1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup explained

1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
League:FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Sport:Basketball
Finals:Finals
Finals Link:1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Finals
Finals Champ: Gabetti Cantù
Finals Runner-Up: Sinudyne Bologna
Seasonslistnames:FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Prevseason Link:1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Prevseason Year:1976–77
Nextseason Year:1978–79
Nextseason Link:1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the twelfth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 19 October 1977, to 29 March 1978. It was contested by 22 teams, three less than in the previous edition.[1]

Gabetti Cantù defeated Sinudyne Bologna in a final, held in Milan, winning the FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup for the second consecutive time in the club's history.

Participants

Country Teams!Clubs
2Sinudyne BolognaGabetti Cantù
1Partizani Tirana
1Milde Sorte Wien
1Éveil Monceau
1Levski-Spartak
1Slavia VŠ Praha
1Embassy Milton Keynes
1Caen
1Olympiacos
1Soproni MAFC
1Hapoel Tel Aviv
1Sparta Bertrange
1Falcon Jeans EBBC
1Wisła Kraków
1Steaua București
1FC Barcelona
1Södertälje
1Viganello
1Beşiktaş
1Gießen 46ers
1Kvarner

First round

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Second round

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Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage:

Quarterfinals

Key to colors
    Top two places in each group advance to semifinals

Group A

CAN CAE EBBC KVA
CAN89-8287-7592-67
CAE101-9198-8792-79
EBBC87-8989-9199-85
KVA74-81100-9365-78
width=15!width=220Team !width=20Pld !width=20Pts !width=20W !width=20L !width=20PF !width=20PA !width=20PD
1. Gabetti Cantù6 11 5 1 529 486 +43
2. Caen6 10 4 2 557 535 +22
3. Falcon Jeans EBBC6 8 2 4 515 515 0
4. Kvarner6 7 1 5 470 535 -65

Group B

SIN FCB STE SÖD
SIN89-7299-7692-90
FCB94-86124-8698-73
STE110-101101-10095-84
SÖD73-8390-7783-82
width=15!width=220Team !width=20Pld !width=20Pts !width=20W !width=20L !width=20PF !width=20PA !width=20PD
1. Sinudyne Bologna6 10 4 2 550 515 +35
2. FC Barcelona6 9 3 3 565 525 +40
3. Steaua București6 9 3 3 550 591 -41
4. Södertälje6 8 2 4 493 527 -34

Semifinals

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Final

March 29, PalaLido, Milan|}

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saporta Cup (C2). linguasport.com. 2014-07-19.