FIBA Intercontinental Cup

The FIBA Intercontinental Cup, also commonly referred to as the FIBA World Cup for Champion Clubs, or the FIBA Club World Cup, is a professional basketball clubs competition that is endorsed by FIBA World and the NBA. Historically, its purpose has been to gather the premier basketball clubs from each of the world's geographical zones, and to officially decide the best basketball club of the world, which is officially crowned as the world club champion. The World Cup for Clubs has been contended mainly by the champions of the continents and/or world geographical regions that are of the highest basketball levels.

FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Organising bodyFIBA
Founded1965 (1965)
First season1965
CountryFIBA member countries
ConfederationFIBA Americas and FIBA Europe
Number of teams4
Current champions San Pablo Burgos (1st title)
(2021)
Most championships Real Madrid (5 titles)
Websiteintercontinentalcup.basketball
2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

The league champions of the NBA, which is considered the most prestigious club competition from the North American zone, currently decline participation. The NBA currently opts instead to send the champions from the NBA G League, which is its secondary club competition. While the league champions of the EuroLeague, which is considered Europe's most prestigious club competition, are not currently permitted to participate at the competition, due to the league's dispute with FIBA. In place of the EuroLeague champions, FIBA Europe instead sends the champions of their main club competition, the Basketball Champions League (BCL).

FIBA has in the past announced plans to expand the tournament to possibly include the champion teams from the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the Australian National Basketball League (NBL), and possibly the NBA, at some point in the future.[1][2]

Format

From the 2013 edition of the tournament through to the 2015 edition of the tournament, the competition was played in either an aggregate score two-legged series, or in a single-game final format between two teams, that determined the official world club champions. Those two teams were the champions of Europe's most prestigious competition, the EuroLeague, and the champions of Latin America's premiere competition, the FIBA Americas League.

For the 2016 edition and 2017 edition, the champions of the FIBA Americas League played against the champions of FIBA Europe's main club competition, FIBA Europe Cup (2016) and FIBA Europe's current top competition, the Basketball Champions League (2017), as EuroLeague clubs were no longer allowed to participate by FIBA due to FIBA's dispute with Euroleague Basketball.[3][4]

For the 2019 edition of the tournament, FIBA expanded the competition to include the NBA G League's champions and a tournament host club. Thus, the tournament format was also changed to a final four format involving four teams.[5]

History

The FIBA Intercontinental Cup competition was originally organized between the years 1966 and 1987. The tournament had its origins with a friendly test game in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1965. The test game was contested by the winners of the South American Championship of Champions Clubs, the Brazilian club S.C. Corinthians Paulista, and the FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) champions, the Spanish club Real Madrid. S.C. Corinthians Paulista won the test game, by a score of 118 to 109. After the success of the test tournament, the first official tournament took place in the year 1966.[6]

In 1973, the competition adopted the name FIBA Intercontinental Cup William Jones, to honour the secretary general of FIBA, William Jones. FIBA tried to rebirth the competition in 1996, by reorganizing the Intercontinental Cup into a best-of-three playoff tournament between the winners of the EuroLeague and the winners of the FIBA South American League (the champions of all of South America). After that tournament, however, the competition was not held until the 2013 competition.

In August 2013, an agreement reached between Euroleague Basketball Company, FIBA Americas, and FIBA World, allowed for the World Cup for Champion Clubs to be relaunched, and to be played between the EuroLeague champion and the FIBA Americas League champion.[7][8]

In 2016, the tournament changed format, with the EuroLeague champions no longer being allowed to compete at the tournament by FIBA, due to the EuroLeague's dispute with FIBA. In place of the EuroLeague champions, FIBA Europe began to send the champions of their top club competition, originally the FIBA Europe Cup, and later the FIBA Champions League, instead.[9][10] For the 2019 tournament, FIBA increased the competition's number of teams to four, by adding the NBA G League's champions, and also a tournament host club. The tournament was also reconfigured into a final four format.[11]

FIBA has also considered plans to expand the tournament at some point in the future, with plans to add the champion teams from the FIBA AfroLeague, the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the Australian NBL, and possibly the NBA.[12][13]

Names of the competition

Part of the official logo with the current competition name.
  • FIBA Intercontinental Cup (or FIBA World Cup for Champion Clubs): (1966–1980)
  • FIBA Club World Cup: (1981)
  • FIBA Intercontinental Cup (or FIBA World Cup for Champion Clubs): (1982–1984)
  • FIBA Club World Cup: (1985–1987)
  • FIBA Intercontinental Cup (or FIBA World Cup for Champion Clubs): (2013–present)
    • Since 1973, the tournament has also been named in Honor of Renato William Jones, so the tournament's full official names would be either FIBA Intercontinental Cup "William Jones", or FIBA Club World Cup "William Jones".
    • The tournament is also referred to as the FIBA Intercontinental Cup of Clubs, in order to avoid confusion with the 1972 FIBA Intercontinental Cup of National Teams.

1965 test tournament

The FIBA Intercontinental Cup unofficially began with the friendly competition of the 1965 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Test in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1965. The game was played by the defending champions of the South American Club Championship, S.C. Corinthians Paulista, and the defending champions of the FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague), Real Madrid. It was held at the Ginásio Poliesportivo Parque São Jorge. Corinthians won the game 118 to 109, with Wlamir Marques of S.C. Corinthians scoring 40 points in the game.[14] Due to the test tournament's great success (attendance for the game was 10,000[15]), the FIBA Intercontinental Cup was made an official annual tournament by FIBA. The first official FIBA Intercontinental Cup tournament was then held the following year.[16]

1972 special version

In 1972, FIBA held a 4 team tournament, featuring the Soviet Union national basketball team, the Polish national basketball team, the Brazilian national basketball team, and the NABL All-Stars Team, which participated in the place of Team USA. Although this tournament is not a part of the actual Club World Cup, it is still listed in the event's history as a special version of the tournament and counts as one of the editions, while the actual club competition was on hiatus between the years of 1970 and 1973.[17]

Results

Year Champions Second place Third place Fourth place Results / Notes
1965*
Details

Corinthians

Real Madrid
N/AN/A118–109
Unofficial test tournament
1966
Details

Ignis Varese

Corinthians

Real Madrid

Chicago Jamaco Saints
Final: 66–59
3rd place game: 112–96
1967
Details

Akron Goodyear Wingfoots

Ignis Varese

Simmenthal Milano

Corinthians
Final: 78–72
3rd place game: 90–89
1968
Details

Akron Goodyear Wingfoots

Real Madrid

Simmenthal Milano

Botafogo
Final: 105–73
3rd place game: 82–54
1969
Details

Akron Goodyear Wingfoots

Spartak ZJŠ Brno

Sírio

Real Madrid
Final: 84–71
3rd place game: 72–60
1970
Details

Ignis Varese

Real Madrid

Corinthians

Slavia VŠ Praha
Five team league stage
1972*
Details

NABL All-Stars

Soviet Union

Brazil

Poland
Four team league stage
1973
Details

Ignis Varese

Sírio

Vaqueros de Bayamón

Jugoplastika
Five team league stage
1974
Details

Maryland Terrapins

Ignis Varese

Vila Nova

Real Madrid
Six team league stage
1975
Details

Birra Forst Cantù

Amazonas Franca

Real Madrid

Penn Quakers
Six team league stage
1976
Details

Real Madrid

Mobilgirgi Varese

Obras Sanitarias

Amazonas Franca
Six team league stage
1977
Details

Real Madrid

Mobilgirgi Varese

Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

Atlética Francana
Six team league stage
1978
Details

Real Madrid

Obras Sanitarias

Sírio

Mobilgirgi Varese
Five team league stage
1979
Details

Sírio

Bosna

Emerson Varese

Piratas de Quebradillas
Five team league stage
1980
Details

Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

Atlética Francana

Bosna

Real Madrid
Five team league stage
1981
Details

Real Madrid

Sírio

Clemson Tigers

Atlética Francana
Final: 109–83
3rd place game: 79–73
1982
Details

Ford Cantù

Nashua EBBC

Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

Air Force Falcons
Six team league stage
1983
Details

Obras Sanitarias

Jollycolombani Cantù

Peñarol

Monte Líbano
Six team league stage
1984
Details

Banco Roma

Obras Sanitarias

Sírio

FC Barcelona
Five team league stage
1985
Details

FC Barcelona

Monte Líbano

Cibona

San Andrés
Final: 93–89
3rd place game: 109–82
1986
Details

Žalgiris

Ferro Carril Oeste

Cibona

Corinthians
Final: 84–78
3rd place game: 119–96
1987
Details

Tracer Milano

FC Barcelona

Cibona

Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Final: 100–84
3rd place game: 106–96
1996
Details

Panathinaikos

Olimpia
N/AN/A2–1 play-off
83–89 / 83–78 / 101–76
2013
Details

Olympiacos

Pinheiros Sky
N/AN/A167–139
81–70 / 86–69
2014
Details

Flamengo

Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
N/AN/A156–146
66–69 / 90–77
2015
Details

Real Madrid

Bauru
N/AN/A181–170
90–91 / 91–79
2016
Details

Guaros de Lara

Fraport Skyliners
N/AN/A74–69
2017
Details

Iberostar Tenerife

Guaros de Lara
N/AN/A76–71
2019
Details

AEK

Flamengo

San Lorenzo

Austin Spurs
Final: 86–70
3rd place game: 77–59
2020
Details

Iberostar Tenerife

Segafredo Virtus Bologna

San Lorenzo

Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Final: 80–72
3rd place game: 96–90
2021
Details

San Pablo Burgos

Quimsa
N/AN/AFinal: 82–73

* Unofficial – the 1965 edition of the tournament was a test edition.
* National teams – the 1972 edition of the tournament was contested by national teams rather than professional clubs.

Statistics

Titles by club

Rank Club Titles Winning years Runners-up Finalist years
1 Real Madrid 5 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 2015 2 1968, 70
2 Varese 3 1966, 1970, 1973 4 1967, 74, 76, 77
3 Akron Wingfoots 3 1967, 1968, 1969
4 Cantù 2 1975, 1982 1 1983
5 1939 Canarias 2 2017, 2020
6 Sírio 1 1979 2 1973, 81
Obras Sanitarias 1 1983 2 1978, 84
8 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 1980 1 2014
FC Barcelona 1 1985 1 1987
Flamengo 1 2014 1 2019
Guaros de Lara 1 2016 1 2017
12 Maryland Terrapins 1 1974
Virtus Roma 1 1984
Žalgiris 1 1986
Olimpia Milano 1 1987
Panathinaikos 1 1996
Olympiacos 1 2013
AEK 1 2019
San Pablo Burgos 1 2021
20 Franca 2 1975, 80
21 Corinthians 1 1966
Brno 1 1969
Bosna 1 1979
EBBC 1 1982
Monte Líbano 1 1985
Ferro Carril Oeste 1 1986
Olimpia 1 1996
Pinheiros 1 2013
Bauru 1 2015
Skyliners Frankfurt 1 2016
Virtus Bologna 1 2020
Quimsa 1 2021
Total2929

Performance by national league (country)

Rank Country National League Titles Runners-up
1  SpainPrimera División / ACB 9 3
2  ItalyLBA 7 6
3  United StatesNABL3 4
NCAA Division I1
4  GreeceGBL 3
5  BrazilCBB / NBB 2 9
6  ArgentinaCAC / LNB 1 5
7  IsraelBSL 1 1
 Soviet UnionPremier League 1 1
 VenezuelaLPB 1 1
10  CzechoslovakiaCSBL 1
 GermanyBBL 1
 NetherlandsDBL 1
 YugoslaviaFFL 1
Total2929

MVP awards

Finals top scorers

Bob Morse was the FIBA Intercontinental Cup Finals' Top Scorer in 1974.
Arvydas Sabonis was the FIBA Intercontinental Cup Finals' Top Scorer in 1986.
Bob McAdoo was the FIBA Intercontinental Cup Finals' Top Scorer in 1987.
YearFinals top scorerClubPoints scoredRef.
1965* Wlamir Marques Corinthians 51
[20][21]
1966 Giovanni Gavagnin Ignis Varese 20
[22][23]
1967 Tony Gennari Ignis Varese 25
[24][25]
1968 Miles Aiken Real Madrid 23
[26][27]
1969 Jan Bobrovský Spartak ZJŠ Brno 34
[28][29]
1970 Jiří Zídek Sr. Slavia VŠ Praha 20
[30][31]
1972* Roberto "Robertão" José Corrêa Brazil 20
[32]
1973 Arturo Guerrero Sírio 26
[33][34]
1974 John Lucas II & Bob Morse Maryland Terrapins & Ignis Varese 24
[35][36]
1975 Wayne Brabender Real Madrid 24
[37][38]
1976 Rafael Rullán Real Madrid 23
[39][40]
1977 Walter Szczerbiak Sr. Real Madrid 29
[41][42]
1978 John Coughran Real Madrid 26
[43][44]
1979 Oscar Schmidt Sírio 42
[45][46][47]
1980 Earl Williams Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 28
[48][49]
1981 Mirza Delibašić Real Madrid 33
[50][51]
1982 Antonello Riva & Dan Cramer Ford Cantù & Nashua EBBC 22
[52][53]
1983 Antonello Riva Jollycolombani Cantù 28
[54][55]
1984 Ray Townsend Banco Roma 29
[56][57]
1985 Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi" FC Barcelona 39
[58][59]
1986 Arvydas Sabonis Žalgiris 26
[60][61][62]
1987 Bob McAdoo Tracer Milano 25
[63][64]
1996 Jorge Racca Olimpia 28
[65]
2013 Shamell Stallworth Pinheiros Sky 27
[66][67][68]
2014 Jeremy Pargo Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 28
[69][70]
2015 Ricardo Fischer Bauru 26
[71][72]
2016 Zach Graham Guaros de Lara 19
[73][74][75]
2017 Mario Little Guaros de Lara 23
[76][77][78][79]
2019 Jordan Theodore AEK 22
[80]
2020 Marcelo Huertas Iberostar Tenerife 23
[81]
2021 Brandon Robinson Quimsa 25 [82]

* Unofficial – the 1965 edition of the tournament was a test edition.
* National teams – the 1972 edition of the tournament was contested by national teams, rather than clubs.

Broadcasters

All four games are streamed through FIBA's YouTube channel for free in USA and the unsold markets with highlights available in all territories.[83] The tournament is also streamed for free through both FIBA's Facebook and NBA G League's Twitch channel, as well as the FIBA-DAZN's subscription streaming service Livebasketball.TV.

Country/region Broadcaster
 Argentina TNT Sports
Arena Sport
 Canada DAZN
 Italy
 Japan
 Spain
 Greece Cosmote Sport

References

  1. Esportes.Opovobr Com Copa Intercontinental, Fiba ensaia Campeonato Mundial. Archived 2019-01-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
  2. Estadao.com Pinheiros e Olympiacos começam a disputar o título da Intercontinental. (in Portuguese)
  3. Fraport Skyliners to host Guaros de Lara in FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
  4. Fraport to represent Europe in the Intercontinental cup.
  5. La FIBA Intercontinental Cup ritorna al formato Final Four (in Italian).
  6. Basquetepinheirense Especial Mundial: O Mundial é nosso!. (in Portuguese)
  7. FIBA - Intercontinental Cup of Clubs re-launched; FIBA, 5 August 2013
  8. Euroleague.net Intercontinental Cup of clubs re-launched.
  9. Fraport Skyliners to host Guaros de Lara in FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
  10. Fraport to represent Europe in the Intercontinental cup.
  11. FIBA Intercontinental Cup to reportedly go back to a Final Four format.
  12. Esportes.Opovobr Com Copa Intercontinental, Fiba ensaia Campeonato Mundial. Archived 2019-01-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
  13. Estadao.com Pinheiros e Olympiacos começam a disputar o título da Intercontinental. (in Portuguese)
  14. Elite do basquete brasileiro retorna ao Corinthians depois de 16 temporadas (in Portuguese).
  15. Corinthians 118 x 109 Real Madrid-ESP (1965) (in Portuguese).
  16. Basquetepinheirense Especial Mundial: O Mundial é nosso!. (in Portuguese)
  17. LinguaSport.com VI Intercontinental Cup (São Paulo 1972).
  18. Brazil legend Wlamir Marques helped lay foundation for FIBA Intercontinental Cup with 51-point explosion for Corinthians.
  19. Long, rich history of FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
  20. Hall of Famer Oscar shined on FIBA Intercontinental Cup stage.
  21. Arvydas Sabonis dominated the stage of FIBA Intercontinental Cup 33 years ago.
  22. Olympiacos Piraeus win the 2013 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
  23. 2013 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Box Score.
  24. 2014 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Box Score.
  25. FINAL (SECOND LEG) TOP SCORER: Jeremy Pargo (28).
  26. 2015 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Box Score.
  27. FINAL (SECOND LEG) TOP SCORER: Ricardo Fischer (26).
  28. Venezuela campeón de la Copa Intercontinental de clubes de la FIBA (in Spanish).
  29. Guaros de Lara crowned 2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup champions.
  30. FINAL TOP SCORER: Zach Graham (19).
  31. Iberostar Tenerife wins 2017 Intercontinental Cup.
  32. Iberostar Tenerife crowned 2017 Intercontinental Cup champions.
  33. 2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Box Score.
  34. FINAL TOP SCORER: Mario Little (23).
  35. Final Score 86 70 Rio de Janeiro (BRA).
  36. "FIBA Intercontinental Cup to be distributed globally". FIBA. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
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