List of FIBA Intercontinental Cup finals

Giovanni Gavagnin of Varese accepting the first official Intercontinental Cup trophy in 1966

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).

From to 1970 to 1980, there were no finals played as the league champions were decided through a league format, in which all teams played each other once and were ranked based on wins. The Intercontinental Cup was not organised between 1998 and 1995, and 1997 and 2012 as well.

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)
	Country	Club		Club	Country
1965 [a]	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					20,000
1997–2012	Not held
2013	Greece	Olympiacos	81–70	Pinheiros	Brazil	Ginásio José Corrêa, São Paulo	Brazil	4,500
			86–69					3,000
2014	Brazil	Flamengo	69–66	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel	HBSC Arena, Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	7,000	[9]
			90–77					14,500
2015	Spain	Real Madrid	90–91	Bauru	Brazil	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo	Brazil	5,500	[10]
			91–79					8,000
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 [b]	[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]
2024	Spain	Unicaja	75–60	NBA G League United	United States	Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore	Singapore	8,205	[21] [22]

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
Ibon Navarro	1	—	2023 (II)	—
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)
Paul Hewitt	—	1	—	2024

Notes

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

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