FIBA Saporta Cup

FIBA Saporta Cup

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

FIBA Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, where the National Cup winners from all over Europe played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA Europe. It was named after Raimundo Saporta, a Real Madrid director.

History

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

• 1966–67 to 1990–91 FIBA European Cup Winner's 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 very last Saporta Cup season was held during the 2001–02 season. After that, it was fused with the Korać Cup, into the newly formed ULEB Cup competition, now known as the EuroCup.

Title holders

Finals

Year		Final				Semifinalists
		Champion	Score	Second place
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)	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 Sofia	Jugoplastika
1975–76 Details		Cinzano Milano	88–73	Tours		Rabotnički	Estudiantes Monteverde
1976–77 Details		Forst Cantù	87–86	Radnički Belgrade		Cinzano Milano	Juventud Schweppes
1977–78 Details		Gabetti Cantù	84–82	Sinudyne Bologna		Caen	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	96–89	Ram Joventut		Scavolini Pesaro	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1988–89 Details		Real Madrid	119–113	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	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
1995–96 Details		Taugrés	88–81	PAOK		Dynamo Moscow	Žalgiris
1996–97 Details		Real Madrid	78–64	Riello Mash 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
5.	FC Barcelona	2	1	1984–85, 1985–86
6.	Varese	2		1966–67, 1979–80
7.	AEK	2		1967–68, 1999–00
8.	Cibona	2		1981–82, 1986–87
9.	Treviso	2		1994–95, 1998–99
10.	Crvena zvezda	1	2	1973–74
11.	Victoria Libertas	1	2	1982–83
12.	Virtus Bologna	1	2	1989–90
13.	PAOK	1	2	1990–91
14.	Baskonia	1	2	1995–96
15.	USK Praha	1	1	1968–69
16.	Žalgiris	1	1	1997–98
17.	Partenope Napoli	1		1969–70
18.	Limoges	1		1987–88
19.	Aris	1		1992–93
20.	Olimpija	1		1993–94
21.	Maroussi	1		2000–01
22.	Mens Sana 1871	1		2001–02
23.	Valencia		2
24.	Maccabi Tel Aviv		1
25.	Dinamo Tbilisi		1
26.	Vichy		1
27.	Split		1
28.	Brno		1
29.	Tours		1
30.	Radnički Belgrade		1
31.	Den Bosch		1
32.	ASVEL		1
33.	Joventut Badalona		1
34.	Juvecaserta		1
35.	Zaragoza		1
36.	Efes Pilsen		1
37.	Scaligera Verona		1
38.	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
9.	Lithuania	1
10.	Israel		1
11.	Netherlands		1
12.	Turkey		1

Winning rosters

FIBA European Cup Winner's 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., Jiri Ruzicka, Robert Mifka, Jiri Ammer, Bohumil Tomasek, Karel Baroch, Jaroslav Krivy, Jiri Konopasek (Head Coach: Jaroslav Sip)

• 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, Ljubomir 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 Forst Cantù

Bob Lienhard, Hart Wingo, Pierluigi 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, Pierluigi 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, Pierluigi 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)

• 1980–81 Squibb Cantù

Pierluigi Marzorati, Antonello Riva, Bruce Flowers, Tom Boswell, Renzo Bariviera, Renzo Tombolato, Denis Innocentin, Giorgio Cattini, Terry Stotts, Umberto Cappelletti, Eugenio Masolo, Antonio Sala, Valerio Fumagalli, Giuseppe Bosa (Head Coach: Valerio Bianchini)

• 1981–82 Cibona

Krešimir Ćosić, Aleksandar Petrović, Andro Knego, Zoran Čutura, Mihovil Nakić, Sven Ušić, Damir Pavličević, Adnan Bečić, Rajko Gospodnetić, Mlađan Cetinja, Toni Bevanda, Srđan Savović (Head Coach: Mirko Novosel)

• 1982–83 Scavolini Pesaro

Dragan Kićanović, Željko Jerkov, Walter Magnifico, Mike Sylvester, Domenico Zampolini, Giuseppe Ponzoni, Amos Benevelli, Alessandro Boni, Massimo Bini, Gianluca Del Monte, Fabio Mancini, Antonio Sassanelli (Head Coach: Petar Skansi)

• 1983–84 Real Madrid

Juan Antonio Corbalán, Brian Jackson, Fernando Martín, Wayne Robinson, Rafael Rullán, Fernando Romay, Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, Antonio Martín, Francisco José Velasco, Juan Antonio Orenga, Wilson Simon (Head Coach: Lolo Sainz)

• 1984–85 FC Barcelona

Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Chicho Sibilio, Ignacio Solozábal, Mike Davis, Otis Howard, Juan Domingo De la Cruz, Xavi Crespo, Pedro Ansa, Arturo Seara, Julián Ortiz, Ángel Heredero (Head Coach: Antoni Serra / Manuel Flores)

• 1985–86 FC Barcelona

Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Chicho Sibilio, Ignacio Solozábal, Greg Wiltjer, Mark Smith, Juan Domingo De la Cruz, Xavi Crespo, Arturo Seara, Julián Ortiz, Steve Trumbo, Ferran Martínez, Ángel Heredero, Jordi Soler (Head Coach: Aíto García Reneses)

• 1986–87 Cibona

Dražen Petrović, Aleksandar Petrović, Danko Cvjetičanin, Andro Knego, Zoran Čutura, Mihovil Nakić, Franjo Arapović, Sven Ušić, Branko Vukićević, Adnan Bečić, Nebojša Razić (Head Coach: Janez Drvarič / Mirko Novosel)

• 1987–88 Limoges

Richard Dacoury, Clarence Kea, Stéphane Ostrowski, Greg Beugnot, Don Collins, Jacques Monclar, Hugues Occansey, Georges Vestris, Alain Forestier, Frederic Guinot, Jean-Luc Hribersek, Laurent Vinsou, Franck Maquaire (Head Coach: Michel Gomez)

• 1988–89 Real Madrid

Dražen Petrović, Johnny Rogers, Fernando Martín, José Biriukov, Antonio Martín, Pep Cargol, Fernando Romay, José Luis Llorente, Enrique Villalobos, Javier Pérez, Miguel Ángel Cabral, Carlos García (Head Coach: Lolo Sainz)

• 1989–90 Knorr Bologna

Micheal Ray Richardson, Roberto Brunamonti, Mike Sylvester, Clemon Johnson, Augusto Binelli, Lauro Bon, Claudio Coldebella, Vittorio Gallinari, Massimiliano Romboli, Clivo Massimo Righi, Tommaso Tasso, Davide Bonora, Andrea Cempini (Head Coach: Ettore Messina)

• 1990–91 PAOK

Bane Prelević, Ken Barlow, John Korfas, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Nikos Boudouris, Nikos Stavropoulos, Georgios Makaras, Panagiotis Papachronis, Memos Ioannou, Achilleas Mamatziolas, Lazaros Tsakiris, Georgios Valavanidis (Head Coach: Dragan Šakota)

FIBA European Cup:

• 1991–92 Real Madrid

Rickey Brown, Mark Simpson, José Biriukov, Antonio Martín, Fernando Romay, José Miguel Antúnez, Pep Cargol, José Luis Llorente, Enrique Villalobos, Jonatan Ángel Ojeda, José María Silva, Tomás González (Head Coach: Clifford Luyk)

• 1992–93 Sato Aris

Roy Tarpley, Panagiotis Giannakis, Mitchell Anderson, Michail Misounof, Dinos Angelidis, Vagelis Vourtzoumis, Georgios Gasparis, Vasilis Lipiridis, Memos Ioannou, Igor Moraitov, Theodosios Paralikas (Head Coach: Zvi Sherf)

• 1993–94 Smelt Olimpija

Dušan Hauptman, Roman Horvat, Boris Gorenc, Žarko Đurišić, Marko Tušek, Nebojša Razić, Marijan Kraljević, Jaka Daneu, Vitali Nosov, Klemen Zaletel (Head Coach: Zmago Sagadin)

• 1994–95 Benetton Treviso

Petar Naumoski, Orlando Woolridge, Ken Barlow, Stefano Rusconi, Riccardo Pittis, Massimo Iacopini, Andrea Gracis, Denis Marconato, Alberto Vianini, Riccardo Esposito, Maurizio Ragazzi, Federico Peruzzo, Paolo Casonato (Head Coach: Mike D'Antoni)

• 1995–96 Taugrés

Velimir Perasović, Kenny Green, Ramón Rivas, Marcelo Nicola, Jordi Millera, Miguel Ángel Reyes, Ferran Lopez, Jorge Garbajosa, Juan Pedro Cazorla, Carlos Cazorla, Carlos Dicenta, Pedro Rodríguez, Juan Ignacio Gómez (Head Coach: Manel Comas)

FIBA EuroCup:

• 1996–97 Real Madrid

Dejan Bodiroga, Joe Arlauckas, Alberto Herreros, Mike Smith, Juan Antonio Morales, Juan Antonio Orenga, Alberto Angulo, José Miguel Antúnez, Ismael Santos, Roberto Núñez, Pablo Laso, Lorenzo Sanz (Head Coach: Željko Obradović)

• 1997–98 Žalgiris

Saulius Štombergas, Ennis Whatley, Franjo Arapović, Dainius Adomaitis, Tomas Masiulis, Virginijus Praškevičius, Darius Maskoliūnas, Kęstutis Šeštokas, Mindaugas Žukauskas, Eurelijus Žukauskas, Darius Sirtautas, Tauras Stumbrys, Danya Abrams (Head Coach: Jonas Kazlauskas)

FIBA Saporta Cup:

• 1998–99 Benetton Treviso

Henry Williams, Željko Rebrača, Marcelo Nicola, Glenn Sekunda, William Di Spalatro, Tomas Jofresa, Denis Marconato, Casey Schmidt, Davide Bonora, Riccardo Pittis, Oliver Narr, Stjepan Stazić, Matteo Maestrello (Head Coach: Željko Obradović)

• 1999–00 AEK

Anthony Bowie, Martin Müürsepp, Michalis Kakiouzis, Angelos Koronios, Nikos Chatzis, Dimos Dikoudis, Iakovos "Jake" Tsakalidis, Dan O'Sullivan, Steve Hansell, Vassilis Kikilias, Nikos Papanikolopoulos, Miltos Moschou (Head Coach: Dusan Ivković)

• 2000–01 Maroussi

Ashraf Amaya, Jimmy Oliver, Vasco Evtimov, Georgios Maslarinos, Alexis Falekas, Sotirios Nikolaidis, Vangelis Vourtzoumis, Dimitris Marmarinos, Dimitris Karaplis, Vangelis Logothetis, Sotirios Manolopoulos, Charalampos Charalampidis, Kostas Anagnostou (Head Coach: Vangelis Alexandris)

• 2001–02 Montepaschi Siena

Petar Naumoski, Vrbica Stefanov, Brian Tolbert, Boris Gorenc, Milenko Topić, Roberto Chiacig, Mindaugas Žukauskas, Nikola Bulatović, Alpay Öztaş, Marco Rossetti, German Scarone, Andrea Pilotti (Head Coach: Ergin Ataman)

Saporta Cup Finals Top Scorers

From the 1966–67 to 2001–02 seasons, the Top Scorer of the Saporta Cup finals was noted, regardless of whether he played on the winning or losing team.

*	Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
**	Member of the FIBA Hall of Fame
***	Member of both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame

Season	Top Scorer	Club	Points Scored
1966–67	Tal Brody	Maccabi Tel Aviv	26.5 (2 games)
1967–68	Georgios Amerikanos & Jiří Zídek Sr.	AEK & Slavia VŠ Praha	31
1968–69	Jiří Zedníček	Slavia VŠ Praha	22
1969–70	Rudy Bennett	Vichy	26.0 (2 games)
1970–71	Massimo Masini	Simmenthal Milano	18.5 (2 games)
1971–72	Art Kenney	Simmenthal Milano	23
1972–73	Valeri Fjodorov	Spartak Leningrad	25
1973–74	Zoran Slavnić** & Jan Bobrovský	Crvena zvezda & Spartak ZJŠ Brno	20
1974–75	Zoran Slavnić** (2)	Crvena zvezda	21
1975–76	Giuseppe "Pino" Brumatti	Cinzano Milano	29
1976–77	Srećko Jarić	Radnički Belgrade	30
1977–78	Gianni Bertolotti	Sinudyne Bologna	27
1978–79	Johnny Neumann	Gabetti Cantù	20
1979–80	Bruce Seals	Emerson Varese	26
1980–81	Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi"	FC Barcelona	28
1981–82	Andro Knego	Cibona	34
1982–83	Dragan Kićanović***	Scavolini Pesaro	31
1983–84	Brian Jackson & Roberto Premier	Real Madrid & Simac Milano	27
1984–85	Rimas Kurtinaitis	Žalgiris	36
1985–86	Zam Fredrick	Scavolini Pesaro	32
1986–87	Dražen Petrović***	Cibona	28
1987–88	Don Collins	Limoges	28
1988–89	Dražen Petrović*** (2)	Real Madrid	62
1989–90	Micheal Ray Richardson	Knorr Bologna	29
1990–91	Bane Prelević	PAOK	31
1991–92	Bane Prelević (2)	PAOK	29
1992–93	Roy Tarpley	Sato Aris	19
1993–94	Roman Horvat	Smelt Olimpija	33
1994–95	Petar Naumoski, Orlando Woolridge & Kenny Green	Benetton Treviso & Taugrés	26
1995–96	Bane Prelević (3)	PAOK	34
1996–97	Alberto Herreros	Real Madrid	19
1997–98	Saulius Štombergas	Žalgiris	35
1998–99	Henry Williams & Rod Sellers	Benetton Treviso & Pamesa Valencia	17
1999–00	Sasha Danilović	Kinder Bologna	18
2000–01	Jimmy Oliver	Maroussi	31
2001–02	Petar Naumoski (2)	Montepaschi Siena	23

Top 10 scoring performances in final games

Points	Player	Club	Year	Opponent Club
62	Dražen Petrović	Real Madrid	1989	Snaidero Caserta
44	Oscar Schmidt	Snaidero Caserta	1989	Real Madrid
36	Rimas Kurtinaitis	Žalgiris	1985	FC Barcelona
35	Saulius Štombergas	Žalgiris	1998	Stefanel Milano
34	Andro Knego	Cibona	1982	Real Madrid
34	Ferdinando Gentile	Snaidero Caserta	1989	Real Madrid
34	Bane Prelević	PAOK	1996	Taugrés
33	Roman Horvat	Smelt Olimpija	1994	Taugrés
32	Ken Bannister	Taugrés	1994	Smelt Olimpija
32	Zam Fredrick	Scavolini Pesaro	1986	FC Barcelona

External links

• FIBA Saporta Cup @ FIBA Europe.com
• FIBA Saporta Cup Winners