FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award


The FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award was an annual Player of the Year award that was given by FIBA Europe, the European division of FIBA, the international governing body of the sport of basketball, to the best basketball player with European citizenship, aged 22 and under of the year. The inaugural award was given out in the year 2005 to Nikos Zisis of Greece. The vote was decided upon by a panel of basketball experts and also by fan voting.
The candidates included all European basketball players aged 22 and under in the world, regardless of whether they played in Europe, or anywhere else in the world. Also, the candidates included all players, from both professional sports leagues such as the NBA or the EuroLeague, etc. and amateur status, such as the NCAA's college basketball competitions, etc. The FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award was the junior European Player of the Year award that was given by FIBA, and is not to be confused with the senior men's award, which was the FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year Award.
The award was a calendar year by calendar year award, and was not a season by season award.

Award winners

YearWinnerClub
2005
Nikos Zisis Benetton Treviso
2006
Rudy Fernández Joventut Badalona
2007
Ricky Rubio Joventut Badalona
2008
Ricky Rubio Joventut Badalona
2009
Ricky Rubio FC Barcelona
2010
Jan Veselý Partizan
2011
Jonas Valančiūnas Lietuvos Rytas
2012
Jonas Valančiūnas Toronto Raptors
2013
Dario Šarić Cibona
2014
Dario Šarić Anadolu Efes


European Young Men's Player of the Year Winners