Liliana Ronchetti started playing basketball in Como, Italy at the age of 20 and would go on to complete a 25-year career at the age of 45 in Palermo. Ronchetti, or Lily as she was known to her team-mates, won four consecutive titles with Como in the 1950's and played 83 games for the Italian national team.

Just one year after her retirement, Lily died of an incurable illness. However, her name lived on in the form of the Ronchetti Cup. The Ronchetti Cup was introduced by FIBA in 1974 as a second competition to the European Cup for Women's Champions Clubs and ran until 2002.

YEAR	WINNERS	RUNNERS UP	RESULTS	VENUE
1975	Spartak Leningrad (URS)	Levski Spartak Sofia (BUL)	64-59 (41-20) 79-54 (38-26)	Sofia (BUL) Leningrad (URS)
1976	Slavia VS Prague (TCH)	Industromontaza Zagreb (YUG)	68-51 (31-31) 73-78 (25-41)	Prague (TCH) Zagreb (YUG)
1977	Spartak Moscow (URS)	Mineur Pernik (BUL)	97-54 (53-25)	Roma (ITA)
1978	Levski Spartak Sofia (BUL)	Slovan ChZJK Bratislava (TCH)	50-49 (18-26)	Haskovo (BUL)
1979	Levski Spartak Sofia (BUL)	DFS Maritza Plovdiv (BUL)	70-69 (34-29)	Yambol (BUL)
1980	KK Monting Zagreb (YUG)	DFS Maritza Plovdiv (BUL)	82-76 (48-38)	Pernik (BUL)
1981	Spartak Moscow (URS)	KK Monting Zagreb (YUG)	95-63 (59-24)	Roma (ITA)
1982	Spartak Moscow (URS)	Kralovopolska Brno (TCH)	89-68 (42-23)	Linz (AUT)
1983	B.S.E. Budapest (HUN)	Spartak Moscow (URS)	83-81 (39-38) 70-70 (After Reg.) 77-77 (After O.T.)	Mestre (ITA)
1984	S.S. Bata Rome (ITA)	B.S.E. Budapest (HUN)	69-59 (33-35)	Budapest (HUN)
1985	C.S.K.A. Moscow (URS)	S.I.S.V. Bata Viterbo (ITA)	76-64 (32-33)	Viterbo (ITA)
1986	Dinamo Novosibirsk (URS)	B.S.E. Budapest (HUN)	81-58 (45-30)	Barcelona (ESP)
1987	T.T.T. Riga (URS)	Basket Femminile Milan (ITA)	87-80 (48-41)	Wittenheim (FRA)
1988	Dinamo Kiev (URS)	Basket Deborah Milan (ITA)	100-83 (48-41)	Athens (GRE)
1989	C.S.K.A. Moscow (URS)	Basket Femminile Milan (ITA)	92-86 (45-44)	Florence (ITA)
1990	Parma Primizie (ITA)	Jedinstvo Aida Tuzla (YUG)	79-54 (45-28) 71-77 (35-43)	Parma (ITA) Tuzla (YUG)
1991	Gemeaz-Cusin Milan (ITA)	Como Jersey (ITA)	94-76 (52-41) 58-69 (26-33)	Milan (ITA) Cantu (ITA)
1992	Vicenza Estel Vicence (ITA)	Libertas Trogylos Priolo (ITA)	78-67 (43-33) 76-69 (32-30)	Priolo (ITA) Vicence (ITA)
1993	Basket Parma (ITA)	GKS Olimpia Poznan (POL)	91-62 (44-34) 71-70 (34-30)	Parma (ITA) Poznan (POL)
1994	Ahena Cesena (ITA)	Parma Primizie (ITA)	78-65 (42-35) 66-68 (22-27)	Cesena (ITA) Parma (ITA)
1995	CJM Bourges (FRA)	Parma Lavezzini (ITA)	56-47 (28-18) 56-53 (33-32)	Bourges (FRA) Parma (ITA)
1996	Tarbes (FRA)	S.C. Alcamo (ITA)	81-63 (31-20) 82-63 (34-36)	Trapani (ITA) Tarbes (FRA)
1997	CSKA Moscow (RUS)	Carip. Lavezzini Parma (ITA)	72-54 (34-30) 59-71 (30-38)	Moscow (RUS) Parma (ITA)
1998	GYSEV-RINGA Sopron (HUN)	A.S.P.T.T. Aix-en-Provence (FRA)	70-65 (37-33) 70-72 (37-42)	Sopron (HUN) Les Milles (FRA)
1999	Sandra Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ESP)	Lachen Ramat-Hasharon (ISR)	72-79 (33-39) 64-54 (30-31)	R.Hasharon (ISR) Las Palmas (ESP)
2000	Lavezzini Basket (ITA)	Caja Rural (ESP)	64-60 (32-27) 56-63 (28-25)	Parma (ITA) Las Palmas (ESP)
2001	Familia Schio (ITA)	Botassport Club Adana (TUR)	73-75 (34-38) 87-70 (45-31)	Ceyhan Adana (TUR) Schio (ITA)
2002	Familia Schio (ITA)	Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (FRA)	69-73 (43-48) 77-74 (37-35)	Tarbes (FRA) Schio (ITA)