By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Silverware was on the line as midseason Cup tournaments delivered thrilling action and major triumphs across Europe over the past few days.
Kosner Baskonia delivered a standout performance, capturing the Copa del Rey title for the seventh time in franchise history, their first since 2009, with Trent Forrest earning Most Valuable Player honors. In the Ziraat Bankasi Turkiye Kupasi, Fenerbahce Beko extended their dominant streak, continuing a run of silverware that spans from last season’s Triple Crown to this season’s Presidential Cup.
Other major victors included the following:
- Panathinaikos Aktor, who triumphed in Greece’s Allwyn Final 8
- EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, who climbed to the top of Italy’s Frecciarossa Final Eight
- AS Monaco prevailed in the French Leaders Cup
- Zalgiris took first place in Lithuania’s Citadele KMT
- Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet stood out in the Radivoj Korac Cup
- Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv prevailed in Israel’s State Cup
- BMA365 Bamberg Baskets authored a stunning upset over powerhouse rivals FC Bayern Munich and ALBA Berlin in Germany’s BMW TOP FOUR.
List of other Cup winners
- Buducnost VOLI (Montenegro)
- Cedevita Olimpija (Slovenia)
- U-BT Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
- Split (Croatia)
- ERA Nymburk (Czechia)
- Trefl Sopot (Poland)
- NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbanyasz (Hungary)
- Valmiera Glass ViA (Latvia)
- Bosna BH Telecom (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
- Sporting CP (Portugal)
- Fribourg Olympic (Switzerland)
- Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits (Estonia)
- Raiffeisen Flyers Wels (Austria)
- Prievidza (Slovakia)
- Ganja (Azerbaijan)
- MZT (North Macedonia)
- Trepca (Kosovo)
- Cherno More (Bulgaria)
- Norrkoping Dolphins (Sweden)
- Kaspiy Aktau (Kazakhstan)
- KR (Iceland)
- Randers Cimbria (Denmark)
- Arantia Larochette (Luxembourg)
While many trophies have already been hoisted, Cup winners in Great Britain, Ukraine, Belgium, Georgia, the Netherlands, Russia, and Norway, as well as the winner of the Coupe de France, will be crowned later in the 2025-26 campaign.