Triple Crown (basketball)
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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 22 different occasions.
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All the Triple Crowns achieved[edit]
- In the 2000–01 season, there were two European champions: Maccabi Tel Aviv, that won FIBA's SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna, that won Euroleague Basketball Company's Euroleague.
- Šarūnas Jasikevičius is the only player in the history of European basketball to have won the Triple Crown with his teams 4 times. The teams that won the Triple Crown in which Jasikevičius participated are: FC Barcelona in 2002–03, Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2003–04 and 2004–05, and Panathinaikos in 2008–09.
Achievements by club[edit]
| Triple Crown | Club | Seasons |
| 6 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv |
1976–77, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–14 |
| 3 |  Real Madrid |
1964–65, 1973–74, 2014–15 |
| 2 |  Varèse |
1969–70, 1972–73 |
 Split |
1989–90, 1990–91 | |
 Panathinaikos |
2006–07, 2008–09 | |
| 1 | Cibona |
1984–85 |
| Olimpia Milano |
1986–87 | |
 Partizan |
1991–92 | |
| Olympiacos |
1996–97 | |
| Virtus Bologna |
2000–01 | |
| FC Barcelona |
2002–03 | |
 CSKA Moscow |
2005–06 |
Achievements by national league[edit]
| Triple Crown | League |
| 6 | Israeli BSL |
| 4 | Lega Serie A |
| Liga ACB |
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| 3 | Yugoslav FFL |
| A1 Basket League |
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| 1 | YUBA League |
| Russian BSL |
"Small Triple Crown"[edit]
Second-tiers[edit]
In addition, four European basketball clubs have won their top tier national domestic league, top tier national domestic cup, and the 2nd-tier European competition (FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup / FIBA European Cup, or Eurocup) in the same season – the so-called, "Small Triple Crown".
| Season | Club | National League | National Cup | European Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971–72 | Olimpia Milano (Simmenthal) |
Lega Basket Serie A | Italian Cup | FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup |
| 1987–88 |  Limoges |
LNB Pro A | Tournoi des As | FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup |
| 1993–94 |  Olimpija (Smelt) |
Slovenian Premier A League | Slovenian Cup | FIBA European Cup |
| 2008–09 |  Lietuvos Rytas |
LKL | LKF Cup | Eurocup |
Third and fourth-tiers[edit]
Seven clubs, on eight occasions, have won their top tier national domestic league, top tier national domestic cup, and the 3rd-tier European competition (FIBA Korać Cup or FIBA EuroChallenge), or the 4th-tier FIBA EuroCup Challenge, in the same season.
| Season | Club | National League | National Cup | European Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976–77 | Split (Jugoplastika) |
Yugoslav First Federal League | Yugoslav Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) |
| 1978–79 | Partizan |
Yugoslav First Federal League | Yugoslav Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) |
| 1982–83 | Limoges |
Nationale 1 | Federation Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) |
| 1986–87 | FC Barcelona |
Liga ACB | King's Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) |
| 1995–96 |  Efes Pilsen |
TBL | Turkish Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) |
| 1999–00 | Limoges |
LNB Pro A | French Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) |
| 2004–05 |  Asesoft Ploiesti |
Divizia A | Romanian Cup | FIBA EuroCup Challenge (4th tier) |
| 2011–12 | Beşiktaş |
TBL | Turkish Cup | FIBA EuroChallenge (3rd tier) |
See also[edit]
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