In North American sports, a three-peat is winning three consecutive championships. The term, a

portmanteau A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsLos Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...

of the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...

, during their unsuccessful campaign for a third consecutive championship during the 1988–89 season, having won the previous 2 NBA Finals. The Lakers, however, were swept by the

Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division and play their home games at Li ...

in the

1989 NBA Finals The 1989 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1988–89 National Basketball Association (NBA) season, and the conclusion of the 1989 NBA Playoffs. The series was a rematch of the previous year's championship round between the Eastern ...

. The term is a

registered trademark The registered trademark symbol, , is a typographic symbol that provides notice that the preceding word or symbol is a trademark or service mark that has been registered with a national trademark office. A trademark is a symbol, word, or word ...

owned by

Pat Riley Patrick James Riley (born March 20, 1945) is an American professional basketball executive, former coach, and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995, and he also se ...

, the Lakers' head coach from 1981–1990, although it was coined by L.A. player Byron Scott immediately after their successful championship defense against the Pistons in the

1988 NBA Finals The 1988 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1987–88 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Eastern Conference ...

. The Lakers finally achieved a three-peat over a decade later, winning the NBA title in

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

, and

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

. It was their second in franchise history, and only the first since moving from Minneapolis. As of 2022, the Lakers are the last team of the 4 major American professional sports (NHL, MLB, NFL, & NBA) to accomplish the three-peat. While originating in the United States, the three-peat has been replicated all over the world across different sports. In recent times, Spanish

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

notably became the first club of the modern era to win three consecutive

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

titles ( 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18).

Origin and trademark

In a comedic context, the same play on words, additionally incorporating the name "

Pete Pete or Petes or ''variation'', may refer to: People * Pete (given name) * Pete (nickname) * Pete (surname) Fictional characters * Pete (Disney), a cartoon character in the ''Mickey Mouse'' universe * Pete the Pup (a.k.a. 'Petey'), a character ...

", is known to have been used as early as 1930 on the radio program '' Empire Builders''. The episode of that program broadcast on December 29, 1930, featured a trio of singers dubbed "The Three Visiting Firemen: Pete, Re-Pete, and Three-Pete". The ''

Oxford English Dictionary The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (''OED'') is the first and foundational historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP). It traces the historical development of the English language, providing a com ...

'' credits an

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

high school senior, Sharif Ford, with the earliest published use of the word in the March 8, 1989 edition of the ''

St. Louis Post-Dispatch The ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' is a major regional newspaper based in St. Louis, Missouri, serving the St. Louis metropolitan area. It is the largest daily newspaper in the metropolitan area by circulation, surpassing the ''Belleville News-Dem ...

''. Ford's quote uses the term in a sporting context and serves to provide a clear

etymology Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...

as well:

The Lincoln High Tigers say they want to "three-peat". "You know, kind of like repeat, except doing it for the third time", senior Sharif Ford said.

However, Riles & Co., the corporate entity of

(NBA) coach

, submitted in November 1988 a

trademark A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies products or services from a particular source and distinguishes them from others ...

application for the use of ''three-peat'' on shirts, jackets and hats. At the time, the phrase was being used by members and fans of the

Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

team, of whom Riley was the head coach, regarding the Lakers' quest that season to obtain what would have been a third successive NBA championship. According to Riley, it was Laker player

Byron Scott Byron Antom Scott (born March 28, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a player, Scott won three NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers during their S ...

who coined the term in reference to the team's goal for that season. In 1989, Riles & Co. successfully registered the trademark under U.S. Registration Number 1552980. The Lakers did not win a third consecutive NBA championship in

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

, but the

Chicago Bulls The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on January 1 ...

did in

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

, and Riles & Co. collected royalties from sports apparel makers who licensed the phrase for use on merchandise commemorating that accomplishment. Riles & Co. subsequently obtained additional registrations expanding the trademark to cover many other kinds of merchandise in addition to apparel. The company then went on to reap additional profits by again licensing the phrase to merchandisers when the Bulls again won three consecutive NBA championships from

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

through

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

, as well as when the

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Amer ...

won three straight

World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winner of the World ...

championships from

through

and when the Lakers won three straight NBA championships from

through

. The trademark registration for ''three-peat'' has been challenged over the years by those who argue that the term has become too generic in its usage for the trademark to continue to be applicable. However, such arguments have yet to succeed, with the registration continuing to be upheld by the

United States Patent and Trademark Office The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United States. The USPTO's headquarters are in Alexa ...

as recently as 2001, in the case of ''Christopher Wade v. Riles & Co''. In 2005, a group of individuals attempted to trademark the phrase ''Three-Pete'' in anticipation of the (ultimately unsuccessful) attempt that year by the University of Southern California (U.S.C.) football team to win a third consecutive national championship. The change in spelling was a reference to the team's head coach,

Pete Carroll Peter Clay Carroll (born September 15, 1951) is an American football coach who is the head coach and executive vice president for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was previously the head football coach at USC Troja ...

. However, the Patent Office ruled that the change in spelling was not dissimilar enough from Riles & Co.'s ''three-peat'', and denied the registration. Later that year, U.S.C. fan Kyle Bunch began selling his own "Three-Pete" T-shirts. He discontinued sales once he was notified that he was infringing upon the Riles & Co. trademark. As of late 2007, the trademark "Three Peat" is still active for shirts, jackets, caps, etc., and for commemorative mugs, plates, etc., and also for posters, bumper sticker, etc. The similar "3 Peat" became a registered trademark of Riles & Co. for blankets and other bedding, as of June 2015. Some of the Riles & Co. trademarks are no longer in effect, e.g. keychains.

Occurrences of three-peats

There have been numerous instances of teams winning three or more consecutive championships in the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...

, and

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

, most of which occurred prior to the advent of the term ''three-peat''.

North America: professional sports

All-America Football Conference The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949. One of the NFL's most formidable challengers, the AAFC attracted many of the ...

*1946–1949

Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference ( ...

(4) ''(also won 1950 NFL title)''

Continental Basketball Association The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) (originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association) was a men's professional basketball m ...

*1985–1987 Tampa Bay/Rapid City Thrillers

Formula Drift Formula Drift (also known as Formula D) is a United States-based motorsport drifting series. Formula Drift, Inc. was co-founded by Jim Liaw and Ryan Sage in 2003 as a sister company to Slipstream Global Marketing, the same partnership that int ...

*2017–2019 James Deane

Major Indoor Soccer League

*1979–1982

New York Arrows The New York Arrows were an indoor soccer team that played in the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) from 1978 to 1984. They won the first four MISL championships. History Preparing for the first season In 1978, the New York Arrows beg ...

(4) *1988–1992

San Diego Sockers San Diego Sockers may refer to: *San Diego Sockers (1978–1996), a soccer team in the North American Soccer League *San Diego Sockers (2001–2004), a soccer team in the World Indoor Soccer League and second Major Indoor Soccer League *San Diego S ...

(5)

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
(
World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winner of the World ...
)

*1936–1939

(4) *1949–1953

(5) *1972–1974

Oakland Athletics The Oakland Athletics (often referred to as the A's) are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The te ...

*1998–2000

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...
(
NBA Finals The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern and Western Conference champions play a best-of-seven game series to determine the league champion. The team that wins the series is awa ...
)

*1952–1954

Minneapolis Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers franchise has a long and storied history, predating the formation of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Founded in 1947, the Lakers are one of the NBA's most famous and successful franchises. As of summer 2012, th ...

*1959–1966

Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics ( ) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of t ...

(8) *1991–1993

*1996–1998

*2000–2002

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
(
NFL champions The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the maj ...
)

*1929–1931

Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...

''(no post-season, title game began in

1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

)'' *1965–1967 Green Bay Packers ''NFL Champions 1965–1967 (Won 1966 & 1967 NFL-AFL Championship Games (Super Bowl I and II))''

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...
(
Stanley Cup Finals The Stanley Cup Finals in ice hockey (also known as the Stanley Cup Final among various media, french: Finale de la Coupe Stanley) is the National Hockey League's (NHL) championship series to determine the winner of the Stanley Cup, North America ...
)

*1947–1949

Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Div ...

*1956–1960

Montreal Canadiens The Montreal CanadiensEven in English, the French spelling is always used instead of ''Canadians''. The French spelling of ''Montréal'' is also sometimes used in the English media. (french: link=no, Les Canadiens de Montréal), officially ...

(5) *1962–1964

*1976–1979

(4) *1980–1983

New York Islanders The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York. The Islanders compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference ( ...

(4)

Premier Hockey Federation The Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), formerly the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), is a women's professional ice hockey league located in the United States and Canada. The league was established in 2015 with four league-owned teams and ha ...
( Isobel Cup Finals)

*2020–2022

Boston Pride The Boston Pride are a professional women's ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are one of the four charter franchises of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), formerly the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL; 2015–2021). The ...

(2020 co-champions with Minnesota Whitecaps)

Women's National Basketball Association The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an American professional basketball league. It is composed of twelve teams, all based in the United States. The league was founded on April 22, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the Natio ...

(

WNBA Finals The WNBA Finals are the championship series of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the conclusion of the league's postseason each fall. The series was named the WNBA Championship until 2002. Starting 2016 Verizon is the officia ...

) * 1997–2000

Houston Comets The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Houston. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. They are one of two ...

(4)

North America: collegiate sports

NACDA Director's Cup The NACDA Directors' Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the NACDA Learfield Directors' Cup or simply as the Directors' Cup, is an award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and univers ...

(overall collegiate athletics) *1995–2013

Stanford Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...

(

NCAA Division I NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of College athletics, intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major ...

) *1997–2001 Simon Fraser ( NAIA) *1999–2011 Williams (

NCAA Division III NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their stu ...

) *2000–2003

UC Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institut ...

(

NCAA Division II NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...

) *2004–2011

Grand Valley State Grand Valley State University (GVSU, GV, or Grand Valley) is a public university in Allendale Charter Township, Michigan, Allendale, Michigan. It was established in 1960 as Grand Valley State College. Its main campus is situated on approximately ...

(

) *2005–2011

Azusa Pacific Azusa Pacific University (APU) is a private, evangelical Christian university in Azusa, California. The university was founded in 1899, with classes opening on March 3, 1900, in Whittier, California, and began offering degrees in 1939. The unive ...

( NAIA)

NAIA National Football Championship The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Football National Championship is decided by a post-season playoff system featuring the best NAIA college football teams in the United States. Under sponsorship of the National Associa ...

*2002–2005

Carroll College Fighting Saints Carroll College is a private college, private Catholic college in Helena, Montana. The college has 21 buildings on a 63-acre campus, has over 35 academic majors, participates in 15 NAIA athletic sports, and is home to All Saints Chapel. The col ...

NAIA National Basketball Championship • 1957-1959

Tennessee State Tigers basketball The Tennessee State Tigers basketball team represents Tennessee State University (TSU) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division I's Ohio Valley Conference. They play their home games at the ...

• 1970-1972

Kentucky State Thorobreds The Kentucky State Thorobreds and Thorobrettes are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Kentucky State University, located in Frankfort, Kentucky, in intercollegiate sports at the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athleti ...

Baseball *1970–1974

USC USC most often refers to: * University of South Carolina, a public research university ** University of South Carolina System, the main university and its satellite campuses **South Carolina Gamecocks, the school athletic program * University of ...

Football : Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) :*1934–1936

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

:*1944–1946

Army West Point The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known Metonymy, metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academies, United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a f ...

: Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) :*2005–2007

Appalachian State University Appalachian State University (; Appalachian, App State, App, or ASU) is a public university in Boone, North Carolina. It was founded as a teachers college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dough ...

:*2011–2015

North Dakota State University North Dakota State University (NDSU, formally North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences) is a public land-grant research university in Fargo, North Dakota. It was founded as North Dakota Agricultural College in 1890 as t ...

(5) :*2017–2019

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball *1967–1973

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

(7) NCAA Division II Men's Basketball * Northwest Missouri State University

Men's Water Polo *2008–2013

Women's Basketball *1996–1998

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

*2002–2004

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

*2013–2016

(4)

Men's Cross Country * 1944-1946

Drake Drake may refer to: Animals * A male duck People and fictional characters * Drake (surname), a list of people and fictional characters with the family name * Drake (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * ...

* 1966-1968 Villanova * 1978-1981

UTEP The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. It is a member of the University of Texas System. UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American stude ...

(4) * 1990-1993

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

(4) * 1998-2000

* 2016-2018

Northern Arizona Northern Arizona is an unofficial, colloquially-defined region of the U.S. state of Arizona. Generally consisting of Apache, Coconino, Mohave, Navajo, and Gila counties, the region is geographically dominated by the Colorado Plateau, the sout ...

Women's Basketball * 1993–1996

North Dakota State Bison The North Dakota State Bison are the athletic teams of North Dakota State University (NDSU), which is located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota. The teams are often called the "Thundering Herd". The current logo is a bison. Sports sponsored ...

(4) * 1997–1999

North Dakota Fighting Sioux The North Dakota Fighting Hawks (formerly known as the Fighting Sioux) are the athletic teams that represent the University of North Dakota (UND), located in the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Originally in the Division II North Central Con ...

Women's Basketball * 1998–2001

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...

(4)

Women's Soccer *1982–1984

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

*1986–1994

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NCAA Division II Football Championship The NCAA Division II Football Championship is an American college football tournament played annually to determine a champion at the NCAA Division II level. It was first held in 1973, as a single-elimination tournament with eight teams. The tourna ...

*1993–1995

North Alabama North Alabama is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Several geographic definitions for the area exist, with all descriptions including the nine counties of Alabama's Tennessee Valley region. The North Alabama Industrial Development Associ ...

Football *1983–1986

Augustana College (Illinois) Augustana College is a private Lutheran college in Rock Island, Illinois. The college enrolls approximately 2,500 students. Its campus is adjacent to the Mississippi River and covers of hilly, wooded land. History Augustana College was founded ...

*1996–1998 Mount Union *2000–2002 Mount Union *2009–2011

Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks The University of Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks (casually known as the UW–Whitewater Warhawks or Warhawks) are the athletic teams of the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. Twenty Warhawk athletic teams compete in NCAA NCAA Division III, Di ...

U.S. National Collegiate Club Rugby championships *1980–1983

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

*1991–2002

*2004–2008

*2012–2014

BYU Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day S ...

U.S. Collegiate Ultimate Frisbee Championships * 1988-1990

UC Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduates and 2,983 graduate students enrolled in 2021–2022. It is part of the Un ...

* 1996-1998

United States: tabletop games

Warhammer 40k American Team Championships * Team Happy 2015-2017

United States: marching arts

*The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps won the

Drum Corps International Drum Corps International (DCI) is a governing body for junior drum and bugle corps responsible for developing and enforcing rules of competition, and for providing standardized adjudication at sanctioned drum and bugle corps competitions througho ...

World Championship in 1983–1985. *The

Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps (also known as "The Green Machine") is a World Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps based in Rosemont, Illinois. The Cavaliers were one of the thirteen founding member corps of Drum Corps International ...

three-peated 2000-2002 (2001 was a tie with the Cadets).

Other countries

Argentina

First Division (association football) *1949–1951

Racing Club Racing Club may refer to: Football * Racing Club Abidjan, Ivory Coast * K.R.C. Genk, Belgium * Racing Club Bafoussam, Cameroon * Racing Club Beirut, Lebanon * Racing Club de Avellaneda, Argentina * Racing Club Haïtien, Haiti * Racing Club Port ...

*1955–1957 River Plate *Metro 1979-Metro 1980 River Plate *Apertura 1996-Apertura 1997 River Plate

Australia

Victorian Football League/Australian Football League *1906–1908

Carlton Carlton may refer to: People * Carlton (name), a list of those with the given name or surname * Carlton (singer), English soul singer Carlton McCarthy * Carlton, a pen name used by Joseph Caldwell (1773–1835), American educator, Presbyterian ...

*1927–1930 Collingwood – (four-peat) *1939–1941

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

*1955–1957

*2001–2003

Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions is a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was formed in late 1996 via a merger of the Melbourne-based 1883 foundation VFL c ...

*2013–2015

Hawthorn Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to: Plants * '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae * ''Rhaphiolepis'' (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosace ...

Australian Ice Hockey League The Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. Established in 2000, the AIHL is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia (a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation). The league is run by its own board of ...

*2010–2012

Melbourne Ice The Melbourne Ice is an Australian semi-professional ice hockey team from Melbourne, Victoria, based at the Icehouse in the Docklands precinct of central Melbourne. Founded in 2000, the Ice have been a member of the Australian Ice Hockey Leag ...

New South Wales Rugby Football League/Australian Rugby League/National Rugby League *1911–1913

Eastern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs may refer to: Places *Eastern Suburbs (Mumbai), India *Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Australia **Eastern Suburbs railway line, Sydney, Australia Sports clubs ;Association football *Eastern Suburbs AFC, Auckland, New Zealand * Eastern ...

*1915–1917 Balmain *1925–1929 South Sydney *1935–1937

*1953–1955 South Sydney *1956–1966 (eleven-peat)

St. George Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...

*1981–1983

Parramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and their ...

West Australian Football League The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...

*1908–1911

East Fremantle East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fa ...

*1919–1923

East Perth East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sunrise, Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from ...

*1928–1931

*1938–1940 Claremont *1952–1954 South Fremantle *1961–1963

Swan Districts The Swan Districts Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The club is based at Bassendean Oval, in Bassendean, an eastern suburb ...

*1966–1968

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

*1982–1984

*2000–2002

*2006–2008 Subiaco

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

* 2016-2019 Pymble Pigs (NCU- NSW) *2016-2018

Sandgate-Redcliffe Gators The Sandgate-Redcliffe District Cricket Club is a cricket club in Sandgate and Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia. They play in the Queensland Premier Cricket Queensland Premier Cricket is the top cricket competition played in Queensland, Au ...

(T20 - QLD)

Belgium

Belgian Pro League The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...

*1900–1903 Racing de Bruxelles *1904–1907 R Union Saint-Gilloise *1924–1926 Beerschot *1933–1935 R Union Saint-Gilloise SR *1949–1951 RSC Anderlechtois *1954–1956 RSC Anderlechtois *1964–1968 RSC Anderlechtois *1969–1971 R Standard Liège *1976–1978

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.

*1985–1987

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

*1993–1995

*2012–2014

*2020–2022

Brazil

Brazilian Championship *2006–2008

São Paulo FC São Paulo Futebol Clube (), commonly referred to as São Paulo, is a professional football club in the Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 1930. It plays in the Campeonato Paulista (the State of São Paulo's premier state leag ...

Bulgaria

Bulgarian

A PFG The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

*1993–1995

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

*2000–2002

Canada

Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

(

Grey Cup The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested be ...

): *1909–1911

Toronto Varsity Blues The Toronto Varsity Blues is the intercollegiate sports program at the University of Toronto. Its 43 athletic teams regularly participate in competitions held by Ontario University Athletics and U Sports. The Varsity Blues traces its founding to ...

*1922–1924 Queen's University *1945–1947

Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...

*1954–1956

Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Commo ...

*1978–1982

Collegiate women's basketball * 2011–2015

Windsor Lancers The Windsor Lancers are the varsity athletic teams that represent the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The school's varsity program supports 9 different sports. Their mascot is a lancer and the team's colours are blue and gold. ...

(five-peat)

Chile

First Division (Association football): *1933–1935 Magallanes *1989–1991

Colo-Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has played ...

*Apertura 2006-Clausura 2007

(four-peat) *Apertura 2011-Apertura 2012

Universidad de Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

*2018–2021

Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile. Founded in 1937 they play in the Primera División, the top flight of Chilean football. The team has played its home games at Estadio San Carlos d ...

(four-peat)

Costa Rica

Costa Rica, American Football 1st Division: *2010–2012

Santa Ana Bulldogs The Bulldogs FA, also known as the Dawgs, are a Costa Rican American Football team based in San Jose, Costa Rica. They are currently members of FEFACR (American Football Federation of Costa Rica) for its acronym in Spanish. They are currently The F ...

Czech Republic

Czech National Basketball League Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places *Czech, ...

: *2004-2022 ERA Nymburk (19-peat)

Denmark

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each yea ...

*2009–2011

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

Finland

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga (; sv, Tipsligan) is the premier division of Finnish football, the highest tier of the Finnish football league structure, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkau ...

*1998–2000

Haka Haka (; plural ''haka'', in both Māori and English) are a variety of ceremonial performance art in Māori culture. It is often performed by a group, with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmically shouted or chanted accompani ...

*2009–2014 HJK (six-peat)

France

Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...

*1902–1904

Roubaix Roubaix ( or ; nl, Robaais; vls, Roboais) is a city in northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area on the Belgian border. It is a historically mono-industrial commune in the Nord department, which grew rapidly in the 19th century ...

*1967–1970

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the t ...

*1974–1976

*1989–1992

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

(four-peat) *2002–2008

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

(seven-peat) *2013–2016

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...

(four-peat) *2017–2020

Germany

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

*1972–1974

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

*1975–1977

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

*1985–1987

*1999–2001

*2013–2022

(ten-peat)

DDR-Oberliga The DDR-Oberliga (English: ''East German Premier League'' or ''GDR Premier League'') was the top-level association football league in East Germany. Overview Following World War II, separate sports competitions emerged in the occupied eastern ...

*1976–1978

SG Dynamo Dresden Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, are a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kasse ...

*1979–1988

Berliner FC Dynamo Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berli ...

Italy

Italian Football Championship Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

*1898–1900

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

*1902–1904

*1911–1913

Pro Vercelli Football Club Pro Vercelli 1892, commonly referred to as Pro Vercelli, is an Italian football club based in Vercelli, Piedmont. The club is mostly renowned as one of the most successful teams in the early football era of Italy, with seven natio ...

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

*1931–1935

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

(five-peat) *1943, 1946–1949

Torino Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. T ...

*1992–1994

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

*2006–2010

Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is ...

*2012–2020

(nine-peat)

Japan

Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''. Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...

*1951–1953

Yomiuri Giants The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They ...

*1956–1958

Nishitetsu Lions The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Seibu Railway, wh ...

(changed to

Seibu Lions The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Seibu Railway, wh ...

) *1965–1973

(nine-peat) *1975–1977

Hankyu Braves The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team formed as a result of the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment by the merger of the Orix BlueWave of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Osaka, Osaka Prefectur ...

(changed to

Orix Buffaloes The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team formed as a result of the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment by the merger of the Orix BlueWave of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Osaka, Osaka Prefectur ...

) *1986–1988

(changed to

Saitama Seibu Lions The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Seibu Railway, wh ...

) *1990–1992

(changed to

) *2017–2020

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. They compete in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) as a member of the Pacific League. The team was formerly known as the Nankai Hawks and was based in Osaka. ...

(four-peat)

J1 League The , known as the for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the system. Founded in 1992, it is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football. Contested by 18 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the J ...

*2007–2009

Kashima Antlers are a football club in Kashima, Ibaraki, currently playing in the J1 League, top tier of Japanese professional football leagues. The name ''Antlers'' is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island". The club has fi ...

Netherlands

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

*1897–1899

RAP Amsterdam AVV RAP, in the long form Amsterdamsche Voetbalvereeniging RUN, Amstels, Progress, was a Dutch football club based in Amsterdam, who played in the Netherlands Football League Championship. The club existed from 1887 to 1914 and was the first cup ...

*1900–1903

HVV The Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV) ( en, "Hamburg Transport Association") is a transport association coordinating public transport in and around Hamburg, Germany. Its main objectives are to provide a unified fare system, requiring only a single ...

(four-peat) *1911–1913

Sparta Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referre ...

*1966–1968

Ajax Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Greek ...

*1986–1989 PSV (four-peat) *1994–1996

*2005–2008 PSV (four-peat) *2011–2014

(four-peat) *2019–2022

(2020 Eredivisie was abandoned due to COVID-19 and the title was not awarded)

Norway

Tippeligaen Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...

*1972–1975

Viking Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...

(four-peat) *1992–2004 Rosenborg (thirteen-peat)

Portugal

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

*1936–1938 Benfica *1947–1949

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...

*1951–1954

(four-peat) *1963–1965 Benfica *1967–1969 Benfica *1971–1973 Benfica *1975–1977 Benfica *1995–1999

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

(five-peat) *2006–2009

(four-peat) *2011–2013

*2014–2017 Benfica (four-peat)

Puerto Rico

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

* 1941–42–1944-45 Ponce (4) * 1996–97–1998-99

Indios de Mayaguez Indio may refer to: Places * Indio, Bovey Tracey, an historic estate in Devon, England * Indio, California, a city in Riverside County, California, United States People with the name * Indio (musician), Canadian musician Gordon Peterson * Índio, ...

(3)

Spain

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

*1961–1965

(5) *1967–1969

*1978–1980

*1986–1990

(5) *1991–1994

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

(4) *2009–2011

Liga ASOBAL Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 with the name of División de Honor, changing its name to the current name in 1990. The Liga ASOBAL, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of 1 ...

*1956–1961

BM Granollers Club Balonmano Granollers, commonly known as BM Granollers, is a handball club based in Granollers, Spain. History The club was founded in 1944 and it is one of the oldest and most successful Spanish handball clubs in terms of titles won. ...

(6) *1962–1965

Atlético Madrid BM Atlético Madrid Balonmano was a handball team that was part of the Atlético sports organization. History Created in the early 1950s, it won 11 Spanish Leagues and 10 Spanish Cups between 1952 and 1987, and reached the final of the 1984-85 Eur ...

(4) *1966–1968

*1970–1972

*1975–1978

CB Alicante Club Balonmano Alicante or Club Balonmano Calpisa was a Spanish handball team based in Alicante, Spain, that dominated the Spanish league along four years and reached four championships and three Spanish cups. Most of their players joined the nat ...

(4) *1983–1985

*1988–1992

FC Barcelona Handbol Futbol Club Barcelona Handbol is a Spanish handball team based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It is a part of the FC Barcelona multi sports club, and was founded on 29 November 1942. The club competes domestically in the Liga ASOBAL and in the Europe ...

(5) *1995–2000

(5) *2007–2010

BM Ciudad Real Balonmano Ciudad Real was a Spanish handball team based in Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha. BM Ciudad Real plays in Liga ASOBAL. History In July 1983 is founded in the city of Ciudad Real a handball club named Asociación Deportiva Cultural Case ...

(4) *2011–2022

(12)

South Korea

K League 1 The K League 1 (Hangul: K리그1) is the men's top professional football division of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs. History The South Korean professional football league was founded in 1 ...

*1993–1995 Ilhwa Chunma (changed to

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Seongnam () is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. Seongnam is a satellite city of Seoul. It is largely a residential city ...

) *2001–2003

(changed to

Seongnam FC Seongnam () is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. Seongnam is a satellite city of Seoul. It is largely a residential cit ...

) *2017–2021

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ( ko, 전북 현대 모터스) is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Playing at the Jeonju World Cup S ...

(five-peat)

KBO League The KBO League (), officially the Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League, is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982 and is the most popular sports league in South Korea. The Kia Tigers ar ...

*1986–1989

Haitai Tigers Kia Tigers ( ko, KIA 타이거즈) are a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982 and based in the southwestern city of Gwangju. Until 2001, they were known as the Haitai Tigers. The Tigers are a members of the KBO League and are ...

(changed to

Kia Tigers Kia Tigers ( ko, KIA 타이거즈) are a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982 and based in the southwestern city of Gwangju. Until 2001, they were known as the Haitai Tigers. The Tigers are a members of the KBO League and are ...

) (four-peat) *2011–2014

Samsung Lions The Samsung Lions () are a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982. They are based in the southeastern city of Daegu and are members of the KBO League. Their home stadium is Daegu Samsung Lions Park. They have won the Korean Champ ...

(four-peat) V-League *2008–2014

Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs ( ko, 대전 삼성화재 블루팡스) is a South Korean professional volleyball team. The team was founded in 1995 and became fully professional in 2005. They are based in Daejeon and are members of the Korea Voll ...

(seven-peat)

Sweden

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

*1945–1948

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their ...

*1949–1951

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Association, ...

*1985–1989

*1993–1996

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or simply Göteborg, is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it is the ...

Turkey

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

*1971–1973

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

*1979–1981

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

*1990–1992

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...

*1997–2000

(four-peat)

United Kingdom

Super League The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...

Super League Grand Final The Super League Grand Final is the championship-deciding game of rugby league's Super League competition. It is played between two teams who have qualified via the Super League Play-Off series. The winning team receives the Super League Trop ...

*2007–2009

Leeds Rhinos The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club was formed in 1870 as Leeds St John's and play in the Super League, the top tier of English rugby league. They have played home matches at Headi ...

English rugby union *1991–1994

Bath Bath may refer to: * Bathing, immersion in a fluid ** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body ** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe * Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities Plac ...

*1999–2001

Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its hom ...

*2003–2005

London Wasps Wasps Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union team. They last played in Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby until being suspended on 12 October 2022. On 17 October 2022 the club entered administration, resulting in r ...

English football Association football is the most popular sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game. With over 40,000 association f ...

first tier *1924–1926

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. The ...

*1933–1935

Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...

*1982–1984

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

*1999–2001

Manchester United Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...

*2007–2009

Scottish Premier League The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the top level league competition for professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football' ...

*1965-1974 Celtic F.C (nine-peat) *1989-1997 Rangers F.C (nine-peat) *2012-2020

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...

(nine-peat)

USSR

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

*1946–1948

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...

*1966–1968

Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Union, Soviet Dynamo Sports Club, Dynamo Sports Soc ...

Yugoslavia

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

*1933, 1935–36

BSK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma ...

*1961–1963

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

*1968–1970

Crvena Zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in B ...

*1990–1992

International

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

*2012, 2016, 2021

Áron Szilágyi Áron Szilágyi (; born 14 January 1990) is a Hungarian right-handed sabre fencer. Szilágyi is a 2018 team European champion, 2015 individual European champion, 2007 team world champion, and 2022 individual world champion. A four-time Oly ...

, individual men's sabre

*1956–1960

(five-peat) *1971–1973

*1974–1976

*2016–2018

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...

*2014–2016

Sevilla Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Gua ...

CONCACAF Champions League The CONCACAF Champions League, known officially as the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF. The tournament is contested by clubs from North Ameri ...

*2011-2013 C.F. Monterrey, Monterrey CONMEBOL, South American football Copa Libertadores *1968–1970 Estudiantes de La Plata *1972–1975 Club Atlético Independiente, Independiente (four-peat) CONMEBOL's Copa América *1945–1947 Argentina national football team, Argentina Champ Car World Series auto racing *2004–2007 Sébastien Bourdais CONCACAF Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, U.S. Open Cup *1965–1967 Greek American AA, Greek American Atlas *2009–2011 Seattle Sounders FC Cricket in India, Indian cricket's Ranji Trophy *1958–1972 Bombay *1974–1976 Bombay Cricket World Cup *1999–2007 Australia (World Cup every 4 years) Formula One Champion * 1954–1957 Juan Manuel Fangio (four-peat) * 2000–2004 Michael Schumacher (five-peat) * 2010–2013 Sebastian Vettel (four-peat) *2017–2020 Lewis Hamilton (four-peat) Winter X Games SuperPipe *2008–2013 Shaun White

Tennis

Davis Cup

*1903–1906 British Isles *1907–1911 *1920–1926 United States *1927–1932 *1933–1936 Great Britain *1946–1949 United States *1950–1953 Australia *1955–1957 Australia *1959–1962 Australia *1964–1967 Australia *1968–1972

Fed Cup

*1976–1982 *1983–1985 Czechoslovakia *1993–1995 Spain

Australian Open

=Men's singles

= *1931–1933 Jack Crawford (tennis), Jack Crawford *1963–1967 Roy Emerson *2011–2013 Novak Djokovic *2019–2021 Novak Djokovic

=Women's singles

= *1928–1930 Daphne Akhurst Cozens *1946–1948 Nancye Wynne Bolton *1960–1966 Margaret Court *1969–1971 Margaret Court *1974–1976 Evonne Goolagong Cawley *1988–1990 Steffi Graf *1991–1993 Monica Seles *1997–1999 Martina Hingis

=Men's doubles

= *1936–1940 Adrian Quist (five-peat: his partners were Don Turnbull (tennis), Don Turnbull in 1936–37 tournaments, and John Bromwich until 1940)The Australian Open was not held in 1941–1945 due to World War II, indeed if the 1940 and 1946 tournaments are counted as straight versions Adrian Quist scores a ten-peat and John Bromwich an eight-peat. *1938–1940 John Bromwich (his partner was Adrian Quist, see above) *1946–1950 John Bromwich and Adrian Quist (five-peat) *1959–1961 Rod Laver and Bob Mark *2009–2011 Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan

=Women's doubles

= *1923–1925 Sylvia Lance Harper (her partners were Esna Boyd Robertson in the 1923 tournament, and Daphne Akhurst Cozens in 1924–25) *1936–1940 Thelma Coyne Long and Nancye Wynne Bolton *1947–1949 Thelma Coyne Long and Nancye Wynne Bolton *1954–1956 Mary Bevis Hawton (her partners were Beryl Penrose in 1954–55, and Thelma Coyne Long in the 1956 tournament) *1961–1963 Margaret Court (her partners were Mary Carter Reitano in the 1961 tournament, and Robyn Ebbern in 1962–63) *1969–1971 Margaret Court (her partners were Judy Tegart Dalton in 1969–70, and Evonne Goolagong Cawley in the 1971 tournament) *1974–1976 Evonne Goolagong Cawley (her partners were Peggy Michel in 1974–75, and Helen Gourlay in the 1976 tournament) *1976–12/1977 Helen Gourlay (her partners were Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1976 and December 1977 (see above), and Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat in January 1977) *1982–1989 Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver (seven-peatThe Australian Open was not held during 1986 due to date changes.) *1997–1999 Martina Hingis (her partners were Natasha Zvereva in the 1997 tournament, Mirjana Lučić in 1998, and Anna Kournikova in 1999)

French Open

=Men's singles

= *1894-1896 André Vacherot *1897–1900 Paul Aymé *1907–1909 Max Decugis *1912–1914 Max Decugis *1978–1981 Björn Borg (four-peat) *2005–2008 Rafael Nadal (four-peat) *2010–2014 Rafael Nadal (five-peat) *2017–2020 Rafael Nadal (four-peat)

=Women's singles

= *1897-1899 Adine Masson *1904–1906 Kate Gillou *1909–1912 Jeanne Matthey *1920–1923 Suzanne Lenglen *1928–1930 Helen Wills *1935–1937 Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling *1990–1992 Monica Seles *2005–2007 Justine Henin

=Men's doubles

= *1961–1965 Roy Emerson (six-peat: his partners were Neal Fraser in 1960 and 1962, Rod Laver in the 1961 tournament, Manuel Santana in 1963, Ken Fletcher in 1964, and Fred Stolle in 1965)

=Women's doubles

= *1909–1912 Jeanne Matthey and Daisy Speranza *1920–1923 Suzanne Lenglen (four-peat: her partners were Elisabeth d'Aryen in the 1920 tournament, Geramine Pigueron in 1921–22, and Didi Vasto in 1923) *1932–1934 Elizabeth Ryan (her partners were Helen Wills in the 1932 tournament, and Simonne Mathieu in 1933–34) *1936–1939 Simonne Mathieu (four-peat: her partners were Billie Yorke in 1936–38, and Jadwiga Jędrzejowska in the 1939 tournament) *1936–1938 Billie Yorke (her partner was Simonne Mathieu, see above) *1950–1953 Doris Hart and Shirley Fry Irvin *1961–1963 Renée Schuurman (her partners were Sandra Reynolds in 1961–62, and Ann Jones (tennis), Ann Jones in the 1963 tournament) *1964–1966 Margaret Court (her partners were Lesley Turner Bowrey in 1964–65, and Judy Tegart in the 1966 tournament) *1967–1971 Françoise Dürr (five-peat: her partners were Gail Chanfreau in 1967 and 1970–71, and Ann Jones (tennis), Ann Jones in 1967–68)This is a rare example of a three-peat across the Amateur and Open Eras. *1984–1988 Martina Navratilova (five-peat: her partners were Pam Shriver in 1984–85 and 1987–88, and Andrea Temesvári in the 1986 tournament) *1991–1995 Gigi Fernández (five-peat: her partners were Jana Novotná in the 1991 tournament, and Natasha Zvereva in 1992–95) *1992–1995 Natasha Zvereva (four-peat: her partner was Gigi Fernández, see above)

The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon

=Gentlemen's singles

= *1881–1886 William Renshaw *1897–1900 Reginald Doherty *1902–1906 Laurence Doherty *1910–1913 Anthony Wilding *1934–1936 Fred Perry *1976–1980 Björn Borg (five-peat) *1993–1995 Pete Sampras *1997–2000 Pete Sampras (four-peat) *2003–2007 Roger Federer (five-peat) *2018–2021 Novak Djokovic (2020 Wimbledon was cancelled due to COVID-19)

=Ladies' singles

= *1891–1893 Lottie Dod *1919–1923 Suzanne Lenglen *1927–1930 Helen Wills *1948–1950 Louise Brough *1952–1954 Maureen Connolly *1966–1968 Billie Jean King *1982–1987 Martina Navratilova (six-peat) *1991–1993 Steffi Graf

=Gentlemen's doubles

= *1884–1886 William Renshaw and Ernest Renshaw *1894–1896 Wilfred Baddeley and Herbert Baddeley *1897–1901 Laurence Doherty and Reginald Doherty *1903–1905 Laurence Doherty and Reginald Doherty *1921–22 Randolph Lycett (his partners were Max Woosnam in the 1921 tournament, James Anderson (tennis), James Anderson in 1922, and Leslie Godfree) *1929–1931 John Van Ryn (his partners were Wilmer Allison in 1929–30, and George Lott in the 1931 tournament) *1968–1970 John Newcombe and Tony Roche *1993–1997 Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde *2002–2004 Todd Woodbridge and Jonas Björkman

=Ladies' doubles

= *1919–1923 Suzanne Lenglen and Elizabeth Ryan (five-peat) *1925–1927 Elizabeth Ryan (her partners were Suzanne Lenglen in the 1925 tournament, Mary Browne in 1926, and Helen Wills in 1927) *1948–1950 Louise Brough and Margaret Osborne duPont *1951–1953 Shirley Fry Irvin and Doris Hart *1956–1958 Althea Gibson (her partners were Angela Buxton in the 1956 tournament, Darlene Hard in 1957, and Maria Bueno in 1958) *1970–1973 Billie Jean King (four-peat: her partners were Rosemary Casals in 1970–71 and 1973, and Betty Stöve in the 1972 tournament) *1981–1984 Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver (four-peat) *1991–1994 Natasha Zvereva (four-peat: her partners were Larisa Neiland in the 1991 tournament, and Gigi Fernández in 1992–94) *1992–1994 Gigi Fernández (her partner was Natasha Zvereva, see above)

US Open (tennis), US Open

=Men's singles

= *1881-1887 Richard Sears (tennis), Richard Sears *1890-1892 Oliver Campbell *1898–1900 Malcolm Whitman *1907–1911 William Larned *1920–1925 Bill Tilden *1979–1981 John McEnroe *1985–1987 Ivan Lendl *2004–2008 Roger Federer (five-peat)

=Women's singles

= *1909–1911 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman *1912–1914 Mary Browne *1915–1918 Molla Mallory *1920–1922 Molla Mallory *1923–1925 Helen Wills *1927–1929 Helen Wills *1932–1935 Helen Jacobs *1938–1940 Alice Marble *1943–1944 Pauline Betz *1948–1950 Margaret Osborne duPont *1951–1953 Maureen Connolly *1975–1978 Chris Evert (four-peat) *2012–2014 Serena Williams

=Men's doubles

= *1882-1887 Richard Sears (tennis), Richard Sears (six-peat: his partners were James Dwight in 1882-84 and 1886–87, and Joseph Clark (tennis), Joseph Clark in the 1885 tournament) *1882-1884 James Dwight (his partner was Richard Sears (tennis), Richard Sears, see above) *1899-1901 Holcombe Ward and Dwight F. Davis *1904–1906 Holcombe Ward and Beals Wright *1907–1910 Fred Alexander and Harold Hackett (four-peat) *1912–1914 Maurice McLoughlin and Tom Bundy *1921–1923 Bill Tilden (his partners were Vincent Richards in 1921–22, and Brian Norton (tennis), Brian Norton in the 1923 tournament) *1928–1930 George Lott (his partners were John F. Hennessey in the 1928 tournament, and John Doeg in 1929–30)

=Women's doubles

= *1894-1898 Juliette Atkinson (five-peat: her partners were Helen Hellwig in 1894–95, Elisabeth Moore in the 1896 tournament, and Kathleen Atkinson in 1897-98) *1909–1911 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (her partners were Edith Rotch in 1909–10, and Eleonora Sears in the 1911 tournament) *1912–1914 Mary K. Browne (her partners were Dorothy Green (tennis), Dorothy Green in the 1912 tournament, and Louise Riddell Williams in 1913–14) *1915–1917 Eleonora Sears (her partners were Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman in the 1915 tournament, and Molla Mallory in 1916–17) *1918–1920 Marion Jessup and Eleanor Goss *1937–1941 Sarah Palfrey Cooke (five-peat: her partners were Alice Marble in 1937–40, and Margaret Osborne duPont in the 1941 tournament) *1937–1940 Alice Marble (four-peat: her partner was Sarah Palfrey Cooke, see above) *1941–1950 Margaret Osborne duPont (ten-peat: her partners were Sarah Palfrey Cooke in the 1941 tournament (see above), and Louise Brough in 1942–50) *1942–1950 Louise Brough (nine-peat: her partner was Margaret Osborne duPont, see above) *1951–1954 Shirley Fry Irvin and Doris Hart *1955–1957 Louise Brough and Margaret Osborne duPont *1958–1962 Darlene Hard (five-peat: her partners were Jeanne Arth in 1958–59, Maria Bueno in 1960 and 1962, and Lesley Turner Bowrey in the 1961 tournament) *2002–2004 Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez

ATP World Tour Finals

=Singles

= *1971–1973 Ilie Năstase *1985–1987 Ivan Lendl *2012–2015 Novak Djokovic (four-peat)

=Doubles

= *1978–1984 Peter Fleming (tennis), Peter Fleming and John McEnroe (seven-peat)

WTA Finals

=Singles

= *1983–1986 Martina Navratilova (four-peat) *1990–1992 Monica Seles *2012–2014 Serena Williams

Indian Wells Masters

=Men's singles

= *2004–2006 Roger Federer *2014–2016 Novak Djokovic

=Men's doubles

= *1986–1988 Guy Forget (his partners were Peter Fleming (tennis), Peter Fleming in the 1986 tournament, Yannick Noah in 1987, and Boris Becker in 1988) *1988–1990 Boris Becker (his partners were Guy Forget in 1988 and 1990, and Jakob Hlasek in the 1989 tournament)

Miami Open (tennis), Miami Open

=Men's singles

= *2001–2003 Andre Agassi *2014–2016 Novak Djokovic

=Women's singles

= *1994–1996 Steffi Graf *2002–2004 Serena Williams *2013–2015 Serena Williams

=Men's doubles

= *1996–1998 Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde *2010–2012 Leander Paes (his partners were Lukáš Dlouhý in the 2010 tournament, Mahesh Bhupathi in 2011, and Radek Štěpánek in 2012)

=Women's doubles

= *1995–1997 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (her partners were Jana Novotná in 1995 and 1996, and Natasha Zvereva in the 1997 tournament)

Monte Carlo Masters

=Men's singles

= *2005–2012 Rafael Nadal (eight-peat) *2016–2018 Rafael Nadal

Italian Open (tennis), Italian Open

=Men's singles

= *2005–2007 Rafael Nadal

Paris Masters

=Men's singles

= *2013–2015 Novak Djokovic

Barcelona Open (tennis), Barcelona Open

=Men's singles

= *2005–2009 Rafael Nadal (five-peat) *2011–2013 Rafael Nadal *2016–2018 Rafael Nadal

Golf

US Open (golf), US Open

*1903–1905 Willie Anderson (golfer), Willie Anderson

The Open Championship

*1868-1872 Young Tom Morris (four-peat) *1877-1879 Jamie Anderson (golfer), Jamie Anderson *1880-1882 Bob Ferguson (golfer), Bob Ferguson *1954–1956 Peter Thomson (golfer), Peter Thomson

PGA Championship

*1924–1927 Walter Hagen

Basketball

Argentina

Liga Nacional de Básquet *2010-2012 Club Atlético Peñarol (Mar del Plata) *2015-2018 San Lorenzo de Almagro (basketball) (four-peat)

France

LNB Pro A *1983–1985 Limoges CSP *1988–1990 Limoges CSP *2019–2022 ASVEL Basket, LDLC Asvel

Germany

Basketball Bundesliga *1970–1972 Bayer Giants Leverkusen, TuS 04 Leverkusen *1990–1996 Bayer Giants Leverkusen, TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen *1997–2003 ALBA Berlin (seven-peat) *2010–2013 Brose Baskets (four-peat, also won the German Cup in 2010, 2011 and 2012) *2020–2022 ALBA Berlin

Israel

Israeli Basketball Premier League *1957–1959 Maccabi Tel Aviv *1962–1964 Maccabi Tel Aviv *1970–1992 Maccabi Tel Aviv (twenty three-peat) *1994–2007 Maccabi Tel Aviv (fourteen-peat) *2018–2021 Maccabi Tel Aviv (four-peat)

Italy

Lega Basket Serie A *1946–1949 Virtus Bologna (four-peat) *1950–1954 Olimpia Milano (five-peat) *1957–1960 Olimpia Milano (four-peat) *1965–1967 Olimpia Milano *1969–1971 Pallacanestro Varese, Varese *1985–1987 Olimpia Milano *2007–2011 Mens Sana 1871 Basket, Mens Sana Siena

Philippines

Philippine Basketball Association, PBA * 1976 PBA season, 1976–1977 PBA season, 1977 Crispa Redmanizers (six straight championships: 1975 All-Philippine Championship, 1976 Grand Slam, 1977 All-Filipino Conference and 1977 Open Conference) * 1983 PBA season, 1983–1984 PBA season, 1984 Crispa Redmanizers (four straight championships: 1983 Grand Slam, 1984 First All-Filipino Conference) *1984 PBA season, 1984–1985 PBA season, 1985 Great Taste Coffee Makers (four straight championships: 1984 Second All-Filipino Conference, 1984 Invitational Championship, 1985 Open Conference, 1985 All-Filipino Conference) * 1988 PBA season, 1988–1989 PBA season, 1989 San Miguel Beermen (four straight championships: 1988 PBA Reinforced Conference, 1989 PBA season, 1989 Grand Slam) * 1995 PBA season, 1995–1996 PBA season, 1996 Alaska Aces (PBA), Alaska Milkmen (four straight championship: 1995 PBA season, 1995 Governors' Cup and 1996 PBA season, 1996 Grand Slam) * 1997 PBA season, 1997–1998 PBA season, 1998 Alaska Aces (PBA), Alaska Milkmen (three straight championships: 1997 PBA season, 1997 Governors' Cup, 1998 PBA season, 1998 All-Filipino Cup and 1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup) * 2000 PBA season, 2000–2001 PBA season, 2001 San Miguel Beermen (three straight championships: 2000 PBA season, 2000 Commissioner's Cup, 2000 Governors' Cup, 2001 PBA season, 2001 All-Filipino Cup) * 2012–13 PBA season, 2013–2013–14 PBA season, 2014 Star Hotshots, San Mig Super Coffee Mixers (four straight championships: 2012–13 PBA season, 2013 Governors' Cup, 2013–14 PBA season, 2013–14 Grand Slam)

Puerto Rico

Baloncesto Superior Nacional, BSN basketball *1941–1943 Atléticos de San Germán *1947–1950 Atléticos de San Germán (4-peat) *1955–1957 Maratonistas de Coamo, Cardenales de Rio Piedras *1964–1966 Leones de Ponce (basketball), Leones de Ponce *1971–1975 Vaqueros de Bayamon (basketball), Vaqueros de Bayamon (5-peat) *1977–1979 Piratas de Quebradillas *1998–2001 Cangrejeros de Santurce (basketball), Cangrejeros de Santurce (4-peat)

Spain

Liga ACB *1960–1966 Real Madrid Baloncesto (7-peat) *1968–1977 Real Madrid Baloncesto (10-peat) *1984–1986 Real Madrid Baloncesto *1987–1990 FC Barcelona Bàsquet, Barcelona (4-peat) *1995–1997 FC Barcelona Bàsquet, Barcelona

Switzerland

Swiss Basketball League *1997–1999 Fribourg Olympic Basket, Fribourg *2000–2002 Lugano Tigers *2010–2012 Lugano Tigers *2018–2022 Fribourg Olympic Basket, Fribourg (4-peat)

Turkey

Basketbol Süper Ligi, Basketball Super League *1970–1973 İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K., İTÜ BK *1976–1978 Eczacıbaşı S.K. (men's basketball), Eczacıbaşı *1980–1982 Eczacıbaşı S.K. (men's basketball), Eczacıbaşı *1992–1994 Anadolu Efes S.K., Efes Pilsen *2001–2004 Anadolu Efes S.K., Efes Pilsen (four-peat) *2016–2018 Fenerbahçe S.K. (basketball), Fenerbahçe

Vietnam

Vietnam Basketball Association, VBA * 2019–2022 Saigon Heat (VBA), Saigon Heat (three-peat: 2019 VBA season, 2019, 2020 VBA season, 2020, 2022 VBA season, 2022)

The National Football League

In the

(NFL), a Super Bowl championship three-peat has not been accomplished. Two-time defending Super Bowl champions who failed to three-peat include the Green Bay Packers (1968 NFL season, 1968), Miami Dolphins (1974 NFL season, 1974), Pittsburgh Steelers (twice: 1976 NFL season, 1976, 1980 NFL season, 1980), San Francisco 49ers (1990 NFL season, 1990), Dallas Cowboys (1994 NFL season, 1994), Denver Broncos (1999 NFL season, 1999), and New England Patriots (2005 NFL season, 2005). All of these teams failed to return to the title game in the third season (indicated in parentheses). The Buffalo Bills went to 4 consecutive Super Bowls from 1990–1993 which is a feat unmatched in NFL history, however they lost in every appearance. The New England Patriots are the most recent team to play in three consecutive Super Bowls from 2016–2018, winning Super Bowl LI (2016 NFL season, 2016) and Super Bowl LIII (2018 NFL season, 2018), but losing Super Bowl LII (2017 NFL season, 2017) In the early years of the NFL, decades before the introduction of either the term ''three-peat'' or the Super Bowl, the Green Bay Packers, Packers won three consecutive NFL titles from 1929 NFL season, 1929–1931 NFL season, 31. This was achieved without playing any postseason playoff games, as the league title was determined at that time from the season standings. In addition, the Packers won the NFL championship in 1965, at a time when the rival NFL and AFL played separate exclusive championships. They then followed that 1965 championship with their first two Super Bowl victories in 1966 and 1967 (their Super Bowl berths were earned by winning both the 1966 NFL Championship Game and 1967 NFL Championship Game), thereby winning championships three years in a row.

Related terms

There have been efforts to come up with a similarly clever name for the potential fourth consecutive championship in the year following a three-peat. But attempts such as ''quat-row'' have thus far failed to catch on, and most fans simply use the term ''four-peat''. Since the term ''three-peat'' came into usage, however, only one team in major American sports has been able to achieve it – Hendrick Motorsports, Hendrick Racing/Jimmie Johnson NASCAR team, who won 5 championships in a row. The wordplay of ''three-peat'' is clearer if ''repeat'' is lexical stress, stressed on the first syllable; this pronunciation is uncommon outside North America. Other English-speaking people may instead talk of a hat trick of championships, or simply a three-in-a-row. There are also terms for winning three trophies in the same season: *Triple Crown (disambiguation), Triple Crown – various sports *Treble (association football) *Grand Slam (PBA), Grand slam – Philippine Basketball Association

References

{{Reflist Sports terminology Sports accomplishments

Origin and trademark

Occurrences of three-peats

North America: professional sports

All-America Football Conference The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949. One of the NFL's most formidable challengers, the AAFC attracted many of the ...

Continental Basketball Association The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) (originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association) was a men's professional basketball m ...

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Major Indoor Soccer League

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North America: collegiate sports

United States: tabletop games

United States: marching arts

Other countries

Argentina

Australia

Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

Chile

Costa Rica

Czech Republic

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Italy

Japan

Netherlands

Norway

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Spain

South Korea

Sweden

Turkey

United Kingdom

USSR

Yugoslavia

International

Tennis

Davis Cup

Fed Cup

Australian Open

=Men's singles

=Women's singles

=Men's doubles

=Women's doubles

French Open

=Men's singles

=Women's singles

=Men's doubles

=Women's doubles

The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon

=Gentlemen's singles

=Ladies' singles

=Gentlemen's doubles

=Ladies' doubles

US Open (tennis), US Open

=Men's singles

=Women's singles

=Men's doubles

=Women's doubles

ATP World Tour Finals

=Singles

=Doubles

WTA Finals

=Singles

Indian Wells Masters

=Men's singles

=Men's doubles

Miami Open (tennis), Miami Open

=Men's singles

=Women's singles

=Men's doubles

=Women's doubles

Monte Carlo Masters

=Men's singles

Italian Open (tennis), Italian Open

=Men's singles

Paris Masters

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