Egypt Basketball Super Cup
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The Egypt Basketball Super Cup is a basketball trophy in Egypt. The winner is decided after one game between the champions of a previous season's Egyptian Basketball Super League champion and Egypt Cup winners. The competition was established in 2002.
History
In 2021, Zamalek played with its Under-21 team as the team dealt with injuries and could not sign new players due to Egyptian Federation regulations.
On December 24, 2022, in the edition of the Super Cup, a stand in the Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall partly collapsed, injuring 27 people.{{Cite news |date=2022-12-25 |title=Afrobasket.com |work=Afrobasket.com |url=https://www.afrobasket.com/Egypt/news/785099/Basketball-stands-partly-collapse,-injuring-27 |access-date=2022-12-27}} The game was suspended and rescheduled for January 12, 2023, however Al Ahly conceded the game.{{Cite web |last=El-Ramady |first=Ahmed |date=2023-01-11 |title=BASKETBALL: Al Ahly concede Super Cup to Ittihad of Alexandria |url=https://www.kingfut.com/2023/01/11/al-ahly-concede-super-cup-ittihad/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=KingFut |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=goalzz.com: Live sports scores, news and more |url=https://www.goalzz.com/?c=24899 |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=www.goalzz.com}}
The 2023 Supercup was played in Bahrain, which was the first time the competition was held outside of Egypt.{{Cite web |last=Sipra |first=Adnan |date=2017-12-05 |title=Other Sports: Al Ahly leave it late to down Zamalek for Cup |url=https://www.gdnonline.com/Details/1293614/Al-Ahly-leave-it-late-to-down-Zamalek-for-Cup |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=www.gdnonline.com}}
Games
The following is a list of all Super Cup games. Winners are indicated in bold with the number in brackets indicating the title number.
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Year
! width=20%| Super League champions ! Score ! width=20%|Cup winners ! Venue ! City ! Ref. |
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2002
|Gezira (1) | | Cairo | |
2004
|Gezira (2) | | Cairo | |
2019
| 83-93 |Gezira (3) | | |
2020
|Al Ittihad (1) |101–94 (OT) | | |
2021
|95–46 |Al Ittihad (2) |{{cite news |title=Egyptian Basketball Super Cup dates announced |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/8/108840/Egyptian-Basketball-Super-Cup-dates-announced |access-date=3 May 2022 |work=EgyptToday |date=14 October 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Ali |first1=Ahmad Gamal |title=BASKETBALL: Ittihad beat Zamalek to Super Cup in one-sided game |url=https://www.kingfut.com/2021/11/02/basketball-ittihad-beat-zamalek-to-super-cup/ |access-date=3 May 2022 |work=KingFut |date=2 November 2021}} |
2022
|45–66 |Al Ittihad (3) |
2023
|Al Ahly (1) |64–60 |{{Flagicon|BHR}} Bahrain |
2024
|Al Ittihad (4) |87–84 (2OT) | | |
= Performance by team =
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|+ !Team !Winners !Runners-up !Years won !Years runners-up |
Al Ittihad
| align="center" |4 | align="center" |– |2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 |– |
Gezira
|align="center"|3 |align="center"|– |2002, 2004, 2019 |– |
Al Ahly
| align="center" |1 | align="center" |4 |2023 |2004, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
Zamalek
| align="center" |– | align="center" |4 |– |2002, 2019, 2021, 2023 |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Basketball in Egypt}}
{{Egypt-sport-stub}}