1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup

1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup FIBA Korać Cup Basketball Final 1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup Finals YUG Partizan YUG Bosna FIBA Korać Cup 1976–77 FIBA Korać Cup 1976–77 1978–79 1978–79 FIBA Korać Cup The 1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup was the seventh edition of FIBA's new competition, running from 15 November 1977 to 21 April 1978. It was contested by 32 teams, five more than in the previous edition. Partizan defeated Bosna in a Yugoslav civil final to become the competition's champion for first time. This title was the third consecutive in a row for a Yugoslav team. Season teams Country Teams Clubs (ranking in 1976–77 national league) FRA France 4 Berck Moderne Nice Orthez GRE old Greece 4 Panellinios AEK Panionios Aris ITA Italy 4 Cinzano Milano Xerox Milano Emerson Genova Scavolini Pesaro ESP 1977 Spain 4 Caja Rural Canarias Juventud Freixenet Centro Natación Helios Askatuak YUG Yugoslavia 4 Bosna Partizan Cibona Beko Beograd FRG West Germany 3 1.FC Bamberg SSV Hagen Wolfenbüttel AUT Austria 2 Progress Graz Maximarkt Wels ISR Israel 2 Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Gvat/Yagur TUR Turkey 2 İTÜ Şeker BEL Belgium 1 Anderlecht TCH Czechoslovakia 1 Inter Slovnaft POL Poland 1 Resovia Rzeszów First round SSV Hagen FRG 198–159 Caja Rural Canarias ESP 1977 88–67 110–92 1 Xerox Milano ITA 213–138 Maximarkt Wels AUT 121–68 93–70 1 Nice FRA 160–150 Hapoel Gvat/Yagur ISR 88–84 72–66 1 Orthez FRA 151–192 Juventud Freixenet ESP 1977 72–76 79–116 2 Anderlecht BEL 185–190 Partizan YUG 98–80 87–110 2 Şeker TUR 163–176 Inter Slovnaft TCH 86–70 77–106 2 Centro Natación Helios ESP 1977 178–245 Cinzano Milano ITA 102–105 76–140 2 Berck FRA 162–157 Askatuak ESP 1977 88–87 74–70 1 Beko Beograd YUG 195–148 Progress Graz AUT 115–67 80–81 1 Hapoel Ramat Gan ISR 188–192 Cibona YUG 85–83 103–109 2 Panellinios GRE old 124–159 Scavolini Pesaro ITA 77–67 47–92 2 Emerson Genova ITA 157–146 Wolfenbüttel FRG 83–72 74–74 1 Moderne FRA 180–117 Aris GRE old 98–46 82–71 1 AEK GRE old 152–139 1.FC Bamberg FRG 68–62 84–77 1 Resovia Rzeszów POL 177–165 Panionios GRE old 93–63 84–102 1 Bosna YUG 4–0* İTÜ TUR 2–0 2–0 1 |} *İTÜ withdrew before the first leg, and Bosna received a forfeit (2–0) in both games. Round of 16 + Key to colors     Top place in each group advance to semifinals Group A Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. YUG Partizan 6 10 4 2 573 521 +52 2. FRA Nice 6 10 4 2 526 503 +23 3. ITA Emerson Genova 6 9 3 3 507 507 0 4. GRE old AEK 6 7 1 5 451 526 −75Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. YUG Bosna 6 10 4 2 619 572 +47 2. FRA Berck 6 10 4 2 580 566 +14 3. ITA Scavolini Pesaro 6 9 3 3 557 590 −33 4. TCH Inter Slovnaft 6 7 1 5 558 586 −28 Group C Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. ESP 1977 Juventud Freixenet 6 12 6 0 555 472 +83 2. YUG Beko Beograd 6 9 3 3 522 541 −19 3. ITA Xerox Milano 6 8 2 4 557 547 +10 4. FRG SSV Hagen 6 7 1 5 530 604 −74Group D Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. ITA Cinzano Milano 6 10 4 2 546 494 +53 2. FRA Moderne 6 10 4 2 555 505 +50 3. YUG Cibona 6 10 4 2 537 520 +17 4. POL Resovia Rzeszów 6 6 0 6 435 554 −119 Semi finals Juventud Freixenet ESP 1977 209–216 Partizan YUG 114–109 95–107 2 Cinzano Milano ITA 160–177 Bosna YUG 79–76 81–101 2 |} Final 21 March 1978, Sportska dvorana Borik, Banja Luka Partizan YUG 117–110 Bosna YUG 1 |} 1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup ChampionsYUG 100px Partizan 1st title References Linguasport 1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup 1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup 1977–78 Category:1977–78 in European basketball