William Jones Cup

R. William Jones Cup

Current season or competition: 2011 William Jones Cup
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1975
Inaugural season	1977
No. of teams	7
Country(ies)	Republic of China
Most recent champion(s)	Iran (3rd title)
Most titles	United States (15 titles)

For the Intercontinental cup William Jones, see Intercontinental Cup (basketball)

For the Guyanese cricket competition also called the Jones Cup, see Guystac Trophy

The R. William Jones Cup (also known as the Jones Cup) is an international basketball tournament held annually in Taipei, Taiwan. It was named after Renato William Jones, a basketball promoter and one of the founders of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).

The Jones Cup tournament started in 1977 and is held annually. There are two version of the William Jones Cup — the tournament for men's basketball and for women's basketball — both dominated by American teams since 1977.

In 2003, due to the SARS epidemic crisis in Asia, the tournament was cancelled but resumed the competition in 2004.

The tournament invites clubs, collegiate teams, and national teams from around the world but mainly from the Asian and the North American regions.

Champions

Men's tournament

Year	Champion	Second place	Third place
1977	American Challenger	Eastern Washington	Flying Camel
1978	American Buluside	Korea	American College
1979	Not held
1980	Sweden	United States	Panama
1981	Northern Consolidated Cement	Sweden	France
1982	United States	Canada	France
1983	United States	Scotland	Italy
1984	United States	Canada	Netherlands
1985	San Miguel Beer	United States	Sweden
1986	United States	Korea	Japan
1987	West Germany	United States	Australia
1988	United States	Australia	Korea
1989	Not held
1990	Mexico	Poland	United States
1991	United States	Soviet Union	Korea
1992	Marathon Oil	USK Praha	United States
1993	University of Hawaii	Hung Kuo	Ukraine Sparta
1994	United States	Yulong	Hungary
1995	United States	Slovak Republic	Macro states
1996	Canada	Russia	United States
1997	Kangoo Jumps	Statyba	Guanghua
1998	Philippine Centennial Team	Chinese Taipei	Korea
1999	Korea	Chinese Taipei	New Zealand
2000	New Zealand	Korea	Chinese Taipei
2001	Chinese Taipei	Korea	Russia
2002	Great Mates	Canada	Japan
2003	Not held
2004	Chinese Taipei White	Canada	Perth Wildcats
2005	Passing Lane	Chinese Taipei	Philippines
2006	Athletes in Action	Canada	Qatar
2007	Jordan	Lebanon	Philippines
2008	Jordan	United States	Australia
2009	Iran	Jordan	Lebanon
2010	Iran	Lebanon	Japan
2011	Iran	Korea	Philippines

By country

Country	1 Gold	2 Silver	3 Bronze
United States	13	5	5
Philippines	3	0	3
Iran	3	0	0
Chinese Taipei	2	5	2
Jordan	2	1	0
South Korea	1	5	3
Canada	1	5	0
Australia	1	1	2
Sweden	1	1	1
New Zealand	1	0	1
West Germany	1	0	0
Czechoslovakia	0	1	0
Lebanon	0	1	1
Russia	0	1	1
Lithuania	0	1	0
Poland	0	1	0
Scotland	0	1	0
Soviet Union	0	1	0
Slovakia	0	1	0
Japan	0	0	3
France	0	0	2
Hungary	0	0	1
Italy	0	0	1
Netherlands	0	0	1
Panama	0	0	1
Qatar	0	0	1
Ukraine	0	0	1