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The FIBA Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by
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between the 1971–72 and 2001–02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the FIBA European Champions Cup (later renamed the
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) and the FIBA Cup Winners Cup (later renamed the
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). The last Korać Cup season was held during the 2001–02 season.


History

The Korać Cup was named after the legendary Yugoslav player
Radivoj Korać Radivoj Korać ( sr-cyrl, Радивој Кораћ; 5 November 1938 – 2 June 1969) was a Yugoslav professional basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Korać is well-known for holding t ...
, killed in 1969 in a car accident near
Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...
. The Korać Cup is not to be confused with the
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n national basketball cup competition, the
Radivoj Korać Cup The Radivoj Korać Cup ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Куп Радивоја Кораћа, Kup Radivoja Koraća) is the men's national basketball cup of Serbia. It is run by the Basketball Federation of Serbia and is named after Serbian basketball legend and ...
, which has been named after Radivoj Korać since the mid-2000s, the next year after the international Korać Cup competition was terminated. Following the 2011 agreement between
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and the
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, the actual winners' trophy given out for 30 years in the Korać Cup (the so-called "Žućko's left") will, from 2012 onwards, be given to the winning team of the Serbian national cup competition.


Finals


Titles by club


Titles by nation


Winning rosters

* 1972 Lokomotiva
Nikola Plećaš Nikola Plećaš (born January 10, 1948) is a former Yugoslavian professional basketball player. At a height of tall, and a weight of , he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. He was considered to be one of the greatest Europea ...
, Damir Rukavina, Vječeslav Kavedžija,
Rajko Gospodnetić Rajko ( sr-Cyrl, Рајко, ) is a masculine given name and may refer to: *Rajko Aleksić (born 1947), former Serbian football defender * Rajko Brežančić (born 1989), Serbian footballer *Rajko Ray Bogdanović (born 1979), Serbian engineer for ...
, Milivoj Omašić, Eduard Bočkaj, Ivica Valek, Dragan Kovačić,
Petar Jelić Petar Jelić ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Јелић; born 18 October 1986) is a Bosnian Serb former international footballer. Club career Jelić played for FK Modriča Maxima in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina until he signed with 1. FC ...
, Ante Ercegović, Zdenko Grgić, Srećko Šute, Zvonko Avberšek (
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) * 1973 Birra Forst Cantù
Pierlo Marzorati Pierluigi "Pierlo" Marzorati (born 12 September 1952) is an Italian former professional basketball player. During his playing career, he was nicknamed "L'ingegnere volante" ( EN: "The Flying Engineer"). He is considered to have been one of the be ...
, Bob Lienhard,
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, Antonio Farina, Mario Beretta,
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: Arnaldo Taurisano) * 1973–74 Birra Forst Cantù
Pierlo Marzorati Pierluigi "Pierlo" Marzorati (born 12 September 1952) is an Italian former professional basketball player. During his playing career, he was nicknamed "L'ingegnere volante" ( EN: "The Flying Engineer"). He is considered to have been one of the be ...
, Bob Lienhard,
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Fabrizio Della Fiori Fabrizio Della Fiori (born 1 September 1951) is a retired professional basketball player from Italy. He was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2014. Professional career Della Fiori was a member of the FIBA European Selection, ...
, Antonio Farina,
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, Mario Beretta,
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Luciano Vendemini Luciano Vendemini (11 July 1952 – 20 February 1977) was an Italian basketball player. He was a member of the Italian team that finished fifth at the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the X ...
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: Arnaldo Taurisano) * 1974–75 Birra Forst Cantù Bob Lienhard,
Pierlo Marzorati Pierluigi "Pierlo" Marzorati (born 12 September 1952) is an Italian former professional basketball player. During his playing career, he was nicknamed "L'ingegnere volante" ( EN: "The Flying Engineer"). He is considered to have been one of the be ...
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Carlo Recalcati Carlo Recalcati (born September 11, 1945, in Milan, Italy) is an Italian professional basketball coach, and a former player. He was the head coach of the senior Italian national basketball team, from 2001 to 2009, and led them to the silver meda ...
, Antonio Farina,
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, Mario Beretta,
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Saša Obradović Saša Obradović (Anglicized: Sasha Obradovic; sr-Cyrl, Саша Обрадовић, ; born 29 January 1969) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Standing at , he played in the guard position for Crvena zvezda, Limoges, ...
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Ademola Okulaja Ademola Okulaja (10 July 1975 – 17 May 2022) was a German professional basketball player. The last team he played for were the Brose Baskets of the Basketball Bundesliga. After his playing career, he became an agent for NBA player Dennis Schr ...
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Svetislav Pešić Svetislav "Kari" Pešić ( sr-Cyrl, Светислав "Кари" Пешић; born 28 August 1949) is a Serbian professional basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Serbia men's national team. Playing career During his club ...
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Dinos Angelidis Konstantinos "Dinos" Angelidis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Ντίνος" Αγγελίδης; born 5 April 1969) is an Austrian-born former Greek professional basketball player of mixed Greek- Austrian descent. Born in Vienna, he played prof ...
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Yann Bonato Yann Jean Claude Bonato (born 4 March 1972 in Cannes) is a former professional basketball player from France, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with the senior French Men's National Team. He was inducted into the French Baske ...
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Duško Ivanović Duško Ivanović (; born September 1, 1957) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. Professional playing ca ...
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Veljko Mršić Veljko Mršić (; born 13 April 1971) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player, who is currently the head coach of the KK Split, Split of the Croatian Premijer liga (Croatian basketball), Premijer liga and the ABA League. P ...
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Moustapha Sonko Moustapha Sonko (born 14 June 1972 in Paris, France) is a former professional basketball player from France. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018. Professional career Sonko was the French 2nd Division French Pl ...
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Germán Gabriel Germán Antonio Gabriel Benaches (born November 16, 1980) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. He played as a power forward and as a center. Professional career Gabriel signed with the Liga ACB club Estudiantes in 2009. After s ...
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Božidar Maljković Božidar "Boža" Maljković ( sr-Cyrl, Божидар "Божа" Маљковић; born 20 April 1952) is a Serbian former professional basketball coach and current president of the Olympic Committee of Serbia. He is one of the most successful b ...
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Cyril Julian Cyril Julian (born 29 March 1974 in Castres, Tarn) is a French former men's professional basketball player. He spent most of his club career with the pro club SLUC Nancy in France. Julian was a 3 time French League French Player's MVP ...
, Ross Land, Fabien Dubos, Goran Bošković, Joseph Gomis, Vincent Masingue, Maxime Zianveni, Mouhamadou Mbodji, Danilo Cmiljanić, Gary Phaeton, Loic Toilier (
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Statistical leaders per season


Top scorers

Since the beginning of the 1986–87 season (Total Points Per Season): *1986–87 Paul Thompson (Limoges): 245 *1987–88 Drazen Petrovic (Cibona Zagreb): 302 *1988–89 Jeff Turner (Wiwa Vismara Cantù): 273 *1989–90 Reggie Johnson (Jovedud Badalona): 265 *1990–91
Pace Mannion Pace Shewan Mannion (born September 22, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and in the Italian league with the team of Cantù (which won the FIBA Korać Cup in 1991 d ...
(Clear Cantù): 334 Since the beginning of the 1991–92 season (Points Per Game): *1991–92 Joe Arlauckas (Taugres Vitoria): 29.7 *1992–93 Joe Arlauckas (Taugres Vitoria): 32 *1993–94 Henry Turner (Panionios Smyrna): 27.5 *1994–95 Steve Burtt Sr., Steve Burtt (Illycaffé Trieste): 32.9 *1995–96 Mitchell Wiggins (Sporting Athens): 27.1 *1996–97 Orlando Lightfoot (Echo Houthalen): 28.6 *1997–98 Mike Iuzzolino (Mash Verona): 22.8 *1998–99 David Bergstrom (Norrkoping Dolphins): 25.7 *1999–00 Brian Evans (basketball), Brian Evans (Lineltex Imola): 23.1 *2000–01 Acie Earl (Turk Telecom): 24.9 *2001–02 Velimir Perasović (Fuenlabrada): 23.8


Most rebounds

Since the beginning of the 1991–92 season (Rebounds Per Game): *1991–92 Arvydas Sabonis (Forum Valladolid): 15.6 *1992–93 P.J. Brown (Panionios Smyrna): 14.3 *1993–94 Ed Stokes (Panionios Smyrna): 12.8 *1994–95 Kevin Thompson (basketball), Kevin Thompson (Illycaffe Trieste): 16 *1995–96 Dallas Comegys (Fenerbahce Istanbul): 12.1 *1996–97 Steve Payne (basketball), Steve Payne (JDA Dijon): 11.7 *1997–98 Michael Ansley (Darussafaka Istanbul): 9.2 *1998–99 Richard Petruska (Galatasaray Istanbul): 9.7 *1999–00 Mark Dean (basketball), Mark Dean (Maccabi Haifa): 14.7 *2000–01 Tanoka Beard (Fenerbahce): 13.8 *2001–02 Kebu Stewart (Hapoel Jerusalem): 11.7


Most assists

Since the beginning of the 1991–92 season (Assists Per Game): *1991–92 Pablo Laso (Taugres Vitoria): 9 *1992–93 Pablo Laso (Taugres Vitoria): 8.7 *1993–94 Henrik Rodl (Alba Berlin): 5.3 *1994–95 Evgeni Pashutin (Dynamo Moscow): 9.3 *1995–96 Delaney Rudd (ASVEL Villeurbanne): 6.5 *1996–97 Oleg Ten (CSK VVS Samara): 7.5 *1997–98 Gianmarco Pozzecco (Varese): 5.4 *1998–99 Jean-Marc Jaumin (Sunair Oostende): 6.7 *1999–00 Teemu Rannikko (Piiloset Turku): 5.5 *2000–01 Georgi Mladenov (Levski Sofia): 7.4 *2001–02 Petr Czudek (BK Opava): 7.9 FIBA Korac 01-02 Stats FIBA.Com
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Index rating

*1991–92 Arvydas Sabonis (Forum Valladolid): 34.7 *1992–93 Joe Arlauckas (Taugres Vitoria): 36 *1993–94 Henry Turner (Panionios Smyrna): 27.2 *1994–95 Kevin Thompson (basketball), Kevin Thompson (Illycaffe Trieste): 29.8 *1995–96 Dallas Comegys (Fenerbahce Istanbul): 23.7 *1996–97 Orlando Lightfoot (Echo Houthalen): 30.1 *1997–98 Michael Ansley (Darussafaka Istanbul): 24.4 *1988–89 Jared Lee Miller (FC Porto): 23.3 *1999–00 Thalamus McGhee (Apollon Limassol): 26.9 *2000–01 Tanoka Beard (Fenerbahce): 30.7 *2001–02 Victor Khryapa (Avtodor Saratov): 24.9


Korać Cup Finals Top Scorers

From the 1972 FIBA Korać Cup, 1972 to 2001–02 FIBA Korać Cup, 2001–02 seasons, the Top Scorer of the Korać Cup finals was noted, regardless of whether he played on the winning or losing team.


Top scoring performances in final games

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( Partizan) 48 points vs. KK Bosna Royal, Bosna (in 1977–78 final) # Dražen Petrović (KK Cibona, Cibona) 47 points vs.
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(in second leg of 1987–88 final) #
Dragan Kićanović Dragan Kićanović (; born 17 August 1953) is a Serbian and Yugoslav retired professional basketball player. A tall shooting guard, Kićanović played in the 1970s and 1980s, and is considered to be one of the best European players and scorers ...
( Partizan) 41 points vs.
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(in 1978–79 final) #
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( Lokomotiva) 40 points vs. OKK Beograd (in second leg of 1971–72 final) # Sasha Djordjević ( Philips Milano) 38 points vs. Pallacanestro Virtus Roma, Virtus Roma (in second leg of 1992–93 final) # Antonello Riva (Wiwa Vismara Cantù) 36 points vs. Partizan (in second leg of 1988–89 final) #
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( Shampoo Clear Cantù) 35 points vs.
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(in second leg of 1990–91 final) # Ed Murphy (
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) 35 points vs. KK Šibenik, Šibenka (in 1981–82 final) # Ed Murphy (
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) 34 points vs. KK Šibenik, Šibenka (in 1982–83 final) #
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( Jugoplastika) 34 points vs. Alco Bologna (in 1976–77 final) #
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( Il Messaggero Roma) 34 points vs. Scavolini Pesaro (in first leg of 1991–92 final) #
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(
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) 34 points vs. Stefanel Milano (in first leg of 1994–95 final) #
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) 34 points vs. Stefanel Milano (in second leg of 1994–95 final)


Notes

* Coach Bogdan Tanjević made it to 5 Korać Cup finals with four different clubs, and lost all of them. In 1978 his KK Bosna Royal, Bosna team lost to Partizan 110–117 in overtime. Then in 1986 he made it to the very end again with Mobilgirgi Caserta, only to lose to
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in a two legged final. Finally, in the '90s, Tanjević made 3 more finals, this time consecutively: with Stefanel Trieste in 1994 (lost to PAOK Bravo), and with Stefanel Milano in 1995 and 1996 (lost to
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References


Sources


FIBA Korać CupStats leaders


See also

*
FIBA Saporta Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup, founded as ''FIBA European Cup Winners Cup'', was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against eac ...
* FIBA EuroCup Challenge * FIBA EuroChallenge * European Basketball Club Super Cup * Rosters of the top basketball teams in European club competitions


External links

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