FIBA Saporta Cup

FIBA Saporta Cup

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1966
Country(ies)	FIBA Europe members
Continent	Europe
Ceased	2002
Last champion(s)	Mens Sana Basket Siena (1st title)
Most titles	Real Madrid Cantù (4 titles each)
Level on pyramid	2nd Tier (Europe)
Official website	FIBA Europe Saporta Cup

FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

FIBA Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, where the National Cup winners from all over Europe played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA Europe. It was named after Raimundo Saporta, a Real Madrid director.

History

The competition was created in 1966, as the European Cup Winner's Cup, but it had several denominations until its eventual folding in 2002:

• 1966–67 to 1990–91 – FIBA European Cup Winner's 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 very last Saporta Cup season was held during the 2001–02 season. After that, it was fused with the Korać Cup, into the newly formed ULEB Cup competition, now known as the Eurocup.

Finals

Year	Host city	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1966–67 Details	–	Pallacanestro Varèse (Ignis)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	77–67	67–68
1967–68 Details	Athens	AEK Athens	Slavia Praha	89–82
1968–69 Details	Vienna	Slavia Praha	Dinamo Tbilisi	80–74
1969–70 Details	–	Partenope Napoli (Fides)	Jeanne d’Arc Vichy	60–64	87–65
1970–71 Details	–	Olimpia Milano (Simmenthal)	Spartak Leningrad	56–66	71–52
1971–72 Details	Thessaloniki	Olimpia Milano (Simmenthal)	KK Crvena Zvezda	74–70
1972–73 Details	Thessaloniki	Spartak Leningrad	KK Split (Jugoplastika)	77–62
1973–74 Details	Udine	KK Crvena Zvezda	Spartak Brno	86–75
1974–75 Details	Nantes	Spartak Leningrad	KK Crvena Zvezda	63–62
1975–76 Details	Turin	Olimpia Milano (Cinzano)	ASPO Tours	88–83
1976–77 Details	Palma de Mallorca	Pallacanestro Cantù (Forst)	BKK Radnički	87–86
1977–78 Details	Milan	Pallacanestro Cantù (Gabetti)	Virtus Bologna (Synudine)	84–82
1978–79 Details	Porec	Pallacanestro Cantù (Gabetti)	EBBC Den Bosch	83–73
1979–80 Details	Milan	Pallacanestro Varèse (Emerson)	Pallacanestro Cantù (Gabetti)	90–88
1980–81 Details	Rome	Pallacanestro Cantù (Squibb)	FC Barcelona	86–82
1981–82 Details	Bruxelles	KK Cibona	Real Madrid	96–95
1982–83 Details	Palma de Mallorca	Victoria Libertas Pesaro (Scavolini)	ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne	111–99
1983–84 Details	Ostend	Real Madrid	Olimpia Milano (Simac)	82–81
1984–85 Details	Grenoble	FC Barcelona	Žalgiris Kaunas	77–73
1985–86 Details	Caserta	FC Barcelona	Victoria Libertas Pesaro (Scavolini)	101–86
1986–87 Details	Novi Sad	KK Cibona	Victoria Libertas Pesaro (Scavolini)	89–74
1987–88 Details	Grenoble	Limoges CSP	Joventut Badalona	96–89
1988–89 Details	Athens	Real Madrid	Juventus Caserta (Snaidero)	119–113
1989–90 Details	Florence	Virtus Bologna (Knorr)	Real Madrid	79–74
1990–91 Details	Geneva	PAOK Thessaloniki	CAI Zaragoza	76–72
1991–92 Details	Nantes	Real Madrid	PAOK Thessaloniki	65–63
1992–93 Details	Turin	Aris Thessaloniki	Efes Pilsen	50–48
1993–94 Details	Lausanne	KK Olimpija (Smelt)	Baskonia (Taugrés)	91–81
1994–95 Details	Istanbul	Pallacanestro Treviso (Benetton)	Baskonia (Taugrés)	94–86
1995–96 Details	Vitoria	Baskonia (Taugrés)	PAOK Thessaloniki	88–81
1996–97 Details	Nicosia	Real Madrid	Scaligera Verona (Mash)	78–64
1997–98 Details	Belgrade	Žalgiris Kaunas	Olimpia Milano (Stefanel)	82–67
1998–99 Details	Zaragoza	Pallacanestro Treviso (Benetton)	Valencia (Pamesa)	64–60
1999–2000 Details	Lausanne	AEK Athens	Virtus Bologna (Kinder)	83–76
2000–01 Details	Warsaw	Maroussi	Élan Chalon	74–72
2001–02 Details	Lyon	Mens Sana Basket Siena (Montepaschi)	Valencia (Pamesa)	81–71

Titles

By club

Team	Winners	Runners-Up	Years Won	Years Runner-Up
Real Madrid	4	2	1984, 1989, 1992, 1997	1982, 1990
Pallacanestro Cantù	4	1	1977, 1978, 1979, 1981	1980
Olimpia Milano	3	2	1971, 1972, 1976	1984, 1998
Spartak Leningrad	2	1	1973, 1975	1971
FC Barcelona	2	1	1985, 1986	1981
Pallacanestro Varèse	2	-	1967, 1980	-
AEK Athens	2	-	1968, 2000	-
KK Cibona	2	-	1982, 1987	-
Pallacanestro Treviso	2	-	1995, 1999	-
KK Crvena Zvezda	1	2	1974	1972, 1975
Victoria Libertas Pesaro	1	2	1983	1986, 1987
Virtus Bologna	1	2	1990	1978, 2000
PAOK Thessaloniki	1	2	1991	1992, 1996
Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz	1	2	1996	1994, 1995
Slavia Praha	1	1	1969	1968
Žalgiris Kaunas	1	1	1998	1985
Partenope Napoli	1	–	1970	–
Limoges CSP	1	–	1988	–
Aris Thessaloniki	1	–	1993	–
KK Union Olimpija	1	–	1994	–
Maroussi	1	-	2001	-
Mens Sana Basket Siena	1	-	2002	-
Pamesa Valencia	–	2	–	1999, 2002
Maccabi Tel Aviv	–	1	–	1967
Dinamo Tbilisi	–	1	–	1969
Jeanne d’Arc Vichy	–	1	–	1970
KK Split	–	1	–	1973
Spartak Brno	–	1	–	1974
ASPO Tours	–	1	–	1976
BKK Radnički	–	1	–	1977
EBBC Den Bosch	–	1	–	1979
ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne	–	1	–	1983
Joventut Badalona	–	1	–	1988
Juventus Caserta	–	1	–	1989
CAI Zaragoza	–	1	–	1991
Efes Pilsen	–	1	–	1993
Scaligera Verona	–	1	–	1997
Élan Chalon	–	1	–	2001

By nation

Country	Cups
Italy	15
Spain	7
Greece	5
Russia (as part of Soviet Union)	2
Croatia (as part of SFR Yugoslavia)	2
Czech Republic (as part of Czechoslovakia)	1
Serbia (as part of SFR Yugoslavia)	1
France	1
Slovenia	1
Lithuania	1

Winning rosters

Cup Winner's Cup:

1966–67 Pallacanestro Varèse (Ignis):

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

1967–68 AEK Athens:

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

1968–69 Slavia Praha:

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

1969–70 Partenope Napoli (Fides):

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)

1970–71 Olimpia Milano (Simmenthal):

Art Kenney, Massimo Masini, Renzo Bariviera, Giulio Iellini, Giorgio Giomo, Giuseppe Brumatti, Paolo Bianchi, Giorgio Papetti, Mauro Cerioni, Roberto Paleari, Gaggiotti (Head Coach: Cesare Rubini)

1971–72 Olimpia Milano (Simmenthal):

Art Kenney, Massimo Masini, Renzo Bariviera, Giulio Iellini, Giuseppe Brumatti, Mauro Cerioni, Paolo Bianchi, Giorgio Giomo, Doriano Iacuzzo, Sergio Borlenghi, Ferrari (Head Coach: Cesare Rubini)

1972–73 Spartak Leningrad:

Alexander Belov, Yuri Pavlov, Alexander Bolshakov, Yuri Shtukin, Andrei Makeev, Vladimir Yakovlev, Sergei Kuznetsov, Leonid Ivanov, Valeri Fjodorov, Dvornij, Volkov, Rozhin (Head Coach: Vladimir Kondrashin)

1973–74 KK Crvena Zvezda:

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

1974–75 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)

1975–76 Olimpia Milano (Cinzano):

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 Pallacanestro Cantù (Forst):

Bob Lienhard, Hart Wingo, Pierluigi 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)

1977–78 Pallacanestro Cantù (Gabetti):

Bob Lienhard, Hart Wingo, Pierluigi 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)

1978–79 Pallacanestro Cantù (Gabetti):

Johnny Neumann, Dave Batton, Pierluigi Marzorati, Carlo Recalcati, Fabrizio Della Fiori, Renzo Bariviera, Renzo Tombolato, Denis Innocentin, Umberto Cappelletti, Antonello Riva, Non Porro, Giorgio Panzini (Head Coach: Arnaldo Taurisano)

1979–80 Pallacanestro Varèse (Emerson):

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 Pallacanestro Cantù (Squibb):

Pierluigi 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)

1981–82 KK 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 Victoria Libertas Pesaro (Scavolini):

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:

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

1984–85 FC Barcelona:

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

1985–86 FC Barcelona:

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

1986–87 KK Cibona:

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)

1987–88 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)

1988–89 Real Madrid:

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

1989–90 Virtus Bologna (Knorr):

Micheal Ray Richardson, Roberto Brunamonti, Mike Sylvester, Clemon Johnson, Augusto Binelli, Lauro Bon, Claudio Coldebella, Vittorio Gallinari, Massimiliano Romboli, Clivo Massimo Righi, Tommaso Tasso, Davide Bonora, Andrea Cempini (Head Coach: Ettore Messina)

1990–91 PAOK Thessaloniki:

Branislav Prelević, Ken Barlow, John Korfas, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Nikos Boudouris, Nikos Stavropoulos, Georgios Makaras, Panagiotis Papachronis, Memos Ioannou, Achilleas Mamatsiolas, Lazaros Tsakiris, Georgios Valavanidis (Head Coach: Dragan Šakota)

European Cup:

1991–92 Real Madrid:

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

1992–93 Aris Thessaloniki:

Roy Tarpley, Panagiotis Giannakis, Mitchell Anderson, Michail Misounof, Dinos Angelidis, Vagelis Vourtzoumis, Georgios Gasparis, Vasilis Lipiridis, Memos Ioannou, Igor Moraitov, Theodosios Paralikas (Head Coach: Zvi Sherf)

1993–94 KK Union Olimpija (Smelt):

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 Pallacanestro Treviso (Benetton):

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 Baskonia (Taugres):

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

EuroCup:

1996–97 Real Madrid:

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

1997–98 Žalgiris Kaunas:

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)

Saporta Cup:

1998–99 Pallacanestro Treviso (Benetton):

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)

1999–2000 AEK Athens:

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

2000–01 Maroussi:

Ashraf Amaya, Jimmy Oliver, Vasco Evtimov, Georgios Maslarinos, Alexis Falekas, Sotirios Nikolaidis, Vagelis Vourtzoumis, Dimitris Marmarinos, Dimitris Karaplis, Vangelis Logothetis, Sotirios Manolopoulos, Charalampos Charalampidis, Kostas Anagnostou (Head Coach: Vangelis Alexandris)

2001–02 Mens Sana Basket Siena (Montepaschi):

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)

Top scoring performances in final games

Points	Player	Team	Year	Opponent
62	Dražen Petrović	Real Madrid	1989	Snaidero Caserta
44	Oscar Schmidt	Snaidero Caserta	1989	Real Madrid
36	Rimas Kurtinaitis	Žalgiris Kaunas	1985	FC Barcelona
35	Saulius Štombergas	Žalgiris Kaunas	1998	Stefanel Milano
34	Ferdinando Gentile	Snaidero Caserta	1989	Real Madrid
34	Andro Knego	Cibona Zagreb	1982	Real Madrid
34	Branislav Prelević	PAOK Thessaloniki	1996	Taugres Vitoria
33	Roman Horvat	Olimpija Ljubljana	1994	Taugres Vitoria
32	Ken Bannister	Taugres Vitoria	1994	Olimpija Ljubljana
32	Zam Fredrick	Scavolini Pesaro	1986	FC Barcelona

External links

• FIBA Saporta Cup @ FIBA Europe.com
• FIBA Saporta Cup Winners