The Trofeo Álava is a basketball friendly competition held in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country by the local team, Baskonia. It is held in the preseason, usually around late August to early September.
After an agreement was signed by the Provincial Council of Álava and Saski Baskonia in 1990, the tournament was set to be played under the name "Trofeo Diputación Foral de Álava", and it would serve as an introduction between the season's team and the fans. It featured Baskonia and two other teams, usually having a Liga ACB team and an international team have a round-robin tournament to determine the overall winner. From 1996 onwards, the format changed to a single game tournament, and has remained like that ever since. In 2018, the name "Trofeo Álava / Araba Saria" was adopted, but it is still commonly referred to as Trofeo Diputación by Baskonia fans.
The tournament has been held every year since 1991, with the exceptions of 1998, as the expansion works for the Araba Arena were being carried out during the months when the tournament was played, and 2020, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Out of the 31 times it has been contested, Baskonia has won it 28 times.
Results YearChampionScoreRunner-up1991 Taugrés Baskonia1W-1L,avg +6 Benetton Treviso & CAI Zaragoza1992 Taugrés Baskonia2W-0L Estudiantes & KK Cibona1993 Joventut Badalona2W-0L Estudiantes & Taugrés Baskonia1994 Dynamo Kyiv1W-1L,avg +3 CB Valladolid & Taugrés Baskonia1995 Taugrés Baskoniauncertain Porto & CB Murcia1996 Taugrés Baskonia85-76 Panathinaikos1997 Taugrés Baskonia88-84 Barcelona1998not held1999 TAU Cerámica Baskonia121-67 Bosna Sarajevo2000 TAU Cerámica Baskonia88-74 Pau-Orthez2001 TAU Cerámica Baskonia87-65 Pau-Orthez2002 TAU Cerámica Baskonia90-81 KK Partizan2003 TAU Cerámica Baskonia80-70 Dynamo Moscow2004 TAU Cerámica Baskonia85-78 Lietuvos Rytas2005 TAU Cerámica Baskonia95-82 UNICS Kazan2006 TAU Cerámica Baskonia85-78 Lietuvos Rytas2007 TAU Cerámica Baskonia63-57 Cajasol Sevilla2008 TAU Cerámica Baskonia103-83 Gipuzkoa Basket2009 Caja Laboral Baskonia90-89 Gipuzkoa Basket2010 Caja Laboral Baskonia67-62 CB Gran Canaria2011 Caja Laboral Baskonia75-68 Real Madrid2012 Caja Laboral Baskonia77-75 Olimpia Milano2013 Laboral Kutxa Baskonia76-64 ASVEL Villeurbane2014 Laboral Kutxa Baskonia86-79 BC Khimki2015 Aquila Basket Trento86-76 Laboral Kutxa Baskonia2016 Baskonia96-81 Guaros de Lara2017 Baskonia97-75 Hapoel Jerusalem2018 Kirolbet Baskonia87-77 Alba Berlin2019 Kirolbet Baskonia78-75 Iberostar Tenerife2020not held2021 Baskonia101-56 CSU Sibiu2022 Cazoo Baskonia100-82 London Lions2023 Baskonia86-85 Derthona Basket2024 Baskonia93-76 Pallacanestro Trieste2025not held2026not held
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