FIBA Saporta Cup Finals

Last updated January 13, 2025

The FIBA Saporta Cup Finals was the championship finals series of the now defunct FIBA Saporta Cup competition. FIBA Saporta Cup was the name of the European-wide second-tier level professional club basketball competition. It was the competition in which the domestic National Cup winners from all over Europe played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA Europe. It was named after the late Raimundo Saporta, a former Real Madrid director.

Title holders

1966–67 Ignis Varese
1967–68 AEK
1968–69 Slavia VŠ Praha
1969–70 Fides Napoli
1970–71 Simmenthal Milano
1971–72 Simmenthal Milano
1972–73 Spartak Leningrad
1973–74 Crvena zvezda
1974–75 Spartak Leningrad
1975–76 Cinzano Milano
1976–77 Birra Forst Cantù
1977–78 Gabetti Cantù
1978–79 Gabetti Cantù
1979–80 Emerson Varese
1980–81 Squibb Cantù
1981–82 Cibona
1982–83 Scavolini Pesaro
1983–84 Real Madrid
1984–85 FC Barcelona
1985–86 FC Barcelona
1986–87 Cibona
1987–88 Limoges CSP
1988–89 Real Madrid
1989–90 Knorr Bologna
1990–91 PAOK
1991–92 Real Madrid Asegurator
1992–93 Sato Aris
1993–94 Smelt Olimpija
1994–95 Benetton Treviso
1995–96 Taugrés
1996–97 Real Madrid Teka
1997–98 Žalgiris
1998–99 Benetton Treviso
1999–00 AEK
2000–01 Maroussi
2001–02 Montepaschi Siena

Finals

For finals not played on a single match, * precedes the score of the team playing at home.

Year	Host City	Champion	Runner Up	1st Game / Final	2nd Game	3rd Game	4th Game	5th Game
1966–67 Details	Varese & Tel Aviv	Ignis Varese	Maccabi Tel Aviv	*77–67	67–*68	–
1967–68 Details	Athens	AEK	Slavia VŠ Praha	89–82	–
1968–69 Details	Vienna	Slavia VŠ Praha	Dinamo Tbilisi	80–74	–
1969–70 Details	Vichy & Napoli	Fides Napoli	JA Vichy	60–*64	*87–65	–
1970–71 Details	Leningrad & Milan	Simmenthal Milano	Spartak Leningrad	55–*66	*71–52	–
1971–72 Details	Thessaloniki	Simmenthal Milano	Crvena zvezda	74–70	–
1972–73 Details	Thessaloniki	Spartak Leningrad	Jugoplastika	77–62	–
1973–74 Details	Udine	Crvena zvezda	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	86–75	–
1974–75 Details	Nantes	Spartak Leningrad	Crvena zvezda	63–62	–
1975–76 Details	Turin	Cinzano Milano	ASPO Tours	88–73	–
1976–77 Details	Palma de Mallorca	Birra Forst Cantù	Radnički Belgrade	87–86	–
1977–78 Details	Milan	Gabetti Cantù	Sinudyne Bologna	84–82	–
1978–79 Details	Poreč	Gabetti Cantù	EBBC	83–73	–
1979–80 Details	Milan	Emerson Varese	Gabetti Cantù	90–88	–
1980–81 Details	Rome	Squibb Cantù	FC Barcelona	86–82	–
1981–82 Details	Brussels	Cibona	Real Madrid	96–95	–
1982–83 Details	Palma de Mallorca	Scavolini Pesaro	ASVEL	111–99	–
1983–84 Details	Ostend	Real Madrid	Simac Milano	82–81	–
1984–85 Details	Grenoble	FC Barcelona	Žalgiris	77–73	–
1985–86 Details	Caserta	FC Barcelona	Scavolini Pesaro	101–86	–
1986–87 Details	Novi Sad	Cibona	Scavolini Pesaro	89–74	–
1987–88 Details	Grenoble	Limoges CSP	Ram Joventut	96–89	–
1988–89 Details	Athens	Real Madrid	Snaidero Caserta	119–113 (OT)	–
1989–90 Details	Florence	Knorr Bologna	Real Madrid	79–74	–
1990–91 Details	Geneva	PAOK	CAI Zaragoza	76–72	–
1991–92 Details	Nantes	Real Madrid Asegurator	PAOK	65–63	–
1992–93 Details	Turin	Sato Aris	Efes Pilsen	50–48	–
1993–94 Details	Lausanne	Smelt Olimpija	Taugrés	91–81	–
1994–95 Details	Istanbul	Benetton Treviso	Taugrés	94–86	–
1995–96 Details	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Taugrés	PAOK	88–81	–
1996–97 Details	Nicosia	Real Madrid Teka	Mash Jeans Verona	78–64	–
1997–98 Details	Belgrade	Žalgiris	Stefanel Milano	82–67	–
1998–99 Details	Zaragoza	Benetton Treviso	Pamesa Valencia	64–60	–
1999–00 Details	Lausanne	AEK	Kinder Bologna	83–76	–
2000–01 Details	Warsaw	Maroussi	Élan Chalon	74–72	–
2001–02 Details	Lyon	Montepaschi Siena	Pamesa Valencia	81–71	–

Titles by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion Years
1.	Real Madrid	4	2	1983–84, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1996–97
2.	Cantù	4	1	1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81
3.	Olimpia Milano	3	2	1970–71, 1971–72, 1975–76
4.	Spartak Leningrad	2	1	1972–73, 1974–75
5.	FC Barcelona	2	1	1984–85, 1985–86
6.	Varese	2		1966–67, 1979–80
7.	AEK	2		1967–68, 1999–00
8.	Cibona	2		1981–82, 1986–87
9.	Treviso	2		1994–95, 1998–99
10.	Crvena zvezda	1	2	1973–74
11.	Victoria Libertas	1	2	1982–83
12.	Virtus Bologna	1	2	1989–90
13.	PAOK	1	2	1990–91
14.	Baskonia	1	2	1995–96
15.	USK Praha	1	1	1968–69
16.	Žalgiris	1	1	1997–98
17.	Partenope Napoli	1		1969–70
18.	Limoges CSP	1		1987–88
19.	Aris	1		1992–93
20.	Olimpija	1		1993–94
21.	Maroussi	1		2000–01
22.	Mens Sana 1871	1		2001–02
23.	Valencia		2
24.	Maccabi Tel Aviv		1
25.	Dinamo Tbilisi		1
26.	JA Vichy		1
27.	Split		1
28.	Brno		1
29.	ASPO Tours		1
30.	Radnički Belgrade		1
31.	Den Bosch		1
32.	ASVEL		1
33.	Joventut Badalona		1
34.	JuveCaserta		1
35.	Zaragoza		1
36.	Efes Pilsen		1
37.	Scaligera Verona		1
38.	Élan Chalon		1

Titles by nation

Rank	Country	Titles	Runners-up
1.	Italy	15	9
2.	Spain	7	9
3.	Greece	5	2
4.	Yugoslavia	3	4
5.	Soviet Union	2	3
6.	France	1	4
7.	Czechoslovakia	1	2
8.	Slovenia	1
9.	Lithuania	1
10.	Israel		1
11.	Netherlands		1
12.	Turkey		1

FIBA Saporta Cup Finals Records

FIBA Saporta Cup Finals Awards

External links

FIBA Saporta Cup @ FIBA Europe.com
FIBA Saporta Cup Winners Archived 2014-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
FIBA Saporta Cup @ LinguaSport.com

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