1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
LeagueFIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
ChampionsItaly Birra Forst Cantù
  Runners-upSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Belgrade

The 1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the eleventh edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 20 October 1976, to 29 March 1977. It was contested by 25 teams, five more than in the previous edition.[1]

The Italian League became the first league to win the competition twice in a row, for a second time, when Birra Forst Cantù defeated Radnički Belgrade, in the final, held in Palma de Mallorca. Cantù had previously defeated defending champions Cinzano Milano, in the semifinals, in the competition's third tie between two clubs from the same country. Cantù was the fourth Italian club to win the FIBA Cup Winners' Cup, after Ignis Varese, Fides Napoli, and Olimpia Milano.

Participants

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Etzella Luxembourg 120–211 Austria Trend Wien 60–99 60–112
Hapoel Gvat/Yagur Israel 145–163 Romania Steaua București 83–71 62–92
Fribourg Olympic Switzerland 141–147 Turkey Beşiktaş 82–71 59–76
Njarðvík Iceland 143–165 Scotland Boroughmir Barrs 77–78 66–87
Buitoni Flamingo's Netherlands 167–189 Spain Juventud Schweppes 80–74 87–115
Al-Zamalek Egypt 166–189 Poland Wybrzeże Gdańsk 78–79 88–110
Partizani Tirana Albania 0–4* Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Belgrade 0–2 0–2
Högsbo Sweden 172–169 West Germany Wolfenbüttel 91–74 81–95
Botev Bulgaria 179–187 Belgium Ijsboerke Kortrijk 98–85 81–102
AEK Greece 132–172 Czechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha 73–66 59–106
Embassy All-Stars England 173–192 France ASVEL 87–83 86–109

*Partizani Tirana withdrew before the first leg, and Radnički Belgrade received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Trend Wien Austria 166–179 France ASVEL 92–83 74–96
Steaua București Romania 143–141 Turkey Beşiktaş 77–57 66–84
Boroughmir Barrs Scotland 130–237 Spain Juventud Schweppes 66–111 64–126
Wybrzeże Gdańsk Poland 187–211 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Belgrade 101–94 86–117
Högsbo Sweden 180–208 Italy Birra Forst Cantù 95–101 85–107
Ijsboerke Kortrijk Belgium 165–178 Czechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha 96–83 69–95
Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

Quarterfinals

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

Group A

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia RAD Italy MIL Soviet Union SPA Czechoslovakia SLA
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia RAD 87-73 85-80 115-70
Italy MIL 99-85 94-69 105-63
Soviet Union SPA 99-84 103-86 84-58
Czechoslovakia SLA 54-84 97-83 84-79
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Belgrade 61042540475+65
2.Italy Cinzano Milano 6933540504+36
3.Soviet Union Spartak Leningrad 6933514491+23
4.Czechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha 6824426550-124

Group B

Italy CAN Spain JUV Romania STE France ASV
Italy CAN 105-76 99-77 125-76
Spain JUV 93-86 100-77 100-83
Romania STE 88-85 82-74 65-59
France ASV 85-99 95-96 105-95
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Italy Birra Forst Cantù 61042599495+104
2.Spain Juventud Schweppes 61042539528+11
3.Romania Steaua București 6933484522-38
4.France ASVEL 6715503580-77

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Birra Forst Cantù Italy 199–173 Italy Cinzano Milano 101–78 98–95
Juventud Schweppes Spain 154–171 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Belgrade 74–77 80–94

Final

March 29, Palau Municipal d'Esports Son Moix, Palma de Mallorca

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Birra Forst Cantù Italy 87–86 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Belgrade


1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Italy
Birra Forst Cantù
1st title

References

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