Ronchetti Cup

Ronchetti Cup

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1971
First season	1971–72
Ceased	2002
Country	FIBA Europe member associations
Last champion(s)	Famila Schio (2nd title)
Most titles	Spartak Leningrad (4 titles)

The Ronchetti Cup (called till 1996 European Cup Liliana Ronchetti) was an annual women’s basketball European club competition held by FIBA between the years 1972 and 2002. It was the second competition in European basketball, after the European Cup For Women’s Champions Clubs (later renamed EuroLeague Women).

It was replaced in 2002 by the EuroCup Women which is the absolute equivalent.

History

Liliana Ronchetti and European basketball

Liliana Ronchetti started playing basketball in Como, Italy at the age of 20. Ronchetti, or Lily as she was called by her team mates, won 4 consecutive national titles with Como in the 1950s and played 83 games for the Italian national team.

One year after she quit basketball Lily died of cancer. Her name has persisted through the European Cup Liliana Ronchetti (renamed in 1996 more simply Ronchetti Cup). This competition was created by FIBA in 1974 as the second European competition for women’s clubs.

Ronchetti Cup winners

Year	Host	Final			Third and fourth place
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
1971–72 Details	2 matches played in the final	Spartak Leningrad	170–124 84–63 / 86–61	Voždovac	La Gerbe	Lokomotiv Sofia
1972–73 Details		Spartak Leningrad	140–92 64–55 / 76–37	Slavia Prague	Crvena zvezda	Levski Sofia
1973–74 Details		Spartak Leningrad	128–115 68–58 / 60–57	Geas	IEFS Bucharest	Kralovopolská Brno
1974–75 Details		Spartak Leningrad	143–113 64–59 / 79–54	Levski Sofia	Crvena zvezda	Minyor Pernik
1975–76 Details		Slavia VŠ Praha	141–129 68–51 / 73–78	Industromontaza Zagreb	BC La Gerbe	Ceramica Pagnossin Treviso
1976–77 Details	Italy (Rome)	Spartak Moscow	97–54	Minyor Pernik	Lokomotiv Sofia	Slavia Praga
1977–78 Details	Bulgaria (Haskovo)	Levski Sofia	50–49	Slovan Bratislava	Lokomotiv Sofia	BSE Esma
1978–79 Details	Bulgaria (Yambol)	Levski Sofia	70–69	DFS Maritza Plovdiv	Fiat Torino	HC Slovan
1979–80 Details	Bulgaria (Pernik)	Montmontaža Zagreb	82–76	DFS Maritza Plovdiv	ZKK Vozdovac	BK Slavia Sofia
1980–81 Details	Italy (Rome)	Spartak Moscow	95–63	Montmontaža Zagreb	Slavia Praga	Clermont Club Universite
1981–82 Details	Austria (Linz)	Spartak Moscow	89–68	Kralovopolska Brno	Tungsgram S.C. Budapest	Akademik Sofia Bandiera della Bulgaria
1982–83 Details	Italy (Mestre)	BSE Budapest	83–81 (2 OT)	Spartak Moscow	Stade français	A.S. Villeurbanne
1983–84 Details	Hungary (Budapest)	SS Bata Rome	69–59	BSE Budapest	Racing Basket	ZKK Vozdovac
1984–85 Details	Italy (Viterbe)	CSKA Moscow	76–64	SISV Bata Viterbo	Spartak Sokolovo	DFS Kremikovcy
1985–86 Details	Spain (Barcelona)	Dynamo Novosibirsk	81–58	BSE Budapest	Iskra Delta Ježica	Kremikovtsi Sofia
1986–87 Details	France (Wittenheim)	Daugava Riga	87–80	B.F. Deborah Milan	Iskra Delta Ježica	VŠ Prague
1987–88 Details	Greece (Athens)	Dynamo Kiev	100–83	B.F. Deborah Milan	Slavia Prague	Spartak Leningrad
1988–89 Details	Italy (Florence)	CSKA Moscow	92–86	B.F. Deborah Milan	Libertas Trogylos	Ježica
1989–90 Details	2 matches played in the final	Parma Primizie	150–131 79–54 / 71–77	Jedinstvo Aida Tuzla	Gemeaz Milano	Ježica
1990–91 Details		Gemeaz-Cusin Milan	152–145 94–76 / 58–69	Como Jersey	CSKA Moscow	Godella
1991–92 Details		Estel Vicenza	154–136 78–67 / 76–69	Trogylos Priolo	Athena Cesena	Zaragoza
1992–93 Details		Lavezzini Basket Parma	162–132 91–62 / 71–70	TS Olimpia Poznan	Willwood Vicenza	Valenciennes Olympic
1993–94 Details		Ahena Cesena	144–133 78–65 / 66–68	Lavezzini Basket Parma	BEX Argentaria	Tarbes
1994–95 Details		CJM Bourges Basket	112–100 56–47 / 56–53	Lavezzini Basket Parma	Isab Energy Priolo	Challes Savoie
1995–96 Details		Tarbes GB	163–126 81–63 / 82–63	Basket Alcamo	BSE ESMA	ASPTT Aix-en-Provence
1996–97 Details		CSKA Moscow	143–113 72–54 / 71–59	Lavezzini Basket Parma	ASPTT Aix-en-Provence	Zkk Profi
1997–98 Details		Gysev Ringa Sopron	142–135 70–65 / 72–70	ASPTT Aix-en-Provence	Sommer Komfort	Elitzur Delek Ramla
1998–99 Details		Caja Rural Las Palmas	136–133 72–79 / 64–54	A.S. Ramat-Hasharon	Isab Energy Priolo	W Bordeaux Basket
1999–00 Details		Lavezzini Basket Parma	127–116 64–60 / 63–56	Caja Rural Las Palmas	DJK Wildcats	Kozachka-ZALK
2000–01 Details		Famila Schio	162–143 75–73 / 87–70	Botaş SK	Kozachka-ZALK	A.S. Ramat-Hasharon
2001–02 Details		Famila Schio	150–143 73–69 / 77–74	Tarbes GB	Postas Taban Trafik	Dynamo Moscow

Medals (1971-2002)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	13	1	3	17
2	Italy (ITA)	9	11	8	28
3	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	4	9	15
4	France (FRA)	2	2	12	16
5	Hungary (HUN)	2	2	4	8
6	Serbia (SRB)	1	4	9	14
7	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	3	7	11
8	Spain (ESP)	1	1	3	5
9	Israel (ISR)	0	1	2	3
10	Poland (POL)	0	1	1	2
11	Turkey (TUR)	0	1	0	1
12	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	2	2
13	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		31	31	62	124

1. Russia + Soviet Union
2. Serbia + Yugoslavia
3. Czech Republic + Czechoslovakia

External links

• (in English) History of Ronchetti Cup
• (in English) Official statistics