For the Intercontinental cup William Jones, see Intercontinental Cup (basketball)

Intercontinental Cup (basketball)

The World Cup for Champion Clubs, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup, was a basketball competition endorsed by FIBA to gather the best clubs from the federations affiliated to FIBA and to officially decide the best club of the world, contended mainly by the continents of higher...

For the Guyanese cricket competition also called the Jones Cup, see Guystac Trophy

Guystac Trophy

The Guystac Trophy was a Guyanese inter-county cricket tournament, the final of which had first-class status. The tournament was played annually, the final being usually between Demerara and Berbice, two former colonies and now counties of Guyana. The only exception came in 1980/81 when a side...

The R. William Jones Cup (also known as the Jones Cup) is an international basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 tournament held annually in Taipei

Taipei

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

, Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

. It was named after Renato William Jones

Renato William Jones

Renato William Jones , also known as R. William, or simply William Jones, was a popularizer of basketball in Europe and in Asia...

, a basketball promoter and one of the founders of the International Basketball Federation

International Basketball Federation

The International Basketball Federation, more commonly known as FIBA , from its French name Fédération Internationale de Basketball, is an association of national organizations which governs international competition in basketball...

 (FIBA).

The Jones Cup tournament started in 1977 and is held annually. There are two version of the William Jones Cup — the tournament for men's basketball and for women's basketball — both dominated by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 teams since 1977.

In 2003, due to the SARS epidemic crisis in Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

, the tournament was cancelled but resumed the competition in 2004.

The tournament invites clubs, collegiate

College basketball

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 teams, and national teams from around the world but mainly from the Asian and the North American regions.

Men's tournament

Year	|Champion	|Second place	|Third place
1977	American Challenger	Eastern Washington Eastern Washington University Eastern Washington University is an American public, coeducational university located in Cheney, Washington.Founded in 1882, the university is academically divided into four colleges: Arts and Letters; Business and Public Administration; Science, Health and Engineering; and Social & Behavioral...	Flying Camel
1978	American Buluside		American College
1979	Not held
1980
1981	Northern Consolidated Cement
1982
1983
1984
1985	San Miguel Beer
1986
1987
1988
1989	Not held
1990
1991
1992	Marathon Oil	USK Praha
1993	University of Hawaii University of Hawaii The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...	Hung Kuo	Ukraine Sparta
1994		Yulong Yulon Dinos The Yulon Dinos are a basketball team in the Super Basketball League in Taiwan. It was founded in 1965 by Yulon Motor's Chairman Yen Ching-ling as a First Division amateur basketball team...
1995			Macro states
1996
1997	Kangoo Jumps	Statyba BC Lietuvos Rytas BC Lietuvos rytas is a professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania playing in the Lithuanian Basketball League , the VTB United League, and the Eurocup...	Guanghua
1998	Philippine Centennial Team Philippine Centennial Team The Philippine Centennial Team was the nickname of the Philippine Basketball Association -backed national basketball team in 1998. The team consists of professional players in the country that includes national team veterans Allan Caidic and Alvin Patrimonio, both sharing the distinction of being...
1999
2000
2001
2002	Great Mates
2003	Not held
2004	White		Perth Wildcats Perth Wildcats The Perth Wildcats are an Australian professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League. The Wildcats are the only team in the league representing the state of Western Australia and are based in the state capital, Perth...
2005	Passing Lane
2006	Athletes in Action Athletes in Action Athletes in Action is an evangelical Christian sports ministry in the tradition of Muscular Christianity. Athletes in Action, a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, works with athletes and coaches to use the unique platform of sport to help people around the world with questions of faith...
2007
2008
2009
2010 2010 William Jones Cup -Standings:-Results:-All-tournament team: Lee Hsueh-lin Yuta Tabuse Samad Nikkhah Bahrami Takuya Kawamura Marcus Douthit-Preliminary round:-Knockout round:-All-tournament team:...
2011 2011 William Jones Cup The 2011 TAIYEN William Jones Cup is the 33rd tournament of the William Jones Cup that is taking place at Hsinchuang Gymnasium in New Taipei, Republic of China from August 6 to 13, 2011.-Squads:...

By country

Country	|	|	|
United States	13	5	5
Philippines	3	0	3
Iran	3	0	0
Chinese Taipei	2	5	2
Jordan	2	1	0
South Korea	1	5	3
Canada	1	5	0
Australia	1	1	2
Sweden	1	1	1
New Zealand	1	0	1
West Germany	1	0	0
Czechoslovakia	0	1	0
Lebanon	0	1	1
Russia	0	1	1
Lithuania	0	1	0
Poland	0	1	0
Scotland	0	1	0
Soviet Union	0	1	0
Slovakia	0	1	0
Japan	0	0	3
France	0	0	2
Hungary	0	0	1
Italy	0	0	1
Netherlands	0	0	1
Panama	0	0	1
Qatar	0	0	1
Ukraine	0	0	1