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
ChampionsItaly Gabetti Cantù
  Runners-upItaly 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Soproni MAFC Hungary 195–179 Austria Milde Sorte Wien 98–94 97–85
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 134–135 Greece Olympiacos 79–60 55–75
Beşiktaş Turkey 165–200 Bulgaria Levski-Spartak 101–111 64–89
Sparta Bertrange Luxembourg 153–171 Switzerland Viganello 70–79 83–92
Embassy Milton Keynes England 183–205 Spain FC Barcelona 88–88 95–117
Gießen 46ers West Germany 189–216 Netherlands Falcon Jeans EBBC 97–109 92–107
Södertälje Sweden 188–178 Belgium Éveil Monceau 100–84 88–94

Second round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Partizani Tirana Albania 165–192 France Caen 91–97 74–95
Soproni MAFC Hungary 172–181 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kvarner 94–93 78–88
Olympiacos Greece 139–150 Italy Sinudyne Bologna 78–72 61–78
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria 158–181 Romania Steaua București 83–74 75–107
Viganello Switzerland 166–219 Spain FC Barcelona 82–93 84–126
Falcon Jeans EBBC Netherlands 176–156 Czechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha 98–73 78–83
Södertälje Sweden 168–161 Poland 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

Italy CAN France CAE Netherlands EBBC Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia KVA
Italy CAN * 89-82 87-75 92-67
France CAE 101-91 * 98-87 92-79
Netherlands EBBC 87-89 89-91 * 99-85
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia KVA 74-81 100-93 65-78 *
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Italy Gabetti Cantù 61151529486+43
2.France Caen 61042557535+22
3.Netherlands Falcon Jeans EBBC 68245155150
4.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kvarner 6715470535-65

Group B

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

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

Final

March 29, PalaLido, Milan

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

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