1977–78 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]

1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
LeagueFIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
Champions Gabetti Cantù
  Runners-up Sinudyne Bologna

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

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Soproni MAFC 195–179 Milde Sorte Wien 98–94 97–85
Hapoel Tel Aviv 134–135 Olympiacos 79–60 55–75
Beşiktaş 165–200 Levski-Spartak 101–111 64–89
Sparta Bertrange 153–171 Viganello 70–79 83–92
Embassy Milton Keynes 183–205 FC Barcelona 88–88 95–117
Gießen 46ers 189–216 Falcon Jeans EBBC 97–109 92–107
Södertälje 188–178 Éveil Monceau 100–84 88–94

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Partizani Tirana 165–192 Caen 91–97 74–95
Soproni MAFC 172–181 Kvarner 94–93 78–88
Olympiacos 139–150 Sinudyne Bologna 78–72 61–78
Levski-Spartak 158–181 Steaua București 83–74 75–107
Viganello 166–219 FC Barcelona 82–93 84–126
Falcon Jeans EBBC 176–156 Slavia VŠ Praha 98–73 78–83
Södertälje 168–161 Wisła Kraków 88–92 80–69
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
CAN * 89-82 87-75 92-67
CAE 101-91 * 98-87 92-79
EBBC 87-89 89-91 * 99-85
KVA 74-81 100-93 65-78 *
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Gabetti Cantù 61151529486+43
2. Caen 61042557535+22
3. Falcon Jeans EBBC 68245155150
4. Kvarner 6715470535-65

Group B

SIN FCB STE SÖD
SIN * 89-72 99-76 92-90
FCB 94-86 * 124-86 98-73
STE 110-101 101-100 * 95-84
SÖD 73-83 90-77 83-82 *
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Sinudyne Bologna 61042550515+35
2. FC Barcelona 6933565525+40
3. Steaua București 6933550591-41
4. Södertälje 6824493527-34

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sinudyne Bologna 178–164 Caen 98–78 80–86
FC Barcelona 167–184 Gabetti Cantù 90–87 77–97

Final

March 29, PalaLido, Milan

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Gabetti Cantù 84–82 Sinudyne Bologna
1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions

Gabetti Cantù
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References
  1. "Saporta Cup (C2)". linguasport.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
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