Korać Cup 1976/77

Korać Cup 1976/77
Duration		October 19, 1976 to April 5, 1977
Order of execution		6th season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		27
Play-offs
master		Jugoplastika Split
Runner-up		Alco Fortitudo Bologna
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↑ FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1976/77

The 1976/77 season was the 6th season of the Korać Cup held by FIBA Europe .

As in the previous year, the title was won by Jugoplastika Split from Yugoslavia .

mode

27 teams from 13 nations took part. First ten teams played in the first round to get into the next round. The winners of these duels met 15 seeded teams in the 2nd round. The winners of these games qualified for the group stage. The group stage consisted of four groups with three teams each. The first in each group reached the semi-finals, followed by the final. The winners of the pairings in round 1, round 2 and in the semi-finals were determined in the first and second leg. The final was played in one game at a neutral location.

Attendees

Attendees
country	number	Teams
France	4th	AS Berck Basket	Caen BC	ESM Challans	SC Modern Le Mans
Greece	4th	Panathinaikos Athens	Panionios Athens	Aris Thessaloniki	Iraklis Thessaloniki
Italy	4th	Alco Fortitudo Bologna	Snaidero Udine	Canon Reyer Venezia Mestre	Stella Azzurra Rome
Belgium	2	Standard Liege BC	Èveil Monceau
Bulgaria	2	Balkans Botevgrad	CSKA Sofia
BR Germany	2	SSV Hagen	MTV casting
Israel	2	Hapoel Ramat Gan	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Yugoslavia	2	Bosna Sarajevo	Jugoplastika Split
Austria	1	ABC Maximarkt Wels
Poland	1	Polonia Warsaw
Portugal	1	Sangalhos DC
Soviet Union	1	MBK Dynamo Moscow
Turkey	1	Karşıyaka SK

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sangalhos DC	109: 205	Alco Fortitudo Bologna	68: 97	41: 108
Snaidero Udine	175 : 172	ABC Maximarkt Wels	92 : 85	83: 87
Panathinaikos Athens	152: 153	Standard BC Liege	90 : 75	62: 78
Canon Reyer Venezia Mestre	213 : 167	Karşıyaka SK	89 : 58	87 : 84
Iraklis Thessaloniki	147: 187	Bosna Sarajevo	83: 91	64: 96

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Panionios Athens	191 : 181	Alco Fortitudo Bologna	72: 96	58: 89
Balkans Botevgrad	164: 170	Snaidero Udine	88 : 69	76: 101
AS Berck Basket	181 : 172	MTV casting	100 : 83	81: 91
Caen BC	210 : 172	SSV Hagen	114 : 69	96: 103
Standard Liege BC	194 : 165	Polonia Warsaw	113 : 82	81: 83
Canon Reyer Venezia Mestre	140 : 129	ESM Challans	82 : 60	58: 69
Hapoel Ramat Gan	157 : 149	Èveil Monceau	86 : 68	71: 81
CSKA Sofia	195: 202	Bosna Sarajevo	117 : 100	78: 102
Aris Thessaloniki	147: 198	Stella Azzurra Rome	79: 80	68: 118
Hapoel Tel Aviv	174 : 166	SC Modern Le Mans	100 : 79	74: 87

• Also set for the group stage: Jugoplastika Split ( defending champion ) & Dynamo Moscow ( bye )

Group stage

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. AS Berck Basket	4th	3	1	401	386
2. Dynamo Moscow	4th	2	2	386	378
3. Snaidero Udine	4th	1	3	370	393

	Berck	Moscow	Udine
Berck	*	108 : 84	115 : 96
Moscow	106 : 94	*	118 : 102
Udine	90: 92	82 : 68	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Alco Fortitudo Bologna	4th	3	1	354	339
2. Bosna Sarajevo	4th	3	1	388	369
3. Hapoel Tel Aviv	4th	0	4th	361	395

	Bologna	Sarajevo	Tel Aviv
Bologna	*	90 : 77	97 : 73
Sarajevo	96 : 84	*	108 : 102
Tel Aviv	81: 82	93: 107	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Stella Azzurra Rome	4th	4th	0	355	325
2. Caen BC	4th	2	2	374	330
3. Hapoel Ramat Gan	4th	0	4th	330	404

	Rome	Caen	Ramat Gan
Rome	*	90 : 87	95 : 83
Caen	73: 75	*	121 : 78
Ramat Gan	82: 95	87: 93	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Jugoplastika Split	4th	4th	0	376	313
2. Reyer Venezia Mestre	4th	1	3	323	365
3. Standard Liege BC	4th	1	3	327	348

	Split	Mestre	Liege
Split	*	102 : 88	88 : 84
Mestre	66: 95	*	82 : 72
Liege	75: 91	96 : 87	*

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Alco Fortitudo Bologna	169 : 163	AS Berck Basket	81 : 68	88: 95
Jugoplastika Split	172 : 158	Stella Azzurra Rome	96 : 71	76: 87

final

The final took place in Genoa .

	Result
Jugoplastika Split	87 : 84	Alco Fortitudo Bologna

Web links

• History of the Korać Cup on fibaeurope.com
• Statistics for the 1976–77 season on linguasport.com