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As all European basketball leagues have ended their 2012-13 season, RealGM has traditionally checked on how many American players were involved in the celebrations this year.

RealGM has counted for the third consecutive year, 107 players from the U.S. became champions in 45 European national leagues.

Maccabi Haifa, champions of Israel, was ‘the most American’ champion team with six players from the U.S. on their roster.

In contrast, Kamza Basket (Albania), KB Peja (Kosovo), Donbasket Donduseni (Moldova), Partizan Belgrade (Serbia) and Edinburgh Kings (Scotland) won titles without American players on their rosters.

Partizan was the only Euroleague team to win national competition without receiving help from the U.S. 

RealGM presents the European national leagues champions list, where you can find all 107 players names (top-five European national competitions are bolded).

Country	Champion team	American players
Albania	Kamza Basket	No American players
Austria	Vienna	Ian Boylan (CS Northridge) Shawn Ray (North Carolina Central) Maurice Pearson (Georgetown College) Jean Francois (Georgia South)
Belarus	Tsmoki Minsk	Tierre Brown (McNeese State)
Belgium	Oostende	Sean Singletary (Virginia) Thomas De Thaey (North Carolina State) Matt Lojeski (Hawaii) Brent Wright (Florida) Wesley Wilkinson (Nebraska)
Bosnia	Igokea Aleksandrovac	Clifford Hammonds (Clemson) Corsley Edwards (C. Connecticut State)
Bulgaria	Lukoil Academik Sofia	Darryl Watkins (Syracuse) Brandon Heath (San Diego State)
Croatia	Cibona Zagreb	D.J. Strawberry (Maryland) Jerel Blassingame (UNLV)
Cyprus	AEK Larnaca	Dion Dixon (Cincinnati) Charron Fisher (Niagara) Ken Tutt (ORU) Michael Harrison (Colorado State)
Czech Republic	CEZ Nymburk	Andrew Naymick (Michigan State) Tweety Carter (Baylor)
Denmark	Bakken Bears	Charles Parker (Millersville)
Estonia	Kalev-Cramo Tallinn	Ty Abbott (Arizona State) Gary Wilkinson (Utah State) Keith McLeod (Bowling Green)
Finland	Nilan Bisons	Ryan McDade (Northern Arizona) Martin Zeno (Texas Tech) Jeb Ivey (Portland State)
France	JSF Nanterre	David Lighty (Ohio State) Trenton Meacham (Illinois) Charles Jackson (Hawaii Pacific) Chris Warren (Mississippi)
Georgia	MIA Academy Tbilisi	Benjamin Raymond (Xavier) Deonta Vaughn (Cincinnati) Kirk Archibeque (Fort Lewis) Chad Prewitt (Arizona State)
Germany	Brose Baskets Bamberg	Casey Jacobsen (Stanford) Alex Renfroe (Belmont) Matt Walsh (Florida) Sharrod Ford (Clemson) John Goldsberry (NC-Wilmington)
Greece	Panathinaikos Athens	James Gist (Maryland) Ramel Curry (CSU Bakersfield) R.T. Guinn (Baylor)
Holland	ZZ Leiden	Sean Cunningham (UC Riverside) Michael Schachtner (Green Bay) Antoine Young (Creighton)
Hungary	Alba Fehervar	Brandon Wood (Michigan State) Damian Hollis (George Washington) Ronald Moore (Siena) Jarrod Jones (Ball State)
Iceland	Grindavik	Ryan Pettinella (Virginia) Sammy Zeglinski (Virginia) Aaron Broussard (Seattle)
Ireland	UCC Demons Cork	Kenton Walker (Creighton)
Israel	Maccabi Haifa	Paul Stoll (Texas-Pan American) Donta Smith (Southeastern Illinois) Pat Calathes (Saint Joseph’s) James Thomas (Texas) Corry Carr (Texas Tech) Bryan Cohen (Bucknell)
Italy	Montepaschi Siena	Bobby Brown (CS Fullertone) David Moss (Indiana State) Matt Janning (Northeastern) Dionte Christmas (Temple)
Kosovo	KB Peja	No American players
Latvia	VEF Riga	Earl Rowland (Saint Mary’s) Will Daniels (Rhode Island)
Lithuania	Zalgiris Kaunas	Donnie McGrath (Providence) Oliver Lafayette (Houston) Jeff Foote (Cornell)
Luxembourg	T71 Dudelange	Ryan Sharry (Middlebury) Denell Stephens (Slippery Rock)
Macedonia	MZT Scopje	Cade Davis (Oklahoma)
Malta	Floriana	Matt Glass (Massachusetts)
Moldova	Donbasket Donduseni	No American players
Montenegro	Buducnost Podgorica	Dee Bost (Mississippi State)
Norway	Baerum Basket	Ryan Ferranti (Rollins) Lionel Green (SUNO) Torgrim Sommerfeldt (Manhattan)
Poland	Stelmet Zielona Gora	Quinton Hosley (Fresno State)
Portugal	Benfica Lisboa	Ricky Franklin (Wisconsim – Milwaukee) Frederick Gentry (McNeese State) LaceDarius Dunn (Baylor) Heshimu Evans (Kentucky)
Romania	CSU Asesoft Ploiesti	Alhaji Mohammed (Louisville) Robert Nyakundi (SMU)
Russia	CSKA Moscow	Sonny Weems (Arkansas) Aaron Jackson (Duquense)
Scotland	Edinburgh Kings	No American players
Serbia	Partizan Belgrade	No American players
Slovakia	Inter Bratislava	Alando Tucket (Wisconsin) Justin Graham (San Jose State) Marlon Garnett (Santa Clara)
Slovenia	Krka Novo Mesto	Jerime Anderson (UCLA)
Spain	Real Madrid	Marcus Slaughter (San Diego State) Tremmell Darden (Niagara) Jaycee Carroll (Utah State) Dontaye Draper (Charleston)
Sweden	Sodertalje BBK	Kenneth Simms (Cumberland) John Roberson (Texas Tech)
Switzerland	Geneve Lions	Kelvin Parker (NW Missouri State) Juwann James (JMU) Tony Brown (Arkansas State)
Turkey	Galatasaray Istanbul	Jamont Gordon (Mississippi State) Ersin Dagli (Alabama)
Ukraine	Budivelnyk Kyiv	Malcom Delaney (Virginia Tech) Leo Lyons (Missouri)
United Kingdom	Leicester Riders	Zaire Taylor (Missouri) Jay Couisnard (UMKC)

http://basketball.realgm.com/blog/228285/Americans-Winning-Titles-Abroad-2013-Edition

 

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[DolanCareParticipant]

DJ Strawberry was a blur in the open court. I would love to see how he was used this past season.

Thanks for posting this. These names brought me back… I may have teared up a little bit.

[drice4life1753Participant]

Crazy to think LaceDarius Dunn is the leading scorer in Big 12 history, with 2,285 points.

Man that Baylor squad with LaceDarius Dunn and Tweety Carter was so baller…fun to watch.

[drice4life1753Participant]

Crazy to think LaceDarius Dunn is the leading scorer in Big 12 history, with 2,285 points.

Man that Baylor squad with LaceDarius Dunn and Tweety Carter was so baller…fun to watch.

[DolanCareParticipant]

DJ Strawberry was a blur in the open court. I would love to see how he was used this past season.

Thanks for posting this. These names brought me back… I may have teared up a little bit.

[aamir543Participant]

Damn, I only knew a few of these, lol.

[aamir543Participant]

Damn, I only knew a few of these, lol.

[Sewok15Participant]

Matt Walsh still getting it done. I always liked his game for some reason even though it was so ugly…probably just because he is a local guy.

[Sewok15Participant]

Matt Walsh still getting it done. I always liked his game for some reason even though it was so ugly…probably just because he is a local guy.

[cozmojimParticipant]

I was surprised to see old Casey Jacobson still playing.

[cozmojimParticipant]

I was surprised to see old Casey Jacobson still playing.

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