Triple Crown (women's basketball) explained

The Triple Crown is a term in European professional club basketball that refers to a club winning their country's top-tier level national domestic league, primary national domestic cup, and the top-tier level European-wide continental competition (FIBA Women's European Champions Cup and EuroLeague Women) in the same season. It is the highest accomplishment that a European basketball club can achieve during a season. Only 10 European basketball clubs have achieved the Triple Crown, on 12 occasions.

All the Triple Crowns achieved

Season Club National League National Cup European Cup
1978–79 Yugoslav Basketball League Yugoslav Cup FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
1979–80 Lega Basket Femminile Coppa Italia FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
Lega Basket Femminile Coppa Italia FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
Lega Basket Femminile Coppa Italia FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
1. Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga German Cup FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
2004–05 Russian Basketball Premier League Russian Cup EuroLeague Women
2005–06 Czech Basketball League Czech Cup EuroLeague Women
Russian Basketball Premier League Russian Cup EuroLeague Women
Turkish Basketball Super League[1] Turkish Cup[2] EuroLeague Women[3]
Czech Basketball League Czech Cup EuroLeague Women
Russian Basketball Premier League Russian Cup EuroLeague Women
Nemzeti Bajnokság Hungarian Cup EuroLeague Women
Turkish Basketball Super League[4] Turkish Cup[5] EuroLeague Women[6]

Achievements by club

Triple Crown Club Seasons
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 2 1993–94, 1994–95
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 2012–13, 2018–19
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 1 1978-79
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 1979-80
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 1995–96
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 2004-05
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 2005-06
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 2013–14
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 2014–15
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 2021–22
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 2023–24

Achievements by national league

Triple Crown League Seasons
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 3 1979-80, 1993-94, 1994-95
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 2004-05, 2012-13, 2018-19
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 2 2005-06, 2014-15
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 2013-14, 2023-24
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 1 1978-79
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 1995-96
style=text-align:center;vertical-align:top 2021-22

"Small Triple Crown"

Second-tiers

In addition, five European basketball clubs have won their top-tier level national domestic league, their top-tier level national domestic cup, and the 2nd-tier level European-wide competition (Ronchetti Cup and EuroCup Women) in the same season – the so-called, "Small Triple Crown".

Season Club National League National Cup European Cup
Greek Basketball League Greek Cup EuroCup
2010–11 Israeli Basketball Premiere League Israeli Cup EuroCup
Turkish Basketball Super League Turkish Cup EuroCup[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2013-14 Women's Turkish League Champions.
  2. Web site: 2013-14 Women's Turkish Cup Champions.
  3. http://www.galatasaray.org/basketbol/bayan/haber/19849.php 2013-14 EuroLeague Women Champions
  4. https://www.fenerbahce.org/haberler/basketbol-kadin/2024/4/fenerbahce-alagoz-holding-namaglup-sampiyon 2023-24 Women's Turkish League Champions
  5. https://www.fenerbahce.org/haberler/basketbol-kadin/2024/1/dunyanin-en-buyuk-spor-kulubu-fenerbahce-2024-turkiye-kupasi-fenerbahce-alagoz-holding-in-oldu 2023-24 Women's Turkish Cup Champions
  6. https://www.fenerbahce.org/haberler/basketbol-kadin/2024/4/fenerbahce-alagoz-holding-tarih-yazdi-ust-uste-ikinci-avrupa-sampiyonu-oldu 2023-24 EuroLeague Women Champions
  7. https://neu.edu.tr/eurocup-sampiyonu-yakin-dogu-universitesi-cumhurbaskani-mustafa-akinci-tarafindan-kabul-edildi/ 2016-17 EuroCup Women Champions