List of FIBA Intercontinental Cup finals

Last updated January 02, 2024

The FIBA Intercontinental Cup (formerly the FIBA Club World Cup) is an international basketball competition that is organised by FIBA, the sport's global governing body. Currently, four teams qualify for each season, the winners of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), Basketball Champions League, Basketball Champions League Americas, NBA G League and the FIBA Asia Champions Cup (from 2024).

Real Madrid holds the record for most championships, with five, with two of them coming after a direct confrontation in a final. Spain has been the most successful country with nine titles distributed among clubs from the country. Teams representing Europe have been most successful, winning 33 titles in total.

List of finals

Season	Champions		Score	Runners-up		Final venue	Host nation	Attendance	Ref(s)
Season	Country	Club	Score	Club	Country	Final venue	Host nation	Attendance	Ref(s)
1965 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Brazil	Corinthians	118–109	Real Madrid	Spain	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo	Brazil	10,000	^[1]
1966	Italy	Varese	66–59	Corinthians	Brazil	Raimundo Saporta Pavilion, Madrid	Spain	5,000	^[2]
1967	United States	Akron Goodyear Wingfoots	78–72	Varese	Italy	Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome	Italy	15,000	^[3]
1968	United States	Akron Goodyear Wingfoots	105–73	Real Madrid	Spain	Spectrum, Philadelphia	United States	17,000	^[4]
1969	United States	Akron Goodyear Wingfoots	84–71	Spartak Brno	Czechoslovakia	Macon Coliseum, Macon, Georgia	United States	2,000	^[5]
1970–1980	No finals played as the Intercontinental Cup used a league format
1981	Spain	Real Madrid	109–83	Sírio	Brazil	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo	Brazil	16,000	^[6]
1985	Spain	Barcelona	93–89	Monte Líbano	Brazil	Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona	Spain	5,000	^[7]
1986	Soviet Union	Žalgiris	84–78	Ferro Carril Oeste	Argentina	Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires	Argentina	5,930	^[8]
1987	Italy	Olimpia Milano	100–84	FC Barcelona	Spain	Palatrussardi, Milan	Italy	7,000
1988–1995	Not held
1996	Greece	Panathinaikos	83–89	Olimpia	Argentina	Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys, Rosario	Argentina	7,000
			83–78			Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens	Greece	20,000
			101–76			Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens	Greece	20,000
1997–2012	Not held
2013	Greece	Olympiacos	81–70	Pinheiros	Brazil	Ginásio José Corrêa, São Paulo	Brazil	4,500
2013	Greece	Olympiacos	86–69	Pinheiros	Brazil	Ginásio José Corrêa, São Paulo	Brazil	3,000
2014	Brazil	Flamengo	69–66	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel	HBSC Arena, Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	7,000	^[9]
2014	Brazil	Flamengo	90–77	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel	HBSC Arena, Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	14,500	^[9]
2015	Spain	Real Madrid	90–91	Bauru	Brazil	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo	Brazil	5,500	^[10]
2015	Spain	Real Madrid	91–79	Bauru	Brazil	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo	Brazil	8,000	^[10]
2016	Venezuela	Guaros de Lara	74–69	Skyliners Frankfurt	Germany	Fraport Arena, Frankfurt	Germany	5,002	^[11]
2017	Spain	Canarias	76–71	Guaros de Lara	Venezuela	Santiago Martín, La Laguna	Spain	5,100	^[12]
2019	Greece	AEK	86–70	Flamengo	Brazil	Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	6,000	^[13]
2020	Spain	Canarias	80–72	Virtus Bologna	Italy	Santiago Martín, La Laguna (2)	Spain	3,000	^[14]^[15]
2021	Spain	San Pablo Burgos	82–73	Quimsa	Argentina	Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires (2)	Argentina	0^{[lower-alpha 2]}	^[16]
2022	Brazil	Flamengo	75–62	San Pablo Burgos	Spain	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, Cairo	Egypt	2,000	^[17]^[18]
2023 (I)	Spain	Canarias	89–68	São Paulo	Brazil	Santiago Martín, La Laguna (3)	Spain	4,887	^[19]
2023 (II)	Brazil	Franca	70–69	Baskets Bonn	Germany	Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore	Singapore	8,000	^[20]

Results

Performance by head coach

Lolo Sainz holds the record for most Intercontinental Cup titles won by a head coach, with four titles won with Real Madrid. He is followed by Hank Vaughn, who managed the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots during their three consecutive championships from 1967 to 1969.

Performance by head coach
Head coach	Winner	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Lolo Sainz	4	1	1976, 1977, 1978, 1981	1975
Hank Vaughn	3	—	1967, 1968, 1969	—
Aleksandar Nikolić	2	—	1970, 1973	—
Cláudio Mortari	1	2	1979	1981, 2013
Gustavo de Conti	1	1	2022	2019
Iván Déniz	1	1	2016	2017
Helinho	1	—	2023 (II)	—
Txus Vidorreta	1	—	2023 (I)	—
Joan Peñarroya	1	—	2021	—
Luca Banchi	1	–	2019	—
Nenad Marković	1	—	2017	—
Pablo Laso	1	—	2015	—
José Neto	1	—	2014	—
Georgios Bartzokas	1	—	2013	—
Božidar Maljković	1	—	1996	—
Franco Casalini	1	—	1987	—
Vladas Garastas	1	—	1986	—
Manuel Flores	1	—	1985	—
Valerio Bianchini	1	—	1984	—
Flor Meléndez	1	—	1983	—
Giancarlo Primo	1	—	1982	—
Rudy D'Amico	1	—	1980	—
Arnaldo Taurisano	1	—	1975	—
Lefty Driesell	1	—	1974	—
Pedroca	—	2	—	1973, 1980
Nico Messina	—	2	—	1976, 1977
Ivan Mrázek	—	1	—	1969
Sandro Gamba	—	1	—	1974
Jaroslav Šíp	—	1	—	1970
Bogdan Tanjević	—	1	—	1979
Ton Boot	—	1	—	1982
Gianni Asti	—	1	—	1983
Pedro Ferrándiz	—	1	—	1968
Antoni Serra	—	1	—	1984
Edvar Simões	—	1	—	1985
Luis Martínez	—	1	—	1986
Aíto García Reneses	—	1	—	1987
Horacio Segul	—	1	—	1996
Guy Goodes	—	1	—	2014
Guerrinha	—	1	—	2015
Gordie Herbert	—	1	—	2016
Jorge Sebastián González	—	1	—	2021
Paco Olmos	—	1	—	2022
Bruno Mortari	—	1	—	2023 (I)
Roel Moors	—	1	—	2023 (II)

Notes

↑ The 1965 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Test Tournament was a test tournament and is not recognised as an official edition of the competition.
↑ The 2021 Intercontinental Cup was played behind closed doors due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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References

↑ "Ignis Varese down Corinthians to win first official Intercontinental Cup in 1966". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
↑ "Intercontinental Cup 1966". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
↑ "Intercontinental Cup 1967". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
↑ "Intercontinental Cup 1968". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
↑ "Intercontinental Cup 1969". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
↑ "Intercontinental Cup 1981". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
↑ "Intercontinental Cup 1985". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
↑ "Intercontinental Cup 1986". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
↑ "Flamengo bate Maccabi Tel Aviv e conquista a inédita Copa Intercontinental no Rio de Janeiro". Superesportes (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 September 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
↑ "91-79: Vencedores da Taça Intercontinental!!". Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 February 2023.
↑ "Guaros de Lara claim FIBA Intercontinental Cup". FIBA.com. 18 September 2016. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
↑ "Iberostar Tenerife crowned 2017 Intercontinental Cup champions". Championsleague.basketball. 24 September 2017.
↑ "AEK beat Flamengo in Final to win FIBA Intercontinental Cup". FIBA.basketball. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
↑ "Iberostar Tenerife crowned FIBA Intercontinental Cup 2020 champions". FIBA.basketball. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
↑ "Linguasport - Intercontinental Cup (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
↑ "Hereda San Pablo Burgos crowned FIBA Intercontinental Cup 2021 champions". FIBA.basketball. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
↑ "Flamengo domina o Burgos e é bicampeão da Copa Intercontinental de basquete". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 6 February 2023.
↑ "Linguasport - Intercontinental Cup (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
↑ "Home, sweet home: Lenovo Tenerife win third FIBA Intercontinental Cup in as many Finals". FIBA.basketball. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
↑ "Incredible! Lucas Dias beats the buzzer for Franca to win the FIBA Intercontinental Cup". FIBA.basketball. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

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[1] The 1965 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Test Tournament was a test tournament and is not recognised as an official edition of the competition.

[17] The 2021 Intercontinental Cup was played behind closed doors due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[2] "Ignis Varese down Corinthians to win first official Intercontinental Cup in 1966". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[3] "Intercontinental Cup 1966". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[4] "Intercontinental Cup 1967". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[5] "Intercontinental Cup 1968". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[6] "Intercontinental Cup 1969". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[7] "Intercontinental Cup 1981". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[8] "Intercontinental Cup 1985". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[9] "Intercontinental Cup 1986". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[10] "Flamengo bate Maccabi Tel Aviv e conquista a inédita Copa Intercontinental no Rio de Janeiro". Superesportes (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 September 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

[11] "91-79: Vencedores da Taça Intercontinental!!". Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 February 2023.

[report-12] "Guaros de Lara claim FIBA Intercontinental Cup". FIBA.com. 18 September 2016. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

[intercontinental-13] "Iberostar Tenerife crowned 2017 Intercontinental Cup champions". Championsleague.basketball. 24 September 2017.

[14] "AEK beat Flamengo in Final to win FIBA Intercontinental Cup". FIBA.basketball. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[15] "Iberostar Tenerife crowned FIBA Intercontinental Cup 2020 champions". FIBA.basketball. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[16] "Linguasport - Intercontinental Cup (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[18] "Hereda San Pablo Burgos crowned FIBA Intercontinental Cup 2021 champions". FIBA.basketball. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[:0-19] "Flamengo domina o Burgos e é bicampeão da Copa Intercontinental de basquete". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 6 February 2023.

[linguasport-20] "Linguasport - Intercontinental Cup (B)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[:1-21] "Home, sweet home: Lenovo Tenerife win third FIBA Intercontinental Cup in as many Finals". FIBA.basketball. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[:2-22] "Incredible! Lucas Dias beats the buzzer for Franca to win the FIBA Intercontinental Cup". FIBA.basketball. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

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