The 1988–89 Ronchetti Cup^[1] was the 18th edition of FIBA's second-tier competition for European women's basketball clubs. The final returned to its original two-leg format 13 years later, and the group stage was expanded from 12 to 16 teams.^[2] Primigi Parma defeated Jedinstvo Tuzla in the final to become the second Italian champion of the competition, ending Soviet hegemony in the previous seasons and starting an era of Italian dominance.^[3] The three previous seasons' runner-up Gemeaz Milano and Iskra Ljubljana also reached the semifinals.

First qualifying round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Weilhelm	157–166	Budapest EAC	77–78	80–88
Noamh Dublin	105–218	ASPTT Aix	56–101	49–117
Apollon Kalamarias	124–177	Slavia Banska Bystrica	62–87	62–90
CIF Lisboa	115–178	Stade Clermontois	54–85	61–93
Orchies	134–139	Olimpia Poznań	73–59	61–80
Saint Servais	99–175	Racing Paris	55–99	44–76
Galatasaray	168–106	Sparta Bertrange	88–45	80–61
Kerrygold Canarias	144–138	Spartacus Budapest	61–72	83–66
Italmeco Bari	121–120	Tungsram Budapest	66–60	55–60

Second qualifying round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Agia Paraskevi	103–165	Jedinstvo Tuzla	49–64	54–101
Budapest EAC	122–164	Saturnia Viterbo	62–93	60–71
ASPTT Aix	149–156	Tintoretto Getafe	75–67	74–89
Sampo Lahti	129–138	Spójnia Gdańsk	67–61	62–77
Panathinaikos	106–173	Gemeaz Milano	53–87	53–86
Horizont Minsk	142–129	Vointa Bucharest	69–51	73–78
Slavia Banska Bystrica	142–121	Bnei Yehuda	69–75	73–46
Budapest SE	131–155	Levski Sofia	74–68	57–87
Stade Clermontois	149–168	Primigi Parma	82–77	67–91
Dynamo Volgograd	140–125	Olimpia Poznań	72–53	68–72
Banco Zaragozano	137–165	Racing Paris	75–83	62–82
Minyor Pernik	153–154	Sparta Prague	79–63	74–91
Galatasaray	147–203	Iskra Ljubljana	86–99	61–104
Elektrosila Leningrad	182–145	Slavia Sofia	95–62	87–83
Kerrygold Canarias	145–108	MENT Thessaloniki	79–46	66–62
Italmeco Bari	131–130	Agon Düsseldorf	84–66	47–64

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
Jedinstvo Tuzla	6	5	1	500	428
Saturnia Viterbo	6	4	2	437	425
Tintoretto Getafe	6	3	3	413	433
Spójnia Gdańsk	6	0	6	406	467

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
Gemeaz Milan	6	5	1	450	404
Horizont Minsk	6	4	2	457	414
Slavia Banska Bystrica	6	2	4	434	466
Levski Sofia	6	1	5	428	485

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
Primigi Parma	6	4	2	491	469
Dynamo Volgograd	6	4	2	487	453
Racing Paris	6	4	2	438	425
Sparta Prague	6	0	6	392	461

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
Iskra Ljubljana	6	5	1	484	412
Elektrosila Leningrad	6	4	2	528	453
Kerrygold Canarias	6	2	4	399	470
Italmeco Bari	6	1	5	349	425

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Primigi Parma	135–122	Gemeaz Milano	79–73	56–49
Iskra Ljubljana	149–150	Jedinstvo Tuzla	76–75	73–75

Final

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Primigi Parma	150–131	Jedinstvo Tuzla	79–54	71–77

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