Pau Gasol, on the other hand, had been voted MVP of the Spanish championship final series and cup competition in Spain in 2001 while playing for FC Barcelona, but had made only six appearances in the Euroleague that season, having been in the Champions Cup the year before had insufficient playing time. In Barcelona he got a double victory. The league received special attention right from the start with two outdoor matches hosted by KHL Medveščak Zagreb in the Pula Amphitheater. The foundation and beginning of the FIBA European Cup of National Champions are the starting point of the history of the EuroLeague Basketball. The fifty elected former and active players in European club basketball as of May 2008, all active in the first fifty seasons of the European Champion Clubs' Cup andof the Euroleague of European basketball players, were honored at the end of the 2007/2008 season, as part of the Euroleague Final Four, from May 2nd to 4th, 2008, at an official ceremony in the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid. Euroleague's 50 Greatest Contributors is a list published in 2008 of the fifty most important personalities in the history of the EuroLeague and its predecessor competition, the National Basketball Champion Cup, which is the most important club competition in European men's club basketball. Principles and Rule of Nomination: Each nominated basketball player, regardless of continent or region. In retrospect, the country of his origin, who had taken on an essential and decisive role as a player, referee or coach in one of the top club competitions in European basketball, announced and organized by FIBA or ULEB, on the "international stage". to the experienced basketball history of the previous fifty years must be taken into account.
Also involved in the decisions taken were Shimon Mizrahi, President Maccabi Tel Aviv for nearly four decades, Costas Rigas, Head of Refereeing at EuroLeague Basketball, and Jean-Luc Thomas of L'Equipe, a journalist for the French daily. Other participants in the competition were: Jonction BC (Geneva, Switzerland), BK Slovan Orbis (Prague/then Czechoslovakia), Union Babenberg (Vienna/Austria), Honved SE (Budapest/ Hungary), The Wolves (Amsterdam/Netherlands), BK Akademik (Sofia/Bulgaria), CJS Aleppo (Syria), ASK Olimpia (Ljubljana/then Yugoslavia), Fenerbahce SK (Istanbul/Turkey), Panellinios GS (Athens/ Greece), CCA Bucarest (Romania), Basket Villeurbanne (France), ASK (Riga/then USSR), HSG Wissenschaft HU (Berlin/then East Germany), Pantterit (Helsinki/Finland), CWKS Legia (Warsaw/Poland), Simenthal Olimpia (Milano/Italia), Maccabi (Tel Aviv/Israel), FC Barreirense (Barreiro/Portugal) and Real Madrid (Spain). A new phase began in 2000/2001 with the EuroLeague Basketball of the Union des Ligues Européennes de Basketball (ULEB). Chaired by Borislav Stanković, one of the former General Secretaries of FIBA (1976 to 2002), and his deputy Eduard Portela, President of the Spanish Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), which also hosts the Liga ACB, and the Union des Ligues Européennes de Basketball (ULEB), was selected by a selection committee – further composed of former players, coaches, as well as a basketball club management figure, a representative of the referees and a basketball journalist – on February 3, 2008 in Madrid (Spain) for each of the three categories the The composition of the respective list of candidates to be honored is finally determined.
A total of 105 players, 20 coaches and twelve referees were nominated, sorted by category, all of whom had made a significant contribution as "contributors". Overall, a significant contribution by the "contributor" had to be identified. The internal Wikipedia links used by the "players" only refer to Wikipedia articles in the German-speaking area. An internal link to articles in other language versions, for example "en." (English), ".es" (Spanish) or ".it" (Italian) would be technically feasible, but is not accepted within the German language area organization. i.a. International Ice Hockey Federation, April 29, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017. Formula Scout, January 5, 2021, retrieved August 26, 2021 (English). International Ice Hockey Federation, April 27, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2017. International Ice Hockey Federation, April 11, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2017 (English). According to several sociological surveys, the languages most commonly spoken by the population are French (99%), Luxembourgish (82%), German (81%) and English (72%). International Ice Hockey Federation, April 17, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017 (English).
Hosts celebrate instant return to Division I. International Ice Hockey Federation April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017. 7 November 2012, accessed 12 August 2016 (English). ↑ Bob McAdoo – 50 Greatest Contributors List (Memento of 26 August 2012 at the Internet Archive) – Player. ↑ Toni Kukoc – 50 Greatest Contributors List (Memento of 9 August 2011 in the Internet Archive) – Player. ↑ Fragiskos Alvertis – 50 Greatest Contributors List (Memento of October 30, 2011 at the Internet Archive) – Player. ↑ Drazen Petrovic – 50 Greatest Contributors List – Player. ↑ Miki Berkowitz – 50 Greatest Contributors List – Player. ↑ Dino Meneghin – 50 Greatest Contributors List (Memento of the original from October 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. ↑ Dino Radja – 50 Greatest Contributors List (Memento of October 30, 2011 at the Internet Archive) – Player. ↑ Bob Morse – 50 Greatest Contributors List – Player. ↑ Saras Jasikevicius – 50 Greatest Contributors List (Memento of 9 August 2011 at the Internet Archive) – Player. ↑ Manolo Raga – 50 Greatest Contributors List – Player. The nominated players received recognition as the best, most important player of a tournament (Summer Olympic Games, World Championships, European Championships, etc.) or particularly outstanding league players (Most Valuable Player – MVP), the most successful thrower (Top Scorer), the strongest player in defense (Best Defender) and met other performance criteria, such as rebounds and steals leading to possession or assists leading to a goal.
