Korać Cup 1977/78

Korać Cup 1977/78
Duration		November 15, 1977 to March 21, 1978
Order of execution		7th season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		31
Play-offs
master		KK Partizan Belgrade
Runner-up		KK Bosna Sarajevo
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↑ FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1977/78

The 1977/78 season was the 7th season of the Korać Cup held by FIBA Europe .

The title was won by KK Partizan Belgrade from Yugoslavia .

mode

31 teams from 12 nations took part. First, the 31 teams played an elimination round. The winners of these games qualified for the group stage, which consisted of four groups of four 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	SC Modern Le Mans	Nice basket	EB Orthez
Greece	4th	Panellinios Athens	AEK Athens	Panionios Athens	Aris Thessaloniki
Italy	4th	Pallacanestro Genova	Olimpia Milano	Pallacanestro Milano	Scavolini V. Libertas Pesaro
Yugoslavia	4th	OKK Belgrade	KK Partizan Belgrade	KK Bosna Sarajevo	Cibona Zagreb
Spain	4th	CB Caja Rural Canarias	Joventut de Badalona	CN Helios Saragossa	CB Askatuak San Sebastian
BR Germany	3	1. FC Bamberg	SSV Hagen	MTV Wolfenbüttel
Israel	2	Hapoel Ramat Gan	Hapoel Gvat / Yagur
Austria	2	ABC Progress Graz	ABC Maximarkt Wels
Belgium	1	RSC Anderlecht
Poland	1	AKS Resovia Rzeszów
Turkey	1	Şeker SK Ankara
Czechoslovakia	1	Inter Slovnaft Bratislava

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
SSV Hagen	198 : 159	Raja Cural Canarias	88 : 67	110 : 92
Pallacanestro Milano	214 : 138	ABC Maximarkt Wels	121 : 68	93 : 70
Nice basket	181 : 172	Hapoel Gvat / Yagur	88 : 84	72 : 66
EB Orthez	151: 192	Joventut de Badalona	72: 76	79: 116
RSC Anderlecht	185: 190	KK Partizan Belgrade	98 : 80	87: 110
Helios Saragossa	178: 245	Olimpia Milano	102: 105	76: 140
AS Berck Basket	162 : 157	Askatuak San Sebastian	88 : 87	74 : 70
OKK Belgrade	195 : 148	ABC Progress Graz	115 : 67	80: 81
Hapoel Ramat Gan	188: 192	Cibona Zagreb	85 : 83	103: 109
Panellinios Athens	124: 159	Scavolini Libertas Pesaro	77 : 67	47: 92
Pallacanestro Genova	157 : 146	MTV Wolfenbüttel	83 : 72	74:74
SC Modern Le Mans	180 : 117	Aris Thessaloniki	98 : 46	82 : 71
AEK Athens	152 : 139	1. FC Bamberg	68 : 62	84 : 77
AKS Resovia Rzeszów	177 : 165	Panionios Athens	93 : 63	84: 102
Şeker SK Ankara	163: 176	TJ Inter Slovnaft	86 : 70	77: 106

• Also qualified for the group stage: KK Bosna Sarajevo (bye, after withdrawing from Istanbul Technical University )

Group stage

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. KK Partizan Belgrade	6th	4th	2	573	521
2. Nice Basket	6th	4th	2	526	503
3. Pallacanestro Genova	6th	3	3	507	507
4th AEK Athens	6th	1	5	451	526

	Belgrade	Nice	Genova	Athens
Belgrade	*	99 : 85	100 : 78	93 : 78
Nice	98 : 96	*	93 : 79	107 : 85
Genova	94 : 86	88 : 84	*	87 : 62
Athens	88: 99	56: 59	82 : 81	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. KK Bosna Sarajevo	6th	4th	2	619	572
2. AS Berck Basket	6th	4th	2	580	566
3. Victoria Libertas Pesaro	6th	3	3	557	590
4. TJ Inter Slovnaft	6th	1	5	558	586

	Sarajevo	Berck	Pesaro	Slovnaft
Sarajevo	*	116 : 107	116 : 91	96 : 84
Berck	94 : 87	*	110 : 91	93 : 88
Pesaro	96 : 89	92 : 81	*	95 : 83
Slovnaft	100: 115	92: 95	111 : 92	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Joventut de Badalona	6th	6th	0	555	472
2. OKK Belgrade	6th	3	3	522	541
3. Pallacanestro Milano	6th	2	4th	557	547
4. SSV Hagen	6th	1	5	530	604

	Badalona	Belgrade	Milano	Hagen
Badalona	*	85 : 71	96 : 78	100 : 73
Belgrade	77: 95	*	85 : 83	119 : 95
Milano	88: 92	97 : 83	*	121 : 82
Hagen	85: 87	86: 87	109 : 90	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Olimpia Milano	6th	4th	2	546	494
2. SC Modern Le Mans	6th	4th	2	555	505
3. Cibona Zagreb	6th	4th	2	537	520
4. Resovia Rzeszów	6th	0	6th	435	554

	Milano	Le Mans	Zagreb	Rzeszów
Milano	*	96 : 85	102 : 90	102 : 70
Le Mans	80 : 73	*	96 : 74	92 : 73
Zagreb	88 : 87	114 : 99	*	83 : 74
Rzeszów	81: 86	75: 103	62: 88	*

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Joventut de Badalona	209: 216	KK Partizan Belgrade	114 : 109	95: 107
Olimpia Milano	160: 177	KK Bosna Sarajevo	79 : 76	81: 101

final

The final took place in Banja Luka .

	Result
KK Partizan Belgrade	117 : 110 a.d.	KK Bosna Sarajevo

Web links

• History of the Korać Cup on fibaeurope.com
• Statistics for the 1977–78 season on linguasport.com