William Jones Cup
{{Short description|International basketball tournament}}
{{Hatnote|For the FIBA Intercontinental Cup "William Jones" or FIBA Club World Cup "William Jones", see FIBA Intercontinental Cup. For the Guyanese cricket competition also called the Jones Cup, see Guystac Trophy.}}
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| sport = Basketball
| founded = {{Start date and age|1975}}
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| inaugural = 1977
| teams = M: 9
W: 6
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| champion = M: {{flagicon|PHI}} Strong Group Athletics (1st title, 7th title for country)
W: {{flagicon|JPN}} Japan Universiade (2nd title, 6th for country)
| most_champs = M: {{bk|USA}} (16 titles)
W: {{bkw|KOR}} (12 titles)
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| website = [http://jonescup.choxue.com/ William Jones Cup] {{in lang|zh}}
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The William Jones Cup International Basketball Tournament ({{zh|t=威廉瓊斯盃國際籃球邀請賽|s=威廉琼斯盃国际篮球邀请赛|p=wēi lián qióng sī bēi guó jì lán qiú yāo qǐng sài}}), also known as the William Jones Cup, is an international basketball tournament organized by the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA) held annually since 1977 in Taiwan.
It was named in honor of basketball promoter Renato William Jones, who was one of the founders of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). Like the Olympics and the FIBA Basketball World Cup, it has both men's and women's versions. Despite lacking the prestige of the Olympic tournament and the FIBA World Championship, it is a tournament that draws global interest. Like the FIBA Stanovic Continental Champions Cup, the Renato Williams Jones Cup serves as a preparation for major tournaments, such as the Olympic Basketball Tournament, the FIBA World Cup, and the continental tournaments. Also, the Renato Williams Jones Cup serves and promotes basketball in the world. The men's version is currently being dominated by American teams since the tournament's inaugural staging while the women's version is being jointly dominated by South Korean, American and Taiwanese teams. It also invites professional club, collegiate and national teams from around the world, although the participants are mainly from the Asian, European, Egyptian and North American regions.
In both tournaments, each country can only be represented by one team, which could be its national team, youth team, club team, or an all-star selection, except for the hosts Taiwan, which could opt to have two teams.
Since the tournament is not sanctioned by FIBA, the Taiwanese national team which usually competes as "Chinese Taipei" is referred to as "Republic of China" by the organizers.
The tournament has not been held from 2020 to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan.
History
The tournament was conceived in 1977 as a tribute to Englishman Renato William Jones, who was FIBA secretary-general for 44 years and was instrumental in the granting of zone commission status for Asia at the 1964 FIBA World Congress in Tokyo. Jones also attended the Asian Basketball Championships in 1963, which was held in Taipei.{{cite news|last1=Henson|first1=Joaquin|title=All about the Jones Cup|url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/2012-08-29/843186/all-about-jones-cup|access-date=9 March 2016|work=Sporting Chance|publisher=The Philippine Star|date=29 August 2012}}
The invitational tournament organized by the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association was made following the admission of the People's Republic of China as a regular member of the ABC in 1975.
The William Jones Cup has been cancelled in three separate occasions; in 1989 when the main venue was affected by fire, in 2003 due to the SARS outbreak, and in 2020 to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |last1=Huang |first1=Chiao-wen |last2=Yeh |first2=Joseph |title=Taiwan cancels this year's William Jones Cup due to COVID-19 |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202007020019 |access-date=3 July 2020 |date=2 July 2020}}
Champions
= Men's tournament =
== Summaries ==
| class=wikitable | ||||
| Edition | Year | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st
!1977 |{{flagicon|USA}} Athletes in Action - Eastern Unit |{{flagicon|USA}} Eastern Washington Eagles |{{flagicon|ROC}} Flying Camel | ||||
| 2nd
!1978 |{{flagicon|USA}} American Buluside |{{bk|KOR|1949}} |{{flagicon|USA}} American College | ||||
| 3rd
!1979 |colspan=3 align=center|Not held | ||||
| 4th
!1980 |{{bk|SWE}} |{{bk|USA}} |{{bk|PAN}} | ||||
| 5th
!1981 |{{flagicon|PHI|1936}} Northern Cement |{{bk|SWE}} |{{bk|FRA}} | ||||
| 6th
!1982 |{{bk|USA}} |{{bk|CAN}} |{{bk|FRA}} | ||||
| 7th
!1983 |{{flagicon|USA}} Vanderbilt Commodores{{cite news|title=U.S. clips New Zealand in Jones Cup basketball|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G5EzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xegFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3878%2C326981|access-date=29 December 2015|agency=Associated Press|publisher=Lawrence Journal-World|date=2 July 1983|location=Taipei}} |{{flagicon|SCO}} Murray International Metals{{cite news|title=Sport in Brief - Basketball|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M8NAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A6YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6444%2C1294008|access-date=29 December 2015|publisher=The Glasgow Herald|date=6 July 1983}} |{{bk|ITA}} | ||||
| 8th
!1984 |{{bk|USA}} |{{bk|CAN}} |{{bk|NED}} | ||||
| 9th
!1985 |{{flagicon|Philippines|1985}} San Miguel |{{bk|USA}} |{{bk|SWE}} | ||||
| 10th
!1986 |{{bk|USA}} |{{bk|KOR|1984}} |{{bk|JPN|1947}} | ||||
| 11th
!1987 |{{bk|FRG}} |{{bk|USA}} |{{bk|AUS}} | ||||
| 12th
!1988 |{{bk|USA}} |{{bk|AUS}} |{{bk|KOR|1984}} | ||||
| !1989
|colspan=3 align=center|Cancelled due to fire which affected the main venue{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://jonescup.meetagile.com/page/27 |website=Jones Cup 2025 |access-date=23 June 2025 |language=zh-tw}} | ||||
| 13th
!1990 |{{bk|MEX}} |{{bk|POL}} |{{flagicon|USA}} A-10 All-Stars{{cite news|title=Rutger's player stars in victory|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4mMfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tNQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5702%2C2889294|access-date=29 December 2015|publisher=Gadsden Times|date=24 July 1990|location=Taipei}} | ||||
| 14th
!1991 |{{bk|USA}} |{{bk|URS}} |{{bk|KOR|1984}} | ||||
| 15th
!1992 |{{flagicon|USA}} Marathon Oil |{{flagicon|CZE}} USK Praha |{{bk|USA}} | ||||
| 16th
!1993 |{{flagicon|USA}} University of Hawaii |{{flagicon|ROC}} Hung Kuo |{{flagicon|UKR}} Spartak | ||||
| 17th
!1994 |{{bk|USA}} |{{flagicon|ROC}} Yulong |{{bk|HUN}} | ||||
| 18th
!1995 |{{bk|USA}} |{{bk|SVK}} |{{flagicon|ROC}} Hung Kuo | ||||
| 19th
!1996 |{{bk|CAN}} |{{bk|RUS}} |{{bk|USA}} | ||||
| 20th
!1997 |{{flagicon|USA}} Kangoo Jumps |{{flagicon|LTU|1988}} BC Lietuvos Rytas |{{bk|ROC|name=Guanghua}} | ||||
| 21st
!1998 |{{flagicon|PHI}} Philippine Centennial Team |{{bk|ROC}} |{{bk|KOR|1997}} | ||||
| 22nd
!1999 |{{bk|KOR|1997}} |{{bk|ROC}} |{{bk|NZL}} | ||||
| 23rd
!2000 |{{bk|NZL}} |{{bk|KOR|1997}} |{{bk|ROC}} | ||||
| 24th
!2001 |{{bk|ROC}} |{{bk|KOR|1997}} |{{flagicon|RUS}} Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | ||||
| 25th
!2002 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Great Mates |{{flagicon|CAN}} University of Alberta |{{bk|JPN}} | ||||
| !2003
|colspan=3 align=center|Cancelled due to SARS outbreak | ||||
| 26th
!2004 |{{bk|ROC|name=Republic of China White}} |{{bk|CAN}} |{{flagicon|AUS}} Perth Wildcats | ||||
| 27th
!2005 |{{flagicon|USA}} Passing Lane |{{bk|ROC}} |{{bk|PHI}} | ||||
| 28th
!2006 |{{flagicon|USA}} Athletes in Action |{{bk|ROC}} |{{bk|QAT}} | ||||
| 29th
!2007 |{{bk|JOR}} |{{bk|LIB}} |{{bk|PHI}} | ||||
| 30th
!2008 |{{bk|JOR}} |{{flagicon|USA}} Athletes in Action |{{bk|AUS}} | ||||
| 31st
!2009 |{{bk|IRI}} |{{bk|JOR}} |{{bk|LIB}} | ||||
| 32nd
!2010 |{{bk|IRI}} |{{bk|LIB}} |{{bk|JPN}} | ||||
| 33rd
!2011 |{{bk|IRI}} |{{bk|KOR|1997}} |{{bk|PHI}} | ||||
| 34th
!2012 |{{bk|PHI}} |{{flagicon|IRI}} Mahram Tehran |{{flagicon|USA}} UPG | ||||
| 35th
!2013 |{{bk|IRI}} |{{bk|ROC}} |{{bk|KOR}} | ||||
| 36th
!2014 |{{flagicon|KOR}} Ulsan Mobis Phoebus |{{bk|ROC|name=Republic of China Blue}} |{{bk|EGY}} | ||||
| 37th
!2015 |{{bk|IRI}} |{{bk|PHI}} |{{bk|ROC|name=Republic of China Blue}} | ||||
| 38th
!2016 |{{flagicon|PHI}} Mighty Sports |{{bk|KOR}} |{{bk|ROC|name=Republic of China A}} | ||||
| 39th
!2017 |{{flagicon|CAN}} Team Canada 150{{refn|The team is not the Canadian national team. The team was organized by the 3D Global Sports Canada group and played as "Team Canada 150" for the 2017 edition to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation.{{cite web|title=3D Canada Brings On Kyle Julius as Head Coach for 39th William Jones Cup|url=http://www.asia-basket.com/William-Jones-Cup/news/492006/3D-Canada-Brings-On-Kyle-Julius-as-Head-Coach-for-39th-William-Jones-Cup|website=Asia Basket|publisher=Eurobasket News|access-date=23 June 2017|date=10 June 2017}}{{cite news|title=Canadian Roster Announced for The 39th William Jones Cup|url=http://www.3dglobalsports.com/blog/canadian-roster-announced-for-the-39th-william-jones-cup|access-date=23 June 2017|publisher=3D Global Sports Canada|date=21 June 2017|quote=In honour Canada's 150th anniversary, 3D will have “Canada 150” stitched on their game jerseys. The team will be presented as 3D Global Sports Canada at this year’s 39th William Jones Cup.}}|group="note"|name="canadateam"}} |{{flagicon|LTU}} Atletas All-Star Lithuania |{{bk|KOR}} | ||||
| 40th
!2018 |{{flagicon|CAN}} 3D Global Sports |{{bk|IRI|name=Iran B}} |{{bk|KOR}} | ||||
| 41st
!2019 |{{flagicon|PHI}} Mighty Sports |{{bk|KOR}} |{{bk|JPN}} | ||||
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!2020 |rowspan=3 colspan=3 align=center|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | ||||
| 2022 | ||||
| 42nd
!2023 |{{flagicon|USA}} UC Irvine Anteaters |{{bk|ROC|name=Republic of China Blue}} |{{flagicon|KOR}} Anyang KGC | ||||
| 43rd
!2024 |{{flagicon|PHI}} Strong Group Athletics |{{bk|ROC|name=Republic of China Blue}} |{{bk|UKR}} | ||||
| 44th
!2025 |align=center colspan=3|To be determined |
== Medal table ==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||
| width=140px|Country | width=70px|{{gold medal}} | width=70px|{{silver medal}} | width=70px|{{bronze medal}} | width=70px|Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|{{flagcountry|USA}} | 16 | 5 | 6 | 27 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|PHI}} | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|IRI}} | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|CAN}} | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|ROC}} | 2 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|KOR}} | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|JOR}} | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|AUS}} | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|SWE}} | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|NZL}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|MEX}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|FRG}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|LIB}} | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|LTU}} | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|RUS}} | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|TCH}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|POL}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|SCO}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|SVK}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|URS}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|JPN}} | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|FRA}} | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|UKR}} | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|EGY}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|HUN}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|ITA}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|NED}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|PAN}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|QAT}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
= Women's tournament =
== Summaries ==
| class=wikitable | |||
| width=10%|Year | width=30%|Champions | width=30%|Runners-up | width=30%|Third place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977
|{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} Korean All-Stars |{{flagicon|ROC}} Cathay Life |{{flagicon|FRA}} Christa Dream | |||
| 1978
|colspan=3|Not held | |||
| 1979
|{{bkw|USA}} |{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} Korean All-Stars |{{flagicon|ROC}} China Airlines | |||
| 1980
|{{bkw|KOR|1949}} |{{bkw|ROC}} |{{bkw|USA}} | |||
| 1981
|{{bkw|KOR|1949}} |{{bkw|USA}} |{{bkw|ROC}} | |||
| 1982
|{{bkw|CAN}} |{{bkw|USA}} |{{bkw|AUS}} | |||
| 1983
|{{bkw|KOR|1949}} |{{bkw|ITA}} |{{bkw|NED}} | |||
| 1984
|{{bkw|USA}} |{{bkw|BRA|1968}} |{{bkw|ITA}} | |||
| 1985
|{{bkw|USA}} |{{bkw|CAN}} |{{bkw|KOR|1984}} | |||
| 1986
|colspan=3|Not held | |||
| 1987
|{{bkw|USA}} |{{bkw|KOR|1984}} |{{bkw|FRG}} | |||
| 1988
|{{bkw|KOR|1984}} |{{bkw|USA}} |{{bkw|ROC}} | |||
| 1989
|colspan=3|Cancelled due to fire which affected the main venue | |||
| 1990
|{{bkw|HUN}} |{{bkw|ROC}} |{{bkw|BRA|1968}} | |||
| 1991
|{{bkw|KOR|1984}} |{{bkw|JPN|1947}} |{{bkw|USA}} | |||
| 1992
|{{flagicon|USA}} American All-Stars |{{bkw|AUS|name=Australia Youth}} |{{bkw|JPN|1947}} | |||
| 1993
|{{flagicon|ROC}} Cathay Life |{{bkw|JPN|1947}} |{{bkw|USA}} | |||
| 1994
|{{bkw|USA}} |{{bkw|KOR|1984}} |{{flagicon|KAZ}} Al Hasa | |||
| 1995
|{{flagicon|ROC}} Cathay Life |{{bkw|KOR|1984}} |{{bkw|USA}} | |||
| 1996
|{{bkw|USA}} |{{bkw|SVK}} |{{bkw|AUS}} | |||
| 1997
|{{bkw|KOR|1997}} |{{bkw|USA}} |{{flagicon|ROC}} Cathay Life | |||
| 1998
|{{bkw|USA}} |{{bkw|ROC}} |{{bkw|JPN|1947}} | |||
| 1999
|{{bkw|ROC}} |{{bkw|NZL}} |{{bkw|AUS}} | |||
| 2000
|{{bkw|USA}} |{{bkw|JPN}} |{{bkw|ROC}} | |||
| 2001
|colspan=3|Not held | |||
| 2002
|{{bkw|RUS}} |{{bkw|ROC}} |{{bkw|JPN}} | |||
| 2003
|colspan=3|Cancelled due to SARS outbreak | |||
| 2004
|{{bkw|ROC|name=Republic of China Blue}} |{{bkw|KOR|1997}} |{{bkw|ROC|name=Republic of China White}} | |||
| 2005
|{{bkw|ROC}} |{{bkw|NZL}} |{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhejiang Huadong | |||
| 2006
|{{bkw|JPN}} |{{bkw|ROC}} |{{bkw|ITA}} | |||
| 2007
|{{bkw|AUS}} |{{bkw|ROC|name=Republic of China Blue}} |{{bkw|USA}} | |||
| 2008
|{{bkw|ROC}} |{{bkw|AUS}} |{{bkw|KOR|1997}} | |||
| 2009
|{{bkw|KOR|1997}} |{{bkw|ROC}} |{{bkw|JPN}} | |||
| 2010
|{{bkw|KOR|1997}} |{{bkw|ROC}} |{{flagicon|ROC}} University All-Stars | |||
| 2011
|{{bkw|ROC}} |{{bkw|JPN}} |{{bkw|ROC|name=Chinese Taipei University}} | |||
| 2012
|{{flagicon|ROC}} Cathay Life |{{flagicon|ROC}} Chunghwa Telecom |{{bkw|JPN}} | |||
| 2013
|{{bkw|KOR}} |{{bkw|JPN}} |{{bkw|ROC}} | |||
| 2014
|{{bkw|CAN}} |{{flagicon|JPN}} Denso Iris |{{bkw|KOR}} | |||
| 2015
|{{bkw|KOR}} |{{bkw|JPN|name=Japan B}} |{{bkw|ROC|name=Republic of China A}} | |||
| 2016
|{{bkw|KOR}} |{{bkw|JPN}} |{{bkw|ROC|name=Republic of China A}} | |||
| 2017
|{{bkw|JPN|name=Japan U24}} |{{bkw|ROC|name=Republic of China Blue}} |{{bkw|NZL}} | |||
| 2018
|{{bkw|NZL}} |{{bkw|JPN|name=Japan B}} |{{bkw|ROC|name=Republic of China A}} | |||
| 2019
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Mitsubishi Electric Koalas |{{bkw|NZL}} |{{bkw|ROC|name=Republic of China White}} | |||
| 2020
|rowspan=3 colspan=3|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2022 | |||
| 2023
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Chanson V-Magic |{{flagicon|KOR}} Busan BNK Sum |{{bkw|ROC|name=Republic of China Blue}} | |||
| 2024
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Japan Universiade |{{bkw|ROC|name=Republic of China Blue}} |{{bkw|ROC|name=Republic of China White}} | |||
| 2025
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Japan Universiade |{{bkw|KOR}} |{{flagicon image|Flag of Chinese Taipei for Universiade with text.svg}} WUG CTUSF Training |
== Medal table ==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||
| width=140px|Country | width=70px|{{gold medal}} | width=70px|{{silver medal}} | width=70px|{{bronze medal}} | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|{{flagcountry|KOR}} | 12 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|USA}} | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|ROC}} | 8 | 12 | 16 | 36 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|JPN}} | 6 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|CAN}} | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|NZL}} | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|AUS}} | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|HUN}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|RUS}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|ITA}} | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|BRA}} | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|FRA}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|KAZ}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|NED}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|CHN|name=PR China}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|SVK}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| align=left|{{flagcountry|FRG}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
See also
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