The European Basketball Triple Crown is a term in European professional club basketball that refers to a club winning their country's top-tier level national domestic league, their county's primary national domestic cup, and the top-tier level European-wide continental competition, which is the EuroLeague, all in the same season. It is the highest accomplishment that a European professional basketball club can achieve during a season. To date, only a total of 12 different European basketball clubs have managed to achieve winning the European Basketball Triple Crown, in a total of 22 occasions.
All the European Basketball Triple Crowns achieved
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Achievements by club
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Triple Crown |
Club |
Seasons
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6 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv |
1976–77, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–14
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3 |
Real Madrid |
1964–65, 1973–74, 2014–15
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2 |
Varese |
1969–70, 1972–73
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Split |
1989–90, 1990–91
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Panathinaikos Athens |
2006–07, 2008–09
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1 |
Cibona Zagreb |
1984–85
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Olimpia Milano |
1986–87
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Partizan Belgrade |
1991–92
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Olympiacos Piraeus |
1996–97
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Virtus Bologna |
2000–01
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FC Barcelona |
2002–03
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CSKA Moscow |
2005–06
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Achievements by national league
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Triple Crown |
League |
Seasons
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6 |
Israeli Premiere League |
1976–77, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–14
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4 |
Lega Serie A |
1969–70, 1972–73, 1986–87, 2000–01
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Primera División & Liga ACB |
1964–65, 1973–74, 2002–03, 2014–15
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First Federal League |
1984–85, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
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3 |
Greek Basket League |
1996–97, 2006–07, 2008–09
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1 |
Russian Super League A |
2005–06
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"Small European Basketball Triple Crown"
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In addition, five European professional basketball clubs have won their top-tier level national domestic league, their top-tier level national domestic cup, and one of the 2nd-tier level European-wide competitions (FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup / FIBA European Cup / EuroCup / FIBA Champions League) in the same season – the so-called, "Small European Triple Crown".
Third and fourth-tiers
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Seven pro European basketball clubs, on eight different occasions, have won their top-tier level national domestic league, their top-tier level national domestic cup, and one of the 3rd-tier level European-wide competitions (FIBA Korać Cup / FIBA EuroChallenge), or one of the 4th-tier level European-wide competitions (Original FIBA Europe Cup / Second FIBA Europe Cup), in the same season.