Triple Crown (basketball)
# 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 (EuroLeague) 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 occasions.

## All the Triple Crowns achieved

| Season | Club | National League | National Cup | European Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1964–65 | Real Madrid | Primera División | Generalísimo's Cup | FIBA European Champions Cup |
| 1969–70 | Ignis Varese | Serie A | Italian Cup | FIBA European Champions Cup |
| 1972–73 | Ignis Varese | Serie A | Italian Cup | FIBA European Champions Cup |
| 1973–74 | Real Madrid | Primera División | Generalísimo's Cup | FIBA European Champions Cup |
| 1976–77 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Israeli Premier League | Israeli State Cup | FIBA European Champions Cup |
| 1980–81 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Israeli Premier League | Israeli State Cup | FIBA European Champions Cup |
| 1984–85 | Cibona | First Federal League | Yugoslav Cup | FIBA European Champions Cup |
| 1986–87 | Tracer Milano | Serie A | Italian Cup | FIBA European Champions Cup |
| 1989–90 | Jugoplastika | First Federal League | Yugoslav Cup | FIBA European Champions Cup |
| 1990–91 | POP 84 | First Federal League | Yugoslav Cup | FIBA European Champions Cup |
| 1991–92 | Partizan | First Federal League | Yugoslav Cup | FIBA European League |
| 1996–97 | Olympiacos | GBL | Greek Cup | FIBA EuroLeague |
| 2000–01 | Kinder Bologna | Serie A | Italian Cup | EuroLeague |
| 2000–01 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Israeli Premier League | Israeli State Cup | FIBA SuproLeague |
| 2002–03 | FC Barcelona | Liga ACB | King's Cup | EuroLeague |
| 2003–04 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Israeli Premier League | Israeli State Cup | EuroLeague |
| 2004–05 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Israeli Premier League | Israeli State Cup | EuroLeague |
| 2005–06 | CSKA Moscow | Superleague A | Russian Cup | EuroLeague |
| 2006–07 | Panathinaikos | GBL | Greek Cup | EuroLeague |
| 2008–09 | Panathinaikos | GBL | Greek Cup | EuroLeague |
| 2013–14 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Israeli Premier League | Israeli State Cup | EuroLeague |
| 2014–15 | Real Madrid | Liga ACB | King's Cup | EuroLeague |

* 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 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 Tel Aviv in 2003–04 and 2004–05, and Panathinaikos in 2008–09.

## Achievements by club

| Triple Crown | Club | Seasons |
| - | - | - |
| 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1976–77, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–14 |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 1964–65, 1973–74, 2014–15 |
| 2 | Varese | 1969–70, 1972–73 |
| 2 | Split | 1989–90, 1990–91 |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 2006–07, 2008–09 |
| 1 | Cibona | 1984–85 |
| 1 | Olimpia Milano | 1986–87 |
| 1 | Partizan | 1991–92 |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 1996–97 |
| 1 | Virtus Bologna | 2000–01 |
| 1 | FC Barcelona | 2002–03 |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow | 2005–06 |

## Achievements by national league

| Triple Crown | League |
| - | - |
| 6 | Israeli Premier Basketball League |
| 4 | Lega Basket Serie A |
| 4 | Primera División & Liga ACB |
| 4 | First Federal Basketball League |
| 3 | Greek Basket League |
| 1 | Russian Basketball Super League A |

## "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 (FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup / FIBA European Cup, or EuroCup) 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 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 (FIBA Korać Cup or FIBA EuroChallenge), 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 (3rd tier) |
| 1978–79 | Partizan | First Federal League | Yugoslav Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) |
| 1982–83 | Limoges CSP | Nationale 1 | Federation Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) |
| 1986–87 | FC Barcelona | Liga ACB | King's Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) |
| 1995–96 | Efes Pilsen | BSL | Turkish Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) |
| 1999–00 | Limoges CSP | LNB Pro A | French Cup | FIBA Korać Cup (3rd tier) |
| 2004–05 | Asesoft Ploiesti | Divizia A | Romanian Cup | FIBA Europe Cup (4th tier) |
| 2011–12 | Beşiktaş Milangaz | BSL | Turkish Cup | FIBA EuroChallenge (3rd tier) |
