The Triple Crown is a term in European
professional
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club
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* Club, a '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
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basketball
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that refers to a club winning their country's top-tier level national domestic league, primary national domestic cup, and
the top-tier level European-wide continental competition (
EuroLeague) in the same season. It is the highest accomplishment that a European basketball club can achieve during a season. Only 12 European basketball clubs have achieved the Triple Crown, on 22 occasions.
All the Triple Crowns achieved
*In the 2000–01 season, there were two first-tier level European-wide champions:
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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, that won
FIBA
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's
SuproLeague and
Kinder Bologna, that won
Euroleague Basketball Company
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's
EuroLeague.
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Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Šarūnas "Šaras" Jasikevičius (; born 5 March 1976) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. During his playing career, standing ...
is the only player in the history of European basketball to have won the Triple Crown with his teams 4 times. The teams that won the Triple Crown in which Jasikevičius played are:
FC Barcelona
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Founded ...
in 2002–03,
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...
in 2003–04 and 2004–05, and
Panathinaikos
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in 2008–09.
Achievements by club
Achievements by national league
"Small Triple Crown"
Second-tiers
In addition, five European basketball clubs have won their top-tier level national domestic league, their top-tier level national domestic cup, and the
2nd-tier level European-wide competition (
FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup / FIBA European Cup, or
EuroCup) in the same season – the so-called, "Small Triple Crown".
Third and fourth-tiers
Seven clubs, on eight occasions, have won their top-tier level national domestic league, their top-tier level national domestic cup, and the
3rd-tier level European-wide competition (
FIBA Korać Cup
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or
FIBA EuroChallenge
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), or the 4th-tier level
FIBA EuroCup Challenge / FIBA Europe Cup, in the same season.
{{Men's professional basketball leagues
EuroLeague awards and honors
Basketball statistics