1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the thirteenth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 1 November 1978, to 22 March 1979. It was contested by 20 teams, two less than in the previous edition.[1]

1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
LeagueFIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
Champions Gabetti Cantù
  Runners-up EBBC

Gabetti Cantù defeated the Dutch League club, Den Bosch, in a final held in Poreč, winning the FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup for the third consecutive time.

Participants

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
EBBC 169–148 Hapoel Tel Aviv 83–67 86–81
Avanti Brugge 208–127 Etzella 110–61 98–66
Radnički Belgrade 207–176 Tofaş 114–79 93–97
Dukla Olomouc 146–140 Vasas 67–57 79–83
Helsingborg 187–142 BMS 106–66 81–76
Playhonka 176–187 Śląsk Wrocław 98–87 78–100
Sangalhos 123–235 UBSC Wien 72–97 51–138

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
EBBC 179–152 Avanti Brugge 106–67 73–85
Radnički Belgrade 208–168 Dukla Olomouc 111–83 97–85
Helsingborg 147–183 Śląsk Wrocław 64–82 83–101
UBSC Wien 203–159 Team Fiat Stars 115–77 88–82
ÍS 158–249 FC Barcelona 79–125 79–124
Automatically qualified to the quarter finals

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

Group A

FCB SIN RAD UBSC
FCB 95-81 102-95 106-82
SIN 86-73 94-81 89-68
RAD 92-99 96-95 74-71
UBSC 84-91 86-94 82-88
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. FC Barcelona 61151566520+46
2. Sinudyne Bologna 61042539499+40
3. Radnički Belgrade 6933526543-17
4. UBSC Wien 6606473542-69

Group B

EBBC CAN ASV SLA
EBBC 95-90 94-74 111-87
CAN 91-75 90-81 80-70
ASV 68-73 116-89 102-84
SLA 72-88 81-108 86-96
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. EBBC 61151536482+54
2. Gabetti Cantù 61042548518+30
3. ASVEL 6933537516+21
4. Śląsk Wrocław 6606480585-105

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Barcelona 172–185 Gabetti Cantù 89–84 83–101
Sinudyne Bologna 177–178 EBBC 85–73 92–105

Final

March 22, SRC Veli Jože, Poreč

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Gabetti Cantù 83–73 EBBC
1978–79 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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