FIBA Korać Cup explained

FIBA Korać Cup should not be confused with Radivoj Korać Cup.

FIBA Korać Cup
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Organiser:	FIBA Europe
First:	1972
Region:	Europe
Level:	3
Pyramid:	European professional club basketball system
Champions:	SLUC Nancy (1st title)
Season:	2001–02
Most Champs:	Cantù (4 titles)

The FIBA Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA Europe 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 last Korać Cup season was held during the 2001–02 season.^[1]

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, the next year after the international Korać Cup competition was terminated. Following the 2011 agreement between FIBA Europe and the Basketball Federation of Serbia, the actual winners' 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.^[2]

Finals

See main article: FIBA Korać Cup Finals.

Year		Final				Semifinalists
		width=15%	Champion	width=10%		Score	width=15%	Second place	width=15%		width=15%
1972 Details		Lokomotiva	165–156	OKK Beograd		Standard Liège	Olympique Antibes
1973 Details		Birra Forst Cantù	191–169	Maes Pils		Filomatic Picadero	CF Barcelona
1973–74 Details		Birra Forst Cantù	174–154	Partizan		ASVEL	Jugoplastika
1974–75 Details		Birra Forst Cantù	181–154	CF Barcelona		Partizan	Brina Rieti
1975–76 Details		Jugoplastika	179–166	Chinamartini Torino		Sinudyne Bologna	Juventud Schweppes
1976–77 Details		Jugoplastika	87–84	Alco Bologna		IBP Stella Azzurra	Berck
1977–78 Details		Partizan	117–110	Bosna		Juventud Freixenet	Cinzano Milano
1978–79 Details		Partizan	108–98	Arrigoni Rieti		Jugoplastika	Cotonificio
1979–80 Details		Arrigoni Rieti	76–71	Cibona		Jugoplastika	Hapoel Tel Aviv
1980–81 Details		Joventut Freixenet	105–104	Carrera Venezia		Crvena zvezda	Dynamo Moscow
1981–82 Details		Limoges CSP	90–84	Šibenka		Zadar	Crvena zvezda
1982–83 Details		Limoges CSP	94–86	Šibenka		Dynamo Moscow	Zadar
1983–84 Details		Orthez	97–73	Crvena zvezda		Olympique Antibes	CAI Zaragoza
1984–85 Details		Simac Milano	91–78	Ciaocrem Varese		Crvena zvezda	Aris
1985–86 Details		Banco di Roma	157–150	Mobilgirgi Caserta		Olympique Antibes	Divarese Varese
1986–87 Details		FC Barcelona	203–171	Limoges CSP		Mobilgirgi Caserta	CAI Zaragoza
1987–88 Details		Real Madrid	195–183	Cibona		Crvena zvezda	Hapoel Tel Aviv
1988–89 Details		Partizan	177–171	Wiwa Vismara Cantù		Zadar	Philips Milano
1989–90 Details		Ram Joventut	195–184	Scavolini Pesaro		Bosna	CSKA Moscow
1990–91 Details		Shampoo Clear Cantù	168–164	Real Madrid Otaysa		FC Mulhouse	Montigalà Joventut
1991–92 Details		Il Messaggero Roma	193–180	Scavolini Pesaro		Fórum Filatélico Valladolid	Shampoo Clear Cantù
1992–93 Details		Philips Milano	201–181	Virtus Roma		Shampoo Clear Cantù	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
1993–94 Details		PAOK Bravo	175–157	Stefanel Trieste		Chipita Panionios	Recoaro Milano
1994–95 Details		Alba Berlin	172–166	Stefanel Milano		Cáceres	Pau-Orthez
1995–96 Details		Efes Pilsen	146–145	Stefanel Milano		Teamsystem Bologna	ASVEL
1996–97 Details		Aris	154–147	Tofaş		Benetton Treviso	Mazowszanka
1997–98 Details		Mash Jeans Verona	141–138	Crvena zvezda		Calze Pompea Roma	Cholet
1998–99 Details		FC Barcelona	174–163	Adecco Estudiantes		Panionios Nutella	Sunair Oostende
1999–00 Details		Limoges CSP	131–118			Casademont Girona	Adecco Estudiantes
2000–01 Details		Unicaja	148–116	Hemofarm		Ricoh Astronauts	Athlon Ieper
2001–02 Details		SLUC Nancy	172–167	Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody		Pivovarna Laško	Maroussi Telestet

Titles by club

width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Club	width=10%	Titles	width=10%	Runner-up	width=55%	Champion Years
align=center	1.	Cantù	align=center	4	align=center	1	1973, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1990–91
align=center	2.	Partizan	align=center	3	align=center	1	1977–78, 1978–79, 1988–89
align=center	–	Limoges CSP	align=center	3	align=center	1	1981–82, 1982–83, 1999–00
align=center	4.	Olimpia Milano	align=center	2	align=center	2	1984–85, 1992–93
align=center	5.	Virtus Roma	align=center	2	align=center	1	1985–86, 1991–92
align=center	–	FC Barcelona	align=center	2	align=center	1	1986–87, 1998–99
align=center	7.	Split	align=center	2	align=center		1975–76, 1976–77
align=center	–	Joventut Badalona	align=center	2	align=center		1980–81, 1989–90
align=center	9.	Cibona	align=center	1	align=center	2	1972
align=center	10.	AMG Sebastiani	align=center	1	align=center	1	1979–80
align=center	–	Real Madrid	align=center	1	align=center	1	1987–88
align=center	–	Málaga	align=center	1	align=center	1	2000–01
align=center	13.	Pau-Lacq-Orthez	align=center	1	align=center		1983–84
align=center	–	PAOK	align=center	1	align=center		1993–94
align=center	–	Alba Berlin	align=center	1	align=center		1994–95
align=center	–	Efes Pilsen	align=center	1	align=center		1995–96
align=center	–	Aris	align=center	1	align=center		1996–97
align=center	–	Scaligera Verona	align=center	1	align=center		1997–98
align=center	–	SLUC Nancy	align=center	1	align=center		2001–02
align=center	20.	Šibenka	align=center		align=center	2
align=center	–	Crvena zvezda	align=center		align=center	2
align=center	–	Victoria Libertas	align=center		align=center	2
align=center	23.	OKK Beograd	align=center		align=center	1
align=center	–	Racing Mechelen	align=center		align=center	1
align=center	–	Auxilium Torino	align=center		align=center	1
align=center	–	Fortitudo Bologna	align=center		align=center	1
align=center	–	Bosna	align=center		align=center	1
align=center	–	Reyer Venezia	align=center		align=center	1
align=center	–	Varese	align=center		align=center	1
align=center	–	JuveCaserta	align=center		align=center	1
align=center	–	Trieste	align=center		align=center	1
align=center	–	Tofaş	align=center		align=center	1
align=center	–	Estudiantes	align=center		align=center	1
align=center	–	Vršac	align=center		align=center	1
align=center	–	Lokomotiv Rostov	align=center		align=center	1

Titles by nation

width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Country	width=10%	Titles	width=10%	Runners-up
align=center	1.	Italy	align=center	10	align=center	13
align=center	2.	Yugoslavia	align=center	6	align=center	10
align=center	3.	Spain	align=center	6	align=center	4
align=center	4.		align=center	5	align=center	1
align=center	5.	Greece	align=center	2	align=center
align=center	6.	Turkey	align=center	1	align=center	1
align=center	7.		align=center	1	align=center
align=center	8.	Belgium	align=center		align=center	1
align=center	9.	Russia	align=center		align=center	1

Winning rosters

• 1972 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)

• 1973 Birra Forst Cantù

Pierlo 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 Birra Forst Cantù

Pierlo 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 Birra Forst Cantù

Bob Lienhard, Pierlo 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

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

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 CSP

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 CSP

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

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, José 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, Tomás Jofresa, Carlos Ruf, Josep Maria Margall, Dani Pérez, Antonio Medianero, Pere Remon, Ferran Lopez, Robert Bellavista (Head Coach: Herb Brown / Pedro Martínez)

• 1990–91 Shampoo Clear Cantù

Pace Mannion, Pierlo 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, Fotis Takianos (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, Srđan Jovanović, Alexis Papadatos, Aris Holopoulos (Head Coach: Slobodan-Lefteris Subotić)

• 1997–98 Mash Jeans 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 CSP

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

• 2000–01 Unicaja

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 SLUC 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
		Lokomotiva
		Birra Forst Cantù
	!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFCC99"	Dražen Dalipagić***	Partizan
	Jesús Iradier	FC Barcelona
	John Laing	Chinamartini Torino
		Jugoplastika
	!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFCC99"	Dražen Dalipagić*** (2)	Partizan
	!scope="row" style="background-color:#FF9999"	Dragan Kićanović**	Partizan
		Arrigoni Rieti
		Carrera Venezia
		Limoges CSP
	Ed Murphy (2)	Limoges CSP
		Orthez
		Simac Milano
		Banco di Roma
		FC Barcelona
	!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFCC99"	Dražen Petrović***	Cibona
		Partizan
		Scavolini Pesaro
		Shampoo Clear Cantù
	Darren Daye (2)	Scavolini Pesaro
		Philips Milano
		PAOK Bravo
		Alba Berlin
		Efes Pilsen
		Aris
		Mash Jeans Verona
	Sasha Djordjević (2)	FC Barcelona
		Limoges CSP
		Unicaja
		Lokomotiv Rostov

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. Sasha Djordjević (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 (Shampoo 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) 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 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).

Sources

• FIBA Korać Cup

See also

• FIBA Saporta Cup
• FIBA EuroCup Challenge
• FIBA EuroChallenge
• European Basketball Club Super Cup
• Rosters of the top basketball teams in European club competitions

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2009-10-05 . Winners - FIBA Korac Cup . 2024-06-03 . 5 October 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091005225230/http://sathanasias.bravepages.com/b-teams/bt-palmare-fkc.html . bot: unknown .
2. http://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/vesti.php?yyyy=2012&mm=02&dd=18&nav_id=583611 “Žućkova levica” ponovo u Srbiji