1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the twelfth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 19 October 1977, to 29 March 1978. It was contested by 22 teams, three less than in the previous edition.^[1]

1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Gabetti Cantù
Runners-up	Sinudyne Bologna

Gabetti Cantù defeated Sinudyne Bologna in a final, held in Milan, winning the FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup for the second consecutive time in the club's history.

Participants

Country Teams Clubs Italy 2 Sinudyne Bologna Gabetti Cantù Albania 1 Partizani Tirana Austria 1 Milde Sorte Wien Belgium 1 Éveil Monceau Bulgaria 1 Levski-Spartak Czechoslovakia 1 Slavia VŠ Praha England 1 Embassy Milton Keynes France 1 Caen Greece 1 Olympiacos Hungary 1 Soproni MAFC Israel 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv Luxembourg 1 Sparta Bertrange Netherlands 1 Falcon Jeans EBBC Poland 1 Wisła Kraków Romania 1 Steaua București Spain 1 FC Barcelona Sweden 1 Södertälje Switzerland 1 Viganello Turkey 1 Beşiktaş West Germany 1 Gießen 46ers Yugoslavia 1 Kvarner

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Soproni MAFC	195–179	Milde Sorte Wien	98–94	97–85
Hapoel Tel Aviv	134–135	Olympiacos	79–60	55–75
Beşiktaş	165–200	Levski-Spartak	101–111	64–89
Sparta Bertrange	153–171	Viganello	70–79	83–92
Embassy Milton Keynes	183–205	FC Barcelona	88–88	95–117
Gießen 46ers	189–216	Falcon Jeans EBBC	97–109	92–107
Södertälje	188–178	Éveil Monceau	100–84	88–94

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Partizani Tirana	165–192	Caen	91–97	74–95
Soproni MAFC	172–181	Kvarner	94–93	78–88
Olympiacos	139–150	Sinudyne Bologna	78–72	61–78
Levski-Spartak	158–181	Steaua București	83–74	75–107
Viganello	166–219	FC Barcelona	82–93	84–126
Falcon Jeans EBBC	176–156	Slavia VŠ Praha	98–73	78–83
Södertälje	168–161	Wisła Kraków	88–92	80–69

Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

• Gabetti Cantù (title holder)

Quarterfinals

Key to colors

Top two places in each group advance to semifinals

Group A CAN CAE EBBC KVA CAN * 89-82 87-75 92-67 CAE 101-91 * 98-87 92-79 EBBC 87-89 89-91 * 99-85 KVA 74-81 100-93 65-78 * Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Gabetti Cantù 6 11 5 1 529 486 +43 2. Caen 6 10 4 2 557 535 +22 3. Falcon Jeans EBBC 6 8 2 4 515 515 0 4. Kvarner 6 7 1 5 470 535 -65

Group B SIN FCB STE SÖD SIN * 89-72 99-76 92-90 FCB 94-86 * 124-86 98-73 STE 110-101 101-100 * 95-84 SÖD 73-83 90-77 83-82 * Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Sinudyne Bologna 6 10 4 2 550 515 +35 2. FC Barcelona 6 9 3 3 565 525 +40 3. Steaua București 6 9 3 3 550 591 -41 4. Södertälje 6 8 2 4 493 527 -34

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sinudyne Bologna	178–164	Caen	98–78	80–86
FC Barcelona	167–184	Gabetti Cantù	90–87	77–97

Final

March 29, PalaLido, Milan

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Gabetti Cantù	84–82	Sinudyne Bologna

1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Gabetti Cantù 2nd title