The FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year Award was a yearly
Player of the Year
Several sports leagues honour their best player with an award called Player of the Year (POY) . In the United States, this type of award is usually called a Most Valuable Player award.
Association football
In association football, this award is he ...
(POY) award that has been given out by
FIBA
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word ''amateur'' from its nam ...
's (the international governing body of the sport of basketball)
European Division, to the best female
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player with European citizenship. The inaugural award was given in the year 2005, and was awarded to
Maria Stepanova of Russia; whom also won the most awards, having won the award three times. Playing in a FIBA tournament was not a requirement to be eligible to win the award.
The award was a calendar year by calendar year award, and was not a season by season award. The FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year vote was decided upon by basketball experts and fan voting.
FIBA Europe Women's Players of the Year
This was a calendar year by calendar year award, and not a season by season award, so all teams the player played with during the calendar year are listed.
Women's Players of the YearWomen.
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See also
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FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year Award
References
External links
FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year Awardat fibaeurope.com
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FIBA Europe
European basketball awards
Awards established in 2005
Awards disestablished in 2014