Italian Basketball Cup

Italian Basketball Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2014 Italian Basketball Cup
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1967-68 season
Country	Italy
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Dinamo Sassari (2nd title)
Most titles	Virtus Bologna (8 titles) Treviso (8 titles)
Related competitions	Italian Basketball League Italian Basketball Supercup Italian Legadue Cup

The Italian Basketball Cup (Italian: Coppa Italiana di Pallacanestro), or Coppa Italia, is an annual professional basketball competition between pro clubs from the Italian Basketball League. It is Italy's first-tier cup competition, and is not to be confused with Italy's second-tier cup competition, the Italian Legadue Cup.

History and format

The first edition of the Italian Cup championship took place in 1968, and was won by Partenope Napoli. Between 1975 and 1983, the cup competition was not held, but it has been held regularly every year from 1984 onwards. The formula of the competition has changed over the years. Beginning in 1990, after an elimination phase and subsequent knockout rounds, the tournament ends in a final four format. From 2000 onwards, the ranked 8 teams compete for the trophy in a Final Eight format which consists of the quarter-finals, semifinals and the final over 3 days.

Finally, the winner of the Italian Cup championship then has the right to face the winner of the Italian League championship in a single final game to determine the winner the Italian Supercup championship.

Palmare

Champions

Finals

Year	Host city	Champion	Runners-up	Final	MVP
1967–68	Bologna	Partenope Napoli (Ignis Sud)	Fortitudo Bologna (Cassera)	93-68	N/A
1968–69	Rome	Varése (Ignis)	Partenope Napoli (Fides)	73-72	N/A
1969–70	Rome	Varése (Ignis)	Olimpia Milano (Simmenthal)	74-66	N/A
1970–71	Viareggio	Varése (Ignis)	Partenope Napoli (Fides)	83-60	N/A
1971–72	Turin	Olimpia Milano (Simmenthal)	Varése (Ignis)	81-77	N/A
1972–73	Brescia	Varése (Ignis)	Cierre Asti	94-65	N/A
1973–74	Vicenza	Virtus Bologna (Norda)	Udine (Rino Snaidero)	90-74	N/A
1974–83	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held		N/A
1983–84	Bologna	Virtus Bologna (Granarolo)	Juvecaserta (Indesit)	80-78	N/A
1984–85	Pesaro & Varese	VL Pesaro (Scavolini)	Varése (Ciao Crem)	77-91, 109-93	N/A
1985–86	Bologna	Olimpia Milano (Tracer)	VL Pesaro (Scavolini)	102-92	N/A
1986–87	Bologna	Olimpia Milano (Tracer)	VL Pesaro (Scavolini)	95-93	N/A
1987–88	Bologna	Juvecaserta (Snaidero)	Varése (Divarese)	113-100	N/A
1988–89	Bologna	Virtus Bologna (Knorr)	Juvecaserta (Snaidero)	96-93	N/A
1989–90	Forlì	Virtus Bologna (Knorr)	Virtus Roma (il Messaggero)	94-83	N/A
1990–91	Bologna	Scaligera Verona (Glaxo)	Olimpia Milano (Philips)	97-85	N/A
1991–92	Forlì	VL Pesaro (Scavolini)	Treviso (Benetton)	95-92	N/A
1992–93	Forlì	Treviso (Benetton)	Virtus Bologna (Knorr)	75-73	N/A
1993–94	Casalecchio di Reno	Treviso (Benetton)	Scaligera Verona (Glaxo)	78-61	Davide Bonora
1994–95	Casalecchio di Reno	Treviso (Benetton)	Trieste (illycaffè)	81-77	Orlando Woolridge
1995–96	Assago	Olimpia Milano (Stefanel)	Scaligera Verona (Mash Jeans)	90-72	Rolando Blackman
1996–97	Casalecchio di Reno	Virtus Bologna (Kinder)	Cantù (Polti)	75-67	Bane Prelević
1997–98	Casalecchio di Reno	Fortitudo Bologna (Teamsystem)	Treviso (Benetton)	73-55	Carlton Myers
1998–99	Casalecchio di Reno	Virtus Bologna (Kinder)	Varése (Roosters)	65-63	Alessando Frosini
1999–00	Reggio Calabria	Treviso (Benetton)	Virtus Bologna (Kinder)	78-59	Denis Marconato
2000–01	Forlì	Virtus Bologna (Kinder)	VL Pesaro (Scavolini)	83-58	Rashard Griffith
2001–02	Forlì	Virtus Bologna (Kinder)	Mens Sana (Montepaschi)	79-77	Manu Ginóbili
2002–03	Forlì	Treviso (Benetton)	Cantù (Oregon Scientific)	86-77	Tyus Edney
2003–04	Forlì	Treviso (Benetton)	VL Pesaro (Scavolini)	85-76	Jorge Garbajosa
2004–05	Forlì	Treviso (Benetton)	Reggiana (Bipop Carire)	74-64	Massimo Bulleri
2005–06	Forlì	Napoli (Carpisa)	Virtus Roma (Lottomatica)	85-83	David Hawkins
2006–07	Casalecchio di Reno	Treviso (Benetton)	Virtus Bologna (VidiVici)	67-65	Spencer Nelson
2007–08	Casalecchio di Reno	Avellino (Air)	Virtus Bologna (La Fortezza)	73-67	Devin Smith
2008–09	Casalecchio di Reno	Mens Sana (Montepaschi)	Virtus Bologna (La Fortezza)	70-69	Shaun Stonerook
2009–10	Avellino	Mens Sana (Montepaschi)	Virtus Bologna (Canadian Solar)	83-75	Shaun Stonerook (2)
2010–11	Turin	Mens Sana (Montepaschi)	Cantù (Bennet)	79-72	Kšyštof Lavrinovič
2011–12	Turin	Mens Sana (Montepaschi)	Cantù (Bennet)	88-71	David Andersen
2012–13	Assago	Mens Sana (Montepaschi)	Varése (Cimberio)	77-74	Daniel Hackett
2013–14	Assago	Dinamo Sassari (Banco di Sardegna)	Mens Sana (Montepaschi)	80-73	Travis Diener
2014–15	Desio	Dinamo Sassari (Banco di Sardegna)	Olimpia Milano (EA7)	101-94	David Logan

Performance by club

See also

• Italian Basketball Federation
• Italian Basketball League
• Italian Basketball Supercup
• Serie A2 Gold Basket
• Italian Legadue Cup

External links

• Italian League Site (Italian)

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