| FIBAIndividual Awards |
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| FIBAIndividual Awards |
TheFIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award was an annualPlayer of the Year (POY) award that was given byFIBA Europe, the European division ofFIBA, the international governing body of the sport ofbasketball, 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 toNikos Zisis ofGreece. 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 bothprofessional sports leagues such as theNBA or theEuroLeague, etc. (including from both senior and junior levelsports clubs) andamateur status, such as theNCAA'scollege basketball competitions, etc. The FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award was the junior European Player of the Year award (only for players aged 22 and under) that was given by FIBA, and is not to be confused with the senior men's award, which was theFIBA 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.
| Sport | Basketball |
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| History | |
| First award | 2005 |
| Editions | 10 |
| First winner |  Nikos Zisis |
| Most wins |  Ricky Rubio (3) |
| Most recent |  Dario Šarić (2014) |
| Year | Winner | Club(s) |
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2005 | Nikos Zisis |  Benetton Treviso |
2006 | Rudy Fernández | Joventut Badalona |
2007 | Ricky Rubio | Joventut Badalona |
2008 | Ricky Rubio (2×) | Joventut Badalona |
2009 | Ricky Rubio (3×) | FC Barcelona |
2010 |  Jan Veselý |  Partizan |
2011 |  Jonas Valančiūnas | Lietuvos Rytas |
2012 | Jonas Valančiūnas (2×) |  Toronto Raptors |
2013 | Dario Šarić | Cibona |
2014 | Dario Šarić (2×) |  Anadolu Efes |
| European Young Men's Player of the Year Winners |
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