FIBA Saporta Cup

The FIBA Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where 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.

FIBA Saporta Cup
The FIBA Saporta Cup's championship trophy.
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1966
Ceased	2002
Country	FIBA Europe members
Continent	Europe
Last champion(s)	Montepaschi Siena (1st title)
Most titles	Real Madrid Cantù (4 titles each)
Level on pyramid	2nd Tier
Official website	FIBA Europe Saporta Cup

History

The competition was created in 1966, as the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, but it had several denominations, until its eventual folding in 2002:

1966–67 to 1990–91 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
1991–92 to 1995–96 FIBA European Cup
1996–97 to 1997–98 FIBA EuroCup
1998–99 to 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup

The final Saporta Cup season was held during the 2001–02 season. After that, it was fused with the FIBA Korać Cup, into the newly formed ULEB Cup competition, now known as the EuroCup.

Finals

Year	Champion	Score	Second place	Third
Year	Final			Semifinalists
1966–67 Details	Ignis Varese	144–135 (77–67 / 68–67)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	Botev
1967–68 Details	AEK	89–82	Slavia VŠ Praha	Ignis Varese	Vorwärts Leipzig
1968–69 Details	Slavia VŠ Praha	80–74	Dinamo Tbilisi	AŠK Olimpija	Panathinaikos
1969–70 Details	Fides Napoli	147–129 (64–60 / 87–65)	JA Vichy	Dinamo Tbilisi	AEK
1970–71 Details	Simmenthal Milano	127–118 (66–56 / 71–52)	Spartak Leningrad	Fides Napoli	Juventud Nerva
1971–72 Details	Simmenthal Milano	74–70	Crvena zvezda	Fides Napoli	Juventud Schweppes
1972–73 Details	Spartak Leningrad	77–62	Jugoplastika	Juventud Schweppes	Mobilquattro Milano
1973–74 Details	Crvena zvezda	86–75	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	Estudiantes Monteverde	Saclà Asti
1974–75 Details	Spartak Leningrad	63–62	Crvena zvezda	CSKA Septemvriisko zname	Jugoplastika
1975–76 Details	Cinzano Milano	88–73	ASPO Tours	Rabotnički	Estudiantes Monteverde
1976–77 Details	Birra Forst Cantù	87–86	Radnički Belgrade	Cinzano Milano	Juventud Schweppes
1977–78 Details	Gabetti Cantù	84–82	Sinudyne Bologna	Caen BC	FC Barcelona
1978–79 Details	Gabetti Cantù	83–73	EBBC	FC Barcelona	Sinudyne Bologna
1979–80 Details	Emerson Varese	90–88	Gabetti Cantù	Parker Leiden	FC Barcelona
1980–81 Details	Squibb Cantù	86–82	FC Barcelona	Turisanda Varese	Cibona
1981–82 Details	Cibona	96–95	Real Madrid	Stroitel	Sinudyne Bologna
1982–83 Details	Scavolini Pesaro	111–99	ASVEL	ZZI Olimpija	Nashua EBBC
1983–84 Details	Real Madrid	82–81	Simac Milano	Cibona	Scavolini Pesaro
1984–85 Details	FC Barcelona	77–73	Žalgiris	CAI Zaragoza	ASVEL
1985–86 Details	FC Barcelona	101–86	Scavolini Pesaro	CSKA Moscow	Ron Negrita Joventut
1986–87 Details	Cibona	89–74	Scavolini Pesaro	ASVEL	CSKA Moscow
1987–88 Details	Limoges CSP	96–89	Ram Joventut	Scavolini Pesaro	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1988–89 Details	Real Madrid	117–113	Snaidero Caserta	Cibona	Žalgiris
1989–90 Details	Knorr Bologna	79–74	Real Madrid	PAOK	Žalgiris
1990–91 Details	PAOK	76–72	CAI Zaragoza	Dynamo Moscow	Pitch Cholet
1991–92 Details	Real Madrid Asegurator	65–63	PAOK	Glaxo Verona	Smelt Olimpija
1992–93 Details	Sato Aris	50–48	Efes Pilsen	NatWest Zaragoza	Hapoel Galil Elyon
1993–94 Details	Smelt Olimpija	91–81	Taugrés	Sato Aris	Pitch Cholet
1994–95 Details	Benetton Treviso	94–86	Taugrés	Olympique Antibes	Iraklis Aspis Pronoia
1995–96 Details	Taugrés	88–81	PAOK	Dynamo Moscow	Žalgiris
1996–97 Details	Real Madrid Teka	78–64	Mash Jeans Verona	PSG Racing	Iraklis
1997–98 Details	Žalgiris	82–67	Stefanel Milano	Avtodor Saratov	Panathinaikos
1998–99 Details	Benetton Treviso	64–60	Pamesa Valencia	Budućnost	Aris
1999–00 Details	AEK	83–76	Kinder Bologna	Zadar	Lietuvos rytas
2000–01 Details	Maroussi	74–72	Élan Chalon	UNICS	Pamesa Valencia
2001–02 Details	Montepaschi Siena	81–71	Pamesa Valencia	Hapoel Jerusalem	Anwil Włocławek

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
–	FC Barcelona	2	1	1984–85, 1985–86
6.	Varese	2		1966–67, 1979–80
–	Cibona	2		1981–82, 1986–87
–	Treviso	2		1994–95, 1998–99
–	AEK	2		1967–68, 1999–00
10.	Crvena zvezda	1	2	1973–74
–	Victoria Libertas	1	2	1982–83
–	Virtus Bologna	1	2	1989–90
–	PAOK	1	2	1990–91
–	Baskonia	1	2	1995–96
15.	USK Praha	1	1	1968–69
–	Žalgiris	1	1	1997–98
17.	Partenope Napoli	1		1969–70
–	Limoges CSP	1		1987–88
–	Aris	1		1992–93
–	Olimpija	1		1993–94
–	Maroussi	1		2000–01
–	Mens Sana 1871	1		2001–02
23.	Valencia		2
24.	Maccabi Tel Aviv		1
–	Dinamo Tbilisi		1
–	JA Vichy		1
–	Split		1
–	Brno		1
–	ASPO Tours		1
–	Radnički Belgrade		1
–	Den Bosch		1
–	ASVEL		1
–	Joventut Badalona		1
–	JuveCaserta		1
–	Zaragoza		1
–	Efes Pilsen		1
–	Scaligera Verona		1
–	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
-	Lithuania	1
10.	Israel		1
-	Netherlands		1
-	Turkey		1

FIBA Saporta Cup records

FIBA Saporta Cup awards

Winning rosters

FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup:

1966–67 Ignis Varese

Stan McKenzie, Sauro Bufalini, Dino Meneghin, Giambattista Cescutti, Ottorino Flaborea, Massimo Villetti, Paolo Vittori, Enrico Bovone, Pierangelo Gergati, Roberto Gergati (Head Coach: Vittorio Tracuzzi)

1967–68 AEK

Georgios Amerikanos, Georgios Trontzos, Christos Zoupas, Stelios Vasileiadis, Eas Larentzakis, Antonis Christeas, Lakis Tsavas, Petros Petrakis, Nikos Nesiadis, Andreas Dimitriadis, Georgios Moschos† (Head Coach: Nikos Milas)

†Moschos died of cancer in 1966, but he was inducted into the AEK Hall of Fame in 2008, and added to the 1968 championship team as an honorary member.

1968–69 Slavia VŠ Praha

Jiří Zídek Sr., Jiří Růžička, Robert Mifka, Jiri Ammer, Bohumil Tomášek, Karel Baroch, Jaroslav Krivy, Jiří Konopásek (Head Coach: Jaroslav Šíp)

1969–70 Fides Napoli

Miles Aiken, Jim Williams, Sauro Bufalini, Carlos d'Aquila, Remo Maggetti, Giovanni Gavagnin, Francesco Ovi, Antonio Errico, Vincenzo Errico, Manfredo Fucile, Renato Abbate, Leonardo Coen (Head Coach: Antonio Zorzi)

1970–71 Simmenthal Milano

Art Kenney, Massimo Masini, Renzo Bariviera, Giulio Iellini, Giorgio Giomo, Giuseppe Brumatti, Paolo Bianchi, Giorgio Papetti, Mauro Cerioni, Roberto Paleari, Giorgio Gaggiotti (Head Coach: Cesare Rubini)

1971–72 Simmenthal Milano

Art Kenney, Massimo Masini, Renzo Bariviera, Giulio Iellini, Giuseppe Brumatti, Mauro Cerioni, Paolo Bianchi, Giorgio Giomo, Doriano Iacuzzo, Sergio Borlenghi, Claudio Ferrari (Head Coach: Cesare Rubini)

1972–73 Spartak Leningrad

Alexander Belov, Yuri Pavlov, Alexander Bolshakov, Yuri Shtukin, Andrei Makeev, Vladimir Yakovlev, Sergei Kuznetsov, Leonid Ivanov, Valeri Fjodorov, Ivan Dvorny, Evgeni Volkov, Ivan Rozhin (Head Coach: Vladimir Kondrashin)

1973–74 Crvena zvezda

Zoran Slavnić, Ljubodrag Simonović, Dragan Kapičić, Dragiša Vučinić, Radivoje Živković, Ivan Sarjanović, Zoran Lazarević, Dragoje Jovašević, Goran Rakočević, Ljupče Žugić (Head Coach: Aleksandar Nikolić)

1974–75 Spartak Leningrad

Alexander Belov, Yuri Pavlov, Alexander Bolshakov, Vladimir Arzamaskov, Yuri Shtukin, Andrei Makeev, Vladimir Yakovlev, Sergei Kuznetsov, Mikhail Silantev, Leonid Ivanov, Valeri Fjodorov (Head Coach: Vladimir Kondrashin)

1975–76 Cinzano Milano

Mike Sylvester, Austin "Red" Robbins, Giuseppe Brumatti, Paolo Bianchi, Antonio Francescatto, Sergio Borlenghi, Vittorio Ferracini, Franco Boselli, Maurizio Borghese, Maurizio Benatti, Dino Boselli, Paolo Friz (Head Coach: Filippo Faina)

1976–77 Birra Forst Cantù

Bob Lienhard, Hart Wingo, Pierlo Marzorati, Carlo Recalcati, Fabrizio Della Fiori, Renzo Tombolato, Franco Meneghel, Giorgio Cattini, Roberto Natalini, Umberto Cappelletti, Non Prezzati, Bruno Carapacchi, Giampiero Cortinovis (Head Coach: Arnaldo Taurisano)

1977–78 Gabetti Cantù

Bob Lienhard, Hart Wingo, Pierlo Marzorati, Carlo Recalcati, Fabrizio Della Fiori, Fausto Bargna, Renzo Tombolato, Franco Meneghel, Giuseppe Gergati, Denis Innocentin, Umberto Cappelletti, Davide Bertazzini, Fabio Brambilla (Head Coach: Arnaldo Taurisano)

1978–79 Gabetti Cantù

Johnny Neumann, Dave Batton, Pierlo Marzorati, Carlo Recalcati, Fabrizio Della Fiori, Renzo Bariviera, Renzo Tombolato, Denis Innocentin, Umberto Cappelletti, Antonello Riva, Non Porro, Giorgio Panzini (Head Coach: Arnaldo Taurisano)

1979–80 Emerson Varese

Bob Morse, Dino Meneghin, Bruce Seals, Aldo Ossola, Alberto Mottini, Maurizio Gualco, Enzo Carraria, Fabio Colombo, Mauro Salvaneschi, Antonio Campiglio, Riccardo Caneva, Marco Bergonzoni (Head Coach: Edoardo Rusconi)