Cypriot Basketball Super Cup

Cypriot Men's Basketball Super Cup
Sport Basketball
Founded 1985
No. of teams 2
Country Cyprus 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]

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

References

External links

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