Triple Crown (women's basketball)

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

SeasonClubNational LeagueNational CupEuropean Cup
1978–79 Crvena zvezdaYugoslav Basketball LeagueYugoslav CupFIBA Women's European Champions Cup
1979–80 Sisport FIATLega Basket FemminileCoppa ItaliaFIBA Women's European Champions Cup
1993–94 Pool ComenseLega Basket FemminileCoppa ItaliaFIBA Women's European Champions Cup
1994–95 Pool ComenseLega Basket FemminileCoppa ItaliaFIBA Women's European Champions Cup
1995–96 BTV Wuppertal1. Damen-Basketball-BundesligaGerman CupFIBA Women's European Champions Cup
2004–05 VBM-SGAU SamaraRussian Basketball Premier LeagueRussian CupEuroLeague Women
2005–06 Gambrinus BrnoCzech Basketball LeagueCzech CupEuroLeague Women
2012–13 UMMC EkaterinburgRussian Basketball Premier LeagueRussian CupEuroLeague Women
2013–14 GalatasarayTurkish Basketball Super League[1]Turkish Cup[2]EuroLeague Women[3]
2014–15 USK PrahaCzech Basketball LeagueCzech CupEuroLeague Women
2018–19 UMMC EkaterinburgRussian Basketball Premier LeagueRussian CupEuroLeague Women
2021–22 Sopron BasketNemzeti BajnokságHungarian CupEuroLeague Women
2023–24 FenerbahçeTurkish Basketball Super League[4]Turkish Cup[5]EuroLeague Women[6]

Achievements by club

Triple CrownClubSeasons
2 Pool Comense1993–94, 1994–95
UMMC Ekaterinburg2012–13, 2018–19
1 Crvena zvezda1978-79
Sisport FIAT1979-80
BTV Wuppertal1995–96
VBM-SGAU Samara2004-05
Gambrinus Brno2005-06
Galatasaray2013–14
USK Praha2014–15
Hungarian League2021–22
Fenerbahçe2023–24

Achievements by national league

Triple CrownLeagueSeasons
3 Lega Basket Femminile1979-80, 1993-94, 1994-95
Russian Basketball Premier League2004-05, 2012-13, 2018-19
2 Czech Basketball League2005-06, 2014-15
Turkish Basketball Super League2013-14, 2023-24
1 Yugoslav Basketball League1978-79
1. Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga1995-96
Nemzeti Bajnokság2021-22

"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".

SeasonClubNational LeagueNational CupEuropean Cup
2009–10 AthinaikosGreek Basketball LeagueGreek CupEuroCup
2010–11 Elitzur RamlaIsraeli Basketball Premiere LeagueIsraeli CupEuroCup
2016–17 Yakın Doğu ÜniversitesiTurkish Basketball Super LeagueTurkish CupEuroCup[7]

See also

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