Triple Crown (European basketball)
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In European professional club basketball, the Triple Crown 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, 13 European basketball clubs have won the European Basketball Triple Crown, on a total of 23 occasions.
All the European Basketball Triple Crowns achieved
- In the 2000–01 season, there were two first-tier level European-wide 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 European Triple Crown with his teams 4 times. The teams that won the Triple Crown in which Jasikevičius played are: FC Barcelona in 2002–03, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv in 2003–04, and 2004–05, and Panathinaikos in 2008–09. Jasikevicius also won the Triple Crown with Fenerbahçe as a coach in the 2024–25 season, becoming the only person in history to achieve this title both as a player and as a coach.
- Željko Obradović is the only head coach to have won the European Triple Crown three times: in 1991–92 with Partizan, and in 2006–07 and 2008–09 with Panathinaikos.[1]
Achievements by club
| Triple Crown | Club | Seasons |
| 6 | 1976–77, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–14 | |
| 3 | 1964–65, 1973–74, 2014–15 | |
| 2 | 1969–70, 1972–73 | |
| 1989–90, 1990–91 | ||
| 2006–07, 2008–09 | ||
| 1 | 1984–85 | |
| 1986–87 | ||
| 1991–92 | ||
| 1996–97 | ||
| 2000–01 | ||
| 2002–03 | ||
| 2005–06 | ||
| 2024–25 |
Achievements by national league
| Triple Crown | League | Seasons |
| 6 | 1976–77, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–14 | |
| 4 | 1969–70, 1972–73, 1986–87, 2000–01 | |
| 1964–65, 1973–74, 2002–03, 2014–15 | ||
| 1984–85, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92 | ||
| 3 | 1996–97, 2006–07, 2008–09 | |
| 1 | 2005–06 | |
| 2024–25 |
"Small European Basketball Triple Crown"
Second-tiers
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".
| Season | Club | National League | National Cup | European Cup |
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| 1971–72 | Serie A | Italian Cup | FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup | |
| 1981–82 | First Federal League | Yugoslav Cup | FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup | |
| 1987–88 | LNB Pro A | Tournoi des As | FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup | |
| 1993–94 | Slovenian Premier A League | Slovenian Cup | FIBA European Cup | |
| 2008–09 | LKL | LKF Cup | EuroCup |
Third and fourth-tiers
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.
| Season | Club | National League | National Cup | European Cup |
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| 1976–77 | First Federal League | Yugoslav Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) | |
| 1978–79 | First Federal League | Yugoslav Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) | |
| 1982–83 | Nationale 1 | Federation Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) | |
| 1986–87 | Liga ACB | King's Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) | |
| 1995–96 | BSL | Turkish Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) | |
| 1999–00 | LNB Pro A | French Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) | |
| 2004–05 | Divizia A | Romanian Cup | FIBA Europe Cup (4th tier) | |
| 2011–12 | BSL | Turkish Cup | FIBA EuroChallenge (3rd tier) |
References
- ^ "Obradovic, the "Lord of the Rings" in the Final Four! - Eurohoops". www.eurohoops.net. Retrieved 2025-06-03.