1975–76 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1975–76 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 19th edition of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Patinoire des Vernets, in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 1, 1976. In a third consecutive final for these two teams, Mobilgirgi Varese defeated Real Madrid, by a result of 81–74.

1975–76 FIBA European Champions Cup
LeagueFIBA European Champions Cup
SportBasketball
Final
ChampionsItaly Mobilgirgi Varese
  Runners-upSpain Real Madrid

Competition system

23 teams. European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only, playing in a tournament system. The Final was a single game, played on a neutral court.

First round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Beşiktaş Turkey 151–173 Switzerland Federale 90–70 61–103
Al-Zamalek Egypt 133–167 Bulgaria Academic 69–74 64–93
Resovia Rzeszów Poland 185–137 Syria Jalaa 109–67 76–70
Alvik Sweden 134–135 Finland Turun NMKY 76–67 58–68

Second round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ÍR Iceland 0–4* Spain Real Madrid 0–2 0–2
T71 Dudelange Luxembourg 123–207 Italy Birra Forst Cantù 76–97 47–110
Federale Switzerland 162–158 Czechoslovakia Dukla Olomouc 91–73 71–85
Gießen 46ers West Germany 158–159 Bulgaria Academic 89–75 69–84
Resovia Rzeszów Poland 156–164 Austria Sefra Wien 83–88 73–76
Embassy All-Stars England 153–207 Netherlands Transol RZ 87–90 66–117
Panathinaikos Greece 151–156 Finland Turun NMKY 96–78 55–78

*While they were eligible as the national champions to do so, ÍR never intended to participate in the tournament due to high costs involved and thus didn't register for it nor pay the participation fees. A letter by the Icelandic Basketball Association which informed FIBA on which Icelandic teams where eligible to participate in official FIBA tournaments was mistakenly taken as a confirmation of their participation.[1][2] Due to the mistake, Real Madrid went through with a walkover.

Automatically qualified to the group stage

Quarterfinals group stage

The quarterfinals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.

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

Group A

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Italy Mobilgirgi Varese 51050886729+157
2.France ASVEL 5941783764+19
3.Belgium Maes Pils 5832847780+67
4.Bulgaria Academic 5614813871-58
5.Finland Turun NMKY 5614784913-129
6.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zadar 5614817873-56

Group B

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Spain Real Madrid 510501070869+201
2.Italy Birra Forst Cantù 5941960849+111
3.Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 5832894905-11
4.Austria Sefra Wien 5723833839-6
5.Netherlands Transol RZ 56148551025-170
6.Switzerland Federale 5505859984-125

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mobilgirgi Varese Italy 173–155 Italy Birra Forst Cantù 95–85 78–70
Real Madrid Spain 212–178 France ASVEL 113–77 99–101

Final

April 1, Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Mobilgirgi Varese Italy 81–74 Spain Real Madrid


1975–76 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions
Italy
Mobilgirgi Varese
5th Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

References
  1. "ÍR tilkynnti aldrei þáttöku". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 18 September 1975. p. 34. Retrieved 10 July 2022 – via Tímarit.is. open access
  2. "Þruma úr heiðskíru lofti". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 20 September 1979. p. 11. Retrieved 10 July 2022 – via Tímarit.is. open access
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