1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Basketball Finals 1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Finals ITA Gabetti Cantù ITA Sinudyne Bologna FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1976–77 1978–79 1978–79 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.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 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 Country Teams Clubs ITA Italy 2 Sinudyne Bologna Gabetti Cantù ALB 1946 Albania 1 Partizani Tirana AUT Austria 1 Milde Sorte Wien BEL Belgium 1 Éveil Monceau BUL 1971 Bulgaria 1 Levski-Spartak TCH Czechoslovakia 1 Slavia VŠ Praha ENG England 1 Embassy Milton Keynes FRA France 1 Caen GRE old Greece 1 Olympiacos HUN Hungary 1 Soproni MAFC ISR Israel 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv LUX Luxembourg 1 Sparta Bertrange NED Netherlands 1 Falcon Jeans EBBC POL Poland 1 Wisła Kraków ROM 1965 Romania 1 Steaua București ESP 1977 Spain 1 FC Barcelona SWE Sweden 1 Södertälje SWI Switzerland 1 Viganello TUR Turkey 1 Beşiktaş FRG West Germany 1 Gießen 46ers YUG Yugoslavia 1 Kvarner First round Soproni MAFC HUN 195–179 Milde Sorte Wien AUT 98–94 97–85 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR 134–135 Olympiacos GRE old 79–60 55–75 2 Beşiktaş TUR 165–200 Levski-Spartak BUL 1971 101–111 64–89 2 Sparta Bertrange LUX 153–171 Viganello SWI 70–79 83–92 2 Embassy Milton Keynes ENG 183–205 FC Barcelona ESP 1977 88–88 95–117 2 Gießen 46ers FRG 189–216 Falcon Jeans EBBC NED 97–109 92–107 2 Södertälje SWE 188–178 Éveil Monceau BEL 100–84 88–94 1 |} Second round Partizani Tirana ALB 1946 165–192 Caen FRA 91–97 74–95 2 Soproni MAFC HUN 172–181 Kvarner YUG 94–93 78–88 2 Olympiacos GRE old 139–150 Sinudyne Bologna ITA 78–72 61–78 2 Levski-Spartak BUL 1971 158–181 Steaua București ROM 1965 83–74 75–107 2 Viganello SWI 166–219 FC Barcelona ESP 1977 82–93 84–126 2 Falcon Jeans EBBC NED 176–156 Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 98–73 78–83 1 Södertälje SWE 168–161 Wisła Kraków POL 88–92 80–69 1 |} Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage ITA Gabetti Cantù (title holder) Quarterfinals + Key to colors     Top two places in each group advance to semifinals Group A ITA CANFRA CAENED EBBCYUG KVAITA CAN*89-8287-7592-67FRA CAE101-91*98-8792-79NED EBBC87-8989-91*99-85YUG KVA74-81100-9365-78* Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. ITA Gabetti Cantù 6 11 5 1 529 486 +43 2. FRA Caen 6 10 4 2 557 535 +22 3. NED Falcon Jeans EBBC 6 8 2 4 515 515 0 4. YUG Kvarner 6 7 1 5 470 535 -65Group B ITA SINESP 1977 FCBROM 1965 STESWE SÖDITA SIN*89-7299-7692-90ESP 1977 FCB94-86*124-8698-73ROM 1965 STE110-101101-100*95-84SWE SÖD73-8390-7783-82* Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. ITA Sinudyne Bologna 6 10 4 2 550 515 +35 2. ESP 1977 FC Barcelona 6 9 3 3 565 525 +40 3. ROM 1965 Steaua București 6 9 3 3 550 591 -41 4. SWE Södertälje 6 8 2 4 493 527 -34 Semifinals Sinudyne Bologna ITA 178–164 Caen FRA 98–78 80–86 1 FC Barcelona ESP 1977 167–184 Gabetti Cantù ITA 90–87 77–97 2 |} Final March 29, PalaLido, Milan Gabetti Cantù ITA 84–82 Sinudyne Bologna ITA 1 |} 1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup ChampionsITA 100px Gabetti Cantù 2nd title References External links FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1977–78 linguasport.com FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1977–78 Cup Category:FIBA Saporta Cup