The Italian Basketball Cup (Italian: Coppa Italiana di Pallacanestro), or Coppa Italia, is an annual professional

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competition between pro clubs from the Italian Basketball League (LBA). It is Italy's first-tier cup competition, and is not to be confused with Italy's second-tier cup competition, the Italian Legadue Cup.

History and format

The first edition of the Italian Cup championship took place in 1968, and was won by

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. Between 1975 and 1983, the cup competition was not held, but it has been held regularly every year from 1984 onward. The formula of the competition has changed over the years. Beginning in 1990, after an elimination phase and subsequent knockout rounds, the tournament ends in a final four format. From 2000 onward, the ranked 8 teams compete for the trophy in a Final Eight format which consists of the quarter-finals, semifinals and the final over 3 days. Finally, the winner of the Italian Cup championship then has the right to face the winner of the

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championship in a single final game to determine the winner the

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championship.

Title holders

* 1967–68: Ignis Sud Napoli * 1968–69:

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* 1969–70:

* 1970–71:

* 1971–72:

Simmenthal Milano Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and the team is sometimes ...

* 1972–73:

* 1973–74: Norda Bologna * 1974–83: Not Held * 1983–84: Granarolo Bologna * 1984–85:

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* 1985–86: Simac Milano * 1986–87:

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* 1987–88: Snaidero Caserta * 1988–89: Knorr Bologna * 1989–90: Knorr Bologna * 1990–91: Glaxo Verona * 1991–92:

* 1992–93: Benetton Treviso * 1993–94: Benetton Treviso * 1994–95: Benetton Treviso * 1995–96: Stefanel Milano * 1996–97: Kinder Bologna * 1997–98: Teamsystem Bologna * 1998–99: Kinder Bologna * 1999–00: Benetton Treviso * 2000–01: Kinder Bologna * 2001–02: Kinder Bologna * 2002–03: Benetton Treviso * 2003–04: Benetton Treviso * 2004–05: Benetton Treviso * 2005–06: Carpisa Napoli * 2006–07: Benetton Treviso * 2007–08: A.IR. Avellino * 2008–09:

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* 2009–10:

* 2010–11:

* 2011–12: ''

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'' (revoked) * 2013–14: Banco di Sardegna Sassari * 2014–15: Banco di Sardegna Sassari * 2015–16: EA7 Emporio Armani Milano * 2016–17: EA7 Emporio Armani Milano * 2017–18: Fiat Torino * 2018–19:

Vanoli Cremona Guerino Vanoli Basket, also known as Vanoli Cremona, is a professional basketball team of the city of Cremona. The team played in the LBA, the top Italian basketball league, for 12 years until 2021. From 1999 to 2011 the society had the name of ...

* 2019–20:

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* 2020–21: AX Armani Exchange Milano * 2021–22: AX Armani Exchange Milano

The finals

Source
LBA Final Eight
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Performance by club

References

External links

Italian League Site
{{European basketball cups

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