FIBA Korać Cup

FIBA Korać Cup

Korać Cup Trophy
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1971
Ceased	2002
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Last champion(s)	Nancy (1st title)
Most titles	Cantù (4 titles)
Level on pyramid	3rd Tier on European Pyramid
Official website	FIBA Europe Korać Cup

The FIBA Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971–72 and 2001–02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the FIBA European Champions' Cup (later renamed the Euroleague) and the FIBA Cup Winners' Cup (later renamed the FIBA Saporta Cup). The very last Korać Cup season was held during the 2001–02 season.

History

The Korać Cup was named after the legendary Yugoslav player Radivoj Korać, killed in 1969 in a car accident near Sarajevo. The Korać Cup is not to be confused with the Serbian national basketball cup competition, the Radivoj Korać Cup, which has been named after Radivoj Korać since the mid-2000s, next year after the international Korać Cup got dissolved. Following the 2011 agreement between FIBA Europe and the Basketball Federation of Serbia, the actual winner's trophy given out for 30 years in the Korać Cup (the so-called "Žućko's left") will from 2012 onwards, be given to the winning team of the Serbian national cup competition.^[1]

Title holders

.....1972 Lokomotiva .....1973 Cantù (Forst) 1973-74 Cantù (Forst) 1974-75 Cantù (Forst) 1975-76 Split (Jugoplastika) 1976-77 Split (Jugoplastika) 1977-78 Partizan 1978-79 Partizan

1979-80 Sebastiani Rieti (Arrigoni) 1980-81 Joventut Badalona (Freixenet) 1981-82 Limoges 1982-83 Limoges 1983-84 Orthez 1984-85 Olimpia Milano (Simac) 1985-86 Virtus Roma (Banco di Roma) 1986-87 FC Barcelona

1987-88 Real Madrid 1988-89 Partizan 1989-90 Joventut Badalona (Ram) 1990-91 Cantù (Clear) 1991-92 Virtus Roma (il Messaggero) 1992-93 Olimpia Milano (Philips) 1993-94 PAOK (Bravo) 1994-95 Alba Berlin

1995-96 Efes Pilsen 1996-97 Aris 1997-98 Scaligera Verona (Mash) 1998-99 FC Barcelona 1999-00 Limoges 2000-01 Málaga (Unicaja) 2001-02 Nancy

Finals

Year		Final				Semifinalists
		Champion	Score	Second place
1972 Details		Lokomotiva	165–156 (83–71 / 94–73)	OKK Belgrade		Standard Liège	Olympique Antibes
1973 Details		Cantù (Forst)	165–156 (83–71 / 94–73)	Racing Mechelen (Maes Pils)		Picadero (Filomatic)	FC Barcelona
1973–74 Details		Cantù (Forst)	174–154 (99–86 / 68–75)	Partizan		ASVEL	Split (Jugoplastika)
1974–75 Details		Cantù (Forst)	181–154 (69–71 / 110–85)	FC Barcelona		Partizan	Rieti (Brina)
1975–76 Details		Split (Jugoplastika)	179–166 (97–84 / 82–82)	Torino (Chinamartini)		Virtus Bologna (Sinudyne)	Juventud Badalona (Schweppes)
1976–77 Details		Split (Jugoplastika)	87–84	Fortitudo Bologna (Alco)		Stella Azzurra Roma (IBP)	Berck
1977–78 Details		Partizan	117–110	Bosna		Juventud Badalona (Freixenet)	Olimpia Milano (Cinzano)
1978–79 Details		Partizan	108–98	Rieti (Arrigoni)		Split (Jugoplastika)	Círcol Católic (Cotonificio)
1979–80 Details		Rieti (Arrigoni)	76–71	Cibona		Split (Jugoplastika)	Hapoel Tel Aviv
1980–81 Details		Joventut Badalona (Freixenet)	105–104	Reyer Venezia (Carrera)		Crvena Zvezda	Dynamo Moscow
1981–82 Details		Limoges	90–84	Šibenka		Zadar	Crvena Zvezda
1982–83 Details		Limoges	94–86	Šibenka		Dynamo Moscow	Zadar
1983–84 Details		Orthez	97–73	Crvena Zvezda		Olympique Antibes	Zaragoza (CAI)
1984–85 Details		Olimpia Milano (Simac)	91–78	Varèse (Ciaocrem)		Crvena Zvezda	Aris
1985–86 Details		Virtus Roma (Banco di Roma)	157–150 (78–84 / 73–72)	Juventus Caserta (Mobilgirgi)		Olympique Antibes	Varèse (Divarese)
1986–87 Details		FC Barcelona	203–171 (106–85 / 86–97)	Limoges		Juventus Caserta (Mobilgirgi)	Zaragoza (CAI)
1987–88 Details		Real Madrid	195–183 (102–89 / 94–93)	Cibona		Crvena Zvezda	Hapoel Tel Aviv
1988–89 Details		Partizan	177–171 (89–76 / 101–82)	Cantù (Wiwa Vismara)		Zadar	Olimpia Milano (Philips)
1989–90 Details		Joventut Badalona (Ram)	195–184 (98–99 / 96–86)	Victoria Libertas Pesaro (Scavolini)		Bosna	CSKA Moscow
1990–91 Details		Cantù (Clear)	168–164 (71–73 / 95–93)	Real Madrid		Mulhouse	Joventut Badalona (Montigalà)
1991–92 Details		Virtus Roma (il Messaggero)	193–180 (94–94 / 86–99)	Victoria Libertas Pesaro (Scavolini)		Valladolid (Fórum)	Cantù (Clear)
1992–93 Details		Olimpia Milano (Philips)	201–181 (90–95 / 106–91)	Virtus Roma		Cantù (Clear)	FC Barcelona
1993–94 Details		PAOK (Bravo)	175–157 (75–66 / 91–100)	Trieste (Stefanel)		Panionios (Chipita)	Olimpia Milano (Recoaro)
1994–95 Details		Alba Berlin	172–166 (87–87 / 85–79)	Olimpia Milano (Stefanel)		Cáceres	Pau-Orthez
1995–96 Details		Efes Pilsen	146–145 (76–68 / 77–70)	Olimpia Milano (Stefanel)		Fortitudo Bologna (Teamsystem)	ASVEL
1996–97 Details		Aris	154–147 (66–77 / 70–88)	Tofaş		Treviso (Benetton)	Mazowszanka
1997–98 Details		Scaligera Verona (Mash)	141–138 (68–74 / 64–73)	Crvena Zvezda		Virtus Roma (Calze Pompea)	Cholet
1998–99 Details		FC Barcelona	174–163 (93–77 / 97–70)	Estudiantes (Adecco)		Panionios	Oostende (Sunair)
1999–00 Details		Limoges	131–118 (80–58 / 60–51)	Málaga (Unicaja)		Girona (Casademont)	Estudiantes (Adecco)
2000–01 Details		Málaga (Unicaja)	148–116 (77–47 / 69–71)	Vršac (Hemofarm)		Amsterdam (Ricoh Astronauts)	Ieper (Athlon)
2001–02 Details		Nancy	172–167 (98–72 / 95–74)	Lokomotiv Rostov		Zlatorog Laško (Pivovarna)	Maroussi (Telestet)

Titles by club

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion Years
1.	Cantù	4	1	1973, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1990-91
2.	Partizan	3	1	1977-78, 1978-79, 1988-89
3.	Limoges	3	1	1981-82, 1982-83, 1999-00
4.	Olimpia Milano	2	2	1984-85, 1992-93
5.	Virtus Roma	2	1	1985-86, 1991-92
6.	FC Barcelona	2	1	1986-87, 1998-99
7.	Split	2		1975-76, 1976-77
8.	Joventut Badalona	2		1980-81, 1989-90
9.	Cibona	1	2	1972
10.	Rieti	1	1	1979-80
11.	Real Madrid	1	1	1987-88
12.	Málaga	1	1	2000-01
13.	Orthez	1		1983-84
14.	PAOK	1		1993-94
15.	Alba Berlin	1		1994-95
16.	Efes Pilsen	1		1995-96
17.	Aris	1		1996-97
18.	Scaligera Verona	1		1997-98
19.	Nancy	1		2001-02
20.	Šibenka		2
21.	Crvena Zvezda		2
22.	Victoria Libertas Pesaro		2
23.	OKK Belgrade		1
24.	Racing Mechelen		1
25.	Auxilium Torino		1
26.	Fortitudo Bologna		1
27.	Bosna		1
28.	Reyer Venezia		1
29.	Varèse		1
30.	Juvecaserta		1
31.	Trieste		1
32.	Tofaş		1
33.	Estudiantes		1
34.	Vršac		1
35.	Lokomotiv Rostov		1

Titles by nation

Rank	Country	Titles	Runners-up
1.	Italy	10	13
2.	Yugoslavia	6	8
3.	Spain	6	4
4.	France	5	1
5.	Greece	2
6.	Turkey	1	1
7.	Germany	1
8.	Yugoslavia		2
9.	Belgium		1
10.	Russia		1

Winning rosters

1971–72 Lokomotiva

Nikola Plećaš, Damir Rukavina, Vječeslav Kavedžija, Rajko Gospodnetić, Milivoj Omašić, Eduard Bočkaj, Ivica Valek, Dragan Kovačić, Petar Jelić, Ante Ercegović, Zdenko Grgić, Srećko Šute, Zvonko Avberšek (Head Coach: Marijan Catinelli)

1972–73 Forst Cantù

Pierluigi Marzorati, Bob Lienhard, Carlo Recalcati, Antonio Farina, Mario Beretta, Fabrizio Della Fiori, Luciano Vendemini, Franco Meneghel, Renzo Tombolato, Giorgio Cattini, Danilo Zonta (Head Coach: Arnaldo Taurisano)

1973–74 Forst Cantù

Pierluigi Marzorati, Bob Lienhard, Carlo Recalcati, Fabrizio Della Fiori, Antonio Farina, Franco Meneghel, Mario Beretta, Renzo Tombolato, Giorgio Cattini, Luciano Vendemini, Danilo Zonta (Head Coach: Arnaldo Taurisano)

1974–75 Forst Cantù

Bob Lienhard, Pierluigi Marzorati, Fabrizio Della Fiori, Carlo Recalcati, Antonio Farina, Franco Meneghel, Mario Beretta, Renzo Tombolato, Giorgio Cattini, Silvano Cancian (Head Coach: Arnaldo Taurisano)

1975–76 Jugoplastika Split

Željko Jerkov, Rato Tvrdić, Duje Krstulović, Mirko Grgin, Mlađan Tudor, Branko Macura, Ivo Bilanović, Ivica Skaric, Damir Šolman, Branislav Stamenković, Ivica Dukan, Mihajlo Manović, Drago Peterka, Slobodan Bjelajac (Head Coach: Petar Skansi)

1976–77 Jugoplastika Split

Željko Jerkov, Rato Tvrdić, Damir Šolman, Duje Krstulović, Mlađan Tudor, Mirko Grgin, Mihajlo Manović, Ivo Bilanović, Branko Macura, Ivica Dukan, Slobodan Bjelajac, Predrag Kruščić (Head Coach: Petar Skansi)

1977–78 Partizan

Dragan Kićanović, Dražen Dalipagić, Miodrag Marić, Jadran Vujačić, Boban Petrović, Dragan Todorić, Dušan Kerkez, Boris Beravs, Milenko Babić, Milan Medić, Arsenije Pešić, Zoran Krečković, Dragan Đukić (Head Coach: Ranko Žeravica)

1978–79 Partizan

Dragan Kićanović, Miodrag Marić, Boban Petrović, Arsenije Pešić, Dragan Todorić, Jadran Vujačić, Dušan Kerkez, Boris Beravs, Goran Knežević, Milenko Savović, Milenko Babić, Milan Medić, Predrag Bojić, Miroslav Milojević (Head Coach: Dušan Ivković)

1979–80 Arrigoni Rieti

Roberto Brunamonti, Lee Johnson, Willie Sojourner, Giuseppe Danzi, Alberto Scodavolpe, Gianfranco Sanesi, Antonio Olivieri, Luca Blasetti, Mauro Antonelli, Stefano Colantoni, Paolo di Fazi, Antonio Coppola (Head Coach: Elio Pentassuglia)

1980–81 Joventut Freixenet

Al Skinner, Luis Miguel Santillana, Josep Maria Margall, Gonzalo Sagi-Vela, Joe Galvin, Ernesto Delgado, German Gonzalez, Jordi Villacampa, Francisco Sole, Roberto Mora, Antonio Pruna (Head Coach: Manel Comas)

1981–82 Limoges

Ed Murphy, Richard Dacoury, Jean-Michel Sénégal, Irv Kiffin, Apollo Faye, Jean-Luc Deganis, Yves-Marie Verove, Didier Rose, Richard Billet, Philippe Koundrioukoff, Eric Narbonne, Benoit Tremouille (Head Coach: André Buffière)

1982–83 Limoges

Ed Murphy, Richard Dacoury, Jean-Michel Sénégal, Glenn Mosley, Apollo Faye, Jean-Luc Deganis, Hugues Occansey, Didier Dobbels, Didier Rose, Eric Narbonne, Mathieu Faye, Olivier Garry (Head Coach: André Buffière)

1983–84 Orthez

Paul Henderson, John McCullough, Bengaly Kaba, Mathieu Bisseni, Freddy Hufnagel, Christian Ortega, Philippe Laperche, Pascal Laperche, Didier Gadou, Alain Gadou (Head Coach: George Fisher)

1984–85 Simac Milano

Mike D'Antoni, Dino Meneghin, Russ Schoene, Roberto Premier, Joe Barry Carroll, Renzo Bariviera, Franco Boselli, Mario Pettorossi, Vittorio Gallinari, Tullio De Piccoli, Marco Lamperti, Mario Governa, Marco Baldi (Head Coach: Dan Peterson)

1985–86 Banco di Roma Virtus

Leo Rautins, Bruce Flowers, Enrico Gilardi, Marco Solfrini, Stefano Sbarra, Fulvio Polesello, Franco Rossi, Phil Melillo, Fabrizio Valente, Claudio Brunetti, Gianluca Duri, Franco Picozzi (Head Coach: Mario de Sisti)

1986–87 FC Barcelona

Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Chicho Sibilio, Wallace Bryant, Ignacio Solozabal, Andrés Jiménez, Steve Trumbo, Juan Domingo De la Cruz, Quim Costa, Jordi Soler, Julian Ortiz, Ferran Martínez, Kenny Simpson (Head Coach: Aíto García Reneses)

1987–88 Real Madrid

Wendell Alexis, Fernando Martín, Brad Branson, Fernando Romay, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Jose Biriukov, José Luis Llorente, Juan Manuel López Iturriaga, Pep Cargol, Antonio Martín, Alfonso Del Corral (Head Coach: Lolo Sainz)

1988–89 Partizan

Vlade Divac, Aleksandar Đorđević, Predrag Danilović, Žarko Paspalj, Ivo Nakić, Željko Obradović, Oliver Popović, Milenko Savović, Jadran Vujačić, Miladin Mutavdžić, Boris Orcev, Predrag Prlinčević, Dejan Lakićević, Vladimir Bosanac (Head Coach: Dušan Vujošević)

1989–90 Ram Joventut

Jordi Villacampa, Lemone Lampley, Reggie Johnson, Juan Antonio Morales, Jose Antonio Montero, Rafael Jofresa, Tomas Jofresa, Carlos Ruf, Josep Maria Margall, Dani Perez, Antonio Medianero, Pere Remon, Ferran Lopez, Robert Bellavista (Head Coach: Herb Brown / Pedro Martínez)

1990–91 Clear Cantù

Pace Mannion, Pierluigi Marzorati, Davide Pessina, Giuseppe Bosa, Roosevelt Bouie, Alberto Rossini, Angelo Gilardi, Andrea Gianolla, Silvano Dal Seno, Omar Tagliabue, Alessandro Zorzolo, Fabio Gatti (Head Coach: Fabrizio Frates)

1991–92 il Messaggero Roma

Dino Rađa, Rick Mahorn, Roberto Premier, Andrea Niccolai, Alessandro Fantozzi, Donato Avenia, Stefano Attruia, Fausto Bargna, Davide Croce, Gianluca Lulli (Head Coach: Paolo di Fonzo)

1992–93 Philips Milano

Aleksandar Đorđević, Antonello Riva, Antonio Davis, Riccardo Pittis, Flavio Portaluppi, Davide Pessina, Fabrizio Ambrassa, Paolo Alberti, Marco Baldi, Marco Sambugaro, Massimo Re (Head Coach: Mike D'Antoni)

1993–94 PAOK Bravo

Walter Berry, Zoran Savić, Branislav Prelević, John Korfas, Nasos Galakteros, Nikos Boudouris, Achilleas Mamatziolas, George Ballogiannis, Christos Tsekos, Efthimis Rentzias, Georgios Valavanidis (Head Coach: Soulis Markopoulos)

1994–95 Alba Berlin

Teoman Alibegović, Saša Obradović, Gunther Behnke, Henrik Rödl, Ingo Freyer, Ademola Okulaja, Stephan Baeck, Teoman Öztürk, Sebastian Machowski, Patrick Falk, Oliver Braun (Head Coach: Svetislav Pešić)

1995–96 Efes Pilsen

Petar Naumoski, Conrad McRae, Ufuk Sarıca, Mirsad Türkcan, Volkan Aydın, Tamer Oyguç, Murat Evliyaoğlu, Hüseyin Beşok, Bora Sancar, Mustafa Kemal Bitim, Alpay Öztaş, Erdal Bibo (Head Coach: Aydın Örs)

1996–97 Aris

José "Piculín" Ortiz, Charles Shackleford, Mario Boni, Panagiotis Liadelis, Dinos Angelidis, Mike Nahar, Alan Tomidy, Tzanis Stavrakopoulos, Giannis Sioutis, Georgios Floros, Alexis Papadatos, Aris Holopoulos (Head Coach: Slobodan-Lefteris Subotić)

1997–98 Mash Verona

Mike Iuzzolino, Hansi Gnad, Randolph Keys, Myron Brown, Roberto Dalla Vecchia, Roberto Bullara, Joachim Jerichow, Alessandro Boni, Matteo Nobile, Giampiero Savio, Damiano Dalfini, Davide Tisato, Matteo Sacchetti, Mario Soave, Massimo Spezie (Head Coach: Andrea Mazzon)

1998–99 FC Barcelona

Aleksandar Đorđević, Derrick Alston, Milan Gurović, Efthimis Rentzias, Roger Esteller, Rodrigo De la Fuente, Roberto Dueñas, Xavi Fernandez, Ignacio Rodríguez, Alfons Alzamora, Oriol Junyent, Juan Carlos Navarro, Chema Marcos (Head Coach: Aíto García Reneses)

1999–00 Limoges

Marcus Brown, Yann Bonato, Harper Williams, Frédéric Weis, Bruno Hamm, Thierry Rupert, Stéphane Dumas, David Frigout, Stjepan Stazic, Jean-Philippe Methelie, Carl Thomas, Frederic Adjiwanou (Head Coach: Duško Ivanović)

2000–01 Unicaja Málaga

Danya Abrams, Veljko Mršić, Moustapha Sonko, Richard Petruška, Jean-Marc Jaumin, Paco Vazquez, Berni Rodríguez, Frédéric Weis, Darren Phillip, Carlos Cabezas, Kenny Miller, Germán Gabriel, Francis Perujo (Head Coach: Božidar Maljković)

2001–02 Nancy

Stevin Smith, Cyril Julian, Ross Land, Fabien Dubos, Goran Bošković, Joseph Gomis, Vincent Masingue, Maxime Zianveni, Mouhamadou Mbodji, Danilo Cmiljanić, Gary Phaeton, Loic Toilier (Head Coach: Sylvain Lautie)

Korać Cup Finals Top Scorers

From the 1972 to 2001-02 seasons, the Top Scorer of the Korać Cup finals was noted, regardless of whether he played on the winning or losing team.

*	Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
**	Member of the FIBA Hall of Fame
***	Member of both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame

Season	Top Scorer	Club	Points Scored
1972	Nikola Plećaš	Lokomotiva	34.5 (2 games)
1973	Bob Lienhard	Forst Cantù	27.0 (2 games)
1973-74	Dražen Dalipagić***	Partizan	23.5 (2 games)
1974-75	Jesús Iradier	FC Barcelona	22.0 (2 games)
1975-76	John Laing	Chinamartini Torino	33.0 (2 games)
1976-77	Željko Jerkov	Jugoplastika Split	34
1977-78	Dražen Dalipagić*** (2)	Partizan	48
1978-79	Dragan Kićanović**	Partizan	41
1979-80	Lee Johnson	Arrigoni Rieti	28
1980-81	Spencer Haywood	Carrera Venezia	30
1981-82	Ed Murphy	Limoges	35
1982-83	Ed Murphy (2)	Limoges	34
1983-84	John McCullough	Orthez	29
1984-85	Russ Schoene	Simac Milano	33
1985-86	Leo Rautins	Banco di Roma Virtus	21
1986-87	Wallace Bryant	FC Barcelona	16.5 (2 games)
1987-88	Dražen Petrović***	Cibona	34.0 (2 games)
1988-89	Vlade Divac	Partizan	29.0 (2 games)
1989-90	Darwin Cook & Darren Daye	Scavolini Pesaro	26.5 (2 games)
1990-91	Pace Mannion	Clear Cantù	34.0 (2 games)
1991-92	Darren Daye (2)	Scavolini Pesaro	28.5 (2 games)
1992-93	Aleksandar Đorđević	Philips Milano	33.5 (2 games)
1993-94	Walter Berry	PAOK Bravo	24.5 (2 games)
1994-95	Teoman Alibegović	Alba Berlin	27.5 (2 games)
1995-96	Petar Naumoski	Efes Pilsen	28.5 (2 games)
1996-97	José "Piculín" Ortiz	Aris	22.0 (2 games)
1997-98	Mike Iuzzolino	Mash Verona	22.5 (2 games)
1998-99	Aleksandar Đorđević (2)	FC Barcelona	19.0 (2 games)
1990-00	Marcus Brown	Limoges	24.0 (2 games)
2000-01	Danya Abrams	Unicaja Málaga	16.5 (2 games)
2001-02	James "Hollywood" Robinson	Lokomotiv Rostov	18.5 (2 games)

Top scoring performances in final games

1. Dražen Dalipagić (Partizan) 48 points vs. Bosna (in 1977–78 final)
2. Dražen Petrović (Cibona) 47 points vs. Real Madrid (in second leg of 1987–88 final)
3. Dragan Kićanović (Partizan) 41 points vs. Arrigoni Rieti (in 1978–79 final)
4. Nikola Plećaš (Lokomotiva) 40 points vs. OKK Beograd (in second leg of 1971–72 final)
5. Aleksandar Đorđević (Philips Milano) 38 points vs. Virtus Roma (in second leg of 1992–93 final)
6. Antonello Riva (Wiwa Vismara Cantù) 36 points vs. Partizan (in second leg of 1988–89 final)
7. Pace Mannion (Clear Cantù) 35 points vs. Real Madrid (in second leg of 1990–91 final)
8. Ed Murphy (Limoges CSP) 35 points vs. Šibenka (in 1981–82 final)
9. Ed Murphy (Limoges CSP) 34 points vs. Šibenka (in 1982–83 final)
10. Željko Jerkov (Jugoplastika Split) 34 points vs. Alco Bologna (in 1976–77 final)
11. Dino Rađa (Il Messaggero Roma) 34 points vs. Scavolini Pesaro (in first leg of 1991–92 final)
12. Saša Obradović (Alba Berlin) 34 points vs. Stefanel Milano (in first leg of 1994–95 final)
13. Teoman Alibegović (Alba Berlin) 34 points vs. Stefanel Milano (in second leg of 1994–95 final)

Notes

• Coach Bogdan Tanjević made it to 5 Korać Cup finals with four different clubs, and lost all of them. In 1978 his Bosna team lost to Partizan 110–117 in overtime. Then in 1986 he made it to the very end again with Mobilgirgi Caserta, only to lose to Banco di Roma Virtus in a two legged final. Finally, in the '90s, Tanjević made 3 more finals, this time consecutively: with Stefanel Trieste in 1994 (lost to PAOK Bravo), and with Stefanel Milano in 1995 and 1996 (lost to Alba Berlin and Efes Pilsen, respectively).

References

1. “Žućkova levica” ponovo u Srbiji;B92, 18 February 2012

External links

• FIBA Korać Cup @ FIBA Europe.com
• Winners of FIBA Korać Cup (from 1971-72 to 2001-02)