1988–89 FIBA Korać Cup

The 1988–89 FIBA Korać Cup was the 18th edition of FIBA's Korać Cup basketball competition. The Yugoslav Partizan defeated the Italian Wiwa Vismara Cantù in the final. This was the third time Partizan won the title, following victories in 1978 and 1979.

1988–89 FIBA Korać Cup
League	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Partizan
Runners-up	Wiwa Vismara Cantù

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Trane Castors Braine	174–175	Charlottenburg	96–100	78–75
Olympiacos	189–131	Górnik Wałbrzych	91–76	98–55
TTL Bamberg	212–166	Massagno	118–87	94–79
Galatasaray	173–171	Nyon	98–87	75–84
Allibert Livorno	155–161	Inter Slovnaft	74–75	81–86
Panathinaikos	161–158	Hapoel Holon	85–65	76–93
Regenerin Klagenfurt	145–231	Efes Pilsen	96–130	49–101
Levski-Spartak	201–163	Bajai	113–76	88–87
Cuva Houthalen	188–190	Torpan Pojat	93–87	95–103
Sparta Bertrange	140–196	Manchester Eagles	68–93	72–103
Assubel Mariembourg	158–157	Nantes	88–81	70–76
Tofaş	127–126	Szolnoki Honvéd	72–62	55–64
VŠ Praha	170–199	Wiwa Vismara Cantù	79–93	91–106
MIM Livingston	164–166	Direktbank Den Helder	87–93	77–73
Racing Club de Paris	172–166	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	83–80	89–86
Birmingham Bullets	156–192	CajaCanarias	84–96	72–96
Maes Pils	171–170	Benfica	83–75	88–95
ASVEL	161–218	PAOK	83–93	78–125
Crvena zvezda	188–143	Fenerbahçe	101–64	87–79
APOEL	0–4*	Spartak Pleven	0–2	0–2
Bellinzona	195–217	Orthez	105–109	90–108
Panionios	166–170	Smelt Olimpija	88–73	78–97
Estudiantes Bosé	193–146	Estrelas Avenida	100–71	93–75

*APOEL withdrew before the first leg and Spartak Pleven received a forfeit (2–0) in both games.

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stroitel Kyiv	188–178	Charlottenburg	106–93	82–85
Dinamo Tbilisi	188–189	Olympiacos	75–96	113–93
TTL Bamberg	152–177	Ram Joventut	73–94	79–83
Galatasaray	131–167	CAI Zaragoza	68–72	63–95
Inter Slovnaft	172–195	Hapoel Tel Aviv	80–91	92–104
Panathinaikos	152–167	Divarese Varese	79–76	73–91
Efes Pilsen	180–208	Zadar	84–123	96–85
Levski-Spartak	175–218	Partizan	96–90	79–128
Torpan Pojat	171–220	Philips Milano	88–90	83–130
Manchester Eagles	157–166	Assubel Mariembourg	89–73	68–93
Tofaş	159–170	Wiwa Vismara Cantù	87–84	72–86
Direktbank Den Helder	168–161	Racing Club de Paris	83–85	85–76
CajaCanarias	165–169	Maes Pils	81–72	84–97
PAOK	171–171*	Crvena zvezda	95–85	76–86
Spartak Pleven	178–212	Orthez	95–106	83–106
Smelt Olimpija	161–162	Estudiantes Bosé	96–70	65–92

*The game interrupted against PAOK B.C at the beginning of the extra time. PAOK'S American coach Johnny Neumann push the Italian referee Grosi, when he impute breach at jump all .

Round of 16

Key to colors

Top place in each group advance to semifinals

Group A Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Partizan 6 12 6 0 536 498 +38 2. Divarese Varese 6 9 3 3 504 480 +24 3. Assubel Mariembourg 6 8 2 4 536 575 −39 4. Estudiantes Bosé 6 7 1 5 505 528 −13

Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Zadar 6 11 5 1 544 493 +51 2. Ram Joventut 6 10 4 2 546 489 +57 3. Hapoel Tel Aviv 6 8 2 4 512 538 −26 4. Olympiacos 6 7 1 5 498 580 −82

Group C Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Philips Milano 6 12 6 0 577 479 +98 2. Crvena zvezda 6 9 3 3 498 541 −43 3. CAI Zaragoza 6 8 2 4 506 528 −22 4. Maes Pils 6 7 1 5 499 532 −33

Group D Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Wiwa Vismara Cantù 6 11 5 1 597 530 +67 2. Stroitel Kyiv 6 10 4 2 616 554 +62 3. Orthez 6 9 3 3 569 569 0 4. Direktbank Den Helder 6 6 0 6 470 599 −129

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Partizan	163–147	Zadar	75–63	88–84
Wiwa Vismara Cantù	160–151	Philips Milano	95–81	65–70

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wiwa Vismara Cantù	171–177	Partizan	89–76	82–101

1988–89 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
Partizan 3rd title

External links

• 1988–89 FIBA Korać Cup @ linguasport.com
• 1988–89 FIBA Korać Cup