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 (EuroLeague) in the same season. It is the highest accomplishment that a European basketball club can achieve during a season. Only 12 European basketball clubs have achieved the Triple Crown, on 22 occasions.
All the Triple Crowns achieved edit
- In the 2000–01 season, there were two first-tier level European-wide champions: Maccabi Tel Aviv, that won FIBA's SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna, that won Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague.
- Šarūnas Jasikevičius is the only player in the history of European basketball to have won the Triple Crown with his teams 4 times. The teams that won the Triple Crown in which Jasikevičius played are: FC Barcelona in 2002–03, Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2003–04 and 2004–05, and Panathinaikos in 2008–09.
Achievements by club edit
| Triple Crown | Club | Seasons |
| 6 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv |
1976–77, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–14 |
| 3 |  Real Madrid |
1964–65, 1973–74, 2014–15 |
| 2 |  Varese |
1969–70, 1972–73 |
 Split |
1989–90, 1990–91 | |
 Panathinaikos |
2006–07, 2008–09 | |
| 1 | Cibona |
1984–85 |
| Olimpia Milano |
1986–87 | |
| Partizan |
1991–92 | |
| Olympiacos |
1996–97 | |
| Virtus Bologna |
2000–01 | |
| FC Barcelona |
2002–03 | |
 CSKA Moscow |
2005–06 |
Achievements by national league edit
| Triple Crown | League | Seasons |
| 6 | Israeli Premier Basketball League |
1976–77, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–14 |
| 4 | Lega Basket Serie A |
1969–70, 1972–73, 1986–87, 2000-01 |
| Primera División & Liga ACB |
1964–65, 1973–74, 2002-03, 2014–15 | |
| First Federal Basketball League |
1984-85, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991-92 | |
| 3 | Greek Basket League |
1996-97, 2006–07, 2008–09 |
| 1 | Russian Basketball Super League A |
2005–06 |
"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 (FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup / FIBA European Cup, or EuroCup) in the same season – the so-called, "Small Triple Crown".
| Season | Club | National League | National Cup | European Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971–72 | Simmenthal Milano |
Serie A | Italian Cup | FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup |
| 1981–82 | Cibona |
First Federal League | Yugoslav Cup | FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup |
| 1987–88 |  Limoges CSP |
LNB Pro A | Tournoi des As | FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup |
| 1993–94 |  Smelt Olimpija |
Slovenian Premier A League | Slovenian Cup | FIBA European Cup |
| 2008–09 |  Lietuvos rytas |
LKL | LKF Cup | EuroCup |
Third and fourth-tiers edit
Seven clubs, on eight occasions, have won their top-tier level national domestic league, their top-tier level national domestic cup, and the 3rd-tier level European-wide competition (FIBA Korać Cup or FIBA EuroChallenge), or the 4th-tier level FIBA EuroCup Challenge / FIBA Europe Cup, in the same season.
| Season | Club | National League | National Cup | European Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976–77 | Jugoplastika |
First Federal League | Yugoslav Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) |
| 1978–79 | Partizan |
First Federal League | Yugoslav Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) |
| 1982–83 | Limoges CSP |
Nationale 1 | Federation Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) |
| 1986–87 | FC Barcelona |
Liga ACB | King's Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) |
| 1995–96 |  Efes Pilsen |
BSL | Turkish Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) |
| 1999–00 | Limoges CSP |
LNB Pro A | French Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) |
| 2004–05 |  Asesoft Ploiesti |
Divizia A | Romanian Cup | FIBA Europe Cup (4th tier) |
| 2011–12 | Beşiktaş Milangaz |
BSL | Turkish Cup | FIBA EuroChallenge (3rd tier) |