FIBA Intercontinental Cup MVP

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The FIBA Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is the award bestowed to the player that is deemed to be the most valuable player" of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup official world basketball club championship. The winner of the award is decided by FIBA and is given after the final of the competition, usually to a player on the winning team.

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The first MVP award was given in 1977 to Walt Szczerbiak, and has been given to eleven other players since. No individual player has won the award more than once.

Award winners

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Vassilis Spanoulis was the FIBA Intercontinental Cup's MVP in 2013. Vasileios Spanoulis in Houston.jpg
Vassilis Spanoulis was the FIBA Intercontinental Cup's MVP in 2013.
Sergio Llull was the FIBA Intercontinental Cup's MVP in 2015. Sergio Llull - 01.jpg
Sergio Llull was the FIBA Intercontinental Cup's MVP in 2015.
YearNamePositionNationalityClubRef.
1977 Walt Szczerbiak Small forward Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid [2]
1987 Juan San Epifanio "Epi" Small forwardFlag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Spain.svg FC Barcelona
2013 Vassilis Spanoulis Point guard Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos [3] [4] [5]
2014 Nicolás Laprovíttola Point guardFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo [6] [7]
2015 Sergio Llull Guard Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
2016 Zach Graham Guard/ForwardFlag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Venezuela.svg Guaros de Lara [8]
2017 Mike Tobey Center Flag of the United States.svg  United States [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Spain.svg Canarias [9]
2019 Jordan Theodore Point guardFlag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia [lower-alpha 2] Flag of Greece.svg AEK [10]
2020 Marcelinho Huertas Point guardFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Spain.svg Canarias [11]
2021 Vítor Benite Point guardFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Spain.svg San Pablo Burgos [12]
2022 Luke Martínez GuardFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico [lower-alpha 3] Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo [13]
2023 (I) Bruno Fitipaldo Point guardFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay [lower-alpha 4] Flag of Spain.svg Canarias [14]
2023 (II) David Jackson Shooting guardFlag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Brazil.svg Franca [15]

Statistics

By club

CB Canarias holds the record for most players with a MVP award, with 3.

NationalitySelections
Flag of Spain.svg Canarias 3
Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 2
Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo 2

By nationality

Players from the United States have won the most awards, with three players playing under the American nationality winning MVP.

NationalitySelections
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 4 [lower-alpha 5]
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 1
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Mike Tobey became a naturalised Slovenian citizen four years later, in 2021.
  2. ↑ Jordan Theodore was born in the United States, but became a naturalised Macedonian citizen.
  3. ↑ Luke Martínez was born in the United States and also holds the American nationality.
  4. ↑ Bruno Fitipaldo also holds the Italian nationality.
  5. ↑ Excluding 2019 winner Jordan Theodore (Macedonian) and 2022 winner Luke Martinez (Mexico).

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  3. ↑ FIBA.basketball (12 December 2022). "Greek legend Spanoulis to hand MVP award in Cairo". FIBA.basketball. FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  4. ↑ FoxSports.com O Herói e o Vilão de Olympiacos 86 x 69 Pinheiros, pelo Mundial de Clubes. Archived 2016-01-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
  5. ↑ Gazetaesportiva.net Olympiacos bate Pinheiros e vence Copa Intercontinental. (in Portuguese)
  6. ↑ Fla derruba o Maccabi e fatura o maior título de sua história no basquete. (in Portuguese)
  7. ↑ Con Nicolás Laprovittola como MVP, Flamengo se consagró campeón Intercontinental. Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ "Guaros de Lara win Intercontinental Cup, 74-69 vs Skyliners Frankfurt". Sportando.com. 18 September 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
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  10. ↑ AEK beat Flamengo in Final to win FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
  11. ↑ "MVP Huertas hails Tenerife's team spirit, coaching staff". FIBA.com. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  12. ↑ "Vitor Benite wins MVP of the 2021 FIBA Intercontinental Cup after San Pablo Burgos' victory". FIBA. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  13. ↑ "MVP Martinez: Intercontinental Cup title 10 months in the making for Flamengo". FIBA. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  14. ↑ "Instant offense off the bench: Bruno Fitipaldo named MVP of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup". FIBA.basketball. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  15. ↑ "David Jackson named MVP of FIBA Intercontinental Cup Singapore 2023". FIBA.basketball. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
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