1978–79 FIBA European Champions Cup

1978-79 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Bosna
Runners-up	Emerson Varèse

The 1978–79 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 22nd season of the European Champions Cup club competition, predecessor of the Euroleague. The Final was held at the Palais des Sports in Grenoble, France on April 5, 1979. Bosna defeated Emerson Varèse, by a result of 96–93. This final was a last in impressive line of ten consecutive finals for Varèse, and is also notable for Bosna's Žarko Varajić scoring 45 points, a still active record in a number of points scored in Euroleague finals.

Competition System

22 teams (domestic champions and title holder) enter a Quarter finals group stage, divided into six groups playing a round-robin. The final standing is based on individual wins and defeats. In case of a tie between two or more teams after this group stage, the following criteria is used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group
The 6 group winners of the Quarter finals group stage advance to Semi finals group stage, played as a single group under the same round-robin rules.
The group winner and the runner-up of the Semi finals group stage qualify for the final, played at a predetermined venue.

Quarter finals group stage

Key to colors
	Top place in each group advance to Semifinal group stage

Group A

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Real Madrid	6	12	6	0	683	443	+240
2.	Honvéd	6	10	4	2	586	576	+10
3.	Klosterneuburg	6	7	1	5	476	531	-55
4.	Al-Zamalek	6	7	1	5	446	641	-195

Group B

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Emerson Varèse	4	8	4	0	455	303	+152
2.	Amicale	4	6	2	2	325	407	-82
3.	Sporting	4	4	0	4	340	410	-70

Group C

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Maccabi Elite	4	7	3	1	376	299	+77
2.	Fresh Air	4	7	3	1	317	331	-14
3.	Eczacıbaşı	4	4	0	4	319	382	-63

Group D

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Olympiacos	6	10	4	2	522	431	+91
2.	Moderne	6	10	4	2	515	438	+77
3.	Wybrzeże Gdańsk	6	10	4	2	540	545	-5
4.	Jalaa	6	7	0	6	431	584	-153

Group E

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Bosna	6	11	5	1	573	419	+154
2.	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	6	10	4	2	594	495	+99
3.	Partizani Tirana	6	9	3	3	574	473	+101
4.	AEL	6	6	0	6	323	677	-354

Group F

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Joventut Freixenet	6	11	5	1	598	508	+90
2.	Parker Leiden	6	11	5	1	596	525	+71
3.	Södertälje	6	8	2	4	479	544	-65
4.	Sutton & Crystal Palace	6	6	0	6	499	595	-96

Semi finals group stage

Key to colors
	Top two places in the group advance to Final

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Emerson Varèse	10	17	7	3	819	763	+56
2.	Bosna	10	17	7	3	894	895	-1
3.	Maccabi Elite	10	16	6	4	839	779	+60
4.	Real Madrid	10	16	6	4	976	910	+66
5.	Joventut Freixenet	10	13	3	7	860	892	-32
6.	Olympiacos	10	11	1	9	747	896	-149

Final

April 5, Palais des Sports, Grenoble

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Emerson Varèse	93–96	Bosna

1978-79 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
Bosna 1st Title

References

External links

Champions Cup 1978–79

Bosna 1978–79 Euroleague Champions

Delibašić Varajić Pešić Radovanović Benaček Bilalović Hadžić Bosiočić Đogić Vučević Izić Zrno Coach Tanjević

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