Cyprus Basketball All-Star Day

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

List of games

Bold: Team that won the game.

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

Three-Point Shoot Contest
Year Player Team
2011Serbia Vukašin MandićAPOEL
2012Serbia Vukašin Mandić (2)APOEL
2013United States Tyler LaserAEK Larnaca
2014United States Georgia (country) Thaddus McFaddenAEK Larnaca
2015United States Evan SmotryczKeravnos Strovolou
2016Cyprus Aris KoronidesKeravnos Strovolou
2017Cyprus Andreas SizopoulosAEK Larnaca
2018United States Mike Balogun Enosis Neon Paralimni
2019United States Jordin Williams Enosis Neon Paralimni

Slam-Dunk champions
Year Player Team
2011United States Isaac WellsAPOEL
2012United States Isaac Wells (2)APOEL
2013United States Keith GabrielAEK Larnaca

Players with most appearances
Player All-Star Editions DOB Notes
Cyprus Panagiotis Trisokkas82011-20181980
Cyprus Iakovos Panteli62011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 20191985
Cyprus Iezekel Papadopoulos62011-2014, 2018, 20191982
Cyprus Andreas Sizopoulos42014-201719831x Three-Point Contest Winner
Croatia Tomislav Petrovic42014-20171985
Cyprus Andreas Pilavas42011-20141983
Cyprus Simon Michail42014, 2016, 2017, 20191992

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