By John Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
CSKA Moscow and Anadolu Efes will battle each other at Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, on Sunday night for the EuroLeague title. Which teams previously succeeded in the Final of Europe’s premier competition, which head coaches have made it this far before, which players of the two finalists have already tasted glory at this stage? Everything fans need to know about the 2019 EuroLeague Final, Efes and CSKA.
Teams appearances in EuroLeague Championship matches since 1958:
18 – Real Madrid (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1995, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018)
15* – Maccabi Tel Aviv (1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2000, 2001*, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2014)
14 – CSKA Moscow (1961, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2019)
10 – Pallacanestro Varese (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
8 – Olympiacos Piraeus (1994, 1995, 1997, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017)
7 – FC Barcelona (1984, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2010)
7* – Panathinaikos Athens (1996, 2000, 2001*, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011)
5 – Olimpia Milano (1966, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1988), Virtus Bologna (1981, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002)
4 – ASK Riga (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961), Split (1972, 1989, 1990, 1991)
3 – Fenerbahce Istanbul (2016, 2017, 2018)
2 – Akademic Sofia (1958, 1959), Dinamo Tblisi (1960, 1962), Spartak Brno (1964, 1968), Pallacanestro Cantu (1982, 1983), Cibona Zagreb (1985, 1986), Zalgiris Kaunas (1986, 1999), Joventut Badalona (1992, 1994), Benetton Treviso (1993, 2003), Saski Baskonia (2001, 2005)
1 – Slavia Prague (1966), Bosna Sarajevo (1979), Virtus Roma (1984), Partizan (1992), Limoges (1993), AEK (1998), Fortitudo Bologna (2004), Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2019)
* European basketball had two top-level competitions in 2000-01. Kinder Bologna won the Euroleague title in a five-game playoff series against Tau Ceramica. AEK Athens and Fortitudo Bologna reached the semifinals. Maccabi Tel Aviv won the SuproLeague in a Final Four that also featured Panathinaikos, the other finalist, CSKA Moscow and Efes Pilsen.