Ronchetti Cup

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 2003 by the EuroCup Women which is the absolute equivalent.

Liliana Ronchetti and European basketball

Liliana Ronchetti started playing basketball in Como, Italy at the age of 20 and then she got a wonderful career in Palermo until she got 45. 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 winners

Year	Place (for a single game)	Winner	Runner-Up	1st game	2nd game
1972	-	Spartak Leningrad	Voždovac	84-63	86-61
1973	-	Spartak Leningrad	Slavia VŠ Praha	64-55	76-37
1974	-	Spartak Leningrad	GAES Sesto San Giovanni	68-58	57-65
1975	-	Spartak Leningrad	Levski Sofia	64-59	79-54
1976	-	Slavia VŠ Praha	Industromontaza Zagreb	68-51	73-78
1977	Rome	Spartak Moscow	Minyor Pernik	97-54
1978	Haskovo	Levski Sofia	Slovan ChZJK Bratislava	50-49
1979	Yambol	Levski Sofia	DFS Maritza Plovdiv	70-69
1980	Pernik	Montmontaža Zagreb	DFS Maritza Plovdiv	82-76
1981	Rome	Spartak Moscow	Montmontaža Zagreb	95-63
1982	Linz	Spartak Moscow	Kralovopolska Brno	89-68
1983	Mestre	BSE Budapest	Spartak Moscow	83-81 (2 OT)
1984	Budapest	SS Bata Rome	BSE Budapest	69-59
1985	Viterbe	CSKA Moscow	SISV Bata Viterbo	76-64
1986	Barcelona	Dynamo Novosibirsk	BSE Budapest	81-58
1987	Wittenheim	Daugava Riga	B.F. Deborah Milan	87-80
1988	Athens	Dynamo Kiev	B.F. Deborah Milan	100-83
1989	Florence	CSKA Moscow	B.F. Deborah Milan	92-86
1990	-	Parma Primizie	Jedinstvo Aida Tuzla	79-54	71-77
1991	-	Gemeaz-Cusin Milan	Como Jersey	94-76	58-69
1992	-	Estel Vicenza	Trogylos Priolo	78-67	76-69
1993	-	Lavezzini Basket Parma	TS Olimpia Poznan	91-62	71-70
1994	-	Ahena Cesena	Lavezzini Basket Parma	78-65	66-68
1995	-	CJM Bourges Basket	Lavezzini Basket Parma	56-47	56-53
1996	-	Tarbes GB	Basket Alcamo	81-63	82-63
1997	-	CSKA Moscow	Lavezzini Basket Parma	72-54	71-59
1998	-	Gysev Ringa Sopron	ASPTT Aix-en-Provence	70-65	72-70
1999	-	Caja Rural Las Palmas	A.S. Ramat-Hasharon	72-79	64-54
2000	-	Lavezzini Basket Parma	Caja Rural Las Palmas	64-60	63-56
2001	-	Famila Schio	Botaş SK	75-73	87-70
2002	-	Famila Schio	Tarbes GB	73-69	77-74

External links

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