For the third straight year, the best EuroCup players will be heading to Cyprus for the EuroCup All Star Game.

EKA AEL Lemesos will once again be organising the event in conjunction with FIBA Europe.

FIBA Europe President George Vassilakopoulos, Secretary General Nar Zanolin and Sports Director Kosta Iliev met today with Lithuanian Basketball Federation officials at FIBA Europe’s offices in Munich, Germany to primarily discuss organisational aspects of EuroBasket 2011.

The Lithuanian Basketball Federation was represented by President Vladas Garastas, Vice President Ramunas Saluga and Steering Committee Member Mindaugas Spokas.

Top players in the EuroLeague Women will be heading to Valencia, Spain for the EuroLeague Women All-Star Game on March 8, 2007.

It will mark the second EuroLeague Women All-Star Game and will feature the best players from Europe taking on the Rest of the World Team.

FIBA Europe will endorse Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia (SOEE) for the third consecutive year during the Special Olympics European Basketball Week to be held 25 November-3 December, 2006 across the region.

Special Olympics will organize activities during the week that will involve 12,000 children and adults and male and female players with intellectual disabilities in 30 countries.

The Board of FIBA Europe met in Gibraltar at the weekend for the second meeting in the 2006-2010 term of office.

The Board discussed the 2007 national team and youth competition calendar and approved the following:

The EuroBasket 2007 Draw will take place on Thursday, October 19th, at 12:30 local time in Madrid, Spain at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos de Madrid.

The Draw will be broadcast live nationally on La Sexta and can also be followed in real-time on fibaeurope.com.

The FIBA Europe coaching web site was officially launched today at http://www.fibaeurope.com/coaching.

The site is specifically designed for coaches and offers an array of tools and services, including coaching news, a universal drills section, playbooks and a practice section, among other resources.

Top coaches from across Europe met in Munich, Germany for the first-ever FIBA Europe Elite Coaches Meeting on Monday.

Pepu Hernandez, who coached Spain to the FIBA World Championship title last month, was among the notable names in attendance.