VTB United League All-Star Game

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The VTB United League All-Star Game is an annual basketball event that includes an exhibition game in which the best selected players of the VTB United League play against each other. The inaugural edition was organised on February 11, 2017, during the 2016–17 season.[1] The VTB All-Star Games also includes a dunk contest and a three-point contest.

Games[edit]

Year Date Arena Team 1 Score Team 2 MVP
11 February Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi Russia
Russian Stars
131–121

World Stars
Russia
Andrey Vorontsevich
2018
17 February Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Russia
Russian Stars
125–124 [2]

World Stars
Russia
Sergey Karasev
2019
17 February VTB Arena, Moscow Russia
Russian Stars
115–118 [3]

World Stars
Spain
Sergio Rodríguez
2020
16 February VTB Arena, Moscow Russia
Russian Stars
162–164 [4]

World Stars
Russia
Alexey Shved
2021
14 February VTB Arena, Moscow Russia
Russian Stars
183– 162 [5][6]

World Stars
Russia
Vitaly Fridzon
2022
20 February VTB Arena, Moscow Russia
Russian Stars
121–129 [7][8]

World Stars
Croatia
Mario Hezonja

Slam-Dunk champions[edit]

Year Player Team
2017 Latvia Jānis Timma Zenit Saint Petersburg
2018 United States Frank Elegar Lokomotiv Kuban
2019 Russia Vyacheslav Zaytsev Khimki Moscow
2020 Russia Aleksandr Petenev Avtodor Saratov
2021 United States Tyus Battle Enisey
2022 Croatia Mario Hezonja[9] UNICS

Three-point contest winners[edit]

Year Player Team
2017 Russia Sergey Karasev Zenit Saint Petersburg
2018 Australia Ryan Broekhoff Lokomotiv Kuban
2019 Russia Vitaly Fridzon Lokomotiv Kuban
2020 Russia Vitaly Fridzon (2) Lokomotiv Kuban
2021 Russia Artem Komolov Nizhny Novgorod
2022 United States Billy Baron Zenit Saint Petersburg

Players with most appearances[edit]

Player All-Star Editions MVP Notes
Russia Dmitry Khvostov 4 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 -
Russia Dmitry Kulagin 4 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 -
Russia Nikita Kurbanov 4 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 -
Russia Alexey Shved 3 2017, 2020, 2021 2020
Russia Vitaly Fridzon 3 2019, 2020, 2021 2021
Russia Andrey Vorontsevich 3 2017, 2018, 2019 2017
France Nando de Colo 3 2017, 2018, 2019 -
Russia Sergei Monia 3 2017, 2018, 2020 -

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Schedule released, includes first ever All-Star Game". Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  2. ^ "2018 All-Star Game". vtb-league.
  3. ^ "2019 All-Star Game Rosters". vtb-league.
  4. ^ "2020 All-Star Game Rosters". vtb-league.
  5. ^ "2021 All-Star Game stats". vtb-league.
  6. ^ "2021 All-Star Game". vtb-league.
  7. ^ "2022 All-Star Game Rosters". vtb-league.
  8. ^ "2022 All-Star Game". eurobasket.com.
  9. ^ "2022 All-Star Game: Mario Hezonja win contest". eurohoops.