Korać Cup 1978/79

Korać Cup 1978/79
Duration		October 31, 1978 to March 20, 1979
Order of execution		8th season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		30th
Play-offs
master		KK Partizan Belgrade
Runner-up		AMG Sebastiani Rieti
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↑ FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1978/79

The 1978/79 season was the 8th season of the Korać Cup held by FIBA Europe .

As in the previous year, the title was won by KK Partizan Belgrade from Yugoslavia .

mode

30 teams from 12 nations took part. After the qualifying round, 28 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 and in the semi-finals were determined in the first and second leg. The final was played in one game at a neutral location.

Qualifying round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Lignon Basket Geneva	160 : 138	ABC Progress Graz	77 : 73	83 : 65
T71 Dudelange	127: 181	ESM Challans	53: 85	74: 96
Murray BC Edinburgh	154: 156	Stockport Belgrade	70: 73	84 : 83
Panionios Athens	185: 191	Pully Basket	93 : 75	92: 116
Sunblest EPAB Sunderland	188: 205	CB Areslux Granollers	86: 92	102: 113
ABC Mild Variety Vienna	186 : 150	Amaroussiou Maroussi	114 : 77	72: 73
Figueirense Figueira da Foz	149: 189	EB Orthez	71: 90	78: 99
Panellinios Athens	112: 134	RBC Verviers-Pepinster	58 : 53	54: 81
MTV Wolfenbüttel	157 : 147	Karşıyaka SK	77 : 68	80 : 79

Attendees

Attendees
country	number	Teams
Belgium	4th	Standard Liege BC	Racing Pils Mechelen	Èveil Monceau	RBC Verviers-Pepinster
France	4th	Olympique d'Antibes	Caen BC	ESM Challans	EB Orthez
Yugoslavia	4th	KK Partizan Belgrade	Iskra Olimpia Ljubljana	KK Jugoplastika Split	Cibona Zagreb
Spain	4th	CB Cotonificio Badalona	Askatuak San Sebastian	UDR Pineda	CB Areslux Granollers
Switzerland	3	Vevey Basket	Lignon Basket	Pully Basket
Israel	2	Hapoel Haifa	Hapoel Gvat / Yagur
Italy	2	Pagnossin Gorizia	AMG Sebastiani Rieti
Czechoslovakia	2	TJ Slavia Prague	Inter Slovnaft Bratislava
BR Germany	1	MTV Wolfenbüttel
England	1	Stockport Belgrade
Greece	1	Panathinaikos Athens
Austria	1	ABC Mild Variety Vienna
Poland	1	ŁKS Łódź

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Lignon Basket	147: 167	Èveil Monceau	79: 83	68: 84
Vevey Basket	160: 227	KK Jugoplastika Split	79: 106	81: 121
Stockport Belgrade	149: 219	Cibona Zagreb	76: 104	73: 115
ESM Challans	178: 225	Cotonificio Badalona	92: 100	86: 125
Olimpia Ljubljana	242 : 180	Pully Basket	117 : 74	125 : 106
Caen BC	213 : 160	CB Areslux Granollers	116 : 82	87 : 78
ABC Mild Variety Vienna	164: 173	Hapoel Gvat / Yagur	82: 86	82: 87
EB Orthez	169 : 161	Panathinaikos Athens	102 : 73	67: 88
RBC Verviers-Pepinster	192: 201	Pagnossin Gorizia	92 : 85	100: 116
Slavia Prague	166 : 142	MTV Wolfenbüttel	86 : 82	80 : 60
Askatuak San Sebastian	180 : 117	Olympique d'Antibes	79 : 74	79: 118
Standard Liege BC	182 : 143	UDR Pineda	103 : 70	79 : 73
Hapoel Haifa	156 : 154	Maes Pils Mechelen	93 : 70	63: 84
ŁKS Łódź	160: 196	Inter Slovnaft Bratislava	83: 98	77: 98

• Also qualified for the group stage: KK Partizan Belgrade ( defending champion ) & AMG Sebastiani Rieti ( bye )

Group stage

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. AMG Sebastiani Rieti	6th	5	1	514	451
2. Inter Slovnaft Bratislava	6th	3	3	475	474
3. Cibona Zagreb	6th	3	3	466	453
4. EB Orthez	6th	1	5	453	530

	Rieti	Bratislava	Zagreb	Orthez
Rieti	*	85 : 69	74: 79	100 : 69
Bratislava	80: 86	*	83 : 68	89 : 73
Zagreb	71: 73	78: 79	*	82 : 68
Orthez	83: 96	84 : 75	76: 88	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. KK Partizan Belgrade	6th	6th	0	598	537
2. Pagnossin Gorizia	6th	3	3	574	590
3. Hapoel Haifa	6th	2	4th	537	560
4. Olympique d'Antibes	6th	1	5	501	523

	Belgrade	Gorizia	Haifa	Antibes
Belgrade	*	111 : 89	103 : 96	90 : 83
Gorizia	93: 113 a.d.	*	95 : 90	104 : 91
Haifa	89: 93	102: 112	*	75 : 74
Antibes	87: 88	83 : 81	83: 85	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. KK Jugoplastika Split	6th	5	1	546	473
2. Caen BC	6th	4th	2	501	463
3. TJ Slavia Prague	6th	2	4th	462	514
4. Èveil Monceau	6th	1	5	488	547

	Split	Caen	Prague	Monceau
Split	*	96 : 75	92 : 77	93 : 73
Caen	81 : 75	*	75 : 54	100 : 71
Prague	84: 91	75: 87	*	85 : 83
Monceau	83: 99	92 : 83	86: 87	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Cotonificio Badalona	6th	4th	2	544	538
2. Standard Liege BC	6th	4th	2	534	498
3. Olimpia Ljubljana	6th	3	3	556	534
4. Hapoel Gvat / Yagur	6th	1	5	454	518

	Badalona	Liege	Ljubljana	Gvat
Badalona	*	103 : 80	94 : 82	92 : 90 a.d.
Liege	95 : 79	*	100 : 81	105 : 65
Ljubljana	119 : 94	104 : 85	*	89 : 77
Gvat	72: 82	66: 69	84 : 81	*

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Cotonificio Badalona	171: 182	AMG Sebastiani Rieti	108 : 95	63: 87
KK Jugoplastika Split	192: 195	KK Partizan Belgrade	96: 97	96: 98

final

Even before the start of the season, it was clear that the final in honor of Radivoje Korać , whose tenth anniversary of death was taking place in Belgrade . In order to reduce the home advantage of Partizan, the game was not played in his hall, but in the Pionir Hall Belgrade .

	Result
KK Partizan Belgrade	108 : 98	AMG Sebastiani Rieti

Web links

• History of the Korać Cup on fibaeurope.com
• Statistics for the 1978–79 season on linguasport.com