Italian Basketball Cup

The Italian Basketball Cup (Italian: Coppa Italiana di Pallacanestro), or Coppa Italia, is an annual professional basketball competition between pro clubs from the Italian League.

History and format

The first edition of the Italian Cup championship took place in 1968, and was won by Fides Napoli. Between 1975 and 1983, the cup competition was not held, but it has been held regularly every year from 1984 onwards. 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 onwards, 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 Italian Championship in a single final game to determine the winner the Italian Supercup championship.

Results

Season	Final Venue	Winner	Loser	MVP
1967-68	Bologna	Partenope Napoli	Fortitudo Bologna	N/A
1968-69	Rome	Pallacanestro Varese	Partenope Napoli	N/A
1969-70	Rome	Pallacanestro Varese (2)	Olimpia Milano	N/A
1970-71	Viareggio	Pallacanestro Varese (3)	Partenope Napoli	N/A
1971-72	Turin	Olimpia Milano	Pallacanestro Varese	N/A
1972-73	Brescia	Pallacanestro Varese (4)	Cierre Asti	N/A
1973-74	Vicenza	Virtus Bologna	Snaidero Udine	N/A
1974-75-1982-83	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held
1983-84	Bologna	Virtus Bologna (2)	Juvecaserta Basket	N/A
1984-85	Pesaro / Varese	Scavolini Pesaro	Pallacanestro Varese	N/A
1985-86	Bologna	Olimpia Milano (2)	Scavolini Pesaro	N/A
1986-87	Bologna	Olimpia Milano (3)	Scavolini Pesaro	N/A
1987-88	Bologna	Juvecaserta Basket	Pallacanestro Varese	N/A
1988-89	Bologna	Virtus Bologna (3)	Juvecaserta Basket	N/A
1989-90	Forlì	Virtus Bologna (4)	Pallacanestro Virtus Roma	N/A
1990-91	Bologna	Scaligera Verona	Olimpia Milano	N/A
1991-92	Forlì	Scavolini Pesaro (2)	Benetton Treviso	N/A
1992-93	Forlì	Benetton Treviso	Virtus Bologna	N/A
1993-94	Casalecchio	Benetton Treviso (2)	Scaligera Verona	Davide Bonora
1994-95	Casalecchio	Benetton Treviso (3)	Illycaffe Trieste	Orlando Woolridge
1995-96	Assago	Olimpia Milano (4)	Scaligera Verona	Rolando Blackman
1996-97	Casalecchio	Virtus Bologna (5)	Pallacanestro Cantù	Branislav Prelević
1997-98	Casalecchio	Fortitudo Bologna	Benetton Treviso	Carlton Myers
1998-99	Casalecchio	Virtus Bologna (6)	Pallacanestro Varese	Alessando Frosini
1999-00	Reggio Calabria	Benetton Treviso (4)	Virtus Bologna	Denis Marconato
2000-01	Forlì	Virtus Bologna (7)	Scavolini Pesaro (3)	Rashard Griffith
2001-02	Forlì	Virtus Bologna (8)	Montepaschi Siena	Manu Ginóbili
2002-03	Forlì	Benetton Treviso (5)	Pallacanestro Cantù	Tyus Edney
2003-04	Forlì	Benetton Treviso (6)	Scavolini Pesaro	Jorge Garbajosa
2004-05	Forlì	Benetton Treviso (7)	Pallacanestro Reggiana	Massimo Bulleri
2005-06	Forlì	Basket Napoli	Pallacanestro Virtus Roma	David Hawkins
2006-07	Casalecchio	Benetton Treviso (8)	Virtus Bologna	Spencer Nelson
2007-08	Casalecchio	Air Avellino	Virtus Bologna	Devin Smith
2008-09	Casalecchio	Montepaschi Siena	Virtus Bologna	Shaun Stonerook
2009-10	Avellino	Montepaschi Siena (2)	Virtus Bologna	Shaun Stonerook
2010-11	Turin	Montepaschi Siena (3)	Bennet Cantù	Kšyštof Lavrinovič

See also

• Italian Basketball Federation
• Italian Basketball League
• Italian Supercup
• Legadue

External links

• Italian League Site (Italian)

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