Cypriot Basketball Cup

The Cypriot Basketball Cup is an annual professional basketball national cup competition, organized by the Cyprus Basketball Federation since 1969.

Cypriot Basketball Men's A Division Cup

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1967
Motto	Το άθλημα μας (Our Sport)
No. of teams	6
Country	Cyprus
Most recent champion(s)	Keravnos BC
Most titles	APOEL (12 titles)
Related competitions	Cypriot Division A Cypriot Super Cup
Official website	Cyprus Basketball Federation

Format

Starting in 2007, the Cypriot Cup competition's format changed to where only teams from the Cypriot A Division compete at the cup. The cup employs a knock-out stage and a final four format. The Cup's winner automatically qualifies to compete in the next season of the FIBA Europe Cup competition.

Teams

The following six teams (in alphabetical order) competed in the 2018–19 season:

• AEK Larnaca - Larnaca
• APOEL - Nicosia
• Apollon Limassol - Limassol
• Enosis Neon Paralimni - Paralimni
• ETHA Engomis - Engomi, Nicosia
• Keravnos - Strovolos, Nicosia
• Omonoia - Nicosia
• AEL - Limassol

Cup Winners

1969 – Pezoporikos 1970 – Pezoporikos 1971 – Pezoporikos 1972 – Pezoporikos 1973 – APOEL 1974 – Achilleas 1975 – Achilleas 1976 – Achilleas 1977 – Achilleas 1978 – AEL 1979 – APOEL

1980 – AEL 1981 – AEL 1982 – AEL 1983 – AEL 1984 – APOEL 1985 – AEL 1986 – APOEL 1987 – ENAD 1988 – Achilleas 1989 – Keravnos 1990 – Achilleas

1991 – APOEL 1992 – Pezoporikos 1993 – APOEL 1994 – APOEL 1995 – APOEL 1996 – APOEL 1997 – Keravnos 1998 – Keravnos 1999 – Keravnos 2000 – Achilleas 2001 – APOEL

2002 – Apollon 2003 – APOEL 2004 – AEL 2005 – Keravnos 2006 – Keravnos 2007 – Keravnos 2008 – AEL 2009 – AEL 2010 – Keravnos 2011 – ETHA 2012 – Keravnos

2013 – ETHA 2014 – Apollon 2015 – ETHA 2016 – APOEL 2017 – AEK 2018 – AEK 2019 – Keravnos

Most Valuable Players (Cup Finals)

• 2013 – Ivan Maraš – ETHA Engomis
• 2014 – Grigoris Pantouris – Apollon Limassol
• 2015 – Chris Ferguson – ETHA[1]
• 2016 – Tyrell Biggs – APOEL[2]
• 2017 – Primož Brezec – AEK Larnaca[3]
• 2018 – Tyreek Duren – AEK Larnaca
• 2019 – Darrel Willis – Keravnos[4]

Performance by club

Team	Winners	Years Won
APOEL	12	1973, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2016
Keravnos	10	1989, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2019
AEL	9	1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 2004, 2008, 2009
Achilleas	7	1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1990, 2000
Pezoporikos	5	1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1992
ETHA	3	2011, 2013, 2015
AEK	2	2017, 2018
Apollon	2	2002, 2014
ENAD	1	1987

See also

• Cyprus Basketball Division A
• Cypriot Basketball Super Cup

References

1. "Etha celebrate Cup title". Eurobasket.com.
2. "MVP ο Μπίγκς". sigmalive.com.
3. "ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟΥΧΟΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ Η ΠΕΤΡΟΛΙΝΑ ΑΕΚ". basketball.org.cy.
4. "Το Κύπελλο στο… σπίτι του!". kerkida.net.