Triple Crown (women's basketball)

The Triple Crown is a term in European professional club basketball that refers to a club winning their country's top-tier level national domestic league, primary national domestic cup, and the top-tier level European-wide continental competition (FIBA Women's European Champions Cup and EuroLeague Women) in the same season. It is the highest accomplishment that a European basketball club can achieve during a season. Only 10 European basketball clubs have achieved the Triple Crown, on 12 occasions.

All the Triple Crowns achieved edit

Season Club National League National Cup European Cup
1978–79   Crvena zvezda Yugoslav Basketball League Yugoslav Cup FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
1979–80   Sisport FIAT Lega Basket Femminile Coppa Italia FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
1993–94   Pool Comense Lega Basket Femminile Coppa Italia FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
1994–95   Pool Comense Lega Basket Femminile Coppa Italia FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
1995–96   BTV Wuppertal 1. Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga German Cup FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
2004–05   VBM-SGAU Samara Russian Basketball Premier League Russian Cup EuroLeague Women
2005–06   Gambrinus Brno Czech Basketball League Czech Cup EuroLeague Women
2012–13   UMMC Ekaterinburg Russian Basketball Premier League Russian Cup EuroLeague Women
2013–14   Galatasaray Turkish Basketball Super League[1] Turkish Cup[2] EuroLeague Women[3]
2014–15   USK Praha Czech Basketball League Czech Cup EuroLeague Women
2018–19   UMMC Ekaterinburg Russian Basketball Premier League Russian Cup EuroLeague Women
2021–22   Sopron Basket Nemzeti Bajnokság Hungarian Cup EuroLeague Women
2023–24   Fenerbahçe Turkish Basketball Super League[4] Turkish Cup[5] EuroLeague Women[6]

Achievements by club edit

Triple Crown Club Seasons
2   Pool Comense 1993–94, 1994–95
  UMMC Ekaterinburg 2012–13, 2018–19
1   Crvena zvezda 1978-79
  Sisport FIAT 1979-80
  BTV Wuppertal 1995–96
  VBM-SGAU Samara 2004-05
  Gambrinus Brno 2005-06
  Galatasaray 2013–14
  USK Praha 2014–15
  Hungarian League 2021–22
  Fenerbahçe 2023–24

Achievements by national league edit

Triple Crown League Seasons
3   Lega Basket Femminile 1979-80, 1993-94, 1994-95
  Russian Basketball Premier League 2004-05, 2012-13, 2018-19
2   Czech Basketball League 2005-06, 2014-15
  Turkish Basketball Super League 2013-14, 2023-24
1   Yugoslav Basketball League 1978-79
  1. Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga 1995-96
  Nemzeti Bajnokság 2021-22

"Small Triple Crown" edit

Second-tiers edit

In addition, five European basketball clubs have won their top-tier level national domestic league, their top-tier level national domestic cup, and the 2nd-tier level European-wide competition (Ronchetti Cup and EuroCup Women) in the same season – the so-called, "Small Triple Crown".

Season Club National League National Cup European Cup
2009–10   Athinaikos Greek Basketball League Greek Cup EuroCup
2010–11   Elitzur Ramla Israeli Basketball Premiere League Israeli Cup EuroCup
2016–17   Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Turkish Basketball Super League Turkish Cup EuroCup[7]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2013-14 Women's Turkish League Champions".
  2. ^ "2013-14 Women's Turkish Cup Champions".
  3. ^ 2013-14 EuroLeague Women Champions
  4. ^ 2023-24 Women's Turkish League Champions
  5. ^ 2023-24 Women's Turkish Cup Champions
  6. ^ 2023-24 EuroLeague Women Champions
  7. ^ 2016-17 EuroCup Women Champions