Intercontinental Cup (basketball)

For the international basketball tournament William Jones see William Jones Cup
Intercontinental Cup
Current season or competition:
1996 Intercontinental Cup (basketball)
Sport Basketball
Founded 1966
Inaugural season 1966
No. of teams various formation (10, 6, 5, 4, 2)
Country(ies) FIBA members
Continent FIBA (International)
Ceased 1996
Last champion(s) Panathinaikos (1st title)
Most titles Real Madrid (4 titles)

The World Cup for Champion Clubs, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup, was a basketball competition endorsed by FIBA to gather the best clubs from the federations affiliated to FIBA (excluding the professional NBA teams) and to officially decide the best club of the world, contended mainly by the continents of higher basketball level.

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History

The Intercontinental Cup competition was originally organized between the years 1966 and 1987. In 1973, the competition adopted the name Intercontinental Cup William Jones to honor the secretary general of FIBA. FIBA tried to rebirth the competition in 1996 by reorganizing the Intercontinental Cup into a best-of-three playoff tournament between the winners of the FIBA European Championship (known now as the Euroleague) and the winners of the Liga Sudamericana (the champions of all of South America). After that tournament however, the competition was succeeded by the McDonald's Championship, which preexisted and included NBA clubs.

Intercontinental Cup winners

Year Host City Champion 2nd place Final
1966
Details		 Madrid Ignis Varese S.C. Corinthians 66-59
1967
Details		 Varese, Naples, Rome Akron Goodyear Wingfoots Ignis Varese 78-72
1968
Details		 Philadelphia Akron Goodyear Wingfoots Real Madrid 105-73
1969
Details		 Macon Akron Goodyear Wingfoots Spartak Brno 84-71
1970
Details		 Varese Ignis Varese Real Madrid League
1973
Details		 São Paulo Ignis Varese E.C. Sírio League
1974
Details		 Mexico City University of Maryland Ignis Varese League
1975
Details		 Cantù Forst Cantù Amazonas Franca League
1976
Details		 Buenos Aires Real Madrid Mobilgirgi Varese League
1977
Details		 Madrid Real Madrid Mobilgirgi Varese League
1978
Details		 Buenos Aires Real Madrid Obras Sanitarias League
1979
Details		 São Paulo E.C. Sírio KK Bosna League
1980
Details		 Sarajevo Maccabi Tel Aviv A.A. Francana League
1981
Details		 São Paulo Real Madrid E.C. Sírio League
1982
Details		 Den Bosch Ford Cantù Maccabi Tel Aviv League
1983
Details		 Buenos Aires Obras Sanitarias Jollycolombani Cantú League
1984
Details		 São Paulo Virtus Roma Obras Sanitarias League
1985
Details		 Barcelona, Girona FC Barcelona Monte Líbano 93-89
1986
Details		 Buenos Aires Žalgiris Kaunas Ferro Carril Oeste 84-78
1987
Details		 Milano Tracer Milán FC Barcelona 100-84
1996
Details		 Venado Tuerto &
Athens		 Panathinaikos Olimpia Venado Tuerto Playoff

Titles by club

Titles Team Country
4 Real Madrid  Spain
3 Akron Goodyear Wingfoots  United States
3 Pallacanestro Varese  Italy
2 Pallacanestro Cantù  Italy
1 Olimpia Milano  Italy
1 Virtus Roma  Italy
1 FC Barcelona  Spain
1 University of Maryland  United States
1 Panathinaikos  Greece
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv  Israel
1 Obras Sanitarias  Argentina
1 Esporte Clube Sírio  Brazil
1 Žalgiris Kaunas  Soviet Union /  Lithuania

Titles by country

Titles Country Teams
7  Italy Pallacanestro Varese (3), Pallacanestro Cantù (2), Olimpia Milano (1), Virtus Roma (1).
5  Spain Real Madrid (4), FC Barcelona (1).
4  United States Akron Goodyear Wingfoots (3), University of Maryland (1).
1  Greece Panathinaikos (1).
1  Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv (1).
1  Argentina Obras Sanitarias (1).
1  Brazil Esporte Clube Sírio (1).
1  Soviet Union /  Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas (1).

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Intercontinental Cup
1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1970 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1996