Triple Crown (basketball)

The Triple Crown is a term in European professional club basketball that refers to a club winning their country's top-tier level national domestic league, primary national domestic cup, and the top-tier level European-wide continental competition (EuroLeague) in the same season. It is the highest accomplishment that a European basketball club can achieve during a season. Only 12 European basketball clubs have achieved the Triple Crown, on 22 occasions.

All the Triple Crowns achieved

SeasonClubNational LeagueNational CupEuropean Cup
1964–65 Real MadridPrimera DivisiónGeneralísimo's CupFIBA European Champions Cup
1969–70 Ignis VareseSerie AItalian CupFIBA European Champions Cup
1972–73 Ignis VareseSerie AItalian CupFIBA European Champions Cup
1973–74 Real MadridPrimera DivisiónGeneralísimo's CupFIBA European Champions Cup
1976–77 Maccabi Elite Tel AvivIsraeli Premier LeagueIsraeli State CupFIBA European Champions Cup
1980–81 Maccabi Elite Tel AvivIsraeli Premier LeagueIsraeli State CupFIBA European Champions Cup
1984–85 CibonaFirst Federal LeagueYugoslav CupFIBA European Champions Cup
1986–87 Tracer MilanoSerie AItalian CupFIBA European Champions Cup
1989–90 JugoplastikaFirst Federal LeagueYugoslav CupFIBA European Champions Cup
1990–91 POP 84First Federal LeagueYugoslav CupFIBA European Champions Cup
1991–92 PartizanYUBA LeagueYugoslav CupFIBA European League
1996–97 OlympiacosGBLGreek CupFIBA EuroLeague
2000–01 Kinder BolognaSerie AItalian CupEuroLeague
2000–01 Maccabi Elite Tel AvivIsraeli Premier LeagueIsraeli State CupFIBA SuproLeague
2002–03 FC BarcelonaLiga ACBKing's CupEuroLeague
2003–04 Maccabi Elite Tel AvivIsraeli Premier LeagueIsraeli State CupEuroLeague
2004–05 Maccabi Elite Tel AvivIsraeli Premier LeagueIsraeli State CupEuroLeague
2005–06 CSKA MoscowSuperleague ARussian CupEuroLeague
2006–07 PanathinaikosGBLGreek CupEuroLeague
2008–09 PanathinaikosGBLGreek CupEuroLeague
2013–14 Maccabi Electra Tel AvivIsraeli Premier LeagueIsraeli State CupEuroLeague
2014–15 Real MadridLiga ACBKing's CupEuroLeague
  • In the 2000–01 season, there were two first-tier level European-wide champions: Maccabi Elite, that won FIBA's SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna, that won Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague.
  • Šarūnas Jasikevičius is the only player in the history of European basketball to have won the Triple Crown with his teams 4 times. The teams that won the Triple Crown in which Jasikevičius played are: FC Barcelona in 2002–03, Maccabi Elite in 2003–04 and 2004–05, and Panathinaikos in 2008–09.

Achievements by club

Triple CrownClubSeasons
6 Maccabi Tel Aviv1976–77, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–14
3 Real Madrid1964–65, 1973–74, 2014–15
2 Varese1969–70, 1972–73
Split1989–90, 1990–91
Panathinaikos2006–07, 2008–09
1 Cibona1984–85
Olimpia Milano1986–87
Partizan1991–92
Olympiacos1996–97
Virtus Bologna2000–01
FC Barcelona2002–03
CSKA Moscow2005–06

Achievements by national league

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6 Israeli Premier Basketball League
4 Lega Basket Serie A
Primera División & Liga ACB
First Federal Basketball League & YUBA League
3 Greek Basket League
1 Russian Basketball Super League A

"Small Triple Crown"

Second-tiers

In addition, five European basketball clubs have won their top-tier level national domestic league, their top-tier level national domestic cup, and the 2nd-tier level European-wide competition (FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup / FIBA European Cup, or EuroCup) in the same season – the so-called, "Small Triple Crown".

SeasonClubNational LeagueNational CupEuropean Cup
1971–72 Simmenthal MilanoSerie AItalian CupFIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
1981–82 CibonaFirst Federal LeagueYugoslav CupFIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
1987–88 Limoges CSPLNB Pro ATournoi des AsFIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
1993–94 Smelt OlimpijaSlovenian Premier A LeagueSlovenian CupFIBA European Cup
2008–09 Lietuvos rytasLKLLKF CupEuroCup

Third and fourth-tiers

Seven clubs, on eight occasions, have won their top-tier level national domestic league, their top-tier level national domestic cup, and the 3rd-tier level European-wide competition (FIBA Korać Cup or FIBA EuroChallenge), or the 4th-tier level FIBA EuroCup Challenge / FIBA Europe Cup, in the same season.

SeasonClubNational LeagueNational CupEuropean Cup
1976–77 JugoplastikaFirst Federal LeagueYugoslav CupFIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier)
1978–79 PartizanFirst Federal LeagueYugoslav CupFIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier)
1982–83 Limoges CSPNationale 1Federation CupFIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier)
1986–87 FC BarcelonaLiga ACBKing's CupFIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier)
1995–96 Efes PilsenBSLTurkish CupFIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier)
1999–00 Limoges CSPLNB Pro AFrench CupFIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier)
2004–05 Asesoft PloiestiDivizia A Romanian CupFIBA Europe Cup (4th tier)
2011–12 Beşiktaş MilangazBSLTurkish CupFIBA EuroChallenge (3rd tier)
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