Triple Crown (basketball)


The 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, primary national domestic cup, and the top-tier level European-wide continental competition in the same season. It is the highest accomplishment that a European basketball club can achieve during a season. Only 12 European basketball clubs have achieved the Triple Crown, on 22 different occasions.

All the Triple Crowns achieved

Achievements by national league

"Small Triple Crown"

Second-tiers

In addition, five European basketball clubs have won their top-tier level national domestic league, their top-tier level national domestic cup, and the 2nd-tier level European-wide competition in the same season – the so-called, "Small Triple Crown".
SeasonClubNational LeagueNational CupEuropean Cup
1971–72 Simmenthal MilanoSerie AItalian CupFIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
1981–82 CibonaFirst Federal LeagueYugoslav CupFIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
1987–88 Limoges CSPLNB Pro ATournoi des AsFIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
1993–94 Smelt OlimpijaSlovenian Premier A LeagueSlovenian CupFIBA European Cup
2008–09 Lietuvos rytasLKLLKF CupEuroCup

Third and fourth-tiers

Seven clubs, on eight different occasions, have won their top-tier level national domestic league, their top-tier level national domestic cup, and the 3rd-tier level European-wide competition, or the 4th-tier level FIBA EuroCup Challenge / FIBA Europe Cup, in the same season.
SeasonClubNational LeagueNational CupEuropean Cup
1976–77 JugoplastikaFirst Federal LeagueYugoslav CupFIBA Korać Cup
1978–79 PartizanFirst Federal LeagueYugoslav CupFIBA Korać Cup
1982–83 Limoges CSPNationale 1Federation CupFIBA Korać Cup
1986–87 FC BarcelonaLiga ACBKing's CupFIBA Korać Cup
1995–96 Efes PilsenBSLTurkish CupFIBA Korać Cup
1999–00 Limoges CSPLNB Pro AFrench CupFIBA Korać Cup
2004–05 Asesoft PloiestiDivizia ARomanian CupFIBA Europe Cup
2011–12 Beşiktaş MilangazBSLTurkish CupFIBA EuroChallenge