Korać Cup
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| sport | basketball |
| Association | FIBA |
| League foundation | 1972 |
| League dissolution | 2002 |
| Country countries |
 All members of FIBA
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| Record champions |
 Pallacanestro Cantù (4 titles)
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| Website | fibaeurope.com |
| ↑ FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup | |
The Korać Cup was a European basketball competition for men's teams that was played from 1972 to 2002. It was the third most important European Cup after the European Champions Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup.
It owes its name to the Yugoslav basketball player Radivoje Korać . Nowadays the Serbian club cup is held under this name.
history
The Korać Cup was held for the first time by FIBA Europe in 1972. After the national championship cup, which was played for the first time in 1957, and the cup winners' cup, which celebrated its premiere in 1966, it was the third European competition for men's club teams.
The idea of FIBA was to introduce a European Cup, in which teams that could not qualify for the European Cup or the European Cup Winners' Cup can take part. With the decision to call this competition the Korać Cup, FIBA honored the Yugoslav basketball player Radivoj Korać , who died in a car accident in 1969 at the age of 30.
The competition quickly established itself as the third force in European competitions and was dominated by Yugoslav and Italian teams in the first few years, before French and Spanish teams dominated the tournament in the 1980s. In the 90s, two Greek and a Turkish club won the cup. With ALBA Berlin , a German club managed to win the Korać Cup in the 1994/95 season, which was the first ever European Cup victory for a German team.
The last edition of the Korać Cup took place in the 2001/02 season. The ULEB started two new European competitions, after which the FIBA stopped the Korać Cup and founded a new European Cup with the EuroCup Challenge . Since then, the Serbian Basketball Federation has held its national club cup as the Radivoj Korać Cup . FIBA Europe and the Serbian Association also decided in 2011 that the previous trophy would be presented to the winner of the Serbian Cup competition from 2012.
The trophy was played a total of 31 times and was won by 19 different clubs. With 10 titles, Italy is the most successful country in the Korać Cup. With Pallacanestro Cantù it is also the record winner (4 titles).
meaning
The competition was particularly popular with clubs from the southeastern part of Europe , as the density of good basketball teams, which could not qualify for the other two tournaments, was very high there.
Since the top teams of the respective European basketball leagues played in the national champions 'cup or in the cup winners' cup, the sporting quality was worse than in the other two competitions. Therefore, the Korać Cup was the third most important European basketball cup since it was founded and until it was discontinued in 2002. In the 2000/01 season it lost its importance as FIBA and ULEB each played their own national championship cup this season.
Finals
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statistics
See also
Web links
- History of the Korać Cup
- Information and statistics on linguasport.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ “Žućkova levica” ponovo u Srbiji on b92.net
1972 | 1973 | 1973/74 | 1974/75 | 1975/76 | 1976/77 | 1977/78 | 1978/79 | 1979/80 | 1980/81 | 1981/82 | 1982/83 | 1983/84 | 1984/85 | 1985/86 | 1986/87 | 1987/88 | 1988/89 | 1989/90 | 1990/91 | 1991/92 | 1992/93 | 1993/94 | 1994/95 | 1995/96 | 1996/97 | 1997/98 | 1998/99 | 1999/00 | 2000/01 | 2001/02