1987–88 Ronchetti Cup Explained

The 1987–88 Ronchetti Cup^[1] was the 17th edition of FIBA's second-tier competition for European women's basketball clubs. It was contested by 34 teams from 17 countries (two more teams and three more countries than the previous edition), and ran from 23 September 1987 to 3 March 1988.^[2] Dynamo Kyiv defeated 100–83 previous year's runner-up Deborah Milano in the final, played in Athens, to become the sixth Soviet champion of the competition. It was the fourth edition in a row won by different Soviet teams.^[3] 4-times champion Spartak Leningrad and Slavia Prague also reached the semifinals.

First qualifying round

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Agg.	width=200	Team #2	width=50	1st	width=50	2nd
	126–176	Visby	64–85	62–91
Wels	132–142	Munich	64–76	68–66
	150–166	Ment Thessaloniki	90–80	60–86
Kralovopolska Brno	136–181	Dynamo Kyiv	77–79	59–102
	102–208	Montferrandaise	56–97	46–111
Cents	80–213	Astarac Mirande	47–98	33–115
Barmer Wuppertal	170–128		79–56	91–72
	95–195	EAC Budapest	53–98	42–97
Elemens Sibenik	172–95		101–52	71–43
Unicar Cesena	174–150		95–71	79–79

Second qualifying round

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Agg.	width=200	Team #2	width=50	1st	width=50	2nd
Visby	127–149	Deborah Milano	69–84	58–65
	127–149	Racing Paris	70–75	53–92
Partizan Belgrade	177–130		88–62	89–68
Pécsi	119–162	Dynamo Kyiv	63–65	56–97
Montferrandaise	120–171	Iskra Ljubljana	51–97	69–74
Villeurbanne	144–148	Libertas Trogylos	88–60	56–88
	80–174	Slavia Prague	53–74	27–100
Astarac Mirande	158–172	Sidis Ancona	93–76	65–96
	154–172	BSE Budapest	83–66	71–106
Spartak Leningrad	210–147		107–68	103–79
Hapoel Givat Haim	101–193	Elemens Sibenik	43–97	58–96
	128–131	Unicar Cesena	75–72	53–59

Group stage

Group A

width=15		width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA
1.	Deborah Milano	4	4	0	338	218
2.	Racing Paris	4	1	3	261	317
3.	Partizan Belgrade	4	1	3	252	316

Group B

width=15		width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA
1.	Dynamo Kyiv	4	3	1	314	300
2.	Iskra Ljubljana	4	2	2	310	305
3.	Libertas Trogylos	4	1	3	271	290

Group C

width=15		width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA
1.	Slavia Prague	4	3	1	295	290
2.	Sidis Ancona	4	3	1	321	314
3.	BSE Budapest	4	0	4	313	325

Group D

width=15		width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA
1.	Spartak Leningrad	4	4	0	385	317
2.	Elemens Sibenik	4	1	3	306	336
3.	Unicar Cesena	4	1	3	300	338

Semifinals

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Agg.	width=200	Team #2	width=50	1st	width=50	2nd
Dynamo Kyiv	131–121		77–65	54–56
	162–168	Deborah Milano	92–92	70–76

Final

width=200	Team #1	width=50		width=200	Team #2
Dynamo Kyiv	100–83

Notes and References

1. http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.pageID_uwPF5YxlHY-Ni66Wx9O410.compID_OCoXF,X2GnIksM-Vy1WIA1.season_1988.html 1987–88 Ronchetti Cup
2. http://www.todor66.com/basketball/Eurocups/Ronchetti_1988.html Results
3. http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_Ofi3j,mSH-E-dasBaJL0U2.html List of finals