# Ronchetti Cup

The Ronchetti Cup (called till 1996 European Cup Liliana Ronchetti and European Cup Winners' Cup till 1974) 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 | Final | Final | Third and fourth place | Third and fourth place |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| 1971–72 Details | 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) | WBC Dynamo Kyiv | 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 | 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 | ŁKS Sommer-Komfort Łódź | 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 |
| 13 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 31 | 31 | 62 | 124 |
* Russia + Soviet Union
* Serbia + Yugoslavia
* Czech Republic + Czechoslovakia