1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Basketball Finals 1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Finals ITA Gabetti Cantù NED EBBC FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1977–78 1979–80 1979–80 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.http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c2/c2_e.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20130212080426/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c2/c2_e.htm usurped February 12, 2013 Saporta Cup (C2) linguasport.com 2014-07-19 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 Country Teams Clubs ITA Italy 2 Sinudyne Bologna Gabetti Cantù AUT Austria 1 UBSC Wien BEL Belgium 1 Avanti Brugge TCH Czechoslovakia 1 Dukla Olomouc DEN Denmark 1 BMS ENG England 1 Team Fiat Stars FIN Finland 1 Playhonka FRA France 1 ASVEL HUN Hungary 1 Vasas ISL Iceland 1 ÍS ISR Israel 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv LUX Luxembourg 1 Etzella NED Netherlands 1 EBBC POL Poland 1 Śląsk Wrocław POR Portugal 1 Sangalhos ESP 1977 Spain 1 FC Barcelona SWE Sweden 1 Helsingborg TUR Turkey 1 Tofaş YUG Yugoslavia 1 Radnički Belgrade First round EBBC NED 169–148 Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR 83–67 86–81 1 Avanti Brugge BEL 208–127 Etzella LUX 110–61 98–66 1 Radnički Belgrade YUG 207–176 Tofaş TUR 114–79 93–97 1 Dukla Olomouc TCH 146–140 Vasas HUN 67–57 79–83 1 Helsingborg SWE 187–142 BMS DEN 106–66 81–76 1 Playhonka FIN 176–187 Śląsk Wrocław POL 98–87 78–100 2 Sangalhos POR 123–235 UBSC Wien AUT 72–97 51–138 2 |} Second round EBBC NED 179–152 Avanti Brugge BEL 106–67 73–85 1 Radnički Belgrade YUG 208–168 Dukla Olomouc TCH 111–83 97–85 1 Helsingborg SWE 147–183 Śląsk Wrocław POL 64–82 83–101 2 UBSC Wien AUT 203–159 Team Fiat Stars ENG 115–77 88–82 1 ÍS ISL 158–249 FC Barcelona ESP 1977 79–125 79–124 2 |} Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals ITA Gabetti Cantù (title holder) ITA Sinudyne Bologna FRA ASVEL Quarterfinals + Key to colors     Top two places in each group advance to semifinals Group A ESP 1977 FCBITA SINYUG RADAUT UBSCESP 1977 FCB95-81102-95106-82ITA SIN86-7394-8189-68YUG RAD92-9996-9574-71AUT UBSC84-9186-9482-88 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. ESP 1977 FC Barcelona 6 11 5 1 566 520 +46 2. ITA Sinudyne Bologna 6 10 4 2 539 499 +40 3. YUG Radnički Belgrade 6 9 3 3 526 543 -17 4. AUT UBSC Wien 6 6 0 6 473 542 -69Group B NED EBBCITA CANFRA ASVPOL SLANED EBBC95-9094-74111-87ITA CAN91-7590-8180-70FRA ASV68-73116-89102-84POL SLA72-8881-10886-96 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. NED EBBC 6 11 5 1 536 482 +54 2. ITA Gabetti Cantù 6 10 4 2 548 518 +30 3. FRA ASVEL 6 9 3 3 537 516 +21 4. POL Śląsk Wrocław 6 6 0 6 480 585 -105 Semifinals FC Barcelona ESP 1977 172–185 Gabetti Cantù ITA 89–84 83–101 2 Sinudyne Bologna ITA 177–178 EBBC NED 85–73 92–105 2 |} Final March 22, SRC Veli Jože, Poreč Gabetti Cantù ITA 83–73 EBBC NED 1 |} 1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup ChampionsITA 100px Gabetti Cantù 3rd title References External links FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1978–79 linguasport.com FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1978–79 Cup Category:FIBA Saporta Cup