1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Basketball Finals 1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Finals ITA Birra Forst Cantù YUG Radnički Belgrade FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1975–76 1977–78 1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup The 1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the eleventh edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 20 October 1976, to 29 March 1977. It was contested by 25 teams, five more 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 The Italian League became the first league to win the competition twice in a row, for a second time, when Birra Forst Cantù defeated Radnički Belgrade, in the final, held in Palma de Mallorca. Cantù had previously defeated defending champions Cinzano Milano, in the semifinals, in the competition's third tie between two clubs from the same country. Cantù was the fourth Italian club to win the FIBA Cup Winners' Cup, after Ignis Varese, Fides Napoli, and Olimpia Milano. Participants Country Teams Clubs ITA Italy 2 Birra Forst Cantù Cinzano Milano ALB 1946 Albania 1 Partizani Tirana AUT Austria 1 Trend Wien BEL Belgium 1 Ijsboerke Kortrijk BUL 1971 Bulgaria 1 Botev TCH Czechoslovakia 1 Slavia VŠ Praha EGY 1972 Egypt 1 Al-Zamalek ENG England 1 Embassy All-Stars FRA France 1 ASVEL GRE old Greece 1 AEK ISL Iceland 1 Njarðvík ISR Israel 1 Hapoel Gvat/Yagur LUX Luxembourg 1 Etzella NED Netherlands 1 Buitoni Flamingo's POL Poland 1 Wybrzeże Gdańsk ROM 1965 Romania 1 Steaua București SCO Scotland 1 Boroughmir Barrs URS 1955 Soviet Union 1 Spartak Leningrad ESP 1945 Spain 1 Juventud Schweppes SWE Sweden 1 Högsbo SWI Switzerland 1 Fribourg Olympic TUR Turkey 1 Beşiktaş FRG West Germany 1 Wolfenbüttel YUG Yugoslavia 1 Radnički Belgrade First round Etzella LUX 120–211 Trend Wien AUT 60–99 60–112 2 Hapoel Gvat/Yagur ISR 145–163 Steaua București ROM 1965 83–71 62–92 2 Fribourg Olympic SWI 141–147 Beşiktaş TUR 82–71 59–76 2 Njarðvík ISL 143–165 Boroughmir Barrs SCO 77–78 66–87 2 Buitoni Flamingo's NED 167–189 Juventud Schweppes ESP 1945 80–74 87–115 2 Al-Zamalek EGY 1972 166–189 Wybrzeże Gdańsk POL 78–79 88–110 2 Partizani Tirana ALB 1946 0–4* Radnički Belgrade YUG 0–2 0–2 2 Högsbo SWE 172–169 Wolfenbüttel FRG 91–74 81–95 1 Botev BUL 1971 179–187 Ijsboerke Kortrijk BEL 98–85 81–102 2 AEK GRE old 132–172 Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 73–66 59–106 2 Embassy All-Stars ENG 173–192 ASVEL FRA 87–83 86–109 2 |} *Partizani Tirana withdrew before the first leg, and Radnički Belgrade received a forfeit (2-0) in both games. Second round Trend Wien AUT 166–179 ASVEL FRA 92–83 74–96 2 Steaua București ROM 1965 143–141 Beşiktaş TUR 77–57 66–84 1 Boroughmir Barrs SCO 130–237 Juventud Schweppes ESP 1945 66–111 64–126 2 Wybrzeże Gdańsk POL 187–211 Radnički Belgrade YUG 101–94 86–117 2 Högsbo SWE 180–208 Birra Forst Cantù ITA 95–101 85–107 2 Ijsboerke Kortrijk BEL 165–178 Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 96–83 69–95 2 |} Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage ITA Cinzano Milano (title holder) URS 1955 Spartak Leningrad Quarterfinals + Key to colors     Top two places in each group advance to semifinals Group A YUG RADITA MILURS 1955 SPACSK SLAYUG RAD87-7385-80115-70ITA MIL99-8594-69105-63URS 1955 SPA99-84103-8684-58CSK SLA54-8497-8384-79 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. YUG Radnički Belgrade 6 10 4 2 540 475 +65 2. ITA Cinzano Milano 6 9 3 3 540 504 +36 3. URS 1955 Spartak Leningrad 6 9 3 3 514 491 +23 4. CSK Slavia VŠ Praha 6 8 2 4 426 550 -124Group B ITA CANESP 1945 JUVROM 1965 STEFRA ASVITA CAN105-7699-77125-76ESP 1945 JUV93-86100-77100-83ROM 1965 STE88-8582-7465-59FRA ASV85-9995-96105-95 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. ITA Birra Forst Cantù 6 10 4 2 599 495 +104 2. ESP 1945 Juventud Schweppes 6 10 4 2 539 528 +11 3. ROM 1965 Steaua București 6 9 3 3 484 522 -38 4. FRA ASVEL 6 7 1 5 503 580 -77 Semifinals Birra Forst Cantù ITA 199–173 Cinzano Milano ITA 101–78 98–95 1 Juventud Schweppes ESP 1945 154–171 Radnički Belgrade YUG 74–77 80–94 2 |} Final March 29, Palau Municipal d'Esports Son Moix, Palma de Mallorca Birra Forst Cantù ITA 87–86 Radnički Belgrade YUG 1 |} 1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup ChampionsITA 100px Birra Forst Cantù 1st title References External links FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1976–77 linguasport.com FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1976–77 Cup Category:FIBA Saporta Cup