The 1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the twelfth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 19 October 1977, to 29 March 1978. It was contested by 22 teams, three less than in the previous edition.
Gabetti Cantù defeated Sinudyne Bologna in a final, held in Milan, winning the FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup for the second consecutive time in the club's history.
Participants
Country Teams Clubs Italy 2 Sinudyne Bologna Gabetti Cantù Albania 1 Partizani Tirana Austria 1 Milde Sorte Wien Belgium 1 Éveil Monceau Bulgaria 1 Levski-Spartak Czechoslovakia 1 Slavia VŠ Praha England 1 Embassy Milton Keynes France 1 Caen Greece 1 Olympiacos Hungary 1 Soproni MAFC Israel 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv Luxembourg 1 Sparta Bertrange Netherlands 1 Falcon Jeans EBBC Poland 1 Wisła Kraków Romania 1 Steaua București Spain 1 FC Barcelona Sweden 1 Södertälje Switzerland 1 Viganello Turkey 1 Beşiktaş West Germany 1 Gießen 46ers Yugoslavia 1 Kvarner
First round
Second round
Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage Gabetti Cantù (title holder)
Quarterfinals + Key to colors Top two places in each group advance to semifinals
Group A CAN CAE EBBC KVA CAN*89-8287-7592-67 CAE101-91*98-8792-79 EBBC87-8989-91*99-85 KVA74-81100-9365-78* Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Gabetti Cantù 6 11 5 1 529 486 +43 2. Caen 6 10 4 2 557 535 +22 3. Falcon Jeans EBBC 6 8 2 4 515 515 0 4. Kvarner 6 7 1 5 470 535 -65Group B SIN FCB STE SÖD SIN*89-7299-7692-90 FCB94-86*124-8698-73 STE110-101101-100*95-84 SÖD73-8390-7783-82* Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Sinudyne Bologna 6 10 4 2 550 515 +35 2. FC Barcelona 6 9 3 3 565 525 +40 3. Steaua București 6 9 3 3 550 591 -41 4. Södertälje 6 8 2 4 493 527 -34
Semifinals
Final March 29, PalaLido, Milan
1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions Gabetti Cantù 2nd title
References
External links
FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1977–78