1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

1977-78 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Gabetti Cantù
Runners-up	Sinudyne Bologna

The 1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup was the twelfth edition of FIBA's competition for European basketball national 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 European Cup Winner's Cup for the second consecutive time in the club's history.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
MAFC	195–179	Milde Sorte Wien	98–94	97–85
Hapoel Tel Aviv	134–135	Olympiacos	79–60	55–75
Beşiktaş	165–200	Levski-Spartak	101–111	64–89
Sparta Bertrange	153–171	Viganello	70–79	83–92
Embassy Milton Keynes	183–205	FC Barcelona	88–88	95–117
Gießen 46ers	189–216	Falcon Jeans Den Bosch	97–109	92–107
Södertälje	188–178	Éveil Monceau	100–84	88–94

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Partizani Tirana	165–192	Caen	91–97	74–95
MAFC	172–181	Kvarner	94–93	78–88
Olympiacos	139–150	Sinudyne Bologna	78–72	61–78
Levski-Spartak	158–181	Steaua București	83–74	75–107
Viganello	166–219	FC Barcelona	82–93	84–126
Falcon Jeans Den Bosch	176–156	Slavia Prague	98–73	78–83
Södertälje	168–161	Wisła Kraków	88–92	80–69

Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

Gabetti Cantù (title holder)

Quarter finals

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

Group A

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Gabetti Cantù	6	11	5	1	529	486	+43
2.	Caen	6	10	4	2	557	535	+22
3.	Falcon Jeans Den Bosch	6	8	2	4	515	515	0
4.	Kvarner	6	7	1	5	470	535	-65

Group B

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Sinudyne Bologna	6	10	4	2	550	515	+35
2.	FC Barcelona	6	9	3	3	565	525	+40
3.	Steaua București	6	9	3	3	550	591	-41
4.	Södertälje	6	8	2	4	493	527	-34

Semi finals

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

Final

March 29, PalaLido, Milan

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Gabetti Cantù	84–82	Sinudyne Bologna

1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Champions
Gabetti Cantù 2nd title

References

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

Saporta Cup seasons

1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02