Unicaja Baloncesto adds one more title to its list of honors, its seventh, by winning the Intercontinental Cup in Singapore on Sunday.
The Cajista team defeated G League United, from the United States (75-60), in the final, held at the Singapore Sports Hub, which Ibon Navarro's players reached after beating Petro de Luanda (Angola) (78-94) last Thursday and Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon) (59-96) on Friday.
Unicaja Baloncesto, which participated in the Intercontinental Cup as the winner of the last edition of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), is the fifth ACB team to win a title in this competition.
The Intercontinental Cup was created in 1965 and recovered by FIBA in 2013. Its 34th edition was held from September 12 to 15 in Singapore, with the participation of six teams, divided into two groups: Unicaja, Petro de Luanda (Angola) and Al Riyadi de Beirut (Lebanon) on one side, and Quimsa (Argentina), NBA G League United (United States) and Tasmania JackJumpers (Australia) on the other.
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Unicaja Baloncesto takes up the legacy of the two clubs that gave rise to it: Caja de Ronda and Mayoral Maristas. Caja de Ronda was founded in 1977 under the name of Sociedad Deportiva Caja de Ronda. Since its creation, it took only four seasons to be promoted to the highest category of Spanish basketball, in the 1980-1981 season.
Mayoral Maristas was founded in 1953 under the name of Ademar Basket Club. It moved up to the ACB League in 1988, remaining in it for four seasons until the merger with Caja de Ronda.
