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 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 Elite Tel Aviv Israeli Premier League Israeli State Cup FIBA European Champions Cup 1980–81 Maccabi Elite 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 Elite Tel Aviv Israeli Premier League Israeli State Cup FIBA SuproLeague 2002–03 FC Barcelona Liga ACB King's Cup EuroLeague 2003–04 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Israeli Premier League Israeli State Cup EuroLeague 2004–05 Maccabi Elite 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 Electra Tel Aviv Israeli Premier League Israeli State Cup EuroLeague 2014–15 Real Madrid Liga ACB King's Cup EuroLeague 2024–25 Fenerbahçe Turkish Super League Turkish 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 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.
Achievements by club Triple Crown Club Seasons6 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1976–77, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–143 Real Madrid 1964–65, 1973–74, 2014–152 Varese 1969–70, 1972–73 Split 1989–90, 1990–91 Panathinaikos 2006–07, 2008–09 Olympiacos 1996–97, 2025-261 Cibona 1984–85 Olimpia Milano 1986–87 Partizan 1991–92 Virtus Bologna 2000–01 FC Barcelona 2002–03 CSKA Moscow 2005–06 Fenerbahçe 2024–25
Achievements by national league Triple Crown League Seasons6 Israeli Premier League 1976–77, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–144 Lega Serie A 1969–70, 1972–73, 1986–87, 2000–01 Primera División & Liga ACB 1964–65, 1973–74, 2002–03, 2014–15 First Federal League 1984–85, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92 Greek Basketball League 1996–97, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2025–261 Russian Super League A 2005–06 Turkish Super League 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 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 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 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)
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