Italian Basketball Cup

Italian Basketball Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2017 Italian Basketball Cup
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1967-68 season
Country	Italy
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (5th title)
Most titles	Virtus Bologna (8 titles) Treviso (8 titles)
Related competitions	Italian Basketball League LBA 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 LBA. 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 onward. 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 onward, 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.

Title holders

• 1967–68 Partenope Napoli
• 1968–69 Varese
• 1969–70 Varese
• 1970–71 Varese
• 1971–72 Olimpia Milano
• 1972–73 Varese
• 1973–74 Virtus Bologna
• 1974–83 Not Held
• 1983–84 Virtus Bologna
• 1984–85 Victoria Libertas Pesaro
• 1985–86 Olimpia Milano

• 1986–87 Olimpia Milano
• 1987–88 Juventus Caserta
• 1988–89 Virtus Bologna
• 1989–90 Virtus Bologna
• 1990–91 Scaligera Verona
• 1991–92 Victoria Libertas Pesaro
• 1992–93 P.Treviso
• 1993–94 P.Treviso
• 1994–95 P.Treviso
• 1995–96 Olimpia Milano
• 1996–97 Virtus Bologna

• 1997–98 Fortitudo Bologna
• 1998–99 Virtus Bologna
• 1999–00 P. Treviso
• 2000–01 Virtus Bologna
• 2001–02 Virtus Bologna
• 2002–03 P. Treviso
• 2003–04 P. Treviso
• 2004–05 P. Treviso
• 2005–06 Napoli
• 2006–07 Treviso
• 2007–08 F. Scandone Avellino

• 2008–09 Mens Sana Siena
• 2009–10 Mens Sana Siena
• 2010–11 Mens Sana Siena
• 2011–12 Mens Sana Siena
• 2012–13 Mens Sana Siena
• 2013–14 Dinamo Sassari
• 2014–15 Dinamo Sassari
• 2015–16 Olimpia Milano

The finals

Season	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Location	MVP
Coppa Italiana di Pallacanestro
1967–68	Ignis Sud Napoli	93–68	Cassera Bologna	PalaDozza	Bologna	N/A
1968–69	Ignis Varese	73–72	Fides Napoli	Palazzo dello Sport	Rome	N/A
1969–70	Ignis Varese	74–66	Simmenthal Milano	Palazzo dello Sport	Rome	N/A
1970–71	Ignis Varese	83–60	Fides Napoli	PalaBarsacchi	Viareggio	N/A
1971–72	Simmenthal Milano	81–77	Ignis Varese	PalaRuffini	Turin	N/A
1972–73	Ignis Varese	94–65	Saclà Asti	Pala E.I.B.	Brescia	N/A
1973–74	Norda Bologna	90–74	Rino Snaidero Udine	PalaLaghetto	Vicenza	N/A
1974–83	Not held
1983–84	Granarolo Bologna	80–78	Indesit Caserta	PalaDozza	Bologna	N/A
1984–85	Scavolini Pesaro	186–184	Ciaocrem Varese	PalaIgnis & Palasport	Varese & Pesaro	N/A
1985–86	Simac Milano	102–92	Scavolini Pesaro	PalaDozza	Bologna	N/A
1986–87	Tracer Milano	95–93	Scavolini Pesaro	PalaDozza	Bologna	N/A
1987–88	Snaidero Caserta	113–100	Divarese Varese	PalaDozza	Bologna	N/A
1988–89	Knorr Bologna	96–93	Snaidero Caserta	PalaDozza	Bologna	N/A
1989–90	Knorr Bologna	94–83	il Messaggero Roma	PalaGalassi	Forlì	N/A
1990–91	Glaxo Verona	97–85	Philips Milano	PalaDozza	Bologna	N/A
1991–92	Scavolini Pesaro	95–92	Benetton Treviso	PalaGalassi	Forlì	N/A
1992–93	Benetton Treviso	75–73	Knorr Bologna	PalaGalassi	Forlì	N/A
1993–94	Benetton Treviso	78–61	Glaxo Verona	PalaMalaguti	Casalecchio di Reno	Davide Bonora
1994–95	Benetton Treviso	81–77	illycaffè Trieste	PalaMalaguti	Casalecchio di Reno	Orlando Woolridge
1995–96	Stefanel Milano	90–72	Riello Mash Verona	Fila Forum	Assago	Rolando Blackman
1996–97	Kinder Bologna	75–67	Polti Cantù	PalaMalaguti	Casalecchio di Reno	Bane Prelević
1997–98	Teamsystem Bologna	73–55	Benetton Treviso	PalaMalaguti	Casalecchio di Reno	Carlton Myers
1998–99	Kinder Bologna	65–63	Varese Roosters	PalaMalaguti	Casalecchio di Reno	Alessando Frosini
1999–00	Benetton Treviso	78–59	Kinder Bologna	PalaPentimele	Reggio Calabria	Denis Marconato
2000–01	Kinder Bologna	83–58	Scavolini Pesaro	PalaGalassi	Forlì	Rashard Griffith
2001–02	Kinder Bologna	79–77	Montepaschi Siena	PalaGalassi	Forlì	Manu Ginóbili
2002–03	Benetton Treviso	86–77	Oregon Scientific Cantù	PalaGalassi	Forlì	Tyus Edney
2003–04	Benetton Treviso	85–76	Scavolini Pesaro	PalaGalassi	Forlì	Jorge Garbajosa
2004–05	Benetton Treviso	74–64	Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia	PalaGalassi	Forlì	Massimo Bulleri
2005–06	Carpisa Napoli	85–83	Lottomatica Roma	PalaGalassi	Forlì	David Hawkins
2006–07	Benetton Treviso	67–65	VidiVici Bologna	Futurshow Station	Casalecchio di Reno	Spencer Nelson
2007–08	A.IR. Avellino	73–67	La Fortezza Bologna	Futurshow Station	Casalecchio di Reno	Devin Smith
2008–09	Montepaschi Siena	70–69	La Fortezza Bologna	Futurshow Station	Casalecchio di Reno	Shaun Stonerook
2009–10	Montepaschi Siena	83–75	Canadian Solar Bologna	Palasport Del Mauro	Avellino	Shaun Stonerook (2)
2010–11	Montepaschi Siena	79–72	Bennet Cantù	Palasport Olimpico	Turin	Kšyštof Lavrinovič
2011–12	Mens Sana Siena	88–71	Bennet Cantù	Palasport Olimpico	Turin	David Andersen
2012–13	Mens Sana Siena	77–74	Cimberio Varese	Mediolanum Forum	Assago	Daniel Hackett
2013–14	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	80–73	Montepaschi Siena	Mediolanum Forum	Assago	Travis Diener
2014–15	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	101–94	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	PalaDesio	Desio	David Logan
2015–16	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	82–76	Sidigas Avellino	Mediolanum Forum	Assago	Rakim Sanders

Performance by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion Years
1.	Virtus Bologna	8	6	1973–74, 1983–84, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02
2.	Treviso	8	2	1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07
3.	Olimpia Milano	5	2	1971–72, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1995–96, 2015–16
4.	Varese	4	5	1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73
5.	Mens Sana Siena	3	1	2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
6.	Victoria Libertas Pesaro	2	0	1984–85, 1991–92
7.	Dinamo Sassari	2	4	2013–14, 2014–15
8.	Partenope Napoli	1	2	1967–68
9.	Juvecaserta	1	2	1987–88
10.	Scaligera Verona	1	2	1990–91
11.	Fortitudo Bologna	1	1	1997–98
12.	Felice Scandone Avellino	1	1	2007–08
13.	Napoli	1	0	2005–06
14.	Cantù	0	4
15.	Virtus Roma	0	2
16.	Libertas Asti	0	1
17.	Amatori Udine	0	1
18.	Trieste	0	1
19.	Reggiana	0	1

See also

• Italian Basketball Federation
• Italian Basketball League
• Italian Basketball Supercup
• Italian Basketball All Star Game
• Serie A2 Basket
• Italian LNP Cup

External links

• Italian League Site Template:It icon