FIBA Korać Cup

FIBA Korać Cup

Korać Cup Trophy
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1972
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Ceased	2002
Last champion(s)	SLUC Nancy (1st title)
Most titles	Cantù (4 titles)
Level on pyramid	3rd Tier (Europe)
Official website	FIBA Europe Korać Cup

The FIBA Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971–72 and 2001–02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the FIBA European Champions' Cup (later renamed the Euroleague) and the FIBA Cup Winners' Cup (later renamed the FIBA Saporta Cup). The very last Korać Cup season was held during the 2001–02 season.

History

The Korać Cup was named after the legendary Yugoslav player Radivoj Korać, who was killed in 1969 in a car accident near Sarajevo. The Korać Cup is not to be confused with the Serbian national basketball cup competition, the Radivoj Korać Cup, which has been named after Radivoj Korać since the mid-2000s, several years after the international Korać Cup got dissolved. Following the 2011 agreement between FIBA Europe and the Basketball Federation of Serbia, the actual winner's trophy given out for 30 years in the Korać Cup (the so-called "Žućko's left") will from 2012 onwards, be given to the winning team of the Serbian national cup competition.

Winners

Season	Winner	Runner-Up	1st Game	2nd Game
1971–72	Lokomotiva Zagreb	OKK Beograd	71–83	94–73
1972–73	Pallacanestro Cantù (S.P.Birra Forst)	BK Mechelen (Maes Pils)	106–75	85–94
1973–74	Pallacanestro Cantù (S.P.Birra Forst)	KK Partizan	99–86	68–75
1974–75	Pallacanestro Cantù (S.P.Birra Forst)	FC Barcelona	71–69	110–85
1975–76	KK Split (Jugoplastika)	Chinamartini Torino	97–84	82–82
1976–77	KK Split (Jugoplastika)	Fortitudo Bologna (Alco)	87–84	—
1977–78	KK Partizan	KK Bosna	117–110 (OT)	—
1978–79	KK Partizan	AMG Sebastiani Rieti (Arrigoni)	108–98	—
1979–80	AMG Sebastiani Rieti (Arrigoni)	KK Cibona	76–71	—
1980–81	Joventut Badalona	Pallacanestro Venezia (Carrera)	105–104 (OT)	—
1981–82	Limoges CSP	KK Šibenka	90–84	—
1982–83	Limoges CSP	KK Šibenka	94–86	—
1983–84	Élan Béarnais Orthez	KK Crvena zvezda	97–73	—
1984–85	Olimpia Milano (Simac)	Pallacanestro Varese (Ciao Crem)	91–78	—
1985–86	Virtus Roma (Banco di Roma)	Juventus Caserta (Mobilgirgi)	84–78	73–72
1986–87	FC Barcelona	Limoges CSP	106–85	97–86
1987–88	Real Madrid	KK Cibona	102–89	93–94
1988–89	KK Partizan	Pallacanestro Cantù (Wiwa Vismara)	76–89	101–82
1989–90	Joventut Badalona	Victoria Libertas Pesaro (Scavolini)	99–98	96–86
1990–91	Pallacanestro Cantù (Shampoo Clear)	Real Madrid	73–71	95–93 (OT)
1991–92	Virtus Roma (Il Messaggero)	Victoria Libertas Pesaro (Scavolini)	94–94	99–86
1992–93	Olimpia Milano (Philips)	Virtus Roma (Il Messaggero)	95–90	106–91
1993–94	PAOK	Pallacanestro Trieste (Stefanel)	75–66	100–91
1994–95	Alba Berlin	Olimpia Milano (Stefanel)	87–87	85–79
1995–96	Efes Pilsen	Olimpia Milano (Stefanel)	76–68	70–77
1996–97	Aris	Tofaş Bursa	66–77	88–70
1997–98	Scaligera Basket Verona (Riello Mash J.)	KK Crvena zvezda	68–74	73–64
1998–99	FC Barcelona	Estudiantes (Adecco)	77–93	97–70
1999–00	Limoges CSP	Málaga (Unicaja)	80–58	51–60
2000–01	Málaga (Unicaja)	KK Hemofarm	69–71	77–47
2001–02	SLUC Nancy	Lokomotiv Rostov	98–72	74–95

Winning rosters

1971–72 Lokomotiva Zagreb (Yugoslavia)

Nikola Plećaš, Damir Rukavina, Vječeslav Kavedžija, Rajko Gospodnetić, Milivoj Omašić, Eduard Bočkaj, Ivica Valek, Dragan Kovačić, Petar Jelić, Ante Ercegović, Zdenko Grgić, Srećko Šute, Zvonko Avberšek (Head Coach: Marijan Catinelli)

1972–73 Forst Cantù (Italy)

Pierluigi Marzorati, Bob Lienhard, Carlo Recalcati, Antonio Farina, Mario Beretta, Fabrizio Della Fiori, Luciano Vendemini, Franco Meneghel, Renzo Tombolato, Giorgio Cattini, Danilo Zonta (Head Coach: Arnaldo Taurisano)

1973–74 Forst Cantù (Italy)

Pierluigi Marzorati, Bob Lienhard, Carlo Recalcati, Fabrizio Della Fiori, Antonio Farina, Franco Meneghel, Mario Beretta, Renzo Tombolato, Giorgio Cattini, Luciano Vendemini, Danilo Zonta (Head Coach: Arnaldo Taurisano)

1974–75 Forst Cantù (Italy)

Bob Lienhard, Pierluigi Marzorati, Fabrizio Della Fiori, Carlo Recalcati, Antonio Farina, Franco Meneghel, Mario Beretta, Renzo Tombolato, Giorgio Cattini, Silvano Cancian (Head Coach: Arnaldo Taurisano)

1975–76 Jugoplastika Split (Yugoslavia)

Željko Jerkov, Rato Tvrdić, Duje Krstulović, Mirko Grgin, Mlađan Tudor, Branko Macura, Ivo Bilanović, Ivica Skaric, Damir Šolman, Branislav Stamenković, Ivica Dukan, Mihajlo Manović, Drago Peterka, Slobodan Bjelajac (Head Coach: Petar Skansi)

1976–77 Jugoplastika Split (Yugoslavia)

Željko Jerkov, Rato Tvrdić, Damir Šolman, Duje Krstulović, Mlađan Tudor, Mirko Grgin, Mihajlo Manović, Ivo Bilanović, Branko Macura, Ivica Dukan, Slobodan Bjelajac, Predrag Kruščić (Head Coach: Petar Skansi)

1977–78 Partizan (Yugoslavia)

Dragan Kićanović, Dražen Dalipagić, Miodrag Marić, Jadran Vujačić, Boban Petrović, Dragan Todorić, Dušan Kerkez, Boris Beravs, Milenko Babić, Milan Medić, Arsenije Pešić, Zoran Krečković, Dragan Đukić (Head Coach: Ranko Žeravica)

1978–79 Partizan (Yugoslavia)

Dragan Kićanović, Miodrag Marić, Boban Petrović, Arsenije Pešić, Dragan Todorić, Jadran Vujačić, Dušan Kerkez, Boris Beravs, Goran Knežević, Milenko Savović, Milenko Babić, Milan Medić, Predrag Bojić, Miroslav Milojević (Head Coach: Dušan Ivković)

1979–80 Sebastiani Arrigoni Rieti (Italy)

Roberto Brunamonti, Lee Johnson, Willie Sojourner, Giuseppe Danzi, Alberto Scodavolpe, Gianfranco Sanesi, Antonio Olivieri, Luca Blasetti, Mauro Antonelli, Stefano Colantoni, Paolo di Fazi, Antonio Coppola (Head Coach: Elio Pentassuglia)

1980–81 Joventut Badalona (Spain)

Al Skinner, Luis Miguel Santillana, Josep Maria Margall, Gonzalo Sagi-Vela, Joe Galvin, Ernesto Delgado, German Gonzalez, Jordi Villacampa, Francisco Sole, Roberto Mora, Antonio Pruna (Head Coach: Manel Comas)

1981–82 Limoges CSP (France)

Ed Murphy, Richard Dacoury, Jean-Michel Sénégal, Irv Kiffin, Apollo Faye, Jean-Luc Deganis, Yves-Marie Verove, Didier Rose, Richard Billet, Philippe Koundrioukoff, Eric Narbonne, Benoit Tremouille (Head Coach: André Buffière)

1982–83 Limoges CSP (France)

Ed Murphy, Richard Dacoury, Jean-Michel Sénégal, Glenn Mosley, Apollo Faye, Jean-Luc Deganis, Hugues Occansey, Didier Dobbels, Didier Rose, Eric Narbonne, Mathieu Faye, Olivier Garry (Head Coach: André Buffière)

1983–84 Elan Bearnais Orthez (France)

Paul Henderson, John McCullough, Bengaly Kaba, Mathieu Bisseni, Freddy Hufnagel, Christian Ortega, Philippe Laperche, Pascal Laperche, Didier Gadou, Alain Gadou (Head Coach: George Fisher)

1984–85 Olimpia Simac Milano (Italy)

Mike D'Antoni, Dino Meneghin, Russ Schoene, Roberto Premier, Joe Barry Carroll, Renzo Bariviera, Franco Boselli, Mario Pettorossi, Vittorio Gallinari, Tullio De Piccoli, Marco Lamperti, Mario Governa, Marco Baldi (Head Coach: Dan Peterson)

1985–86 Virtus Banco di Roma (Italy)

Leo Rautins, Bruce Flowers, Enrico Gilardi, Marco Solfrini, Stefano Sbarra, Fulvio Polesello, Franco Rossi, Phil Melillo, Fabrizio Valente, Claudio Brunetti, Gianluca Duri, Franco Picozzi (Head Coach: Mario de Sisti)

1986–87 FC Barcelona (Spain)

Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Chicho Sibilio, Wallace Bryant, Ignacio Solozabal, Andrés Jiménez, Steve Trumbo, Juan Domingo De la Cruz, Quim Costa, Jordi Soler, Julian Ortiz, Ferran Martínez, Kenny Simpson (Head Coach: Aíto García Reneses)

1987–88 Real Madrid (Spain)

Wendell Alexis, Fernando Martín, Brad Branson, Fernando Romay, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Jose Biriukov, José Luis Llorente, Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, Pep Cargol, Antonio Martín, Alfonso Del Corral (Head Coach: Lolo Sainz)

1988–89 Partizan (Yugoslavia)

Vlade Divac, Aleksandar Đorđević, Predrag Danilović, Žarko Paspalj, Ivo Nakić, Željko Obradović, Oliver Popović, Milenko Savović, Jadran Vujačić, Miladin Mutavdžić, Boris Orcev, Predrag Prlinčević, Dejan Lakićević, Vladimir Bosanac (Head Coach: Dušan Vujošević)

1989–90 Joventut Badalona (Spain)

Jordi Villacampa, Lemone Lampley, Reggie Johnson, Juan Antonio Morales, Jose Antonio Montero, Rafael Jofresa, Tomas Jofresa, Carlos Ruf, Josep Maria Margall, Dani Perez, Antonio Medianero, Pere Remon, Ferran Lopez, Robert Bellavista (Head Coach: Herb Brown / Pedro Martínez)

1990–91 Clear Cantù (Italy)

Pace Mannion, Pierluigi Marzorati, Davide Pessina, Giuseppe Bosa, Roosevelt Bouie, Alberto Rossini, Angelo Gilardi, Andrea Gianolla, Silvano Dal Seno, Omar Tagliabue, Alessandro Zorzolo, Fabio Gatti (Head Coach: Fabrizio Frates)

1991–92 Virtus Il Messaggero Roma (Italy)

Dino Rađa, Rick Mahorn, Roberto Premier, Andrea Niccolai, Alessandro Fantozzi, Donato Avenia, Stefano Attruia, Fausto Bargna, Davide Croce, Gianluca Lulli (Head Coach: Paolo di Fonzo)

1992–93 Olimpia Philips Milano (Italy)

Aleksandar Đorđević, Antonello Riva, Antonio Davis, Riccardo Pittis, Flavio Portaluppi, Davide Pessina, Fabrizio Ambrassa, Paolo Alberti, Marco Baldi, Marco Sambugaro, Massimo Re (Head Coach: Mike D'Antoni)

1993–94 PAOK (Greece)

Walter Berry, Zoran Savić, Branislav Prelević, John Korfas, Nasos Galakteros, Nikos Boudouris, Achilleas Mamatziolas, George Ballogiannis, Christos Tsekos, Efthimis Rentzias, Georgios Valavanidis (Head Coach: Soulis Markopoulos)

1994–95 Alba Berlin (Germany)

Teoman Alibegović, Saša Obradović, Gunther Behnke, Henrik Rödl, Ingo Freyer, Ademola Okulaja, Stephan Baeck, Teoman Öztürk, Sebastian Machowski, Patrick Falk, Oliver Braun (Head Coach: Svetislav Pešić)

1995–96 Efes Pilsen (Turkey)

Petar Naumoski, Conrad McRae, Ufuk Sarıca, Mirsad Türkcan, Volkan Aydın, Tamer Oyguç, Murat Evliyaoğlu, Hüseyin Beşok, Bora Sancar, Mustafa Kemal Bitim, Alpay Öztaş, Erdal Bibo (Head Coach: Aydın Örs)

1996–97 Aris (Greece)

José "Piculín" Ortiz, Charles Shackleford, Mario Boni, Panagiotis Liadelis, Dinos Angelidis, Mike Nahar, Alan Tomidy, Tzanis Stavrakopoulos, Giannis Sioutis, Georgios Floros, Alexis Papadatos, Aris Holopoulos (Head Coach: Slobodan-Lefteris Subotić)

1997–98 Scaligera Mash Verona (Italy)

Mike Iuzzolino, Hansi Gnad, Randolph Keys, Myron Brown, Roberto Dalla Vecchia, Roberto Bullara, Joachim Jerichow, Alessandro Boni, Matteo Nobile, Giampiero Savio, Damiano Dalfini, Davide Tisato, Matteo Sacchetti, Mario Soave, Massimo Spezie (Head Coach: Andrea Mazzon)

1998–99 FC Barcelona (Spain)

Aleksandar Đorđević, Derrick Alston, Milan Gurović, Efthimis Rentzias, Roger Esteller, Rodrigo De la Fuente, Roberto Dueñas, Xavi Fernandez, Ignacio Rodríguez, Alfons Alzamora, Oriol Junyent, Juan Carlos Navarro, Chema Marcos (Head Coach: Aíto García Reneses)

1999–00 Limoges CSP (France)

Marcus Brown, Yann Bonato, Harper Williams, Frédéric Weis, Bruno Hamm, Thierry Rupert, Stéphane Dumas, David Frigout, Stjepan Stazic, Jean-Philippe Methelie, Carl Thomas, Frederic Adjiwanou (Head Coach: Duško Ivanović)

2000–01 Unicaja Málaga (Spain)

Danya Abrams, Veljko Mršić, Moustapha Sonko, Richard Petruška, Jean-Marc Jaumin, Paco Vazquez, Berni Rodríguez, Frédéric Weis, Darren Phillip, Carlos Cabezas, Kenny Miller, Germán Gabriel, Francis Perujo (Head Coach: Božidar Maljković)

2001–02 SLUC Nancy (France)

Stevin Smith, Cyril Julian, Ross Land, Fabien Dubos, Goran Bošković, Joseph Gomis, Vincent Masingue, Maxime Zianveni, Mouhamadou Mbodji, Danilo Cmiljanić, Gary Phaeton, Loic Toilier (Head Coach: Sylvain Lautie)

Top scoring performances in final games

1. Dražen Dalipagić (Partizan Belgrade) 48 points vs. Bosna Sarajevo (in 1977–78 final)
2. Dražen Petrović (Cibona Zagreb) 47 points vs. Real Madrid (in second leg of 1987–88 final)
3. Dragan Kićanović (Partizan Belgrade) 41 points vs. Arrigoni Rieti (in 1978–79 final)
4. Nikola Plećaš (Lokomotiva Zagreb) 40 points vs. OKK Belgrade (in second leg of 1971–72 final)
5. Aleksandar Đorđević (Philips Milano) 38 points vs. Virtus Roma (in second leg of 1992–93 final)
6. Antonello Riva (Wiwa Vismara Cantù) 36 points vs. Partizan Belgrade (in second leg of 1988–89 final)
7. Pace Mannion (Clear Cantù) 35 points vs. Real Madrid (in second leg of 1990–91 final)
8. Ed Murphy (Limoges CSP) 35 points vs. Sibenka Šibenik (in 1981–82 final)
9. Ed Murphy (Limoges CSP) 34 points vs. Sibenka Šibenik (in 1982–83 final)
10. Željko Jerkov (Jugoplastika Split) 34 points vs. Alco Bologna (in 1976–77 final)
11. Dino Rađa (Il Messaggero Roma) 34 points vs. Scavolini Pesaro (in first leg of 1991–92 final)
12. Saša Obradović (Alba Berlin) 34 points vs. Stefanel Milano (in first leg of 1994–95 final)
13. Teoman Alibegović (Alba Berlin) 34 points vs. Stefanel Milano (in second leg of 1994–95 final)

Notes

• Coach Bogdan Tanjević made it to 5 Korać Cup finals with four different clubs, and lost all of them. In 1978 his Bosna team lost to Partizan 110–117 in overtime. Then in 1986 he made it to the very end again with Juve Caserta, only to lose to Virtus Rome in a two legged final. Finally, in the '90s, Tanjević made 3 more finals, this time consecutively: with Pallacanestro Trieste in 1994 (lost to PAOK), and with Olimpia Milano in 1995 and 1996 (lost to Alba Berlin and Efes Pilsen, respectively).

External links

• FIBA Korać Cup @ FIBA Europe.com
• Winners of FIBA Korać Cup (from 1971-72 to 2001-02)