FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Year Champions Second place Third place Fourth place Results / Notes
1965* Details Corinthians Real Madrid N/A N/A 118-109 Unofficial test tournament
1966 Details Ignis Varese Corinthians Real Madrid Chicago Jamaco Saints Final : 66-59 3rd place game : 112-96
1967 Details Akron Goodyear Wingfoots Ignis Varese Simmenthal Milano Corinthians Final : 78-72 3rd place game : 90-89
1968 Details Akron Goodyear Wingfoots Real Madrid Simmenthal Milano Botafogo Final : 105-73 3rd place game : 82-54
1969 Details Akron Goodyear Wingfoots Spartak ZJŠ Brno Sírio Real Madrid Final : 84-71 3rd place game : 72-60
1970 Details Ignis Varese Real Madrid Corinthians Slavia VŠ Praha Five team league stage
1972* Details NABL All-Stars Soviet Union Brazil Poland Four team league stage
1973 Details Ignis Varese Sírio Vaqueros de Bayamón Jugoplastika Five team league stage
1974 Details Maryland Terrapins Ignis Varese Vila Nova Real Madrid Six team league stage
1975 Details Birra Forst Cantù Amazonas Franca Real Madrid Penn Quakers Six team league stage
1976 Details Real Madrid Mobilgirgi Varese Obras Sanitarias Amazonas Franca Six team league stage
1977 Details Real Madrid Mobilgirgi Varese Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Atlética Francana Six team league stage
1978 Details Real Madrid Obras Sanitarias Sírio Mobilgirgi Varese Five team league stage
1979 Details Sírio Bosna Emerson Varese Piratas de Quebradillas Five team league stage
1980 Details Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Atlética Francana Bosna Real Madrid Five team league stage
1981 Details Real Madrid Sírio Clemson Tigers Atlética Francana Final : 109-83 3rd place game : 79-73
1982 Details Ford Cantù Nashua EBBC Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Air Force Falcons Six team league stage
1983 Details Obras Sanitarias Jollycolombani Cantù Peñarol Monte Líbano Six team league stage
1984 Details Banco Roma Obras Sanitarias Sírio FC Barcelona Five team league stage
1985 Details FC Barcelona Monte Líbano Cibona San Andrés Final : 93-89 3rd place game : 109-82
Results
The FIBA Intercontinental Cup, also commonly referred to as the FIBA World Cup for Champion Clubs, or the FIBA Club World Cup, is a professional basketball competition that is endorsed by FIBA World and the NBA. Historically, its purpose has been to gather the premier basketball clubs from each of the world's geographical zones, and to officially decide the best basketball club of the world, which is officially crowned as the world club champion. The World Cup for Clubs has been contended mainly by the champions of the continents and/or world geographical regions that are of the highest basketball levels. The league champions of the NBA, which is considered the most prestigious club competition from the North American zone, currently decline participation. The NBA currently opts instead to send the champions from the NBA G League, which is its secondary club competition. While the league champions of the EuroLeague, which is considered Europe's most prestigious club competition, are not currently permitted to participate at the competition, due to the league's dispute with FIBA. In place of the EuroLeague champions, FIBA Europe instead sends the champions of their main club competition, the FIBA Champions League. FIBA has in the past announced plans to expand the tournament to possibly include the champion teams from the FIBA Africa League, the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the Australian NBL, and possibly the NBA, at some point in the future.