1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

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]

1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
LeagueFIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
Champions Birra Forst Cantù
  Runners-up Radnički Belgrade

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 120–211 Trend Wien 60–99 60–112
Hapoel Gvat/Yagur 145–163 Steaua București 83–71 62–92
Fribourg Olympic 141–147 Beşiktaş 82–71 59–76
UMFN 143–165 Boroughmir Barrs 77–78 66–87
Buitoni Flamingo's 167–189 Juventud Schweppes 80–74 87–115
Al-Zamalek 166–189 Wybrzeże Gdańsk 78–79 88–110
Partizani Tirana 0–4* Radnički Belgrade 0–2 0–2
Högsbo 172–169 Wolfenbüttel 91–74 81–95
Botev 179–187 Ijsboerke Kortrijk 98–85 81–102
AEK 132–172 Slavia VŠ Praha 73–66 59–106
Embassy All-Stars 173–192 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 166–179 ASVEL 92–83 74–96
Steaua București 143–141 Beşiktaş 77–57 66–84
Boroughmir Barrs 130–237 Juventud Schweppes 66–111 64–126
Wybrzeże Gdańsk 187–211 Radnički Belgrade 101–94 86–117
Högsbo 180–208 Birra Forst Cantù 95–101 85–107
Ijsboerke Kortrijk 165–178 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

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

Group B

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

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Birra Forst Cantù 199–173 Cinzano Milano 101–78 98–95
Juventud Schweppes 154–171 Radnički Belgrade 74–77 80–94

Final

March 29, Nuevo Palacio de los Deportes, Palma de Mallorca

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Birra Forst Cantù 87–86 Radnički Belgrade


1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions

Birra Forst Cantù
1st title

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