Cypriot Basketball Super Cup

Cypriot Men's Basketball Super Cup

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1985
No. of teams	2
Country	Cyprus
Most recent champion(s)	AEK Larnaca (2nd title) (2015)
Most titles	APOEL (9 titles)
Official website	Cyprus Basketball Federation

The Cypriot Basketball Super Cup is a men's professional basketball competition in Cyprus, organized by the Cyprus Basketball Federation. It is contested by the champion of the Cypriot First Division and the winner of the Cypriot Cup.

History

The first match was played in 1985 with AEL winning the trophy after beating ENAD 78–75.^[1][2] From 195 until 1994 the competition was held under the name "Independence Shield", but the next years it was called the "Federation Cup". From 2005 until 2009 the competition was dedicated to the memory of the victims of Helios Airways Flight 522 plane crash which took place at Grammatiko in 2005. The next five years the competition was called "Marios Papalas' Shield" and since 2015 it is called "OPAP Super Cup". Since today nine teams have won the Super Cup, with APOEL being the most successful having won the thrphy nine times.^[3]

Super Cup Winners

The winners of the competition from 1985 until today are:^[1][2]

1985 – AEL 1986 – APOEL 1987 – ENAD 1988 – AEL 1989 – Not held 1990 – Achilleas 1991 – Pezoporikos 1992 – Achilleas 1993 – Achilleas 1994 – APOEL 1995 – APOEL 1996 – Achilleas 1997 – APOEL 1998 – APOEL 1999 – Keravnos 2000 – Keravnos

2001 – APOEL 2002 – APOEL 2003 – AEL 2004 – Apollon 2005 – AEL 2006 – AEL 2007 – AEL 2008 – AEL 2009 – AEL 2010 – APOEL 2011 – ETHA 2012 – Keravnos 2013 – AEK 2014 – APOEL 2015 – AEK

Performance by club

Team	Winners	Years Won
APOEL	9	1986, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2014
AEL	8	1985, 1988, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Achilleas	4	1990, 1992, 1993, 1996
Keravnos	3	1999, 2000, 2012
AEK	2	2013, 2015
ETHA	1	2011
Apollon	1	2004
Pezoporikos	1	1991
ENAD	1	1987

See also

• Cyprus Basketball Division 1
• Cypriot Basketball Cup

References

1. ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΟ ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΩΝ ΓΙΑ SUPER CUP ΑΝΔΡΩΝ [History of Men's Super Cup results] (in Greek). basketball.org.cy. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
2. Αφιέρωμα στο Σούπερ Καπ Καλαθόσφαιρας [Basketball Super Cup tribute] (in Greek). 24sports.com.cy. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
3. Αφιέρωμα στο Σούπερ Καπ Καλαθόσφαιρας (Πολυνικής του θεσμού ο ΑΠΟΕΛ) [Super Cup tribute (APΟEL is the most times winner).] (in Greek). apoel.com.cy. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2015.

External links

• ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΟ ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΩΝ ΓΙΑ SUPER CUP ΑΝΔΡΩΝ
• Αφιέρωμα στο Σούπερ Καπ Καλαθόσφαιρας