FIBA Saporta Cup

FIBA Saporta Cup

Montepaschi Siena (1st title)
Most titles	Real Madrid Cantù (4 titles each)
Level on pyramid	2nd Tier
Official website	FIBA Europe Saporta Cup

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:

• 1966–67 to 1990–91 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
• 1991–92 to 1995–96 FIBA European Cup
• 1996–97 to 1997–98 FIBA EuroCup
• 1998–99 to 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup

The final Saporta Cup season was held during the 2001–02 season. After that, it was fused with the FIBA Korać Cup, into the newly formed FIBA Europe Champions Cup.

Finals

Year		Final				Semifinalists
		Champion	Score	Second place		Third
1966–67 Details		Ignis Varese	144–135 (77–67 / 68–67)	Maccabi Tel Aviv		Spartak ZJŠ Brno	Botev
1967–68 Details		AEK	89–82	Slavia VŠ Praha		Ignis Varese	Vorwärts Leipzig
1968–69 Details		Slavia VŠ Praha	80–74	Dinamo Tbilisi		AŠK Olimpija	Panathinaikos
1969–70 Details		Fides Napoli	147–129 (64–60 / 87–65)	JA Vichy		Dinamo Tbilisi	AEK
1970–71 Details		Simmenthal Milano	127–118 (66–56 / 71–52)	Spartak Leningrad		Fides Napoli	Juventud Nerva
1971–72 Details		Simmenthal Milano	74–70	Crvena zvezda		Fides Napoli	Juventud Schweppes
1972–73 Details		Spartak Leningrad	77–62	Jugoplastika		Juventud Schweppes	Mobilquattro Milano
1973–74 Details		Crvena zvezda	86–75	Spartak ZJŠ Brno		Estudiantes Monteverde	Saclà Asti
1974–75 Details		Spartak Leningrad	63–62	Crvena zvezda		CSKA Septemvriisko zname	Jugoplastika
1975–76 Details		Cinzano Milano	88–73	ASPO Tours		Rabotnički	Estudiantes Monteverde
1976–77 Details		Birra Forst Cantù	87–86	Radnički Belgrade		Cinzano Milano	Juventud Schweppes
1977–78 Details		Gabetti Cantù	84–82	Sinudyne Bologna		Caen BC	FC Barcelona
1978–79 Details		Gabetti Cantù	83–73	EBBC		FC Barcelona	Sinudyne Bologna
1979–80 Details		Emerson Varese	90–88	Gabetti Cantù		Parker Leiden	FC Barcelona
1980–81 Details		Squibb Cantù	86–82	FC Barcelona		Turisanda Varese	Cibona
1981–82 Details		Cibona	96–95	Real Madrid		Stroitel	Sinudyne Bologna
1982–83 Details		Scavolini Pesaro	111–99	ASVEL		ZZI Olimpija	Nashua EBBC
1983–84 Details		Real Madrid	82–81	Simac Milano		Cibona	Scavolini Pesaro
1984–85 Details		FC Barcelona	77–73	Žalgiris		CAI Zaragoza	ASVEL
1985–86 Details		FC Barcelona	101–86	Scavolini Pesaro		CSKA Moscow	Ron Negrita Joventut
1986–87 Details		Cibona	89–74	Scavolini Pesaro		ASVEL	CSKA Moscow
1987–88 Details		Limoges CSP	96–89	Ram Joventut		Scavolini Pesaro	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1988–89 Details		Real Madrid	117–113	Snaidero Caserta		Cibona	Žalgiris
1989–90 Details		Knorr Bologna	79–74	Real Madrid		PAOK	Žalgiris
1990–91 Details		PAOK	76–72	CAI Zaragoza		Dynamo Moscow	Pitch Cholet
1991–92 Details		Real Madrid Asegurator	65–63	PAOK		Glaxo Verona	Smelt Olimpija
1992–93 Details		Sato Aris	50–48	Efes Pilsen		NatWest Zaragoza	Hapoel Galil Elyon
1993–94 Details		Smelt Olimpija	91–81	Taugrés		Sato Aris	Pitch Cholet
1994–95 Details		Benetton Treviso	94–86	Taugrés		Olympique Antibes	Iraklis Aspis Pronoia
1995–96 Details		Taugrés	88–81	PAOK		Dynamo Moscow	Žalgiris
1996–97 Details		Real Madrid Teka	78–64	Mash Jeans Verona		PSG Racing	Iraklis
1997–98 Details		Žalgiris	82–67	Stefanel Milano		Avtodor Saratov	Panathinaikos
1998–99 Details		Benetton Treviso	64–60	Pamesa Valencia		Budućnost	Aris
1999–00 Details		AEK	83–76	Kinder Bologna		Zadar	Lietuvos rytas
2000–01 Details		Maroussi	74–72	Élan Chalon		UNICS	Pamesa Valencia
2001–02 Details		Montepaschi Siena	81–71	Pamesa Valencia		Hapoel Jerusalem	Anwil Włocławek

Titles by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion Years
1.	Real Madrid	4	2	1983–84, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1996–97
2.	Cantù	4	1	1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81
3.	Olimpia Milano	3	2	1970–71, 1971–72, 1975–76
4.	Spartak Leningrad	2	1	1972–73, 1974–75
–	FC Barcelona	2	1	1984–85, 1985–86
6.	Varese	2		1966–67, 1979–80
–	AEK	2		1967–68, 1999–00
–	Cibona	2		1981–82, 1986–87
–	Treviso	2		1994–95, 1998–99
10.	Crvena zvezda	1	2	1973–74
–	Victoria Libertas	1	2	1982–83
–	Virtus Bologna	1	2	1989–90
–	PAOK	1	2	1990–91
–	Baskonia	1	2	1995–96
15.	USK Praha	1	1	1968–69
–	Žalgiris	1	1	1997–98
17.	Partenope Napoli	1		1969–70
–	Limoges CSP	1		1987–88
–	Aris	1		1992–93
–	Olimpija	1		1993–94
–	Maroussi	1		2000–01
–	Mens Sana 1871	1		2001–02
23.	Valencia		2
24.	Maccabi Tel Aviv		1
–	Dinamo Tbilisi		1
–	JA Vichy		1
–	Split		1
–	Brno		1
–	ASPO Tours		1
–	Radnički Belgrade		1
–	Den Bosch		1
–	ASVEL		1
–	Joventut Badalona		1
–	JuveCaserta		1
–	Zaragoza		1
–	Efes Pilsen		1
–	Scaligera Verona		1
–	Élan Chalon		1

Titles by nation

Rank	Country	Titles	Runners-up
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:

• 1966–67
  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)

• 1967–68 AEK

Georgios Amerikanos, Georgios Trontzos, Christos Zoupas, Stelios Vasileiadis, Eas Larentzakis, Antonis Christeas, Lakis Tsavas, Petros Petrakis, Nikos Nesiadis, Andreas Dimitriadis, Georgios Moschos† (Head Coach: Nikos Milas)

†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.

• 1968–69 Slavia VŠ Praha

Jiří Zídek Sr., Jiří Růžička, Robert Mifka, Jiri Ammer, Bohumil Tomášek, Karel Baroch, Jaroslav Krivy, Jiří Konopásek (Head Coach: Jaroslav Šíp)

• 1969–70
  Fides Napoli

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• 1970–71
  Simmenthal Milano

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• 1971–72
  Simmenthal Milano

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• 1972–73
  Spartak Leningrad

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• 1973–74 Crvena zvezda

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• 1974–75
  Spartak Leningrad

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• 1975–76
  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)

• 1976–77 Birra Forst Cantù

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• 1977–78
  Gabetti Cantù

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• 1978–79
  Gabetti Cantù

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• 1979–80
  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)

• 1980–81
  Squibb Cantù

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• 1981–82 Cibona

Krešimir Ćosić, Aleksandar Petrović, Andro Knego, Zoran Čutura, Mihovil Nakić, Sven Ušić, Damir Pavličević, Adnan Bečić, Rajko Gospodnetić, Mlađan Cetinja, Toni Bevanda, Srđan Savović (Head Coach: Mirko Novosel)

• 1982–83
  Scavolini Pesaro

Dragan Kićanović, Željko 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)

• 1983–84 Real Madrid

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• 1984–85 FC Barcelona

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• 1985–86 FC Barcelona

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• 1986–87 Cibona

Dražen Petrović, Aleksandar Petrović, Danko Cvjetićanin, Andro Knego, Zoran Čutura, Mihovil Nakić, Franjo Arapović, Sven Ušić, Branko Vukićević, Adnan Bečić, Nebojša Razić (Head Coach: Janez Drvarič / Mirko Novosel)

• 1987–88 Limoges CSP

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• 1988–89 Real Madrid

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• 1989–90
  Knorr Bologna

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• 1990–91
  PAOK

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FIBA European Cup:

• 1991–92 Real Madrid Asegurator

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• 1992–93
  Sato Aris

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• 1993–94
  Smelt Olimpija

Dušan Hauptman, Roman Horvat, Boris Gorenc, Žarko Đurišić, Marko Tušek, Nebojša Razić, Marijan Kraljević, Jaka Daneu, Vitali Nosov, Klemen Zaletel (Head Coach: Zmago Sagadin)

• 1994–95
  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)

• 1995–96 Taugrés

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FIBA EuroCup:

• 1996–97 Real Madrid Teka

Dejan Bodiroga, Joe Arlauckas, Alberto Herreros, Mike Smith, Juan Antonio Morales, Juan Antonio Orenga, Alberto Angulo, José Miguel Antúnez, Ismael Santos, Roberto Núñez, Pablo Laso, Lorenzo Sanz (Head Coach: Željko Obradović)

• 1997–98 Žalgiris

Saulius Štombergas, Ennis Whatley, Franjo Arapović, Dainius Adomaitis, Tomas Masiulis, Virginijus Praškevičius, Darius Maskoliūnas, Kęstutis Šeštokas, Mindaugas Žukauskas, Eurelijus Žukauskas, Darius Sirtautas, Tauras Stumbrys, Danya Abrams (Head Coach: Jonas Kazlauskas)

FIBA Saporta Cup:

• 1998–99
  Benetton Treviso

Henry Williams, Željko Rebrača, Marcelo Nicola, Glenn Sekunda, William Di Spalatro, Tomás Jofresa, Denis Marconato, Casey Schmidt, Davide Bonora, Riccardo Pittis, Oliver Narr, Stjepan Stazić, Matteo Maestrello (Head Coach: Željko Obradović)

• 1999–00 AEK

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• 2000–01 Maroussi

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• 2001–02
  Montepaschi Siena

Petar Naumoski, Vrbica Stefanov, Brian Tolbert, Boris Gorenc, Milenko Topić, Roberto Chiacig, Mindaugas Žukauskas, Nikola Bulatović, Alpay Öztaş, Marco Rossetti, Germán Scarone, Andrea Pilotti (Head Coach: Ergin Ataman)

See also

• FIBA Korac Cup
• FIBA EuroCup Challenge
• FIBA EuroChallenge
• Rosters of the top basketball teams in European club competitions
• European Basketball Club Super Cup

External links

• FIBA Saporta Cup @ FIBA Europe.com
• FIBA Saporta Cup Winners Archived 26 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine
• FIBA Saporta Cup @ LinguaSport.com