DBL All-Star Gala

DBL All-Star Gala

Dutch Basketball League All Star Game
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1971
No. of teams	2 (All-Star Game)
Country	Netherlands
Continent	Europe

The Dutch Basketball League All-Star Gala is a yearly basketball event in the Netherlands. At the event the yearly All-Star Game is played, as is the Under 23 All-Star Game. The Dunk Contest and three-point contest are also held at the event.^[1]

All-Star Game

The All-Star Game is played by two teams featuring the best players in the Dutch Basketball League, voted by fans in the Netherlands. From 2004 till 2013, the game was played between the North and the South, players from club in the north of the Netherlands play in the North team. For the 2014 All-Star Gala, a format in which foreign players and domestic players face each other was chosen.

All-Star Games

Year	Date	Arena	City	Team	Score	Team	MVP
2016	February 28	Vijf Meihal	Leiden	DBL Stars	98–100	Netherlands	Worthy de Jong
2015	February 22	Maaspoort (2)	Den Bosch (2)	DBL Stars	125–127	Netherlands	Jeroen van der List (2)
2014	February 23	KingsDome (2)	Den Helder (3)	International	122–123	National	Jeroen van der List
2013	February 24	Kingsdome	Den Helder (2)	North	118–129	South	Stefan Wessels
2012	February 26	Landstede Sportcentrum (2)	Zwolle (2)	North	107–113	South	Frank Turner
2011	March 13	Landstede Sportcentrum	Zwolle	North	84–105	South	Markel Humphrey
2010	April 11	Apollohal	Amsterdam (12)	North	103–105	South	Kees Akerboom, Jr.
2009	April 5	Sporthallen Zuid	Amsterdam (11)	North	89–88	South	Matt Bauscher
2008	April 13	Sporthallen Zuid	Amsterdam (10)	North	113–107	South	Tamien Trent
2007	February 25	Topsportcentrum	Rotterdam (6)	North	98–100	South	Alhaji Mohammed
2006	February 26	Topsportcentrum	Rotterdam (5)	North	105–102	South	Sergerio Gipson
2005	February 20	Topsportcentrum	Rotterdam (4)	North	123–108	South	John Thomas
2004	February 21	Martiniplaza	Groningen (6)	North	133–107	South	Travis Reed

Numbers in brackets stand for the times the event was held in the city or arena.

All-Star Game Under 24

Since 2004 the All-Star Game Under 24 is played as well. The game includes the best Dutch players who are under age 23. Players are voted by the coaches. The games are played with quarters of only 8 minutes.

Year	Date	Arena	City	Team	Score	Team	MVP
2015	February 22	Maaspoort	Den Bosch	North	103–108	South	Vaidas Tamasauskas
2014	February 23	Kingsdome	Den Helder	North	122 - 112	South	Quincy Treffers
2013	February 24	Kingsdome	Den Helder	North	73 - 63	South	Craig Osaikhwuwuomwan
2012	February 26	Landstede Sportcentrum	Zwolle	North	97 - 100	South	Kiran Celaire
2011	March 13	Landstede Sportcentrum	Zwolle	North	72 - 85	South	Jeroen van der List
2010	April 11	Apollohal	Amsterdam	North	84 - 82	South	Joost Padberg
2009	April 5	Sporthallen Zuid	Amsterdam	North	84 - 78	South	Jeroen van Vugt
2008	April 13	Sporthallen Zuid	Amsterdam	North	62 - 70	South	Jeroen Slor
2007	February 25	Topsportcentrum Rotterdam	Rotterdam	North	71 - 69	South	Sjors Besseling

Dunk Contest

¹ Orlando Gomes wasn't a DBL player.

Year	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score
2015	Den Bosch	Orlando Gomes^1	Chris Denson	–
2014	Den Helder	Jeroen van der List (3)	Kelvin Martin & Ross Bekkering	–
2013	Den Helder	DeJuan Wright	Vincent van Sliedregt	40-39
2012	Zwolle	Jeroen van der List (2)	Amu Saaka	30-29
2011	Zwolle	Ross Bekkering	Markel Humphrey	58-52
2010	Amsterdam	Jeroen van der List	Jayme Miller	60-29
2009	Amsterdam	Anthony Richardson	Jayme Miller	50-29

Three-Point Contest

Year	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score
2015	Den Bosch	Maurice Creek	Valentijn Lietmeijer	18–17
2014	Den Helder	Arvin Slagter	Kees Akerboom jr.
2013	Den Helder	Andre Young	Arvin Slagter	17-14
2012	Zwolle	Terry Sas	Damon Huffmann	16-13
2011	Zwolle	Ramon Siljade	Jessey Voorn	16-13
2010	Amsterdam	Rod Earls	Kees Akerboom, Jr.	19-18
2009	Amsterdam	Kees Akerboom, Jr.	Arvin Slagter	18-13

References

1. All-Star Galas at j-dus.com. (in Dutch) Retrieved 06–03–2014.