shot at unfancied Khimki Moscow. Barcelona, the 2010 winners, remained the only unbeaten team after a comfortable 86-66 victory at...(size: 4.4Kb)
Kathimerini
16 Nov 2012
Olympiakos produced its best performance to date this season to thrash host Caja Laboral 89-72 at Vitoria on Friday for the Euroleague. This was the...(size: 1.0Kb)
Foreign Policy
16 Nov 2012
ASHDOD, Israel — "The State of Israel does not bow its head to terror," read the handmade sign held up by the young boy on the television screen. COMMENTS (0) SHARE: Twitter Reddit More... The child was one of 15,000 yellow-clad fans who packed the home arena of basketball powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv on Nov. 15 to take in...(size: 3.9Kb)
Kathimerini
15 Nov 2012
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14 Nov 2012
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11 Nov 2012
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10 Nov 2012
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Current season or competition: 2011–12 Euroleague |
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| 200px | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1958 |
| Commissioner | Jordi Bertomeu |
| President | Jordi Bertomeu |
| Motto | I Feel Devotion |
| No. of teams | 38 (preliminary stage) 24 (group stage) |
| Country(ies) | FIBA Europe members |
| Continent | Europe |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Olympiacos(2nd title) |
| Most titles |  Real Madrid(8 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | Euroleague TV List of broadcasters |
| Level on pyramid | 1st Tier (Europe) |
| Official website | Euroleague.net |
Turkish Airlines Euroleague, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is named Turkish Airlines Euroleague.[1] The competition is controlled by the private company Euroleague Basketball, and features clubs that come from a Europe-wide consortium of leading professional basketball leagues, called ULEB. During the season, the Euroleague is broadcast on television in 191 countries[2] and can be seen by up to 245 million (800 million via satellite) households weekly in China.[3] It is also televised in the United States and Canada on NBA TV and available online through ESPN3. The Euroleague Final Four is broadcast on television in 197 countries.[4]
Qualifications[link]
The league usually, but not always, includes domestic champions from the leading countries. Depending on the country, places in the Euroleague may be awarded on the basis of:
- Performance in the previous season's domestic league.
- Performance over the previous two or three domestic seasons.
- Contracts with ULEB.
- In addition, the winner of the previous season's Eurocup receives a place.
For example, two 2007–08 domestic champions from ULEB member countries did not compete in the 2008–09 Euroleague—Zadar (Croatia) and Hapoel Holon (Israel). Zadar played in the second-level Eurocup in 2008–09. Hapoel Holon, however, did not compete in any of the three European continental club competitions—not even the third-tier EuroChallenge (which is run by FIBA Europe instead of ULEB)—because of financial difficulties.
Starting with the 2009–10 season, the entrance criteria changed:
- A number of clubs chosen via a formula based on competitive performance, television revenues, and home attendance, receive "A Licenses", giving them automatic entry into the Euroleague regular season phase. Originally, 13 clubs received A Licenses, with Asseco Prokom Gdynia of Poland becoming the 14th before the 2011–12 season.[5] A Licenses are awarded for three years, meaning that the next adjustment of A Licenses will not take place until 2012–13. However, ULEB suspended the A License of Virtus Roma after the club finished in the bottom half of its domestic league in 2010–11.[6]
- Eight clubs receive one-year "B Licenses" into the Euroleague regular season. Seven of them are directly based on the ranking of the domestic league in which the club competes. The eighth is a three-year "wild card" license based on similar factors to the A Licenses; the first such license was awarded to ASVEL Basket of France.
- The winner of the previous year's Eurocup receives a one-year "C License" into the Euroleague regular season. If the club qualifies for a direct B License into the regular season via its domestic league, the C License will be awarded to the club not already qualified for the regular season that is highest on the Euroleague entry list.
- Eight other clubs receive one-year "B Licenses" into the Euroleague qualifying rounds, with two advancing into the regular season.
Teams with A license[link]
Teams that lost the A license[link]
Virtus Roma (2009–11)
For more info see:
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Main article: ULEB League Rankings
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Main article: European professional club basketball pyramid
Turkish Airlines name sponsorship[link]
On July 26, 2010, Turkish Airlines and Euroleague Basketball announced a €15 million strategic agreement to sponsor the top European basketball competition across the globe. According to the agreement, starting with the 2010–11 season, the top European competition will be named Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball. Similarly, the Euroleague Final Four will be named the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four, whereby the new league title will appear in all media accordingly. This title partnership will run for five seasons, with the option of extending it to an additional five.[7][8]
Euroleague format[link]
Since the 2009–10 season, the Euroleague's first phase has been the Qualifying Rounds, which involve eight clubs bracketed into a knockout tournament consisting of two-legged matches. The four survivors of the First Qualifying Round are paired against one another for the Second Qualifying Round, with the two winners continuing in the Euroleague. All losing clubs in the Qualifying Rounds parachute into ULEB's second-tier Eurocup.
The next phase is the Regular Season, in which 24 teams participate; from 2009–10, the participants will include 22 clubs automatically entered into the Regular Season plus the two Qualifying Round winners. Each team plays two games (home-and-away) against every other team in its group. At the end of the Regular Season, the field is cut from 24 to 16. Before 2008–09, the teams were divided into three groups of eight teams each, with the top five teams in each group plus the top sixth-place finisher advancing. Now, the Regular Season involves four groups with six teams each, with the first four teams in each group advancing.
The second phase, known as the Top 16, then begins, featuring the 16 survivors of the Regular Season, drawn into four-team groups. As in the Regular Season, each Top 16 group is contested in a double round-robin format.
The third phase, the Quarterfinal round, has been played since the 2004–05 season. Before, only the group winners advanced to the Euroleague Final Four (see below). Now, the first- and second-place teams from each group advance. In the quarterfinal round, the first-place team from each group is matched against a second-place team from another group in a playoff series. Through the 2007–08 season, the series was best-of-three, and expanded to best-of-five for 2008–09. Home advantage in the series goes to the first-place team.
The Final Four, held at a predetermined site, features the winners of the four quarterfinal series in one-off knockout matches. The semifinal losers play for third place; the winners play for the championship.
The 2010 Final Four was held on May 7 and 9 at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris. The 2011 Final Four was held at Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona.
Arena standards[link]
Effective as of the 2012–13 season, Euroleague clubs with an "A License" must host their home matches in arenas that have a seating capacity of at least 10,000 people. In 2008, ULEB voted to increase the arena seating requirement to 10,000 within four years time in order to force clubs to move into and/or build bigger arenas. This was done in hopes of increasing revenues through more ticket sales. Non "A License" Euroleague clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 5,000 people.
History[link]
Main article: FIBA European Champions Cup and Euroleague history
The Euroleague (or historically called, the European Champions' Cup) was originally established by FIBA and it operated under its umbrella from 1958 until the summer of 2000, concluding with the 1999-00 season. That was when ULEB, short for the Union of European Leagues of Basketball, was created by the 24 richest club teams, most of them from Spain, Italy, Turkey and Greece.
Amazingly, FIBA had never trademarked the "Euroleague" name and ULEB simply used it without any legal ramifications because FIBA had no legal recourse to do anything about it, so they had to find a new name for their league. Thus, the following 2000–2001 season started with 2 separate top European professional club basketball competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague (previously known as the FIBA Euroleague) and the brand new ULEB Euroleague 2000-01 season.
The rift in European professional club basketball initially showed no signs of letting up. Top clubs were also split between the two leagues: Panathinaikos, Maccabi Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow and Efes Pilsen stayed with FIBA, while Olympiacos Piraeus, Kinder Bologna, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Baskonia and Benetton Treviso joined ULEB.
In May 2001, Europe had two continental champions, Maccabi of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of the ULEB Euroleague. The leaders of both organizations realized the need to come up with a new single competition. Negotiating from the position of strength, ULEB dictated proceedings and FIBA essentially had no choice but to agree to their terms. As a result, the Euroleague was fully integrated under ULEB's umbrella and teams that competed in the FIBA SuproLeague during the 2000–01 season joined it as well.
In essence, the authority in European professional club basketball was divided over club-country lines. FIBA stayed in charge of national team competitions (like the EuroBasket, the FIBA World Championship, and Summer Olympics Basketball), while ULEB took over the European professional club competitions. From that point on, FIBA's Korać Cup and Saporta Cup competitions lasted only one more season before folding, which was when ULEB launched the ULEB Cup, now known as the Eurocup.
Names of the competition[link]
- FIBA era: (1958-2001)
- FIBA European Champions Cup: (1958-1991)
- FIBA European League ("Euro League"): (1991-1996)
- FIBA Euroleague: (1996-2000)
- FIBA SuproLeague: (2000-2001)
- ULEB era: (2000-Present)
- Euroleague Basketball: (2000-Present)
*There were two separate competitions during the 2000-01 season. The SuproLeague, which was organized by FIBA, and the Euroleague, which was organized by ULEB.
Finals[link]
Main article: List of Euroleague finals
For finals not played on a single match, * precedes the score of the team playing at home.
† 2001 was a transition year, with the best European teams split into two major leagues (SuproLeague held by FIBA, Euroleague by ULEB).
Titles[link]
Further information: FIBA European Champions Cup and Euroleague records and statistics
By club[link]
- Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Panathinaikos in the 2000-01 FIBA SuproLeague final. The league did not contain all of the European champions.
- Kinder Bologna (Virtus) beat TAU Cerámica (Baskonia) in the 2000-01 ULEB Euroleague final. The league did not contain all of the European champions.
- See also: Triple Crown in Basketball
By nation[link]
| Country | Cups |
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| Italy |
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| Spain |
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| Greece |
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 Russia (and as part of Soviet Union) |
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 Croatia (and as part of SFR Yugoslavia) |
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 Israel |
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 Latvia (as part of Soviet Union) |
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina (and as part of SFR Yugoslavia) |
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 France |
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 Georgia (as part of Soviet Union) |
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 Lithuania |
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 Serbia (and as part of SFR Yugoslavia / FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro) |
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By head coach[link]
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| Željko Obradović |
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1992, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011 |
 Alexander Gomelsky |
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1958, 1959, 1960, 1971 |
| Pedro Ferrándiz |
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1965, 1967, 1968, 1974 |
 Božidar Maljković |
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1989, 1990, 1993, 1996 |
| Ettore Messina |
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1998, 2001 ULEB Euroleague, 2006, 2008 |
 Aca Nikolić |
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1970, 1972, 1973 |
| Pini Gershon |
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2001 FIBA SuproLeague, 2004, 2005 |
| Dušan Ivković |
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1997, 2012 |
| Yevgeni Alekseyev |
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1961, 1963 |
| Sandro Gamba |
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1975, 1976 |
| Lolo Sainz |
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1978, 1980 |
| Valerio Bianchini |
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1982, 1984 |
| Željko Pavličević |
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1986, 1991 |
| Otar Korkiya |
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1962 |
| Joaquín Gallego |
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1964 |
| Cesare Rubini |
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1966 |
| Armenak Alachachian |
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1969 |
| Ralph Klein |
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1977 |
| Bogdan Tanjević |
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1979 |
 Rudy D'Amico |
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1981 |
| Giancarlo Primo |
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1983 |
| Mirko Novosel |
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1985 |
| Dan Peterson |
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1987 |
| Franco Casalini |
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1988 |
| Jonas Kazlauskas |
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1999 |
| Svetislav Pešić |
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2003 |
| Xavier Pascual |
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2010 |
Players with the most championships[link]
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| Dino Meneghin |
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1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1987, 1988 |
| Clifford Luyk |
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1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1978 |
| Aldo Ossola |
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1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976 |
| Fragiskos Alvertis |
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1996, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009 |
| Wayne Brabender |
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1968, 1974, 1978, 1980 |
| Cristóbal Rodríguez |
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1967, 1968, 1974, 1978 |
| Emiliano Rodríguez |
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1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 |
| Lolo Sainz |
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1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 |
| Carlos Sevillano |
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1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 |
| Marino Zanatta |
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1972, 1973, 1975, 1976 |
| Šarūnas Jasikevičius |
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2003, 2004, 2005, 2009 |
Euroleague versus NBA games[link]
The following is a list of games between NBA and Euroleague teams, since the Euroleague stopped being run by FIBA Europe and began working in conjunction with ULEB (the modern era Euroleague format). The list includes only games in which NBA clubs have played against teams that participated in that season's Euroleague competition. The games that take place outside of the United States and/or Canada are played under a combination of mixed NBA and FIBA rules with 2 NBA refs and 1 ULEB ref, while all games played in the United States and/or Canada are played under NBA rules only and with 3 NBA refs.
Statistics[link]
- NBA teams have an overall record of 36–7 against Euroleague teams.
- NBA teams have a record of 27–2 when playing the games at home, under NBA rules, and with three NBA refs.
- NBA teams have a record of 9–5 when playing the games away, under a combination of mixed NBA and FIBA rules, and with two NBA refs and one FIBA ref.
- NBA teams have an average of 14.6 points winning margin against Euroleague teams, while Euroleague teams have an average of 5.3 points winning margin against NBA teams.
2000s[link]
| October 10, 2003 | Memphis Grizzlies |
91–80 | FC Barcelona |
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona |
| October 10, 2003 | Toronto Raptors  |
100–76 | Panathinaikos |
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario |
| October 20, 2004 | Toronto Raptors |
86–83 | Benetton Treviso |
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario |
| October 16, 2005 | Toronto Raptors |
103–105 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario |
| October 19, 2005 | Orlando Magic |
93–79 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
TD Waterhouse Centre, Orlando, Florida |
| October 5, 2006 | Boxscore | Philadelphia 76ers |
99–104 | FC Barcelona |
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona |
| October 6, 2006 | Boxscore | Phoenix Suns |
100–93 | Virtus Roma |
PalaLottomatica, Rome |
| October 7, 2006 | Boxscore | Los Angeles Clippers |
75–94 | CSKA Moscow |
CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow |
| October 8, 2006 | Boxscore | San Antonio Spurs |
97–84 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris |
| October 10, 2006 | Boxscore | Denver Nuggets |
118–102 |  Efes Pilsen |
Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado |
| October 11, 2006 | Boxscore | Phoenix Suns |
119–102 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
 Kölnarena, Cologne |
| October 11, 2006 | Boxscore | Philadelphia 76ers |
85–71 | CSKA Moscow |
Kölnarena, Cologne |
| October 12, 2006 | Boxscore | Golden State Warriors |
120–66 | Efes Pilsen |
Oracle Arena, Oakland, California |
| October 17, 2006 | Boxscore | Cleveland Cavaliers |
93–67 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio |
| October 19, 2006 | Boxscore | Toronto Raptors |
118–84 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario |
| October 6, 2007 | Boxscore | Minnesota Timberwolves |
84–81 | Efes Pilsen |
Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul |
| October 7, 2007 | Boxscore | Toronto Raptors |
93–87 | Virtus Roma |
PalaLottomatica, Rome |
| October 9, 2007 | Boxscore | Memphis Grizzlies |
99–102 | CB Málaga |
Palacio José María Martín Carpena, Málaga |
| October 11, 2007 | Boxscore | Toronto Raptors |
103–104 | Real Madrid |
Palacio de Deportes, Madrid |
| October 11, 2007 | Boxscore | New York Knicks |
112–85 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Madison Square Garden, New York City |
| October 11, 2007 | Boxscore | Houston Rockets |
107–70 | Panathinaikos |
Toyota Center, Houston, Texas |
| October 13, 2007 | Boxscore | San Antonio Spurs |
113–91 | Panathinaikos |
AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX |
| October 15, 2007 | Boxscore | Golden State Warriors |
107–88 | Žalgiris Kaunas |
Oracle Arena, Oakland, California |
| October 17, 2007 | Boxscore | Toronto Raptors |
105–99 | Žalgiris Kaunas |
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario |
| October 19, 2007 | Boxscore | Washington Wizards |
115–96 | Žalgiris Kaunas |
Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. |
| October 10, 2008 | Boxscore | Orlando Magic |
94–66 | CSKA Moscow |
Amway Arena, Orlando, Florida |
| October 14, 2008 | Boxscore | Toronto Raptors |
86–78 | CSKA Moscow |
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario |
| October 18, 2008 | Boxscore | Los Angeles Lakers |
108–104 | FC Barcelona |
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California |
| October 19, 2008 | Boxscore | Los Angeles Clippers |
114–109 | FC Barcelona |
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California |
| October 3, 2009 | Boxscore | Denver Nuggets |
102–70 | Partizan Belgrade |
Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado |
| October 6, 2009 | Boxscore | Phoenix Suns |
111–80 | Partizan Belgrade |
US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona |
| October 8, 2009 | Boxscore | Utah Jazz |
109–87 | Real Madrid |
Palacio de Deportes, Madrid |
| October 9, 2009 | Boxscore | San Antonio Spurs |
107–89 | Olympiacos |
AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas |
| October 12, 2009 | Boxscore | Cleveland Cavaliers |
111–94 | Olympiacos |
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio |
| October 18, 2009 | Boxscore | New York Knicks |
106–91 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Madison Square Garden, New York City |
| October 20, 2009 | Boxscore | Los Angeles Clippers |
108–95 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California |
2010s[link]
| October 3, 2010 | Boxscore | New York Knicks |
125–113 | Olimpia Milano |
Mediolanum Forum, Milan |
| October 7, 2010 | Boxscore | Los Angeles Lakers |
88–92 | FC Barcelona |
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona |
| October 12, 2010 | Boxscore | Miami Heat |
96–85 | CSKA Moscow |
American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida |
| October 14, 2010 | Boxscore | Memphis Grizzlies |
110–105 | Saski Baskonia |
FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee |
| October 14, 2010 | Boxscore | Oklahoma City Thunder |
97–89 | CSKA Moscow |
Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| October 16, 2010 | Boxscore | San Antonio Spurs |
108–85 | Saski Baskonia |
AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas |
| October 16, 2010 | Boxscore | Cleveland Cavaliers |
87–90 | CSKA Moscow |
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio |
Euroleague champions versus NBA champions[link]
The following is a list of games that have been played between the defending champions of the NBA and the defending champions of the Euroleague. The games that take place outside of the United States and/or Canada are played under a combination of mixed NBA and FIBA rules with 2 NBA refs and 1 ULEB ref, while all games played in the United States and/or Canada are played under NBA rules only and with 3 NBA refs.
| October 18, 1997 | Chicago Bulls |
104–78 | Olympiacos |
Palais Omnisports, Paris |
| October 13, 2007 | Boxscore | San Antonio Spurs |
113–91 | Panathinaikos |
AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas |
| October 7, 2010 | Boxscore | Los Angeles Lakers |
88–92 | FC Barcelona |
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona |
Records[link]
- Real Madrid has been the most successful team, having won the competition a record eight times.
- Panathinaikos is the most successful team since the Euroleague Final Four system introduction, having won 6 out of 25 Final Fours.
- Athens is the only city, from which three different clubs (Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and AEK) have participated in Euroleague finals.
- Athens is the only city, from which seven different clubs Panathinaikos, Olympiacos, AEK, Panellinios, Peristeri, Panionios, Maroussi have participated in the Euroleague.
- The highest attendance ever recorded in Euroleague is 22,567, which filled Belgrade Arena on March 5, 2009 for a 2008–09 Top 16 match between Partizan Belgrade and Panathinaikos. The previous record was 18,500 fans, achieved at a Panathinaikos home match at the Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens, against TAU Cerámica on April 12, 2006, for the 2005–06 third quarterfinal playoff game.[9]
- Although Israel is located in the Middle East, its teams play in the Euroleague, as its national federation is a member of FIBA Europe and its top professional league is a member of ULEB. (Similarly, the Israel Football Association is a member of UEFA, enabling its national team and clubs to play in UEFA competitions.)
- In the small area of less than 40 km² in the northern metropolitan area of Milan, there are 3 clubs that have won a total of 10 European Champions' Cups and played a total of 16 finals: Pallacanestro Cantù, Pallacanestro Varese, and Olimpia Milano.
- Record score for a final game was achieved in the 2004 finals in Tel Aviv, where home club Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Skipper Bologna by a score of 118–74 (44 point difference).
All-Star Games[link]
- FIBA Festival: (1964-1982, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995)
- FIBA EuroStars: (1996-1999)
Sponsors[link]
Media coverage[link]
Main article: List of Euroleague broadcasters
Euroleague awards[link]
Main article: Euroleague Awards
Statistical Leaders[link]
See also: Euroleague Individual Statistics
See also: Performance Index Rating (PIR)
Points Per Game[link]
Since the beginning of the 1991–92 season:
- 1991–92 Nikos Galis (Aris Thessaloniki): 32.25 (in 16 games)
- 1992–93 Zdravko Radulović (Cibona Zagreb): 23.92 (in 13 games)
- 1993–94 Nikos Galis (Panathinaikos Athens): 23.80 (in 21 games)
- 1994–95
- Predrag Danilović (Virtus (Buckler) Bologna): 22.11 (in 17 games)
- 1995–96 Joe Arlauckas (Real Madrid): 26.42 (in 21 games)
- 1996–97 Carlton Myers (Fortitudo (Teamsystem) Bologna): 22.94 (in 19 games)
- 1997–98 - Predrag Stojaković (PAOK Thessaloniki): 20.93 (in 16 games)
- 1998–99 İbrahim Kutluay (Fenerbahçe Istanbul): 21.41 (in 17 games)
- 1999–00 Miljan Goljović (Pivovarna Laško): 20.18 (in 16 games)
- 2000–01 - Miroslav Berić (Partizan Belgrade): 23.25 (in 20 games) (FIBA SuproLeague)
- 2000–01 Alphonso Ford (Peristeri Athens): 26 (in 12 games) (ULEB Euroleague)
- 2001–02 Alphonso Ford (Olympiacos Piraeus): 24.75 (in 20 games)
- 2002–03 - Miloš Vujanić (Partizan Belgrade): 25.79 (in 14 games)
- 2003–04 Lynn Greer (Śląsk Wrocław): 25.07 (in 14 games)
- 2004–05 Charles Smith (Victoria Libertas (Scavolini) Pesaro): 20.65 (in 20 games)
- 2005–06 Drew Nicholas (Benetton Treviso): 18.45 (in 20 games)
- 2006–07 Juan Carlos Navarro (FC Barcelona): 16.77 (in 22 games)
- 2007–08 Marc Salyers (Chorale Roanne): 21.79 (in 14 games)
- 2008–09 Igor Rakočević (TAU Baskonia): 17.95 (in 21 games)
- 2009–10 Linas Kleiza (Olympiacos Piraeus): 17.14 (in 22 games)
- 2010–11 Igor Rakočević (Efes Pilsen): 17.21 (in 14 games)
Rebounds Per Game[link]
Since the beginning of the 1991–92 season:
- 1991–92 Corny Thompson (Joventut Badalona): 11.72 (in 18 games)
- 1992–93 Arvydas Sabonis (Real Madrid): 11.95 (in 20 games)
- 1993–94 Roy Tarpley (Olympiacos Piraeus): 12.84 (in 19 games)
- 1994–95 Stojan Vranković (Panathinaikos Athens): 12.19 (in 21 games)
- 1995–96 Charles Shackleford (Ulker Istanbul): 12.38 (in 18 games)
- 1996–97 Warren Kidd (Stefanel Milano): 10.59 (in 22 games)
- 1997–98 - Dejan Tomašević (Partizan Belgrade): 9.60 (in 23 games)
- 1998–99 Žan Tabak (Fenerbahçe Istanbul): 10 (in 18 games)
- 1999–00 Hüseyin Beşok (Efes Pilsen Istanbul): 10.04 (in 23 games)
- 2000–01 Roberto Chiacig (Montepaschi Siena): 9.38 (in 18 games) (FIBA SuproLeague)
- 2000–01 - Dejan Tomašević (Buducnost Podgorica): 11.5 (in 12 games) (ULEB Euroleague)
- 2001–02 Mirsad Türkcan (CSKA Moscow): 12.76 (in 17 games)
- 2002–03 Mirsad Türkcan (Montepaschi Siena): 11.81 (in 21 games)
- 2003–04 Arvydas Sabonis (Žalgiris Kaunas): 10.72 (in 18 games)
- 2004–05 Tanoka Beard (Žalgiris Kaunas): 10.6 (in 20 games)
- 2005–06 Mirsad Türkcan (Ulker Istanbul): 8.94 (in 16 games)
- 2006–07 Tanoka Beard (Žalgiris Kaunas): 9.86 (in 14 games)
- 2007–08 Travis Watson (Armani Jeans Milano): 9.71 (in 14 games)
- 2008–09 Mirsad Türkcan (Fenerbahçe Ülker): 8.64 (in 14 games)
- 2009–10 Travis Watson (Žalgiris Kaunas): 9.46 (in 13 games)
- 2010–11 Mirsad Türkcan (Fenerbahçe Ülker İstanbul): 7.33 (in 12 games)
Assists Per Game[link]
Since the beginning of the 1991–92 season:
- 1991–92 Micheal Ray Richardson (Slobodna Dalmacija Split): 6.07 (in 14 games)
- 1992–93 Nacho Azofra (Estudiantes Madrid): 5.58 (in 12 games)
- 1993–94 Nikos Galis (Panathinaikos Athens): 4.71 (in 21 games)
- 1994–95 Chuck Evans (CSKA Moscow): 6.15 (in 13 games)
- 1995–96 Vassili Karasev (CSKA Moscow): 7.15 (in 20 games)
- 1996–97 Michael Anderson (Caja San Fernando): 6.11 (in 17 games)
- 1997–98 Willie Anderson (AEK Athens): 4.41 (in 12 games)
- 1998–99 Tyus Edney (Žalgiris Kaunas): 6.13 (in 22 games)
- 1999–00 David Rivers (TOFAS Bursa): 4.93 (in 16 games)
- 2000–01 Raimonds Miglinieks (Śląsk Wrocław): 6.95 (in 20 games) (FIBA SuproLeague)
- 2000–01 Ivica Marić (KK Zadar): 5.9 (in 10 games) (ULEB Euroleague)
- 2001–02 Elmer Bennett (Baskonia): 5.27 (in 15 games)
- 2002–03
Ed Cota (Žalgiris Kaunas): 6.5 (in 14 games)
- 2003–04 Ed Cota (Žalgiris Kaunas): 5.65 (in 20 games)
- 2004–05 Mire Chatman (EB Pau-Orthez): 6.21 (in 14 games)
- 2005–06
Pablo Prigioni (Baskonia): 6.24 (in 25 games)
- 2006–07 Theodoros Papaloukas (CSKA Moscow): 5.4 (in 25 games)
- 2007–08 DeJuan Collins (Žalgiris Kaunas): 5.35 (in 20 games)
- 2008–09 Theodoros Papaloukas (Olympiacos): 5.18 (in 22 games)
- 2009–10 Omar Cook (Unicaja Málaga): 5.94 (in 16 games)
- 2010–11 Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos Athens): 6.23 (in 22 games)
Steals Per Game[link]
Since the beginning of the 1991–92 season:
- 1991–92 Riccardo Pittis (Philips Milano): 3.73 (in 19 games)
- 1992–93 Clinton Wheeler (Bayer Leverkusen): 3 (in 17 games)
- 1993–94 Riccardo Pittis (Benetton Treviso): 2.92 (in 13 games)
- 1994–95 Sergei Panov (CSKA Moscow): 3 (in 19 games)
- 1995–96 Riccardo Pittis (Benetton Treviso): 2.63 (in 19 games)
- 1996–97 Michael Anderson (Caja San Fernando): 2.70 (in 17 games)
- 1997–98 David Rivers (Teamsystem Bologna): 2.85 (in 21 games)
- 1998–99 Gerald Lewis (KK Zadar): 2.53 (in 15 games)
- 1999–00 Andrea Meneghin (Varese Roosters): 2.93 (in 16 games)
- 2000–01 Ralph Biggs (Telindus Oostende): 2.1 (in 20 games) (FIBA SuproLeague)
- 2000–01 Ivica Maric (KK Zadar) & Jemeil Rich (Lugano Snakes): 3.7 (in 10 games) (ULEB Euroleague)
- 2001–02 Emanuel Ginóbili (Kinder Bologna): 2.55 (in 22 games)
- 2002–03 Jorge Garbajosa (Benetton Treviso) & Riccardo Pittis (Benetton Treviso): 2.27 (in 22 games)
- 2003–04 Fred House (Partizan Belgrade): 3.38 (in 13 games)
- 2004–05 Chris Williams (Frankfurt Skyliners): 2.79 (in 14 games)
- 2005–06 Jeff Trepagnier (Ulker Istanbul): 3.05 (in 20 games)
- 2006–07 Ricky Rubio (DKV Joventut Badalona): 3.19 (in 16 games)
- 2007–08 Shaun Stonerook (Montepaschi Siena): 2.58 (in 24 games)
- 2008–09 David Logan (Asseco Prokom): 2.67 (in 15 games)
- 2009–10 Bo McCalebb (Partizan) & Viktor Khryapa (CSKA): 1.95 (in 22 games)
- 2010–11 Chuck Eidson (Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv): 2.64 (in 22 games)
Blocks Per Game[link]
Since the beginning of the 2000–01 season:
- 2000–01 Andrei Kirilenko (CSKA Moscow): 2.13 (in 22 games) (FIBA SuproLeague)
- 2000–01
Grigorij Khizhnyak (Žalgiris Kaunas): 3.17 (in 12 games) (ULEB Euroleague)
- 2001–02 Grigorij Khizhnyak (Žalgiris Kaunas): 3.21 (in 14 games)
- 2002–03 Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca (Real Madrid): 1.5 (in 14 games)
- 2003–04 Arvydas Sabonis (Žalgiris Kaunas): 1.61 (in 18 games)
- 2004–05 Eurelijus Žukauskas (Ulker Istanbul): 1.82 (in 22 games)
- 2005–06 Darjuš Lavrinovič (Žalgiris Kaunas): 2.1 (in 20 games)
- 2006–07 Marcus Haislip (Efes Pilsen Istanbul): 1.75 (in 20 games)
- 2007–08 Ömer Aşık (Fenerbahçe Ulker): 2.07 (in 15 games)
- 2008–09 Fran Vázquez (FC Barcelona): 1.74 (in 23 games)
- 2009–10 D'or Fischer (Maccabi Tel Aviv): 1.8 (in 20 games)
- 2010–11
Mirza Begić (Žalgiris Kaunas/Real Madrid): 1.5 (in 16 games)
Average Index Rating, Regular Season Leaders[link]
Regular season stats leaders are not counted as official league stats leaders.
Since the beginning of the 2000–01 season:
- 2000–01 - Dejan Tomašević (Buducnost Podgorica): 31.2 (in 10 games)
- 2001–02 Mirsad Türkcan (CSKA Moscow): 28.09 (in 11 games)
- 2002–03 Joseph Blair (Ulker Istanbul): 25 (in 14 games)
- 2003–04 Arvydas Sabonis (Žalgiris Kaunas): 26.42 (in 12 games)
- 2004–05 Anthony Parker (Maccabi Tel Aviv): 27.43 (in 14 games)
- 2005–06 - Dejan Milojević (Partizan Belgrade): 23.58 (in 12 games)
- 2006–07 Nikola Vujčić (Maccabi Tel Aviv): 23.64 (in 14 games)
- 2007–08 Arvydas Macijauskas (Olympiacos): 23.78 (in 9 games)
- 2008–09 Sani Bečirovič (Virtus Roma): 22 (in 9 games)
- 2009–10
- Aleks Marić (Partizan Belgrade): 24.56 (in 9 games)
- 2010–11 Keith Langford (Khimki Moscow): 19.7 (in 10 games)
- 2011–12 Nicolas Batum (SLUC Nancy): 23.17 (in 6 games)
Average Index Rating, Top 16 Leaders[link]
Regular season stats leaders are not counted as official league stats leaders.
Since the beginning of the 2001–02 season:
- 2001–02 Alphonso Ford (Olympiacos Piraeus): 26.67 (in 6 games)
- 2002–03 Mirsad Türkcan (Montepaschi Siena): 27 (in 6 games)
- 2003–04 Arvydas Sabonis (Žalgiris Kaunas): 26 (in 6 games)
- 2004–05 David Andersen (CSKA Moscow): 25.67 (in 6 games)
- 2005–06 Scoonie Penn (Cibona Zagreb): 25.17 (in 6 games)
- 2006–07 Antonis Fotsis (Dynamo Moscow): 20.83 (in 6 games)
- 2007–08 Terence Morris (Maccabi Tel Aviv): 22.5 (in 6 games)
- 2008–09 Mirsad Türkcan (Fenerbahçe Ülker): 27 (in 5 games)
- 2009–10 Jamont Gordon (Cibona Zagreb): 23.83 (in 6 games)
- 2010–11 Fernando San Emeterio (Caja Laboral Baskonia): 23.33 (in 6 games)
- 2011–12 Andrei Kirilenko (CSKA Moscow): 19.83 (in 6 games)
Average Index Rating, Full Season Leaders[link]
Since the beginning of the 2000–01 season:
- 2000–01 - Dejan Tomašević (Buducnost Podgorica): 30.92 (in 12 games)
- 2001–02 Mirsad Türkcan (CSKA Moscow): 25.82 (in 17 games)
- 2002–03 Mirsad Türkcan (Montepaschi): 24 (in 21 games)
- 2003–04 Arvydas Sabonis (Žalgiris Kaunas): 26.28 (in 18 games)
- 2004–05 Anthony Parker (Maccabi Tel Aviv): 24.88 (in 24 games)
- 2005–06 Anthony Parker (Maccabi Tel Aviv): 20.52 (in 25 games)
- 2006–07 Nikola Vujčić (Maccabi Tel Aviv): 21.73 (in 22 games)
- 2007–08 Marc Salyers (Chorale Roanne): 22.5 (in 14 games)
- 2008–09 D'or Fischer (Maccabi Tel Aviv): 21.46 (in 13 games)
- 2009–10 - Aleks Marić (Partizan Belgrade): 21.11 (in 18 games)
- 2010–11 Fernando San Emeterio (Caja Laboral): 19.05 (in 20 games)
All-Time Leaders[link]
Since the beginning of the 2000–01 season (ULEB era):
| Average | Accumulated | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Alphonso Ford |
22.22 | Juan Carlos Navarro |
2,840 |
| Rebounds | Joseph Blair |
10.05 | Mirsad Türkcan |
1,287 |
| Assists |  Omar Cook |
5.57 | Theodoros Papaloukas |
938 |
| Steals | Emanuel Ginóbili |
2.73 | Theodoros Papaloukas |
327 |
| Blocks | D'or Fischer |
1.49 | Fran Vázquez |
180 |
| Index Rating | Anthony Parker |
21.41 | Nikola Vujčić |
3,047 |
Individual performances[link]
Individual highs[link]
Points[link]
Since the beginning of the 1991–92 season:
- Joe Arlauckas (Real Madrid) 63 pts @ Buckler Bologna (24/28 2pt, 0/1 3pt, 15/18 FT) (in 1995–96 season)
- Michael Young (CSP Limoges) 47 pts vs. Benetton Treviso (12/22 2pt, 4/6 3pt, 11/15 FT) (in 1993–94 season)
- Nikos Galis (Aris Thessaloniki) 46 pts vs. Philips Milano (8/14 2pt, 5/6 3pt, 15/18 FT) (in 1991–92 season)
- Velimir Perasović (Slobodna Dalmacija Split) 45 pts @ Cibona Zagreb (15/22 2pt, 1/1 3pt, 12/14 FT) (in 1991–92 season)
- Ivica Žurić (Cibona Zagreb) 45 pts @ Buckler Bologna (11/18 2pt, 5/7 3pt, 8/9 FT) (in 1993–94 season)
- Nikos Galis (Aris Thessaloniki) 44 pts vs. Joventut Badalona (15/21 2pt, 2/5 3pt, 8/11 FT) (in 1991–92 season)
- Nikos Galis (Aris Thessaloniki) 44 pts @ Commodore Den Helder (16/28 2pt, 1/3 3pt, 9/10 FT) (in 1991–92 season)
- Tony Dawson (Bayer Leverkusen) 43 pts @ Kinder Bologna (10/15 2pt, 1/2 3pt, 20/25 FT) (in 1996–97 season)
- Zdravko Radulović (Cibona Zagreb) 42 pts @ Olympique d'Antibes (6/10 2pt, 7/13 3pt, 9/9 FT) (in 1991–92 season)
- Zdravko Radulović (Cibona Zagreb) 42 pts vs. Slobodna Dalmacija Split (8/15 2pt, 7/11 3pt, 5/7 FT) (in 1991–92 season)
- İbrahim Kutluay (Fenerbahçe Istanbul) 41 pts @ Cibona Zagreb (7/13 2pt, 6/8 3pt, 9/15 FT) (in 1998–99 season)
- Alphonso Ford (Peristeri Athens) 41 pts vs. Baskonia (9/19 2pt, 3/4 3pt, 14/15 FT) (in 2000–01 season)
- Carlton Myers (PAF Bologna) 41 pts vs. Real Madrid (6/9 2pt, 5/11 3pt, 14/19 FT) (in 2000–01 season)
- Kaspars Kambala (Efes Pilsen) 41 pts vs. FC Barcelona (18/28 2p, 5/10 FT) (in 2002–03 season)
- Nikos Galis (Aris Thessaloniki) 40 pts vs. Estudiantes Madrid (14/19 2pt, 0/2 3pt, 12/14 FT) (in 1991–92 season)
- Zdravko Radulović (Cibona Zagreb) 40 pts @ Phonola Caserta (10/12 2pt, 5/12 3pt, 5/8 FT) (in 1991–92 season)
- Arijan Komazec (Kinder Bologna) 40 pts vs. FC Barcelona (10/12 2pt, 4/5 3pt, 8/8 FT)(in 1996–97 season)
- Vlado Šćepanović (Partizan Belgrade) 40 pts @ Ural Great Perm (3/5 2pt, 7/9 3pt, 13/13 FT) (in 2001–02 season)
- Arvydas Macijauskas (Baskonia) 40 pts vs. ASVEL Villeurbanne (4/7 2pt, 6/6 3pt, 14/14 FT) (in 2003–04 season)
- Marc Salyers (Chorale Roanne) 40 pts vs. Fenerbahçe Ulker (9/11 2pt, 6/13 3pt, 4/5 FT) (in 2007–08 season)
Rebounds[link]
Since the beginning of the 1991–92 season:
- Arvydas Sabonis (Real Madrid) 24 rebs @ Olympiacos Piraeus (in 1992–93 season)
- Joe Binion (Buckler Bologna) 24 rebs @ Panathinaikos Athens (in 1994–95 season)
- Antonis Fotsis (Dynamo Moscow) 24 rebs vs. Benetton Treviso (in 2006–07 season)
- Rickie Winslow (Estudiantes Madrid) 23 rebs vs. Aris Thessaloniki (in 1991–92 season)
- Cliff Levingston (PAOK Thessaloniki) 23 rebs vs. Scavolini Pesaro (in 1992–93 season)
- Roy Tarpley (Olympiacos Piraeus) 23 rebs vs. Bayer Leverkusen (in 1993–94 season)
- Mirsad Türkcan (CSKA Moscow) 23 rebs vs. Buducnost Podgorica (in 2001–02 season)
- Orlando Phillips (EB Pau Orthez) 22 rebs vs. Olympiacos Piraeus (in 1992–93 season)
- Emilio Kovačić (Cibona Zagreb) 22 rebs @ Efes Pilsen (in 1993–94 season)
- Mirsad Türkcan (Montepaschi Siena) 21 rebs vs. Baskonia (in 2002–03 season)
- Mirsad Türkcan (CSKA Moscow) 21 rebs vs. Cibona Zagreb (in 2003–04 season)
- Mirsad Türkcan (Fenerbahçe Ulker) 21 rebs @ Eldo Napoli (in 2006–07 season)
- Hüseyin Beşok (Efes Pilsen) 21 rebs @ Varese Roosters (in 1998–99 season)
- Hüseyin Beşok (Efes Pilsen) 21 rebs vs. Plannja Luleå (in 2000–01 SuproLeague season)
- Lee Johnson (Olympique d'Antibes) 21 rebs vs. Kalev Tallinn (in 1991–92 season)
- Tony Massenburg (FC Barcelona) 21 rebs vs. CSP Limoges (in 1993–94 season)
- Arvydas Sabonis (Real Madrid) 21 rebs vs. Bayer Leverkusen (in 1993–94 season)
- Stojan Vranković (Panathinaikos Athens) 21 rebs vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv (in 1994–95 season)
- Warren Kidd (Stefanel Milano) 21 rebs vs. Olympiacos Piraeus (in 1996–97 season)
- Nikola Prkačin (Cibona Zagreb) 21 rebs vs. EB Pau Orthez (in 1998–99 season)
- Lazaros Papadopoulos (Iraklis Thessaloniki) 21 rebs vs. Alba Berlin (in 2000–01 SuproLeague season)
- Donatas Motiejūnas (Asseco Prokom) 21 rebs vs. Union Olimpija (in 2011-12 season)
Assists[link]
Since the beginning of the 1991–92 season:
- Elmer Bennett (Baskonia) 17 asts @ Žalgiris Kaunas (in 1998–99 season)
- Raimonds Miglinieks (Śląsk Wrocław) 15 asts @ Montepaschi Siena (in 2000–01 SuproLeague season)
- John Linehan (SLUC Nancy) 15 asts @ Fenerbahçe Ülker (in 2011-12 season)
- Tyus Edney (Benetton Treviso) 14 asts @ Olympiacos Piraeus (in 2003–04 season)
- Vasili Karasev (CSKA Moscow) 14 asts vs. EB Pau Orthez (in 1995–96 season)
- Theodoros Papaloukas (Olympiakos) 14 asts vs. Entente Orleanaise (in 2009–10 season)
- Theodoros Papaloukas (Olympiacos) 13 asts vs. Real Madrid (in 2008-09 season)
- Vasili Karasev (CSKA Moscow) 13 asts vs. Bayer Leverkusen (in 1995–96 season)
Petar Naumoski (Efes Pilsen) 13 asts @ CSKA Moscow (in 1998–99 season)- Laurent Sciarra (ASVEL Villeurbanne) 13 asts vs. Panathinaikos Athens (in 2000–01 SuproLeague season)
- Elmer Bennett (Baskonia) 13 asts @ AEK Athens (in 2000–01 season)
- Nikos Zisis (AEK Athens) 13 asts vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv (in 2004–05 season)
- Marc-Antoine Pellin (Chorale Roanne) 13 asts vs. Lottomatica Roma (in 2007–08 season)
Marcelinho Huertas (Caja Laboral) 13 asts @ Zalgiris Kaunas (in 2010-11 season)- Vule Avdalović (Cholet Basket) 13 asts vs. Cibona Zagreb (in 2010-11 season)
Steals[link]
Since the beginning of the 1991–92 season:
- Marcus Webb (CSKA Moscow) 11 stls vs. PAOK Thessaloniki (in 1997–98 season)
- Jeff Trepagnier (Ulker Istanbul) 11 stls vs. Partizan Belgrade (in 2005–06 season)
- Stefano Mancinelli (Climamio Bologna) 10 stls vs. Dynamo Moscow (in 2006–07 season)
- Panagiotis Giannakis (Aris Thessaloniki) 9 stls vs. Bayer Leverkusen (in 1991–92 season)
- Chris Corchiani (Bayer Leverkusen) 9 stls vs. Unicaja Málaga (in 1995–96 season)
- Saulius Štombergas (Žalgiris Kaunas) 9 stls vs. Cibona Zagreb (in 1998–99 season)
- Veselin Petrović (Partizan Belgrade) 9 stls vs. Plannja Luleå (in 2000–01 SuproLeague season)
- Fred House (Partizan Belgrade) 9 stls vs. FC Barcelona (in 2003–04 season)
- Chris Williams (Skyliners Frankfurt) 9 stls @ CSKA Moscow (in 2004–05 season)
- Pablo Prigioni (Baskonia) 9 stls vs. SIG Basket Strasbourg (in 2005–06 season)
Blocks[link]
Since the beginning of the 2000–01 season:
- Stojan Vranković (PAF Bologna) 10 blks @ Cibona Zagreb (in 2000–01 season)
- Grigorij Khizhnyak (Žalgiris Kaunas) 8 blks @ Estudiantes Madrid (in 2000–01 season)
- Grigorij Khizhnyak (Žalgiris Kaunas) 7 blks vs. Ulker Istanbul (in 2001–02 season)
- Grigorij Khizhnyak (Žalgiris Kaunas) 7 blks vs. Frankfurt Skyliners (in 2001–02 season)
- Darjuš Lavrinovič (Žalgiris Kaunas) 7 blks @ Panathinaikos Athens (in 2004–05 season)
- Loren Woods (Žalgiris Kaunas) 7 blks @ Asseco Prokom (in 2008–09 season)
- Hüseyin Beşok (Efes Pilsen) 7 blks vs. Plannja Luleå (in 2000–01 SuproLeague season)
- Andrei Kirilenko (CSKA Moscow) 6 blks @ Maccabi Ness Raanana (in 2000–01 SuproLeague season)
- Grigorij Khizhnyak (Žalgiris Kaunas) 6 blks vs. KK Zadar (in 2000–01 season)
- Davor Pejčinović (KK Zadar) 6 blks vs. Lugano Snakes (in 2000–01 season)
- Frédéric Weis (Unicaja Málaga) 6 blks @ Efes Pilsen (in 2002–03 season)
- Alexei Savrasenko (CSKA Moscow) 6 blks @ Baskonia (in 2004–05 season)
- Maceo Baston (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 6 blks vs. Baskonia (in 2005–06 season)
- Marcus Haislip (Efes Pilsen) 6 blks @ Olympiacos Piraeus (in 2006–07 season)
- Terence Morris (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 6 blks vs. Žalgiris Kaunas (in 2007–08 season)
- Will McDonald (TAU Ceramica) 6 blks vs. Asseco Prokom (in 2008-09 season)
- D'or Fischer (Real Madrid) 6 blks vs. Lottomatica Roma (in 2010-11 season)
Index Rating[link]
Since the beginning of the 2000–01 season:
- Tanoka Beard (Žalgiris Kaunas) 63 @ Skipper Bologna (in 2003–04 season)
- Jaka Lakovič (Krka Novo Mesto) 55 @ Real Madrid (in 2001–02 season)
- Dejan Milojević (Partizan Belgrade) 55 vs. Olympiacos (in 2004–05 season)
- Marko Popović (Cibona Zagreb) 54 vs. Estudiantes Madrid (in 2004–05 season)
- Jaka Lakovič (Panathinaikos Athens) 51 @ Benetton Treviso (in 2003–04 season)
- Arvydas Macijauskas (Baskonia) 50 vs. ASVEL Villeurbanne (in 2003–04 season)
Thomas Van Den Spiegel (Prokom Trefl) 50 @ VidiVici Bologna (in 2007–08 season)- Darjuš Lavrinovič (Real Madrid) 49 @ Khimki Moscow (in 2009–10 season)
- - Aleks Marić (Partizan Belgrade) 49 vs. Efes Pilsen (in 2009–10 season)
- Andrés Nocioni (Baskonia) 48 @ Benetton Treviso (in 2003–04 season)
- Spencer Nelson (GHP Bamberg) 48 vs. Benetton Treviso (in 2005–06 season)
- Arvydas Sabonis (Žalgiris Kaunas) 47 @ Ulker Istanbul (in 2003–04 season)
- Anthony Parker (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 47 @ ASVEL Villeurbanne (in 2004–05 season)
- Ruslan Avleev (Ural Great Perm) 47 vs. Telindus Oostende (in 2001–02 season)
- Kebu Stewart (Hapoel Jerusalem) 47 vs. Benetton Treviso (in 2000–01 season)
Triple-Doubles[link]
Since the beginning of the 1991–92 season:
- Vassili Karasev (CSKA Moscow) 21 pts, 10 asts, 10 rebs vs. Olympiacos (in 1994–95 season)
- Bill Edwards (PAOK Thessaloniki) 24 pts, 15 rebs, 10 asts vs. Cholet Basket (in 1999–00 season)
- Derrick Phelps (Alba Berlin) 12 asts, 11 pts, 10 rebs vs. Iraklis (in 2000–01 SuproLeague season)
- Nikola Vujčić (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 12 rebs, 11 pts, 11 asts vs. Prokom Trefl (in 2005–06 season)
- Nikola Vujčić (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 27 pts, 10 rebs, 10 asts vs. Olimpija Ljubljana (in 2006–07 season)
See also[link]
- FIBA European Champions Cup and Euroleague history
- Rosters of Top Teams in the European Club Competitions
- List of Euroleague finals
- European Cup and Euroleague records and statistics
- Euroleague Final Four
- Euroleague Awards
- 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors
- ULEB Euroleague 2001-10 All-Decade Team
- EuroLeague Women
- Euroleague Basketball Manager
References[link]
- ^ Euroleague.net – Euroleague, Turkish Airlines sign strategic partnership deal.
- ^ Euroleague.net – About Euroleague Basketball.
- ^ – CSPN China to broadcast Turkish Airlines Euroleague.
- ^ Euroleague.net – Final Four attracts record TV audiences!
- ^ "Euroleague assembly meets before 2011–12 draw" (Press release). Euroleague Basketball. 2011-07-07. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/86538/180/euroleague-assembly-meets-before-2011-12-draw. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ "New teams proposed as 2011–12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague participants" (Press release). Euroleague Basketball. 2011-06-30. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/86325/180/item. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ "Turkish Airlines And Euroleague Basketball Sign Strategic Partnership Agreememt" (Press release). Euroleague Basketball. 2010-07-28. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/74022/180. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ^ "An important strategic partnership agreement between Turkish Airlines and Euroleague Basketball..." (Press release). Turkish Airlines. 2010-07-26. http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-INT/press-releases/5183/an-important-strategic-partnership-agreement-between-turkish-airlines-and-euroleague-basketball.aspx. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ^ "Partizan sets crowd record at Belgrade Arena!". Euroleague.net. 2009-03-05. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/45551/180/item. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
External links[link]
- Euroleague Official Web Page
- Euroleague history - stats
- InterBasket Euroleague Basketball Forum
- TalkBasket Euroleague Basketball Forum
- Euroleague's Youtube Channel
- Fantaziranje.com – Fantasy for Adriatic league
- Euroleague's Youtube Channel (Spanish)
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