1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Forst Cantù
Runners-up	Radnički Belgrade

The 1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup was the eleventh edition of FIBA's competition for European basketball national cup champions, running from 20 October 1976 to 29 March 1977. It was contested by 25 teams, five more than in the previous edition.^[1]

Italy became the first country to win the competition twice in a row for a second time when Forst Cantù defeated Radnički Belgrade in the final held in Palma de Mallorca. Cantù had previously defeated defending champions Cinzano Milano in the semi finals, in the competition's third tie between two clubs from the same country. Cantù was the fourth Italian club to win the Cup Winners' Cup after Ignis Varese, Fides Napoli and Olimpia Milano.

Participants

Country Teams Clubs Italy 2 Forst Cantù Cinzano Milano Albania 1 Partizani Tirana Austria 1 Trend Wien Belgium 1 Ijsboerke Kortrijk Bulgaria 1 Botev Czechoslovakia 1 Slavia VŠ Praha Egypt 1 Al-Zamalek England 1 Embassy All-Stars France 1 ASVEL Greece 1 AEK Iceland 1 UMFN Israel 1 Hapoel Gvat/Yagur Luxembourg 1 Etzella Netherlands 1 Buitoni Flamingo's Poland 1 Wybrzeże Gdańsk Romania 1 Steaua București Scotland 1 Boroughmir Barrs Soviet Union 1 Spartak Leningrad Spain 1 Juventud Schweppes Sweden 1 Högsbo Switzerland 1 Fribourg Olympic Turkey 1 Beşiktaş West Germany 1 Wolfenbüttel Yugoslavia 1 Radnički Belgrade

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Etzella	120–211	Trend Wien	60–99	60–112
Hapoel Gvat/Yagur	145–163	Steaua București	83–71	62–92
Fribourg Olympic	141–147	Beşiktaş	82–71	59–76
UMFN	143–165	Boroughmir Barrs	77–78	66–87
Buitoni Flamingo's	167–189	Juventud Schweppes	80–74	87–115
Al-Zamalek	166–189	Wybrzeże Gdańsk	78–79	88–110
Partizani Tirana	0–4*	Radnički Belgrade	0–2	0–2
Högsbo	172–169	Wolfenbüttel	91–74	81–95
Botev	179–187	Ijsboerke Kortrijk	98–85	81–102
AEK	132–172	Slavia VŠ Praha	73–66	59–106
Embassy All-Stars	173–192	ASVEL	87–83	86–109

*Partizani Tirana withdrew before the first leg, and Radnički Belgrade received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Trend Wien	166–179	ASVEL	92–83	74–96
Steaua București	143–141	Beşiktaş	77–57	66–84
Boroughmir Barrs	130–237	Juventud Schweppes	66–111	64–126
Wybrzeże Gdańsk	187–211	Radnički Belgrade	101–94	86–117
Högsbo	180–208	Forst Cantù	95–101	85–107
Ijsboerke Kortrijk	165–178	Slavia VŠ Praha	96–83	69–95

Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

• Cinzano Milano (title holder)
• Spartak Leningrad

Quarter finals

Group A Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Radnički Belgrade 6 10 4 2 540 475 +65 2. Cinzano Milano 6 9 3 3 540 504 +36 3. Spartak Leningrad 6 9 3 3 514 491 +23 4. Slavia VŠ Praha 6 8 2 4 426 550 -124

Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Forst Cantù 6 10 4 2 599 495 +104 2. Juventud Schweppes 6 10 4 2 539 528 +11 3. Steaua București 6 9 3 3 484 522 -38 4. ASVEL 6 7 1 5 503 580 -77

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Forst Cantù	199–173	Cinzano Milano	101–78	98–95
Juventud Schweppes	154–171	Radnički Belgrade	74–77	80–94

Final

March 29, Nuevo Palacio de los Deportes, Palma de Mallorca

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Forst Cantù	87–86	Radnički Belgrade

1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Champions
Forst Cantù 1st title

References