1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Gabetti Cantù
Runners-up	EBBC
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons
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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

Country Teams Clubs Italy 2 Sinudyne Bologna Gabetti Cantù Austria 1 UBSC Wien Belgium 1 Avanti Brugge Czechoslovakia 1 Dukla Olomouc Denmark 1 BMS England 1 Team Fiat Stars Finland 1 Playhonka France 1 ASVEL Hungary 1 Vasas Iceland 1 ÍS Israel 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv Luxembourg 1 Etzella Netherlands 1 EBBC Poland 1 Śląsk Wrocław Portugal 1 Sangalhos Spain 1 FC Barcelona Sweden 1 Helsingborg Turkey 1 Tofaş Yugoslavia 1 Radnički Belgrade

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
EBBC	169–148	Hapoel Tel Aviv	83–67	86–81
Avanti Brugge	208–127	Etzella	110–61	98–66
Radnički Belgrade	207–176	Tofaş	114–79	93–97
Dukla Olomouc	146–140	Vasas	67–57	79–83
Helsingborg	187–142	BMS	106–66	81–76
Playhonka	176–187	Śląsk Wrocław	98–87	78–100
Sangalhos	123–235	UBSC Wien	72–97	51–138

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
EBBC	179–152	Avanti Brugge	106–67	73–85
Radnički Belgrade	208–168	Dukla Olomouc	111–83	97–85
Helsingborg	147–183	Śląsk Wrocław	64–82	83–101
UBSC Wien	203–159	Team Fiat Stars	115–77	88–82
ÍS	158–249	FC Barcelona	79–125	79–124

Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals

• Gabetti Cantù (title holder)
• Sinudyne Bologna
• ASVEL

Quarterfinals

Group A FCB SIN RAD UBSC FCB 95-81 102-95 106-82 SIN 86-73 94-81 89-68 RAD 92-99 96-95 74-71 UBSC 84-91 86-94 82-88 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. FC Barcelona 6 11 5 1 566 520 +46 2. Sinudyne Bologna 6 10 4 2 539 499 +40 3. Radnički Belgrade 6 9 3 3 526 543 -17 4. UBSC Wien 6 6 0 6 473 542 -69

Group B EBBC CAN ASV SLA EBBC 95-90 94-74 111-87 CAN 91-75 90-81 80-70 ASV 68-73 116-89 102-84 SLA 72-88 81-108 86-96 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. EBBC 6 11 5 1 536 482 +54 2. Gabetti Cantù 6 10 4 2 548 518 +30 3. ASVEL 6 9 3 3 537 516 +21 4. Śląsk Wrocław 6 6 0 6 480 585 -105

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	172–185	Gabetti Cantù	89–84	83–101
Sinudyne Bologna	177–178	EBBC	85–73	92–105

Final

March 22, SRC Veli Jože, Poreč

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Gabetti Cantù	83–73	EBBC

1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Gabetti Cantù 3rd title

References

External links

• FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1978–79 linguasport.com
• FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1978–79