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
- In the 2000–01 season, there were two first-tier level European-wide champions: Maccabi Elite, 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 played are: FC Barcelona in 2002–03, Maccabi Elite in 2003–04 and 2004–05, and Panathinaikos in 2008–09.
Achievements by club
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".Season | Club | National League | National Cup | European Cup |
1971–72 | Simmenthal Milano | Serie A | Italian Cup | FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup |
1981–82 | Cibona | First Federal League | Yugoslav Cup | FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup |
1987–88 | Limoges CSP | LNB Pro A | Tournoi des As | FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup |
1993–94 | Smelt Olimpija | Slovenian Premier A League | Slovenian Cup | FIBA European Cup |
2008–09 | Lietuvos rytas | LKL | LKF Cup | EuroCup |
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.Season | Club | National League | National Cup | European Cup |
1976–77 | Jugoplastika | First Federal League | Yugoslav Cup | FIBA Korać Cup |
1978–79 | Partizan | First Federal League | Yugoslav Cup | FIBA Korać Cup |
1982–83 | Limoges CSP | Nationale 1 | Federation Cup | FIBA Korać Cup |
1986–87 | FC Barcelona | Liga ACB | King's Cup | FIBA Korać Cup |
1995–96 | Efes Pilsen | BSL | Turkish Cup | FIBA Korać Cup |
1999–00 | Limoges CSP | LNB Pro A | French Cup | FIBA Korać Cup |
2004–05 | Asesoft Ploiesti | Divizia A | Romanian Cup | FIBA Europe Cup |
2011–12 | Beşiktaş Milangaz | BSL | Turkish Cup | FIBA EuroChallenge |