1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

1978-79 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
League FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
Sport Basketball
Finals
Champions Italy Gabetti Cantù
  Runners-up Netherlands Den Bosch

The 1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup was the thirteenth edition of FIBA's competition for European basketball national cup champions, running from 1 November 1978 to 22 March 1979. It was contested by 20 teams, two less than in the previous edition.[1]

Gabetti Cantù defeated the Dutch club Den Bosch in a final held in Poreč winning the European Cup Winner's Cup for the third consecutive time.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Den Bosch Netherlands 169–148 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 83–67 86–81
Avanti Brugge Belgium 208–127 Luxembourg Etzella Ettelbruck 110–61 98–66
Radnički Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 207–176 Turkey Tofaş 114–79 93–97
Dukla Olomouc Czechoslovakia 146–140 Hungary Vasas 67–57 79–83
Helsingborg Sweden 187–142 Denmark Skovlunde 106–66 81–76
Playhonka Finland 176–187 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 98–87 78–100
Sangalhos Portugal 123–235 Austria Union Wien 72–97 51–138

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Den Bosch Netherlands 179–152 Belgium Avanti Brugge 106–67 73–85
Radnički Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 208–168 Czechoslovakia Dukla Olomouc 111–83 97–85
Helsingborg Sweden 147–183 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 64–82 83–101
Union Wien Austria 203–159 England Coventry 115–77 88–82
ÍS Iceland 158–249 Spain FC Barcelona 79–125 79–124
Automatically qualified to the quarter finals

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. Spain FC Barcelona 6 11 5 1 566 520 +46
2. Italy Sinudyne Bologna 6 10 4 2 539 499 +40
3. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Belgrade 6 9 3 3 526 543 -17
4. Austria Union Wien 6 6 0 6 473 542 -69

Group B

Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Netherlands Den Bosch 6 11 5 1 536 482 +54
2. Italy Gabetti Cantù 6 10 4 2 548 518 +30
3. France ASVEL 6 9 3 3 537 516 +21
4. Poland Śląsk Wrocław 6 6 0 6 480 585 -105

Semi finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Barcelona Spain 172–185 Italy Gabetti Cantù 89–84 83–101
Sinudyne Bologna Italy 177–178 Netherlands Den Bosch 85–73 92–105

Final

March 22, SRC Veli Jože, Poreč

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Gabetti Cantù Italy 83–73 Netherlands Den Bosch
1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Champions
Italy
Gabetti Cantù
3rd title

References

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