FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

sport	basketball
Association	FIBA
League foundation	1966
League dissolution	2002
Country countries	All members of FIBA
Record champions	Real Madrid Pallacanestro Cantù (4 titles each)
Website	fibaeurope.com
^ FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup ↓ Korać Cup

The European Cup Winners' Cup was a basketball competition that was held between 1966 and 2002 under the auspices of FIBA .

The cup winners of the national associations of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball were eligible to participate . The European Cup Winners' Cup was considered to be the second most important continental title after the European Cup and before the Korać Cup .

After the ULEB introduced the Eurocup in 2002 , the FIBA ​​discontinued the European Cup Winners' Cup.

history

1966 to 1991 (European Cup Winners' Cup)

When FIBA introduced a European Cup for the champions of the respective European leagues in 1958 and this was very popular with the clubs, other clubs that did not have the opportunity to qualify for the national championship cup quickly asked for another expressed continental competition.

FIBA initially reacted cautiously to the inquiries, as it felt that it represented the associations and not the clubs. In 1966 the clubs 'wish was finally fulfilled and the European Cup Winners' Cup celebrated its premiere in the 1966/67 season. From then on, the cup winners of the respective European cup competitions competed against each other in this competition.

The tournament was initially dominated by Italian , Yugoslav and Soviet teams. 11 of the first 17 seasons were won by Italian teams, including the trophy four times to Pallacanestro Cantù and three times to Olimpia Milano , both of which were sponsored at the time. In the 1980s, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona ensured Spanish dominance.

1991 to 1996 (European Cup)

From the 1991/92 season, non-cup winners also took part in the competition. At the beginning of the season, only cup winners of the respective European cup competitions were eligible to participate, but clubs that were eliminated in the first round of the FIBA European Championship were also allowed to take part in the competition, which was renamed the European Cup for this reason . During this period, Spanish and Greek teams dominated the tournament.

1996 to 1998 (Eurocup)

Another change to the competition came in the 1996/97 season when FIBA ​​- which renamed the tournament the Eurocup - allowed two or more clubs per nation.

1998 to 2002 (Saporta Cup)

In honor of Raimundo Saporta , who was one of the main people responsible for founding the Spanish basketball league and the European Cup, who died in 1997, FIBA ​​renamed the Eurocup the Saporta Cup for the 1998/99 season .

After several top European clubs preferred to take part in ULEB competitions rather than FIBA in the 2000/01 season , FIBA also gave up the Saporta Cup after the Suproleague . Since then, the ULEB Eurocup has taken the position of the second most important European basketball cup.

meaning

From its founding to its termination, the tournament was the second most important at European level after the European Cup and before the Korać Cup . It lost its importance shortly before it was discontinued, however, as FIBA ​​and ULEB each played a European Cup (Suproleague and Euroleague).

Finals

1966–1991: European Cup Winners' Cup

season	venue	master	finalist	result
1966/67	Varese / Tel Aviv	Ignis Varese	Maccabi Tel Aviv	77:67 & 68:67
1967/68	Athens	AEK Athens	Slavia Prague	89:82
1968/69	Vienna	Slavia Prague	BK Dinamo Tbilisi	80:74
1969/70	Lyon / Naples	Fides Partenope Napoli	Joan of Arc Vichy	60:64 & 87:65
1970/71	Leningrad / Milan	Simmenthal Milan	Spartak Leningrad	56:66 & 71:52
1971/72	Thessaloniki	Simmenthal Milan	KK Red Star Belgrade	74:70
1972/73	Thessaloniki	Spartak Leningrad	Jugoplastika Split	77:62
1973/74	Udine	KK Red Star Belgrade	Spartak Brno	86:75
1974/75	Nantes	Spartak Leningrad	KK Red Star Belgrade	63:62
1975/76	Turin	Cinzano Milan	ASPO Tours	88:83
1976/77	Palma	Birra Forest Cantù	KK Radnički	87:86
1977/78	Milan	Gabetti Cantù	Synudine Bologna	84:82
1978/79	Poreč	Gabetti Cantù	EBBC Den Bosch	83:73
1979/80	Milan	Emerson Varese	Gabetti Cantù	90:88
1980/81	Rome	Squibb Cantù	FC Barcelona	86:82
1981/82	Brussels	Cibona Zagreb	real Madrid	96:95
1982/83	Palma	Scavolini Pésaro	ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne	111: 99
1983/84	East End	real Madrid	Simac Milan	82:81
1984/85	Grenoble	FC Barcelona	Žalgiris Kaunas	77:73
1985/86	Caserta	FC Barcelona	Scavolini Pesaro	101: 86
1986/87	Novi Sad	Cibona Zagreb	Scavolini Pesaro	89:74
1987/88	Grenoble	CSP Limoges	Joventut de Badalona	96:89
1988/89	Athens	real Madrid	Snaidero Caserta	117: 113
1989/90	Florence	Knorr Bologna	real Madrid	79:74
1990/91	Geneva	PAOK Saloniki	CAI Zaragoza	76:72

1991–1996: European Cup

season	venue	master	finalist	result
1991/92	Nantes	real Madrid	PAOK Saloniki	65:63
1992/93	Turin	Aris Thessaloniki	Efes Pilsen Istanbul	50:48
1993/94	Lausanne	Olimpija Ljubljana	Taugrés Vitoria	91:81
1994/95	Istanbul	Benetton Treviso	Taugrés Vitoria	94:86
1995/96	Vitoria	Taugrés Vitoria	PAOK Saloniki	88:81

1996-1998: Eurocup

season	venue	master	finalist	result
1996/97	Nicosia	real Madrid	Mash Verona	78:64
1997/98	Belgrade	Žalgiris Kaunas	Stefanel Milan	82:67

1998–2002: Saporta Cup

season	venue	master	finalist	result
1998/99	Zaragoza	Benetton Treviso	Pamesa Valencia	64:60
1999/00	Lausanne	AEK Athens	Children of Bologna	83:76
2000/01	Warsaw	Marousi Athens	Elan Chalon	74:72
2001/02	Lyon	Montepaschi Siena	Pamesa Valencia	81:71

statistics

Statistics by clubs (current name) rank club title final 1 real Madrid 4th 6th 2 Pallacanestro Cantù 4th 5 3 Olimpia Milano 3 5 4th BK Spartak Saint Petersburg 2 3 FC Barcelona 6th AEK Athens 2 2 Pallacanestro Treviso Pallacanestro Varese KK Cibona Zagreb 10 Saski Baskonia 1 3 KK Red Star Belgrade Virtus Bologna Victoria Libertas Pesaro PAOK Thessaloniki 15th Žalgiris Kaunas 1 2 USK Prague 17th Limoges CSP 1 1 GS Marousi Partenope Napoli KK Union Olimpija Mens Sana Basket Siena Aris Thessaloniki 23 Valencia Basket Club 0 2 24 15 other clubs 0 1

Statistics by country rank country title final 1  Italy 15th 24 2  Spain 7th 16 3  Greece 5 7th 4th  Russia 1 2 3 5  Croatia 2 2 3 6th  France 1 5 7th  Serbia 3 1 4th 8th  Czech Republic 4 1 3 9  Lithuania 5 1 2 10  Slovenia 1 1 11  Georgia 6 0 1  Israel  Netherlands  Turkey 1 all titles & finals as a Soviet Union  2 all titles & finals as Yugoslavia  3 all titles & finals as Yugoslavia  4th all titles & finals as Czechoslovakia  5 a final as a Soviet Union  6th Final participation as the Soviet Union   Yugoslavia : 3 titles, 7 finals  Soviet Union : 2 titles, 5 finals  Czechoslovakia : 1 title, 3 finals

See also

• List of men's European basketball cup winners

Web links

• History of the European Cup Winners' Cup
• Information and statistics on linguasport.com