Giovanni Gavagnin ofVarese accepting the first official Intercontinental Cup trophy in1966 TheFIBA Intercontinental Cup (formerly the FIBA Club World Cup) is an international basketball competition that is organised byFIBA , the sport's global governing body. Currently,NBA G League United and five teams qualify for each season, the winners of theBasketball Africa League (BAL),Basketball Champions League (BCL),Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA),Basketball Champions League Asia (BCL Asia) and theNational Basketball League (NBL).
From to 1970 to 1980, there were no finals played as the league champions were decided through a league format, in which all teams played each other once and were ranked based on wins. The Intercontinental Cup was not organised between 1998 and 1995, and 1997 and 2012 as well.
Real Madrid holds the record for most championships, with five, with two of them coming after a direct confrontation in a final. Spain has been the most successful country with nine titles distributed among clubs from the country. Teams representing Europe have been most successful, winning 33 titles in total.
Season Champions Score Runners-up Final venue Host nation Attendance Ref(s) Country Club Club Country 1965 [ a] Brazil Corinthians 118–109 Real Madrid Spain Ginásio do Ibirapuera ,São Paulo Brazil 10,000 [ 1] 1966 Italy Varese 66–59 Corinthians Brazil Raimundo Saporta Pavilion ,Madrid Spain 5,000 [ 2] 1967 United States Akron Goodyear Wingfoots 78–72 Varese Italy Palazzetto dello Sport ,Rome Italy 15,000 [ 3] 1968 United States Akron Goodyear Wingfoots 105–73 Real Madrid Spain Spectrum ,Philadelphia United States 17,000 [ 4] 1969 United States Akron Goodyear Wingfoots 84–71 Spartak Brno Czechoslovakia Macon Coliseum ,Georgia United States 2,000 [ 5] 1970–1980 No finals played as the Intercontinental Cup used a league format 1981 Spain Real Madrid 109–83 Sírio Brazil Ginásio do Ibirapuera ,São Paulo Brazil 16,000 [ 6] 1985 Spain Barcelona 93–89 Monte Líbano Brazil Palau Blaugrana ,Barcelona Spain 5,000 [ 7] 1986 Soviet Union Žalgiris 84–78 Ferro Carril Oeste Argentina Estadio Obras Sanitarias ,Buenos Aires Argentina 5,930 [ 8] 1987 Italy Olimpia Milano 100–84 FC Barcelona Spain Palatrussardi ,Milan Italy 7,000 1988–1995 Not held 1996 Greece Panathinaikos 83–89 Olimpia Argentina Estadio Cubierto Newell's Old Boys ,Rosario Argentina 7,000 83–78 Olympic Indoor Hall ,Athens Greece 20,000 101–76 20,000 1997–2012 Not held 2013 Greece Olympiacos 81–70 Pinheiros Brazil Ginásio José Corrêa ,São Paulo Brazil 4,500 86–69 3,000 2014 Brazil Flamengo 69–66 Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel HBSC Arena ,Rio de Janeiro Brazil 7,000 [ 9] 90–77 14,500 2015 Spain Real Madrid 90–91 Bauru Brazil Ginásio do Ibirapuera ,São Paulo Brazil 5,500 [ 10] 91–79 8,000 2016 Venezuela Guaros de Lara 74–69 Skyliners Frankfurt Germany Fraport Arena ,Frankfurt Germany 5,002 [ 11] 2017 Spain Canarias 76–71 Guaros de Lara Venezuela Santiago Martín ,La Laguna Spain 5,100 [ 12] 2019 Greece AEK 86–70 Flamengo Brazil Carioca Arena 1 ,Rio de Janeiro Brazil 6,000 [ 13] 2020 Spain Canarias 80–72 Virtus Bologna Italy Santiago Martín ,La Laguna (2)Spain 3,000 [ 14] [ 15] 2021 Spain San Pablo Burgos 82–73 Quimsa Argentina Estadio Obras Sanitarias ,Buenos Aires (2)Argentina 0[ b] [ 16] 2022 Brazil Flamengo 75–62 San Pablo Burgos Spain Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall ,Cairo Egypt 2,000 [ 17] [ 18] 2023 (I) Spain Canarias 89–68 São Paulo Brazil Santiago Martín ,La Laguna (3)Spain 4,887 [ 19] 2023 (II) Brazil Franca 70–69 Baskets Bonn Germany Singapore Indoor Stadium ,Singapore Singapore 8,000 [ 20] 2024 Spain Unicaja 75–60 NBA G League United United States Singapore Indoor Stadium ,Singapore (2)Singapore 8,205 [ 21] [ 22] 2025 Spain Unicaja 71–61 NBA G League United United States Singapore Indoor Stadium ,Singapore (3)Singapore 6,217 [ 23]
Performance by head coach [ edit ] Lolo Sainz holds the record for most Intercontinental Cup titles won by a head coach, with four titles won withReal Madrid . He is followed by Hank Vaughn, who managed theAkron Goodyear Wingfoots during their three consecutive championships from 1967 to 1969.
Performance by head coach Head coach Winner Runner-up Years won Years runner-up Lolo Sainz 4
1
1976 ,1977 ,1978 ,1981 1975 Hank Vaughn 3
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1967 ,1968 ,1969 —
Ibon Navarro 2
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2024 ,2025 —
Aleksandar Nikolić 2
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1970 ,1973 —
Cláudio Mortari 1
2
1979 1981 ,2013 Gustavo de Conti 1 1 2022 2019 Iván Déniz 1 1 2016 2017 Helinho 1
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2023 (II) —
Txus Vidorreta 1
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2023 (I) —
Joan Peñarroya 1 —
2021 —
Luca Banchi 1 – 2019 —
Nenad Marković 1 —
2017 —
Pablo Laso 1 —
2015 —
José Neto 1 —
2014 —
Georgios Bartzokas 1 —
2013 —
Božidar Maljković 1
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1996 —
Franco Casalini 1
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1987 —
Vladas Garastas 1
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1986 —
Manuel Flores 1
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1985 —
Valerio Bianchini 1
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1984 —
Flor Meléndez 1
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1983 —
Giancarlo Primo 1
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1982 —
Rudy D'Amico 1
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1980 —
Arnaldo Taurisano 1
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1975 —
Lefty Driesell 1
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1974 —
Nico Messina —
2
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1976 ,1977 Pedroca —
2
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1973 ,1980 Joseph Blair —
1
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2025 Paul Hewitt —
1
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2024 Roel Moors —
1
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2023 (II) Bruno Mortari —
1
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2023 (I) Paco Olmos —
1 —
2022 Jorge Sebastián González —
1 —
2021 Gordie Herbert —
1 —
2016 Guerrinha —
1 —
2015 Guy Goodes —
1 —
2014 Horacio Segul —
1
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1996 Aíto García Reneses —
1
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1987 Luis Martínez —
1
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1986 Edvar Simões —
1
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1985 Antoni Serra —
1
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1984 Gianni Asti —
1
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1983 Ton Boot —
1
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1982 Bogdan Tanjević —
1
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1979 Sandro Gamba —
1
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1974 Jaroslav Šíp —
1
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1970 Ivan Mrázek —
1
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1969 Pedro Ferrándiz —
1
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1968
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