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 national domestic league, primary national domestic cup, and the top tier European continental level competition (Euroleague) in the same season. It is the highest accomplishment that a European basketball club can achieve during a season. Only 12 European clubs have achieved the Triple Crown, on 20 different occasions.

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All the Triple Crowns achieved

Season Club
1964-65
Real Madrid
1969-70
Ignis Varese
1972-73
Ignis Varese
1973-74
Real Madrid
1976-77
Maccabi Tel Aviv
1980-81
Maccabi Tel Aviv
1984-85
Cibona Zagreb
1986-87
Tracer Milano
1989-90
Jugoplastika Split
1990-91
POP 84 Split
1991-92
Partizan Belgrade
Season Club
1996-97
Olympiacos Piraeus
2000-01
Kinder Bologna
2000-01
Maccabi Tel Aviv
2002-03
FC Barcelona
2003-04
Maccabi Tel Aviv
2004-05
Maccabi Tel Aviv
2005-06
CSKA Moscow
2006-07
Panathinaikos Athens
2008-09
Panathinaikos Athens

By club

Club Triple Crowns
Maccabi Tel Aviv
5
Panathinaikos Athens
2
Pallacanestro Varese
2
Real Madrid
2
Split
2
Cibona Zagreb
1
Olimpia Milano
1
Partizan Belgrade
1
Olympiacos Piraeus
1
Virtus Bologna
1
FC Barcelona
1
CSKA Moscow
1

By country (national league)

Country National League Triple Crowns
Israel Israeli BSL
5
Italy Italian Lega A
4
Yugoslavia Yugoslav Basketball League
4
Spain Spanish ACB
3
Greece Greek HEBA A1
3
Russia Russian SuperLeague A
1

See also