The YUBA All-Star Game was an annual basketball event in Yugoslavia, organised by the YUBA League and it was established in 1997. The YUBA All-Star Game lasted until 2003.
Montenegrin Mladen Šekularac is the player with the most participations in the history of the event.
Background The previous All-Star Game experience in Yugoslavia was the 1991 Yu All-Star just before the country was dissolved.1991 Serbian All-Star Game - eurobasket.com That event included all the big names who played in the unified Yugoslav League, including Croatians Toni Kukoc and Dino Radja, Slovenian Jure Zdovc, Bosnian Mario Primorac and many others. Then in 1992 the YUBA League was founded and lasted until 2006 (when Yugoslavia was split to two countries, Serbia and Montenegro).
In 1997 the YUBA League followed the example of the Croatian Federation and launched its own All-Star Game, six years since the Yu All-Star (the Croatian All-Star Game started in the 1992–94 season).
All Star Game events Apart from the main match, the All Star Game included a three-point shootout and a slam-dunk contest.
Slam-Dunk winners Year Venue Player Team1998 Hala Pionir, Belgrade Vladimir PetrovićVladimir Petrović - ACB.Com KK Borac Čačak 2003Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Three-point shootout contest
Aftermath A few years after the last YUBA All-Star edition in 2003, the Adriatic Basketball Association All-Star Game was established for players from the former Yugoslavia leagues.
Players with most appearances
PlayerAll-StarEditionsNotes Mladen Šekularac 4 MLADEN SEKULARAC Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Dejan Milojevic 3 Dejan Milojevic - ACB.Com 1999, 2000, 2001 Vlado Scepanovic 3 VLADO SCEPANOVIC Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net 1998, 1999, 2000 Dejan Tomasevic 2 DEJAN TOMASEVIC Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net 1999, 2000 Nenad Canak 2 NENAD CANAK Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net 1999, 2000 Milenko Topic 2 MILENKO TOPIC Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net 1998, 2000 1x MVP (2000) Veselin Petrovic 2 VESELIN PETROVIC Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net 1999, 2000 Aleksandar Nađfeji 2 ALEKSANDAR NADJFEJI Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net 1999, 2001 Jovo Stanojević 2 JOVO STANOJEVIC Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net 1999, 2000 Ognjen Aškrabić 2 OGNJEN ASKRABIC Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net 2000, 2001 Milos Vujanic 2 Milos Vujanic - ACB.Com 2001, 2003
Eligible foreign players for selection (1997-2001) Simeon Haley – Crvena zvezda (1997) Dayon Ninkovic – Crvena zvezda (1998) Neno Ašćerić – Crvena zvezda (2000) Neno Ašćerić – KK Partizan (2000) Dusan Jelic – Crvena zvezda (2000–2001) Jason Crowe – KK Sloga (2000–2001) Predrag Materić – KK Partizan (2001–2002, 2003–2004) Peter Cornell – KK Partizan (2001) Schea Cotton – KK Partizan (2001) Daymeon Fishback – Crvena zvezda (2000–2001) Mahmoud Jameel – KK Sloga (2000–2001)
Other notable participants Nikola Jestratijević (2000) NIKOLA JESTRATIJEVIC Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net Dragan Lukovski (2000) DRAGAN LUKOVSKI Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net Igor Rakočević (1999) Igor Rakocevic - ACB.Com Djuro Ostojic (1999) Djuro Ostojic - ACB.Com Stevan Nađfeji (2001) STEVAN NADJFEJI Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net Aleksandar Glintić (1998) ALEKSANDAR GLINTIC Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net Miroslav Beric (1997) Miroslav Beric Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net Dusan Kecman (2001) DUSAN KECMAN Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net Žarko Čabarkapa (2001) ZARKO CABARKAPA Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net Goran Nikolić (2001) GORAN NIKOLIC Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net Vladimir Tica (2001) VLADIMIR TICA Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net Nebojša Bogavac (2001) NEBOJSA BOGAVAC Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net Goran Ćakić (2001) GORAN CAKIC Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net Vladimir Kuzmanović (1999) VLADIMIR KUZMANOVIC Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net
See also Croatian Basketball All-Star Game
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