Korać Cup 1988/89

Korać Cup 1988/89
Duration		October 12, 1988 to March 22, 1989
Order of execution		18th season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		32
Play-offs
master		KK Partizan Belgrade
Runner-up		Pallacanestro Cantù
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The 1988/89 season was the 18th season of the Korać Cup held by FIBA Europe .

The title was won by KK Partizan Belgrade from Yugoslavia . It was Partizan's third triumph in the Korać Cup.

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32 teams from 15 nations took part. After the qualifying round, the 32 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 the qualifying round, the first round and in the semifinals, as well as the finals, were determined in the first and second leg.

1st round (qualification)

	total		First leg	Return leg
Castor's Braine	174: 175	DTV Charlottenburg Berlin	96: 100	78 : 75
Olympiacos Piraeus	189 : 131	Górnik Wałbrzych	91 : 76	98 : 55
TTL Bamberg	212 : 157	SAM Basket Massagno	118 : 78	94 : 79
Galatasaray Istanbul	173 : 171	BBC Nyon	98 : 87	75: 84
Libertas Liburnia Livorno	155: 161	Inter Slovnaft Bratislava	74: 75	81: 86
Panathinaikos Athens	161 : 158	Hapoel Holon	85 : 65	76: 93
Regener Klagenfurt	145: 231	Efes Pilsen Istanbul	96: 130	49: 101
Levski Sofia	201 : 163	Bajai KK	113 : 76	88 : 87
BC Cuva Houthalen	188: 190	Torpan Pojat Helsinki	93 : 87	95: 103
BBC Sparta Bertrange	140: 196	Manchester Eagles	68: 93	72: 103
Assubel Mariembourg	158 : 157	ABC Nantes	88 : 81	70: 76
Tofaş SK	127 : 126	Szolnoki Honvéd	72 : 62	55: 64
TJ VŠ Prague	170: 199	Pallacanestro Cantu	79: 93	91: 106
MIM Livingston	164: 166	BV direct bank Den Helder	87: 93	77 : 73
Racing Club Paris	172 : 166	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	83 : 80	89 : 86
Birmingham Bullets	156: 192	Cajacanarias La Laguna	84: 96	72: 96
Maes Pils Mechelen	181 : 176	Benfica Lisbon	83 : 75	88: 95 a.d.
ASVEL Basket Lyon	161: 218	PAOK Thessaloniki	83: 93	78: 125
KK Red Star Belgrade	188 : 143	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	101 : 64	87 : 79
Bellinzona Basket	195: 217	Élan Béarnais Orthez	105: 109	90: 108
Panionios Athens	166: 170	KK Olimpia Ljubljana	88 : 73	78: 97
CB Estudiantes Madrid	181 : 176	Estrelas da Avenida Lisbon	100 : 71	93 : 75

• BYE : BK Spartak Pleven

Attendees

Attendees
country	number	Teams
Yugoslavia	4th	KK Partizan Belgrade	KK Red Star Belgrade	KK Olimpia Ljubljana	KK Zadar
Spain	4th	Joventut de Badalona	Cajacanarias La Laguna	CB Estudiantes Madrid	CB CAI Saragossa
Greece	3	Panathinaikos Athens	Olympiacos Piraeus	PAOK Thessaloniki
Italy	3	Pallacanestro Cantù	Philips Olimpia Milano	Pallacanestro Varese
Turkey	3	Beşiktaş JK Istanbul	Efes Pilsen Istanbul	Tofaş SK
Belgium	2	Assubel Mariembourg	Racing Maes Pils Mechelen
Bulgaria	2	BK Spartak Pleven	Levski Sofia
BR Germany	2	TTL Bamberg	DTV Charlottenburg
France	2	Élan Béarnais Orthes	Racing Club Paris
Soviet Union	2	BK Stroitel Kiev	BK Dinamo Tbilisi
England	1	Manchester United BC
Finland	1	Torpan Pojat Helsinki
Israel	1	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Netherlands	1	BV direct bank Den Helder
Czechoslovakia	1	Inter Slovnaft Bratislava

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
BK Stroitel Kiev	188 : 178	DTV Charlottenburg Berlin	106 : 93	82: 85
BK Dinamo Tbilisi	188: 189	Olympiacos Piraeus	75: 96	113 : 93 a.d.
TTL Bamberg	152: 177	Joventut de Badalona	73: 94	79: 83
Galatasaray Istanbul	130: 167	CB CAI Saragossa	68: 72	63: 95
Inter Slovnaft Bratislava	182 : 135	Hapoel Tel Aviv	80: 91	92: 104
Panathinaikos Athens	152: 167	Pallacanestro Varese	79 : 76	73: 91
Levski Sofia	175: 218	KK Partizan Belgrade	96 : 90	79: 128
Torpan Pojat Helsinki	171: 220	Philips Olimpia Milano	88: 90	83: 130
Manchester Eagles	157: 166	Assubel Mariembourg	89 : 73	68: 93
Tofaş SK	159: 170	Pallacanestro Cantu	87 : 84	72: 86
BV direct bank Den Helder	168 : 161	Racing Club Paris	83: 85	85 : 76
Cajacanarias La Laguna	165: 169	Maes Pils Mechelen	81 : 72	84: 97
PAOK Thessaloniki	171: 171 ( a ) *	Red Star Belgrade	95 : 85	76: 86
BK Spartak Pleven	178: 212	Élan Béarnais Orthez	95: 106	83: 106
Efes Pilsen Istanbul	181: 208	KK Zadar	84: 123	96 : 85
Olimpia Ljubljana	161: 162	CB Estudiantes Madrid	96 : 70	65: 92

^* In contrast to other games that ended in a draw, the number of away basket points decided in this duel. Belgrade scored 9 basket points more away than Thessaloniki.

Group stage

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. KK Partizan Belgrade	6th	6th	0	536	498
2. Pallacanestro Varese	6th	3	3	504	480
3. Assubel Mariembourg	6th	2	4th	536	575
4. CB Estudiantes Madrid	6th	1	5	505	528

	Belgrade	Varese	Mariembourg	Madrid
Belgrade	*	75 : 71	98 : 91	102 : 93
Varese	75: 77	*	103 : 80	83 : 71
Mariembourg	102: 108	88 : 80	*	80: 97
Madrid	66: 76	86: 94	89: 92	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. KK Zadar	6th	5	1	544	493
2. Joventut de Badalona	6th	4th	2	546	489
3. Hapoel Tel Aviv	6th	2	4th	512	538
4. Olympiacos Piraeus	6th	1	5	498	580

	Zadar	Badalona	Tel Aviv	Piraeus
Zadar	*	102 : 84	87 : 72	116 : 97
Badalona	90 : 69	*	103 : 79	101 : 73
Tel Aviv	84: 93	77: 82	*	101 : 86
Piraeus	66: 77	89 : 86	87: 99	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Philips Olimpia Milano	6th	6th	0	577	479
2. KK Red Star Belgrade	6th	3	3	498	541
3. CB CAI Saragossa	6th	2	4th	506	528
4. Maes Pils Mechelen	6th	1	5	499	532

	Milano	Belgrade	Zaragoza	Mechelen
Milano	*	101 : 81	105 : 73	93 : 72
Belgrade	80: 90	*	92 : 89	83 : 76
Zaragoza	85: 95	97 : 61	*	82 : 75
Mechelen	88: 93	88: 101	100 : 80	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Pallacanestro Cantu	6th	5	1	597	530
2. BK Stroitel Kiev	6th	4th	2	616	554
3. Élan Béarnais Orthes	6th	3	3	569	569
4. BV Direct Bank Den Helder	6th	0	6th	470	599

	Cantu	Kiev	Orthez	The hero
Cantu	*	108 : 97	100 : 86	107 : 78
Kiev	103 : 88	*	112 : 110 a.d.	89 : 65
Orthez	96: 102	91 : 90	*	87 : 86
The hero	70: 92	92: 125	79: 99	*

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
KK Partizan Belgrade	163 : 147	KK Zadar	75 : 63	88 : 84
Pallacanestro Cantu	160 : 151	Philips Olimpia Milano	95 : 81	65: 70

final

	total		First leg	Return leg
Pallacanestro Cantu	171: 177	KK Partizan Belgrade	89 : 76	82: 101

Web links

• History of the Korać Cup on fibaeurope.com
• Statistics for the 1988–89 season on linguasport.com