Global InformationWilliam Jones Cup information
| Most recent season or competition: 2023 William Jones Cup | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1975 |
| First season | 1977 |
| No. of teams | M: 9 W: 6 |
| Country |  Taiwan |
| Most recent champion(s) | M:  UC Irvine Anteaters (1st title, 16th title for country) W:  Chanson V-Magic (1st title, 4th for country) |
| Most titles | M: United States (16 titles) W:  South Korea (12 titles) |
| Related competitions | FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup |
| Official website | William Jones Cup (in Chinese) |
The R. William Jones Cup (simplified Chinese: 威廉琼斯盃国际篮球邀请赛; traditional Chinese: 威廉瓊斯盃國際籃球邀請賽; pinyin: wēi lián qióng sī bēi guó jì lán qiú yāo qǐng sài), also known as the 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.