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1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

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1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
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ChampionsItaly Gabetti Cantù
  Runners-upItaly Sinudyne Bologna
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons

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.[1]

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

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Soproni MAFC Hungary 195–179 Austria Milde Sorte Wien 98–94 97–85
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 134–135 Greece Olympiacos 79–60 55–75
Beşiktaş Turkey 165–200 Bulgaria Levski-Spartak 101–111 64–89
Sparta Bertrange Luxembourg 153–171 Switzerland Viganello 70–79 83–92
Embassy Milton Keynes England 183–205 Spain FC Barcelona 88–88 95–117
Gießen 46ers West Germany 189–216 Netherlands Falcon Jeans EBBC 97–109 92–107
Södertälje Sweden 188–178 Belgium Éveil Monceau 100–84 88–94

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Partizani Tirana Albania 165–192 France Caen 91–97 74–95
Soproni MAFC Hungary 172–181 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kvarner 94–93 78–88
Olympiacos Greece 139–150 Italy Sinudyne Bologna 78–72 61–78
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria 158–181 Romania Steaua București 83–74 75–107
Viganello Switzerland 166–219 Spain FC Barcelona 82–93 84–126
Falcon Jeans EBBC Netherlands 176–156 Czechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha 98–73 78–83
Södertälje Sweden 168–161 Poland Wisła Kraków 88–92 80–69
Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

Quarterfinals

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

Group A

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Italy CAN France CAE Netherlands EBBC Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia KVA
Italy CAN * 89-82 87-75 92-67
France CAE 101-91 * 98-87 92-79
Netherlands EBBC 87-89 89-91 * 99-85
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia KVA 74-81 100-93 65-78 *
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Italy Gabetti Cantù 6 11 5 1 529 486 +43
2. France Caen 6 10 4 2 557 535 +22
3. Netherlands Falcon Jeans EBBC 6 8 2 4 515 515 0
4. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kvarner 6 7 1 5 470 535 -65

Group B

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Italy SIN Spain FCB Romania STE Sweden SÖD
Italy SIN * 89-72 99-76 92-90
Spain FCB 94-86 * 124-86 98-73
Romania STE 110-101 101-100 * 95-84
Sweden SÖD 73-83 90-77 83-82 *
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Italy Sinudyne Bologna 6 10 4 2 550 515 +35
2. Spain FC Barcelona 6 9 3 3 565 525 +40
3. Romania Steaua București 6 9 3 3 550 591 -41
4. Sweden Södertälje 6 8 2 4 493 527 -34

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sinudyne Bologna Italy 178–164 France Caen 98–78 80–86
FC Barcelona Spain 167–184 Italy Gabetti Cantù 90–87 77–97

Final

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March 29, PalaLido, Milan

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Gabetti Cantù Italy 84–82 Italy Sinudyne Bologna
1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Italy
Gabetti Cantù
2nd title

References

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  1. ^ "Saporta Cup (C2)". linguasport.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
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