FIBA Saporta Cup

The FIBA Saporta 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.

FIBA Saporta Cup
The FIBA Saporta Cup's championship trophy.
SportBasketball
Founded1966
Ceased2002
CountryFIBA Europe members
Continent Europe
Last
champion(s)
Montepaschi Siena
(1st title)
Most titles Real Madrid
Cantù
(4 titles each)
Level on pyramid2nd Tier
Official websiteFIBA Europe Saporta Cup

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:

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 ULEB Cup competition, now known as the EuroCup.

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
5. FC Barcelona 2 1 1984–85, 1985–86
6. AEK 2 1967–68, 1999–00
7. Varese 2 1966–67, 1979–80
8. Cibona 2 1981–82, 1986–87
9. Treviso 2 1994–95, 1998–99
10. Crvena zvezda 1 2 1973–74
11. Victoria Libertas 1 2 1982–83
12. Virtus Bologna 1 2 1989–90
13. PAOK 1 2 1990–91
14. Baskonia 1 2 1995–96
15. USK Praha 1 1 1968–69
16. Žalgiris 1 1 1997–98
17. Partenope Napoli 1 1969–70
18. Limoges CSP 1 1987–88
19. Aris 1 1992–93
20. Olimpija 1 1993–94
21. Maroussi 1 2000–01
22. Mens Sana 1871 1 2001–02
23. Valencia 2
24. Maccabi Tel Aviv 1
25. Dinamo Tbilisi 1
26. JA Vichy 1
27. Split 1
28. Brno 1
29. ASPO Tours 1
30. Radnički Belgrade 1
31. Den Bosch 1
32. ASVEL 1
33. Joventut Badalona 1
34. JuveCaserta 1
35. Zaragoza 1
36. Efes Pilsen 1
37. Scaligera Verona 1
38. 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:

Stan McKenzie (basketball), Sauro Bufalini, Dino Meneghin, Giambattista Cescutti, Ottorino Flaborea, Massimo Villetti, Paolo Vittori, Enrico Bovone, Pierangelo Gergati, Roberto Gergati (Head Coach: Vittorio Tracuzzi)

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.

Jiří Zídek Sr., Jiri Ruzicka, Robert Mifka, Jiri Ammer, Bohumil Tomasek, Karel Baroch, Jaroslav Krivy, Jiri Konopasek (Head Coach: Jaroslav Sip)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Zoran Slavnić, Ljubodrag Simonović, Dragan Kapičić, Dragiša Vučinić, Radivoje Živković, Ivan Sarjanović, Zoran Lazarević, Dragoje Jovašević, Goran Rakočević, Ljupče Žugić (Head Coach: Aleksandar Nikolić)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Juan Antonio Corbalán, Brian Jackson, Fernando Martín, Wayne Robinson, Rafael Rullán, Fernando Romay, Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, Antonio Martín, Francisco José Velasco, Juan Antonio Orenga, Wilson Simon (Head Coach: Lolo Sainz)

Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Chicho Sibilio, Ignacio Solozábal, Mike Davis, Otis Howard, Juan Domingo De la Cruz, Xavi Crespo, Pedro Ansa, Arturo Seara, Julián Ortiz, Ángel Heredero (Head Coach: Antoni Serra / Manuel Flores)

Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Chicho Sibilio, Ignacio Solozábal, Greg Wiltjer, Mark Smith, Juan Domingo De la Cruz, Xavi Crespo, Arturo Seara, Julián Ortiz, Steve Trumbo, Ferran Martínez, Ángel Heredero, Jordi Soler (Head Coach: Aíto García Reneses)

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

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)

Dražen Petrović, Johnny Rogers, Fernando Martín, José Biriukov, Antonio Martín, Pep Cargol, Fernando Romay, José Luis Llorente, Enrique Villalobos, Javier Pérez, Miguel Ángel Cabral, Carlos García (Head Coach: Lolo Sainz)

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)

Bane Prelević, 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 Šakota)

FIBA European Cup:

Rickey Brown, Mark Simpson, José Biriukov, Antonio Martín, Fernando Romay, José Miguel Antúnez, Pep Cargol, José Luis Llorente, Enrique Villalobos, Jonatan Ángel Ojeda, José María Silva, Tomás González (Head Coach: Clifford Luyk)

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)

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

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)

Velimir Perasović, Kenny Green, Ramón Rivas, Marcelo Nicola, Jordi Millera, Miguel Ángel Reyes, Ferran Lopez, Jorge Garbajosa, Juan Pedro Cazorla, Carlos Cazorla, Carlos Dicenta, Pedro Rodríguez, Juan Ignacio Gómez (Head Coach: Manel Comas)

FIBA EuroCup:

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)

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:

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

Anthony Bowie, Martin Müürsepp, Michalis Kakiouzis, Angelos Koronios, Nikos Chatzis, Dimos Dikoudis, Iakovos "Jake" Tsakalidis, Dan O'Sullivan, Steve Hansell, Vassilis Kikilias, Nikos Papanikolopoulos, Miltos Moschou (Head Coach: Dusan Ivković)

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)

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

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