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.
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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| Year | Name | Position | Nationality | Club | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Walt Szczerbiak | Small forward |  United States |
 Real Madrid |
[2] |
| 1987 | Juan San Epifanio "Epi" | Small forward | Spain |
FC Barcelona |
|
| 2013 | Vassilis Spanoulis | Point guard |  Greece |
Olympiacos |
[3][4][5] |
| 2014 | Nicolás Laprovíttola | Point guard |  Argentina |
 Flamengo |
[6][7] |
| 2015 | Sergio Llull | Guard | Spain |
Real Madrid |
|
| 2016 | Zach Graham | Guard/Forward | United States |
 Guaros de Lara |
[8] |
| 2017 | Mike Tobey | Center | United States[a] |
Iberostar Tenerife |
[9] |
| 2019 | Jordan Theodore | Point guard |  North Macedonia[b]
|
AEK |
[10] |
| 2020 | Marcelinho Huertas | Point guard | Brazil |
Iberostar Tenerife |
[11] |
| 2021 | Vítor Benite | Point guard | Brazil |
San Pablo Burgos |
[12] |
| 2022 | Luke Martínez | Guard |  Mexico[c] |
Flamengo |
[13] |
| 2023 (I) | Bruno Fitipaldo | Point guard |  Uruguay[d]
|
Lenovo Tenerife
|
[14] |
| 2023 (II) | David Jackson | Shooting guard | United States
|
Franca
|
[15] |
| 2024 | Dylan Osetkowski | Power forward |  Germany[e]
|
Unicaja
|
[16] |
Statistics
editBy club
editCB Canarias holds the record for most players with a MVP award, with 3.
| Nationality | Selections |
|---|---|
| Canarias
|
3 |
| Real Madrid
|
2 |
| Flamengo
|
2 |
By nationality
editPlayers from the United States have won the most awards, with three players playing under the American nationality winning MVP.
| Nationality | Selections |
|---|---|
 United States
|
4[f] |
| Brazil
|
2 |
| Spain
|
2 |
| Argentina
|
1 |
| Germany
|
1 |
| Greece
|
1 |
| North Macedonia
|
1 |
| Mexico
|
1 |
| Uruguay
|
1 |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Mike Tobey became a naturalised Slovenian citizen four years later, in 2021.
- ^ Jordan Theodore was born in the United States, but became a naturalised Macedonian citizen.
- ^ Luke Martínez was born in the United States and also holds the American nationality.
- ^ Bruno Fitipaldo also holds the Italian nationality.
- ^ Dylan Osetkowski was born in the United States, but became a naturalised German citizen.
- ^ Excluding American players naturalised as citizens of other countries.
References
edit- ^ FIBA.basketball (12 December 2022). "Greek legend Spanoulis to hand MVP award in Cairo". FIBA.basketball. FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Intercontinental Cup 1977". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ FIBA.basketball (12 December 2022). "Greek legend Spanoulis to hand MVP award in Cairo". FIBA.basketball. FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ 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)
- ^ Gazetaesportiva.net Olympiacos bate Pinheiros e vence Copa Intercontinental. (in Portuguese)
- ^ Fla derruba o Maccabi e fatura o maior título de sua história no basquete. (in Portuguese)
- ^ Con Nicolás Laprovittola como MVP, Flamengo se consagró campeón Intercontinental. Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Iberostar Tenerife crowned 2017 Intercontinental Cup champions". championsleague.basketball. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ AEK beat Flamengo in Final to win FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
- ^ "MVP Huertas hails Tenerife's team spirit, coaching staff". FIBA.com. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ "Vitor Benite wins MVP of the 2021 FIBA Intercontinental Cup after San Pablo Burgos' victory". FIBA. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "MVP Martinez: Intercontinental Cup title 10 months in the making for Flamengo". FIBA. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "Instant offense off the bench: Bruno Fitipaldo named MVP of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup". FIBA.basketball. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "David Jackson named MVP of FIBA Intercontinental Cup Singapore 2023". FIBA.basketball. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Dylan Osetkowski named MVP of the 2024 FIBA Intercontinental Cup". FIBA.basketball. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.