The FIBA Saporta Cup's championship trophy | |
Organising body | FIBA Europe |
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Founded | 1966; 58 years ago (1966) |
First season | FIBA European Cup Winners Cup 1966â67 FIBA European Cup 1991â92 FIBA EuroCup 1996â97 FIBA Saporta Cup 1998â99 |
Folded | 2002; 22 years ago (2002) |
Region | Europe |
Level on pyramid | 2 |
Last champions | Montepaschi Siena (1st title) (2001â02) |
Most championships | Real Madrid CantĂč (4 titles each) |
The FIBA Saporta Cup, founded as FIBA European Cup Winners 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 Europe. It was named after the late Raimundo Saporta, a former Real Madrid director.
History
The competition was created in 1966, as the FIBA European Cup Winners Cup, but it had several denominations, until its eventual folding in 2002:
- 1966â67 to 1990â91 FIBA European Cup Winners Cup
- 1991â92 to 1995â96 FIBA European Cup
- 1996â97 to 1997â98 FIBA EuroCup
- 1998â99 to 2001â02 FIBA Saporta Cup
The final Saporta Cup season was held during the 2001â02 season. After that, it was fused with the FIBA KoraÄ Cup, into the formed FIBA Europe Champions Cup.
Finals
Titles by club
Titles by nation
Rank | Country | Titles | Runners-up |
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1. | Italy | 15 | 9 |
2. | Spain | 7 | 9 |
3. | Greece | 5 | 2 |
4. | Yugoslavia | 3 | 4 |
5. | Soviet Union | 2 | 3 |
6. | France | 1 | 4 |
7. | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 2 |
8. | Slovenia | 1 | |
- | Lithuania | 1 | |
10. | Israel | 1 | |
- | Netherlands | 1 | |
- | Turkey | 1 |
FIBA Saporta Cup records
FIBA Saporta Cup awards
Winning rosters
FIBA European Cup Winners Cup
- 1966â67 Ignis Varese
Stan McKenzie, Sauro Bufalini, Dino Meneghin, Giambattista Cescutti, Ottorino Flaborea, Massimo Villetti, Paolo Vittori, Enrico Bovone, Pierangelo Gergati, Roberto Gergati (Head Coach: Vittorio Tracuzzi)
- 1967â68 AEK
Georgios Amerikanos, Georgios Trontzos, Christos Zoupas, Stelios Vasileiadis, Eas Larentzakis, Antonis Christeas, Lakis Tsavas, Petros Petrakis, Nikos Nesiadis, Andreas Dimitriadis, Georgios Moschosâ (Head Coach: Nikos Milas)
â Moschos died of cancer in 1966, but he was inducted into the AEK Hall of Fame in 2008, and added to the 1968 championship team as an honorary member.
- 1968â69 Slavia VĆ Praha
JiĆĂ ZĂdek Sr., JiĆĂ RĆŻĆŸiÄka, Robert Mifka, Jiri Ammer, Bohumil TomĂĄĆĄek, Karel Baroch, Jaroslav Krivy, JiĆĂ KonopĂĄsek (Head Coach: Jaroslav Ć Ăp)
- 1969â70 Fides Napoli
Miles Aiken, Jim Williams, Sauro Bufalini, Carlos d'Aquila, Remo Maggetti, Giovanni Gavagnin, Francesco Ovi, Antonio Errico, Vincenzo Errico, Manfredo Fucile, Renato Abbate, Leonardo Coen (Head Coach: Antonio Zorzi)
- 1970â71 Simmenthal Milano
Art Kenney, Massimo Masini, Renzo Bariviera, Giulio Iellini, Giorgio Giomo, Giuseppe Brumatti, Paolo Bianchi, Giorgio Papetti, Mauro Cerioni, Roberto Paleari, Giorgio Gaggiotti (Head Coach: Cesare Rubini)
- 1971â72 Simmenthal Milano
Art Kenney, Massimo Masini, Renzo Bariviera, Giulio Iellini, Giuseppe Brumatti, Mauro Cerioni, Paolo Bianchi, Giorgio Giomo, Doriano Iacuzzo, Sergio Borlenghi, Claudio Ferrari (Head Coach: Cesare Rubini)
- 1972â73 Spartak Leningrad
Alexander Belov, Yuri Pavlov, Alexander Bolshakov, Yuri Shtukin, Andrei Makeev, Vladimir Yakovlev, Sergei Kuznetsov, Leonid Ivanov, Valeri Fjodorov, Ivan Dvorny, Evgeni Volkov, Ivan Rozhin (Head Coach: Vladimir Kondrashin)
- 1973â74 Crvena zvezda
Zoran SlavniÄ, Ljubodrag SimonoviÄ, Dragan KapiÄiÄ, DragiĆĄa VuÄiniÄ, Radivoje ĆœivkoviÄ, Ivan SarjanoviÄ, Zoran LazareviÄ, Dragoje JovaĆĄeviÄ, Goran RakoÄeviÄ, LjupÄe ĆœugiÄ (Head Coach: Aleksandar NikoliÄ)
- 1974â75 Spartak Leningrad
Alexander Belov, Yuri Pavlov, Alexander Bolshakov, Vladimir Arzamaskov, Yuri Shtukin, Andrei Makeev, Vladimir Yakovlev, Sergei Kuznetsov, Mikhail Silantev, Leonid Ivanov, Valeri Fjodorov (Head Coach: Vladimir Kondrashin)
- 1975â76 Cinzano Milano
Mike Sylvester, Austin "Red" Robbins, Giuseppe Brumatti, Paolo Bianchi, Antonio Francescatto, Sergio Borlenghi, Vittorio Ferracini, Franco Boselli, Maurizio Borghese, Maurizio Benatti, Dino Boselli, Paolo Friz (Head Coach: Filippo Faina)
- 1976â77 Birra Forst CantĂč
Bob Lienhard, Hart Wingo, Pierlo Marzorati, Carlo Recalcati, Fabrizio Della Fiori, Renzo Tombolato, Franco Meneghel, Giorgio Cattini, Roberto Natalini, Umberto Cappelletti, Non Prezzati, Bruno Carapacchi, Giampiero Cortinovis (Head Coach: Arnaldo Taurisano)
- 1977â78 Gabetti CantĂč
Bob Lienhard, Hart Wingo, Pierlo Marzorati, Carlo Recalcati, Fabrizio Della Fiori, Fausto Bargna, Renzo Tombolato, Franco Meneghel, Giuseppe Gergati, Denis Innocentin, Umberto Cappelletti, Davide Bertazzini, Fabio Brambilla (Head Coach: Arnaldo Taurisano)
- 1978â79 Gabetti CantĂč
Johnny Neumann, Dave Batton, Pierlo Marzorati, Carlo Recalcati, Fabrizio Della Fiori, Renzo Bariviera, Renzo Tombolato, Denis Innocentin, Umberto Cappelletti, Antonello Riva, Non Porro, Giorgio Panzini (Head Coach: Arnaldo Taurisano)
- 1979â80 Emerson Varese
Bob Morse, Dino Meneghin, Bruce Seals, Aldo Ossola, Alberto Mottini, Maurizio Gualco, Enzo Carraria, Fabio Colombo, Mauro Salvaneschi, Antonio Campiglio, Riccardo Caneva, Marco Bergonzoni (Head Coach: Edoardo Rusconi)
- 1980â81 Squibb CantĂč
Pierlo Marzorati, Antonello Riva, Bruce Flowers, Tom Boswell, Renzo Bariviera, Renzo Tombolato, Denis Innocentin, Giorgio Cattini, Terry Stotts, Umberto Cappelletti, Eugenio Masolo, Antonio Sala, Valerio Fumagalli, Giuseppe Bosa (Head Coach: Valerio Bianchini)
- 1981â82 Cibona
KreĆĄimir ÄosiÄ, Aleksandar PetroviÄ, Andro Knego, Zoran Äutura, Mihovil NakiÄ, Sven UĆĄiÄ, Damir PavliÄeviÄ, Adnan BeÄiÄ, Rajko GospodnetiÄ, MlaÄan Cetinja, Toni Bevanda, SrÄan SavoviÄ (Head Coach: Mirko Novosel)
- 1982â83 Scavolini Pesaro
Dragan KiÄanoviÄ, Ćœeljko Jerkov, Walter Magnifico, Mike Sylvester, Domenico Zampolini, Giuseppe Ponzoni, Amos Benevelli, Alessandro Boni, Massimo Bini, Gianluca Del Monte, Fabio Mancini, Antonio Sassanelli (Head Coach: Petar Skansi)
- 1983â84 Real Madrid
Juan Antonio CorbalĂĄn, Brian Jackson, Fernando MartĂn, Wayne Robinson, Rafael RullĂĄn, Fernando Romay, Juan Manuel LĂłpez Iturriaga, Antonio MartĂn, Francisco JosĂ© Velasco, Juan Antonio Orenga, Wilson Simon (Head Coach: Lolo Sainz)
- 1984â85 FC Barcelona
Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Chicho Sibilio, Ignacio SolozĂĄbal, Mike Davis, Otis Howard, Juan Domingo De la Cruz, Xavi Crespo, Pedro Ansa, Arturo Seara, JuliĂĄn Ortiz, Ăngel Heredero (Head Coach: Antoni Serra / Manuel Flores)
- 1985â86 FC Barcelona
Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Chicho Sibilio, Ignacio SolozĂĄbal, Greg Wiltjer, Mark Smith, Juan Domingo De la Cruz, Xavi Crespo, Arturo Seara, JuliĂĄn Ortiz, Steve Trumbo, Ferran MartĂnez, Ăngel Heredero, Jordi Soler (Head Coach: AĂto GarcĂa Reneses)
- 1986â87 Cibona
DraĆŸen PetroviÄ, Aleksandar PetroviÄ, Danko CvjetiÄanin, Andro Knego, Zoran Äutura, Mihovil NakiÄ, Franjo ArapoviÄ, Sven UĆĄiÄ, Branko VukiÄeviÄ, Adnan BeÄiÄ, NebojĆĄa RaziÄ (Head Coach: Janez DrvariÄ / Mirko Novosel)
- 1987â88 Limoges CSP
Richard Dacoury, Clarence Kea, Stéphane Ostrowski, Greg Beugnot, Don Collins, Jacques Monclar, Hugues Occansey, Georges Vestris, Alain Forestier, Frederic Guinot, Jean-Luc Hribersek, Laurent Vinsou, Franck Maquaire (Head Coach: Michel Gomez)
- 1988â89 Real Madrid
DraĆŸen PetroviÄ, Johnny Rogers, Fernando MartĂn, JosĂ© Biriukov, Antonio MartĂn, Pep Cargol, Fernando Romay, JosĂ© Luis Llorente, Enrique Villalobos, Javier PĂ©rez, Miguel Ăngel Cabral, Carlos GarcĂa (Head Coach: Lolo Sainz)
- 1989â90 Knorr Bologna
Micheal Ray Richardson, Roberto Brunamonti, Mike Sylvester, Clemon Johnson, Gus Binelli, Lauro Bon, Claudio Coldebella, Vittorio Gallinari, Massimiliano Romboli, Clivo Massimo Righi, Tommaso Tasso, Davide Bonora, Andrea Cempini (Head Coach: Ettore Messina)
- 1990â91 PAOK
Bane PreleviÄ, Ken Barlow, John Korfas, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Nikos Boudouris, Nikos Stavropoulos, Georgios Makaras, Panagiotis Papachronis, Memos Ioannou, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Lazaros Tsakiris, Georgios Valavanidis (Head Coach: Dragan Ć akota)
FIBA European Cup
- 1991â92 Real Madrid Asegurator
Rickey Brown, Mark Simpson, JosĂ© Biriukov, Antonio MartĂn, Fernando Romay, JosĂ© Miguel AntĂșnez, Pep Cargol, JosĂ© Luis Llorente, Enrique Villalobos, Jonatan Ăngel Ojeda, JosĂ© MarĂa Silva, TomĂĄs GonzĂĄlez (Head Coach: Clifford Luyk)
- 1992â93 Sato Aris
Roy Tarpley, Panagiotis Giannakis, J. J. Anderson, Michail Misunov, Dinos Angelidis, Vangelis Vourtzoumis, Georgios Gasparis, Vassilis Lipiridis, Memos Ioannou, Igor Moraitov, Theodosios Paralikas (Head Coach: Zvi Sherf)
- 1993â94 Smelt Olimpija
DuĆĄan Hauptman, Roman Horvat, Boris Gorenc, Ćœarko ÄuriĆĄiÄ, Marko TuĆĄek, NebojĆĄa RaziÄ, Marijan KraljeviÄ, Jaka Daneu, Vitali Nosov, Klemen Zaletel (Head Coach: Zmago Sagadin)
- 1994â95 Benetton Treviso
Petar Naumoski, Orlando Woolridge, Ken Barlow, Stefano Rusconi, Riccardo Pittis, Massimo Iacopini, Andrea Gracis, Denis Marconato, Alberto Vianini, Riccardo Esposito, Maurizio Ragazzi, Federico Peruzzo, Paolo Casonato (Head Coach: Mike D'Antoni)
- 1995â96 TaugrĂ©s
Velimir PerasoviÄ, Kenny Green, RamĂłn Rivas, Marcelo Nicola, Jordi Millera, Miguel Ăngel Reyes, Ferran Lopez, Jorge Garbajosa, Juan Pedro Cazorla, Carlos Cazorla, Carlos Dicenta, Pedro RodrĂguez, Juan Ignacio GĂłmez (Head Coach: Manel Comas)
FIBA EuroCup
- 1996â97 Real Madrid Teka
Dejan Bodiroga, Joe Arlauckas, Alberto Herreros, Mike Smith, Juan Antonio Morales, Juan Antonio Orenga, Alberto Angulo, JosĂ© Miguel AntĂșnez, Ismael Santos, Roberto NĂșñez, Pablo Laso, Lorenzo Sanz (Head Coach: Ćœeljko ObradoviÄ)
- 1997â98 Ćœalgiris
Saulius Ć tombergas, Ennis Whatley, Franjo ArapoviÄ, Dainius Adomaitis, Tomas Masiulis, Virginijus PraĆĄkeviÄius, Darius MaskoliĆ«nas, KÄstutis Ć eĆĄtokas, Mindaugas Ćœukauskas, Eurelijus Ćœukauskas, Darius Sirtautas, Tauras Stumbrys, Danya Abrams (Head Coach: Jonas Kazlauskas)
FIBA Saporta Cup
- 1998â99 Benetton Treviso
Henry Williams, Ćœeljko RebraÄa, Marcelo Nicola, Glenn Sekunda, William Di Spalatro, TomĂĄs Jofresa, Denis Marconato, Casey Schmidt, Davide Bonora, Riccardo Pittis, Oliver Narr, Stjepan StaziÄ, Matteo Maestrello (Head Coach: Ćœeljko ObradoviÄ)
- 1999â00 AEK
Anthony Bowie, Martin MĂŒĂŒrsepp, Michalis Kakiouzis, Angelos Koronios, Nikos Chatzis, Dimos Dikoudis, Iakovos "Jake" Tsakalidis, Dan O'Sullivan, Steve Hansell, Vassilis Kikilias, Nikos Papanikolopoulos, Miltos Moschou (Head Coach: DuĆĄan IvkoviÄ)
- 2000â01 Maroussi
Ashraf Amaya, Jimmy Oliver, Vasco Evtimov, Georgios Maslarinos, Alexis Falekas, Sotirios Nikolaidis, Vangelis Vourtzoumis, Dimitris Marmarinos, Dimitris Karaplis, Vangelis Logothetis, Sotiris Manolopoulos, Charalampos Charalampidis, Kostas Anagnostou (Head Coach: Vangelis Alexandris)
- 2001â02 Montepaschi Siena
Petar Naumoski, Vrbica Stefanov, Brian Tolbert, Boris Gorenc, Milenko TopiÄ, Roberto Chiacig, Mindaugas Ćœukauskas, Nikola BulatoviÄ, Alpay ĂztaĆ, Marco Rossetti, GermĂĄn Scarone, Andrea Pilotti (Head Coach: Ergin Ataman)
Sources
See also
- FIBA KoraÄ Cup
- FIBA EuroCup Challenge
- FIBA EuroChallenge
- European Basketball Club Super Cup
- Rosters of the top basketball teams in European club competitions