The Bulgarian Basketball All-Star Game is an annual basketball event in Bulgaria, which has been organised by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation (BFB) since 1990. It is the oldest All-Star basketball event organised in Eastern Europe and it featured legendary former NBA player Georgi Glouchkov in its first edition. Many others distinguished players have been selected since then including Mike Wilkinson, Vassil Evtimov, Priest Lauderdale, Pero Antic.
The All-Star Game includes a match between a selection of the best players of the NBL League, a slam-dunk and a three-point contest. The starting five of each selection is chosen by online voting, but on some occasions the All-Star players have been chosen but the coaches.The last edition was played in 2017.
List of games Bold: Team that won the game. Season Date Arena Attendance TeamScore TeamMVP 2003-04 23 April 2004 Kongresna Hall, Varna 5,000 North122-116 South Bryant Smith 2004-05 29 March 2005 Kongresna Hall, Varna 5,000 Bulgarian All Stars96-102 Foreign All Stars Christopher Garnett 2005-06 16 April 2006 Kongresna Hall, Varna 2,000 Bulgarian All Stars86-88 Foreign All Stars Lamont Jones 2006-07 1 April 2007 Universiada Hall, Sofia 1,750 Ledenika98-101 Aquatec Donta Smith 2007-08 3 March 2008 Arena Samokov, Samokov 3,000 Toyota113-90Ledenika Todor Stoykov 2008-09 29 March 2009 Kongresna Hall, Varna 3,000 Ledenika98-95Toyota Rob Preston 2009-10 1 April 2010 Universiada Hall, Sofia 3,000Jacobs 3 in 195-105 Toyota Donald Cole 2010-11 2 May 2011 Sports Hall Diana, Yambol 2,000 Foreign All Stars128-126Bulgarian All Stars Aaron Harper 2011-12 8 April 2012 Armeets Arena, Sofia 6,000Toyota107-110 Turkish Airlines Aaron Harper (2) 2012-13 26 April 2013 Armeets Arena, Sofia 2,000 Bulgarian All Stars90-72Foreign All Stars Martin Durchev & Bozhidar Avramov (shared) 2013-14 23 February 2014 Kongresna Hall, Varna 3,000 Bulgarian All Stars95-88Foreign All Stars Asen Velikov 2014-15 National Basketball League (2014-2015) - eurobasket.com 29 March 2015 Sports Hall Diana, Yambol 2000 Turkish Airlines131-99Volkswagen Lenny Daniel 2015-16 27 March 2016 Arena Silia, Plovdiv 1,000Turkish Airlines126-126Volkswagen Martin Durchev 2016-17 2 April 2017 Kongresna Hall, Varna 2,000 Turkish Airlines150-149Skoda Jordan Semple 2017-18 yambolbasketball stats for the game 22 April 2018 Arena Botevgrad, Botevgrad 2,000 CrediHelp135-103Toyota Omari Gudul 2018-19 22 April 2019 Arena Shumen, Shumen 1,000 Zora105-99Zlatna Dobrudzha LaRon Smith 2024-25 23 March 2025 Boris Gyuderov Hall, Pernik 2,000 Bulgarian All Stars56-53Foreign All Stars Chavdar Kostov List of games result, MVP, most points, most rebounds, 3point winner, dunk contest winner
Three-Point Shoot Contest Year Winner Team2004 Hrisimir Dimitrov Levski Sofia2005 Todor Stoykov Lukoil Academic Sofia2006 Tony Dechev CSKA Sofia2007 Todor Stoykov Lukoil Academic Sofia2008 Bryce Sheldon BC Cherno More2009 Zlatin Georgiev Levski Sofia2010 Aleksandar Gruev Rilski Sportist2011 Martin Durchev BC Yambol2012 Aaron Harper Levski Sofia2013 Emil Binev Rilski Sportist2014 Ivan Lilov BC Balkan Botevgrad2015 Ivan Lilov BC Balkan Botevgrad2016 Plamen Aleksiev BC Beroe2017 Konstantin Koev Spartak Pleven2018 Konstantin Koev Spartak Pleven2019 Aleksandar Gruev Academic Plovdiv2025 Vasil Popov Minyor 2015
Slam-Dunk Contest Year Winner Team2004 Dimitar Horozov BC Yambol2005 Carlos Morban CSKA Sofia2006 Christopher Moore CSKA Sofia2007 Donta Smith Lukoil Academic Sofia2008 Vladimir Nikolov Dunav Ruse2009 Vladimir Nikolov Dunav Ruse2010 Stanislav Tsonkov BC Cherno More2011 Donald Cole BC Levski Sofia2012 Andre Owens Lukoil Academic Sofia2013 Michael Hart BC Beroe2014 Vernon Taylor Rilski Sportist2015 Pavel Marinov & Lenny Daniel (shared) BC Balkan BotevgradCherno More Port Varna2016 Andrey Ivanov BC Yambol2017 D.J. Shelton Rilski Sportist2018 DeVaughn Washington BC Balkan Botevgrad2019 Martin Yordanov BC Cherno More2025 Curtis Jones BC Balkan Botevgrad
Skills Challenge Year Winner Team2012 Stanislav Govedarov BC Yambol2013 Thomas Massamba Lukoil Academic Sofia2014 Sean Barnette Rilski Sportist2015 Dee Brown Lukoil Academic Sofia2016 Yordan Minchev BC Levski Sofia2017 Danny Gibson Lukoil Academic Sofia2018 Hristo Zahariev BC Balkan Botevgrad2019 Patrick Rembert BC Levski Sofia2025 Kenny Dye BC Beroe Contest winners
Rodman and Muggsy Bogues in the All-Star Game In 2012 the Bulgarian Basketball Federation presided by Georgi Glouchkov invited former NBA superstar Dennis Rodman to attend the 2012 All-Star Game as a special guest. Rodman arrived in Sofia and in a press conference he even expressed his desire to play in the event. Though he attended the event he finally did not play. Two years earlier Muggsy Bogues was invited by the Federation to attend the 2010 All-Star Game in Varna. He received a copy of a jersey worn by Georgi Glouchkov in the first 1990 edition at the press conference. Bogues started the match by throwing the first ball, and was a member of the jury evaluating the performances in the dunking competition.
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