1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
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ChampionsItaly Gabetti Cantù
  Runners-upNetherlands EBBC

The 1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the thirteenth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic 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 League club, Den Bosch, in a final held in Poreč, winning the FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup for the third consecutive time.

Participants

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
EBBC Netherlands 169–148 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 83–67 86–81
Avanti Brugge Belgium 208–127 Luxembourg Etzella 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 BMS 106–66 81–76
Playhonka Finland 176–187 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 98–87 78–100
Sangalhos Portugal 123–235 Austria UBSC Wien 72–97 51–138

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
EBBC 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
UBSC Wien Austria 203–159 England Team Fiat Stars 115–77 88–82
ÍS Iceland 158–249 Spain FC Barcelona 79–125 79–124
Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals

Quarterfinals

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

Group A

Spain FCB Italy SIN Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia RAD Austria UBSC
Spain FCB 95-81 102-95 106-82
Italy SIN 86-73 94-81 89-68
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia RAD 92-99 96-95 74-71
Austria UBSC 84-91 86-94 82-88
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Spain FC Barcelona 61151566520+46
2.Italy Sinudyne Bologna 61042539499+40
3.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Belgrade 6933526543-17
4.Austria UBSC Wien 6606473542-69

Group B

Netherlands EBBC Italy CAN France ASV Poland SLA
Netherlands EBBC 95-90 94-74 111-87
Italy CAN 91-75 90-81 80-70
France ASV 68-73 116-89 102-84
Poland SLA 72-88 81-108 86-96
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Netherlands EBBC 61151536482+54
2.Italy Gabetti Cantù 61042548518+30
3.France ASVEL 6933537516+21
4.Poland Śląsk Wrocław 6606480585-105

Semifinals

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 EBBC 85–73 92–105

Final

March 22, SRC Veli Jože, Poreč

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Gabetti Cantù Italy 83–73 Netherlands EBBC
1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Italy
Gabetti Cantù
3rd title

References

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