FIBA Intercontinental Cup

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FIBA Intercontinental Cup
FIBA Intercontinental Cup logo.png
Organising bodyFIBA
Founded1965; 56 years ago (1965)
First season1965
CountryFIBA member countries
ConfederationFIBA Americas and FIBA Europe
Number of teams4
Current championsSpain San Pablo Burgos
(1st title)
Most championshipsSpain Real Madrid
(5 titles)
Websiteintercontinentalcup.basketball
2021 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

The FIBA Intercontinental Cup, also commonly referred to as the FIBA World Cup for Champion Clubs, or the FIBA Club World Cup, is a professional basketball clubs competition that is endorsed by FIBA World and the NBA. Historically, its purpose has been to gather the premier basketball clubs from each of the world's geographical zones, and to officially decide the best basketball club of the world, which is officially crowned as the world club champion. The World Cup for Clubs has been contended mainly by the champions of the continents and/or world geographical regions that are of the highest basketball levels.

The league champions of the NBA, which is considered the most prestigious club competition from the North American zone, currently decline participation. The NBA currently opts instead to send the champions from the NBA G League, which is its secondary club competition. While the league champions of the EuroLeague, which is considered Europe's most prestigious club competition, are not currently permitted to participate at the competition, due to the league's dispute with FIBA. In place of the EuroLeague champions, FIBA Europe instead sends the champions of their main club competition, the Basketball Champions League (BCL).

FIBA has in the past announced plans to expand the tournament to possibly include the champion teams from the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the Australian National Basketball League (NBL), and possibly the NBA, at some point in the future.[1][2]

Format[]

From the 2013 edition of the tournament through to the 2015 edition of the tournament, the competition was played in either an aggregate score two-legged series, or in a single-game final format between two teams, that determined the official world club champions. Those two teams were the champions of Europe's most prestigious competition, the EuroLeague, and the champions of Latin America's premiere competition, the FIBA Americas League.

For the 2016 edition and 2017 edition, the champions of the FIBA Americas League played against the champions of FIBA Europe's main club competition, FIBA Europe Cup (2016) and FIBA Europe's current top competition, the Basketball Champions League (2017), as EuroLeague clubs were no longer allowed to participate by FIBA due to FIBA's dispute with Euroleague Basketball.[3][4]

For the 2019 edition of the tournament, FIBA expanded the competition to include the NBA G League's champions and a tournament host club. Thus, the tournament format was also changed to a final four format involving four teams.[5]

History[]

The FIBA Intercontinental Cup competition was originally organized between the years 1966 and 1987. The tournament had its origins with a friendly test game in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1965. The test game was contested by the winners of the South American Championship of Champions Clubs, the Brazilian club S.C. Corinthians Paulista, and the FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) champions, the Spanish club Real Madrid. S.C. Corinthians Paulista won the test game, by a score of 118 to 109. After the success of the test tournament, the first official tournament took place in the year 1966.[6]

In 1973, the competition adopted the name FIBA Intercontinental Cup William Jones, to honour the secretary general of FIBA, William Jones. FIBA tried to rebirth the competition in 1996, by reorganizing the Intercontinental Cup into a best-of-three playoff tournament between the winners of the EuroLeague and the winners of the FIBA South American League (the champions of all of South America). After that tournament, however, the competition was not held until the 2013 competition.

In August 2013, an agreement reached between Euroleague Basketball Company, FIBA Americas, and FIBA World, allowed for the World Cup for Champion Clubs to be relaunched, and to be played between the EuroLeague champion and the FIBA Americas League champion.[7][8]

In 2016, the tournament changed format, with the EuroLeague champions no longer being allowed to compete at the tournament by FIBA, due to the EuroLeague's dispute with FIBA. In place of the EuroLeague champions, FIBA Europe began to send the champions of their top club competition, originally the FIBA Europe Cup, and later the FIBA Champions League, instead.[9][10] For the 2019 tournament, FIBA increased the competition's number of teams to four, by adding the NBA G League's champions, and also a tournament host club. The tournament was also reconfigured into a final four format.[11]

FIBA has also considered plans to expand the tournament at some point in the future, with plans to add the champion teams from the FIBA AfroLeague, the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the Australian NBL, and possibly the NBA.[12][13]

Names of the competition[]

Part of the official logo with the current competition name.
  • FIBA Intercontinental Cup (or FIBA World Cup for Champion Clubs): (1966–1980)
  • FIBA Club World Cup: (1981)
  • FIBA Intercontinental Cup (or FIBA World Cup for Champion Clubs): (1982–1984)
  • FIBA Club World Cup: (1985–1987)
  • FIBA Intercontinental Cup (or FIBA World Cup for Champion Clubs): (2013–present)
    • Since 1973, the tournament has also been named in Honor of Renato William Jones, so the tournament's full official names would be either FIBA Intercontinental Cup "William Jones", or FIBA Club World Cup "William Jones".
    • The tournament is also referred to as the FIBA Intercontinental Cup of Clubs, in order to avoid confusion with the 1972 FIBA Intercontinental Cup of National Teams.

1965 test tournament[]

Ginásio Poliesportivo Parque São Jorge, where the 1965 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Test was held.
Main article: 1965 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Test Tournament

The FIBA Intercontinental Cup unofficially began with the friendly competition of the 1965 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Test in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1965. The game was played by the defending champions of the South American Club Championship, S.C. Corinthians Paulista, and the defending champions of the FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague), Real Madrid. It was held at the Ginásio Poliesportivo Parque São Jorge. Corinthians won the game 118 to 109, with Wlamir Marques of S.C. Corinthians scoring 40 points in the game.[14] Due to the test tournament's great success (attendance for the game was 10,000[15]), the FIBA Intercontinental Cup was made an official annual tournament by FIBA. The first official FIBA Intercontinental Cup tournament was then held the following year.[16]

1972 special version[]

Main article: 1972 FIBA Intercontinental Cup of National Teams

In 1972, FIBA held a 4 team tournament, featuring the Soviet Union national basketball team, the Polish national basketball team, the Brazilian national basketball team, and the NABL All-Stars Team, which participated in the place of Team USA. Although this tournament is not a part of the actual Club World Cup, it is still listed in the event's history as a special version of the tournament and counts as one of the editions, while the actual club competition was on hiatus between the years of 1970 and 1973.[17]

Results[]

Year Champions Second place Third place Fourth place Results / Notes
1965*
Details		 Brazil
Corinthians		 Spain
Real Madrid		 N/A N/A 118–109
Unofficial test tournament
1966
Details		 Italy
Ignis Varese		 Brazil
Corinthians		 Spain
Real Madrid		 United States
Chicago Jamaco Saints		 Final: 66–59
3rd place game: 112–96
1967
Details		 United States
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots		 Italy
Ignis Varese		 Italy
Simmenthal Milano		 Brazil
Corinthians		 Final: 78–72
3rd place game: 90–89
1968
Details		 United States
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots		 Spain
Real Madrid		 Italy
Simmenthal Milano		 Brazil
Botafogo		 Final: 105–73
3rd place game: 82–54
1969
Details		 United States
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots		 Czechoslovakia
Spartak ZJŠ Brno		 Brazil
Sírio		 Spain
Real Madrid		 Final: 84–71
3rd place game: 72–60
1970
Details		 Italy
Ignis Varese		 Spain
Real Madrid		 Brazil
Corinthians		 Czechoslovakia
Slavia VŠ Praha		 Five team league stage
1972*
Details		 United States
NABL All-Stars		 Soviet Union
Soviet Union		 Brazil
Brazil		 Poland
Poland		 Four team league stage
1973
Details		 Italy
Ignis Varese		 Brazil
Sírio		 Puerto Rico
Vaqueros de Bayamón		 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Jugoplastika		 Five team league stage
1974
Details		 United States
Maryland Terrapins		 Italy
Ignis Varese		 Brazil
Vila Nova		 Spain
Real Madrid		 Six team league stage
1975
Details		 Italy
Birra Forst Cantù		 Brazil
Amazonas Franca		 Spain
Real Madrid		 United States
Penn Quakers		 Six team league stage
1976
Details		 Spain
Real Madrid		 Italy
Mobilgirgi Varese		 Argentina
Obras Sanitarias		 Brazil
Amazonas Franca		 Six team league stage
1977
Details		 Spain
Real Madrid		 Italy
Mobilgirgi Varese		 Israel
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		 Brazil
Atlética Francana		 Six team league stage
1978
Details		 Spain
Real Madrid		 Argentina
Obras Sanitarias		 Brazil
Sírio		 Italy
Mobilgirgi Varese		 Five team league stage
1979
Details		 Brazil
Sírio		 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Bosna		 Italy
Emerson Varese		 Puerto Rico
Piratas de Quebradillas		 Five team league stage
1980
Details		 Israel
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		 Brazil
Atlética Francana		 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Bosna		 Spain
Real Madrid		 Five team league stage
1981
Details		 Spain
Real Madrid		 Brazil
Sírio		 United States
Clemson Tigers		 Brazil
Atlética Francana		 Final: 109–83
3rd place game: 79–73
1982
Details		 Italy
Ford Cantù		 Netherlands
Nashua EBBC		 Israel
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		 United States
Air Force Falcons		 Six team league stage
1983
Details		 Argentina
Obras Sanitarias		 Italy
Jollycolombani Cantù		 Uruguay
Peñarol		 Brazil
Monte Líbano		 Six team league stage
1984
Details		 Italy
Banco di Roma		 Argentina
Obras Sanitarias		 Brazil
Sírio		 Spain
FC Barcelona		 Five team league stage
1985
Details		 Spain
FC Barcelona		 Brazil
Monte Líbano		 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Cibona		 Argentina
San Andrés		 Final: 93–89
3rd place game: 109–82
1986
Details		 Soviet Union
Žalgiris		 Argentina
Ferro Carril Oeste		 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Cibona		 Brazil
Corinthians		 Final: 84–78
3rd place game: 119–96
1987
Details		 Italy
Tracer Milano		 Spain
FC Barcelona		 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Cibona		 Israel
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		 Final: 100–84
3rd place game: 106–96
1996
Details		 Greece
Panathinaikos		 Argentina
Olimpia		 N/A N/A 2–1 play-off
83–89 / 83–78 / 101–76
2013
Details		 Greece
Olympiacos		 Brazil
Pinheiros Sky		 N/A N/A 167–139
81–70 / 86–69
2014
Details		 Brazil
Flamengo		 Israel
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv		 N/A N/A 156–146
66–69 / 90–77
2015
Details		 Spain
Real Madrid		 Brazil
Bauru		 N/A N/A 181–170
90–91 / 91–79
2016
Details		 Venezuela
Guaros de Lara		 Germany
Fraport Skyliners		 N/A N/A 74–69
2017
Details		 Spain
Iberostar Tenerife		 Venezuela
Guaros de Lara		 N/A N/A 76–71
2019
Details		 Greece
AEK		 Brazil
Flamengo		 Argentina
San Lorenzo		 United States
Austin Spurs		 Final: 86–70
3rd place game: 77–59
2020
Details		 Spain
Iberostar Tenerife		 Italy
Virtus Segafredo Bologna		 Argentina
San Lorenzo		 United States
Rio Grande Valley Vipers		 Final: 80–72
3rd place game: 96–90
2021
Details		 Spain
San Pablo Burgos		 Argentina
Quimsa		 N/A N/A Final: 82–73

* Unofficial – the 1965 edition of the tournament was a test edition.
* National teams – the 1972 edition of the tournament was contested by national teams rather than professional clubs.

Statistics[]

Titles by club[]

Rank Club Titles Winning years Runners-up Finalist years
1 Spain Real Madrid 5 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 2015 2 1968, 70
2 Italy Varese 3 1966, 1970, 1973 4 1967, 74, 76, 77
3 United States Akron Wingfoots 3 1967, 1968, 1969 – –
4 Italy Cantù 2 1975, 1982 1 1983
5 Spain 1939 Canarias 2 2017, 2020 –
6 Brazil Sírio 1 1979 2 1973, 81
Argentina Obras Sanitarias 1 1983 2 1978, 84
8 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 1980 1 2014
Spain FC Barcelona 1 1985 1 1987
Brazil Flamengo 1 2014 1 2019
Venezuela Guaros de Lara 1 2016 1 2017
12 United States Maryland Terrapins 1 1974 –
Italy Virtus Roma 1 1984 –
Soviet Union Žalgiris 1 1986 –
Italy Olimpia Milano 1 1987 –
Greece Panathinaikos 1 1996 –
Greece Olympiacos 1 2013 –
Greece AEK 1 2019 –
Spain San Pablo Burgos 1 2021 –
20 Brazil Franca – 2 1975, 80
21 Brazil Corinthians – 1 1966
Czechoslovakia Brno – 1 1969
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bosna – 1 1979
Netherlands EBBC – 1 1982
Brazil Monte Líbano – 1 1985
Argentina Ferro Carril Oeste – 1 1986
Argentina Olimpia – 1 1996
Brazil Pinheiros – 1 2013
Brazil Bauru – 1 2015
Germany Skyliners Frankfurt – 1 2016
Italy Virtus Bologna – 1 2020
Argentina Quimsa – 1 2021
Total 29 29
  • The 1965 test tournament and the 1972 tournament for national teams are not included.

Performance by national league (country)[]

Rank Country National League Titles Runners-up
1  Spain Primera División / ACB 9 3
2  Italy LBA 7 6
3  United States NABL – 3 4 –
NCAA Division I – 1 –
4  Greece GBL 3 –
5  Brazil CBB / NBB 2 9
6  Argentina CAC / LNB 1 5
7  Israel BSL 1 1
 Soviet Union Premier League 1 1
 Venezuela LPB 1 1
10  Czechoslovakia CSBL – 1
 Germany BBL – 1
 Netherlands DBL – 1
 Yugoslavia FFL – 1
Total 29 29
  • The 1965 test tournament and the 1972 tournament for national teams are not included.

MVP awards[]

Main article: FIBA Intercontinental Cup MVP

Finals top scorers[]

Bob Morse was the FIBA Intercontinental Cup Finals' Top Scorer in 1974.
Arvydas Sabonis was the FIBA Intercontinental Cup Finals' Top Scorer in 1986.
Bob McAdoo was the FIBA Intercontinental Cup Finals' Top Scorer in 1987.
  • Player nationality shown by national team.[18][19]
Year Finals top scorer Club Points scored Ref.
1965* Brazil Wlamir Marques Brazil Corinthians 51
[20][21]
1966 Italy Giovanni Gavagnin Italy Ignis Varese 20
[22][23]
1967 Italy Tony Gennari Italy Ignis Varese 25
[24][25]
1968 United States Miles Aiken Spain Real Madrid 23
[26][27]
1969 Czechoslovakia Jan Bobrovský Czechoslovakia Spartak ZJŠ Brno 34
[28][29]
1970 Czechoslovakia Jiří Zídek Sr. Czechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha 20
[30][31]
1972* Brazil Roberto "Robertão" José Corrêa Brazil Brazil 20
[32]
1973 Mexico Arturo Guerrero Brazil Sírio 26
[33][34]
1974 United States John Lucas II & United States Bob Morse United States Maryland Terrapins & Italy Ignis Varese 24
[35][36]
1975 Spain Wayne Brabender Spain Real Madrid 24
[37][38]
1976 Spain Rafael Rullán Spain Real Madrid 23
[39][40]
1977 United States Walter Szczerbiak Sr. Spain Real Madrid 29
[41][42]
1978 United States John Coughran Spain Real Madrid 26
[43][44]
1979 Brazil Oscar Schmidt Brazil Sírio 42
[45][46][47]
1980 United States Earl Williams Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 28
[48][49]
1981 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mirza Delibašić Spain Real Madrid 33
[50][51]
1982 Italy Antonello Riva & Netherlands Dan Cramer Italy Ford Cantù & Netherlands Nashua EBBC 22
[52][53]
1983 Italy Antonello Riva Italy Jollycolombani Cantù 28
[54][55]
1984 United States Ray Townsend Italy Banco di Roma 29
[56][57]
1985 Spain Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi" Spain FC Barcelona 39
[58][59]
1986 Soviet Union Arvydas Sabonis Soviet Union Žalgiris 26
[60][61][62]
1987 United States Bob McAdoo Italy Tracer Milano 25
[63][64]
1996 Argentina Jorge Racca Argentina Olimpia 28
[65]
2013 United States Shamell Stallworth Brazil Pinheiros Sky 27
[66][67][68]
2014 United States Jeremy Pargo Israel Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 28
[69][70]
2015 Brazil Ricardo Fischer Brazil Bauru 26
[71][72]
2016 United States Zach Graham Venezuela Guaros de Lara 19
[73][74][75]
2017 United States Mario Little Venezuela Guaros de Lara 23
[76][77][78][79]
2019 United States North Macedonia Jordan Theodore Greece AEK 22
[80]
2020 Brazil Marcelo Huertas Spain Iberostar Tenerife 23
[81]
2021 United States Brandon Robinson Argentina Quimsa 25 [82]

* Unofficial – the 1965 edition of the tournament was a test edition.
* National teams – the 1972 edition of the tournament was contested by national teams, rather than clubs.

Broadcasters[]

All four games are streamed through FIBA's YouTube channel for free in USA and the unsold markets with highlights available in all territories.[83] The tournament is also streamed for free through both FIBA's Facebook and NBA G League's Twitch channel, as well as the FIBA-DAZN's subscription streaming service Livebasketball.TV.

Country/region Broadcaster
 Argentina TNT Sports
Balkan countries
 Arena Sport
 Canada DAZN
 Italy
 Japan
 Spain
 Greece Cosmote Sport

References[]

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  2. ^ Estadao.com Pinheiros e Olympiacos começam a disputar o título da Intercontinental. (in Portuguese)
  3. ^ Fraport Skyliners to host Guaros de Lara in FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
  4. ^ Fraport to represent Europe in the Intercontinental cup.
  5. ^ La FIBA Intercontinental Cup ritorna al formato Final Four (in Italian).
  6. ^ Basquetepinheirense Especial Mundial: O Mundial é nosso!. (in Portuguese)
  7. ^ FIBA - Intercontinental Cup of Clubs re-launched; FIBA, 5 August 2013
  8. ^ Euroleague.net Intercontinental Cup of clubs re-launched.
  9. ^ Fraport Skyliners to host Guaros de Lara in FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
  10. ^ Fraport to represent Europe in the Intercontinental cup.
  11. ^ FIBA Intercontinental Cup to reportedly go back to a Final Four format.
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  13. ^ Estadao.com Pinheiros e Olympiacos começam a disputar o título da Intercontinental. (in Portuguese)
  14. ^ Elite do basquete brasileiro retorna ao Corinthians depois de 16 temporadas (in Portuguese).
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  70. ^ FINAL (SECOND LEG) TOP SCORER: Jeremy Pargo (28).
  71. ^ 2015 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Box Score.
  72. ^ FINAL (SECOND LEG) TOP SCORER: Ricardo Fischer (26).
  73. ^ Venezuela campeón de la Copa Intercontinental de clubes de la FIBA (in Spanish).
  74. ^ Guaros de Lara crowned 2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup champions.
  75. ^ FINAL TOP SCORER: Zach Graham (19).
  76. ^ Iberostar Tenerife wins 2017 Intercontinental Cup.
  77. ^ Iberostar Tenerife crowned 2017 Intercontinental Cup champions.
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