Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1983 |
Ceased | 1991 |
Continent | Europe |
Last champion(s) | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (1st title) |
Most titles | FC Barcelona Real Madrid (3 titles) |
The European Super Cup was a semi-official professional men's basketball club tournament that was held by ACB, and FIBA on one occasion. It took place between 1983 and 1991. It was played between the winners of the European-wide top-tier level league, the FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague), and the winners of the European-wide secondary level league, the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (later called FIBA Saporta Cup) and various guests, usually the Spanish champions. The only official tournaments organised by FIBA were in 1986 and 1989.
Rank | Club | Titles | Runner-up | Champion Years |
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1. | FC Barcelona | 3 | 1 | 1983, 1986, 1986 |
2. | Real Madrid | 3 | 1 | 1984, 1988, 1989 |
3. | Split | 1 | 2 | 1990 |
4. | Cibona | 1 | 1 | 1987 |
5. | Winston All Star | 1 | 1985 | |
6. | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | 1991 | |
7. | Joventut Badalona | 2 | ||
8. | Virtus Roma | 1 | ||
9. | Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 1 | ||
10. | Limoges CSP | 1 |
Rank | Country | Titles | Runners-up |
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1. | Spain | 6 | 4 |
2. | Yugoslavia | 2 | 3 |
3. | United States | 1 | |
4. | Israel | 1 | |
5. | France | 2 | |
6. | Italy | 1 |
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