Philippe "Philip" Szanyiel (born 23 December 1960) is a French former professional

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player and

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. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, as a player, in 2011.

Professional career

Szanyiel was named to the

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team in 1991. With

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, Szanyiel made it to the 1982–83 season's finals of the secondary level European-wide club competition, the

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(

FIBA Saporta Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA E ...

). Szanyiel was the

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's French Player's MVP in 1983.

National team career

With the senior French national team, Szanyiel competed at the following tournaments: the 1980 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 1981 EuroBasket, the

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, the

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, the

1985 EuroBasket The 1985 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1985, was the 24th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It took place from 5 to 16 June 1985 in West Germany. The Soviet Union defeated Cze ...

, the 1988 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the

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, and the 1992 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament. With France's senior national team, he scored a total of 2,363 points, in 192

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References

External links

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