Triple Crown in Basketball
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The Triple Crown in Basketball is a term in European basketball that refers to a team which won in the same season the Euroleague (or the old Champions Cup) and the Championship and the Cup of its country. In total, the Triple Crown has been achieved 20 times by 12 different teams, most recently in 2008 by CSKA Moscow. This was the second Triple Crown for the Greek team's coach Zeljko Obradovic (the first was in 1992 with Partizan Belgrade).
[edit] All the Triple Crowns achieved
The 12 teams that have achieved the Triple Crown are:
- Real Madrid in 1965 and in 1974
- Ignis Varese in 1970 and in 1973
- Maccabi Tel-Aviv in 1977, in 1981, in 2001, in 2004 and in 2005
- Cibona Zagreb in 1985
- Tracer Milan in 1987
- Jugoplastika Split in 1990 and in 1991, with the name POP 84 Split
- Partizan Belgrade in 1992
- Olympiacos BC in 1997
- Kinder Bologna in 2001
- Barcelona in 2003
- CSKA Moscow in 2006 and in 2008
- Panathinaikos BC in 2007
In 2001, there were 2 European champions: Maccabi Tel-Aviv, that won FIBA's Suproleague and Kinder Bologna, that won ULEB's Euroleague.
[edit] Teams with the most Triple Crowns achieved
- With 5: Maccabi Tel-Aviv
- With 2: Real Madrid, Ignis Varese, Jugoplastika Split and CSKA Moscow
- With 1: Cibona Zagreb, Tracer Milan, Partizan Belgrade, Olympiacos BC, Kinder Bologna, Barcelona and Panathinaikos BC.
