1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup

1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup
1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup
League	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Partizan
Runners-up	Bosna
FIBA Korać Cup seasons
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup was the seventh edition of FIBA's new competition, running from 15 November 1977 to 21 April 1978. It was contested by 32 teams, five more than in the previous edition.

Partizan defeated Bosna in a Yugoslav civil final to become the competition's champion for first time. This title was the third consecutive in a row for a Yugoslav team.

Season teams

Country	Teams	Clubs (ranking in 1976–77 national league)
France	4	Berck	Moderne	Nice	Orthez
Greece	4	Panellinios	AEK	Panionios	Aris
Italy	4	Cinzano Milano	Xerox Milano	Emerson Genova	Scavolini Pesaro
Spain	4	Caja Rural Canarias	Juventud Freixenet	Centro Natación Helios	Askatuak
Yugoslavia	4	Bosna	Partizan	Cibona	Beko Beograd
West Germany	3	1.FC Bamberg	SSV Hagen	Wolfenbüttel
Austria	2	Progress Graz	Maximarkt Wels
Israel	2	Hapoel Ramat Gan	Hapoel Gvat/Yagur
Turkey	2	İTÜ	Şeker
Belgium	1	Anderlecht
Czechoslovakia	1	Inter Slovnaft
Poland	1	Resovia Rzeszów

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SSV Hagen	198–159	Caja Rural Canarias	88–67	110–92
Xerox Milano	213–138	Maximarkt Wels	121–68	93–70
Nice	160–150	Hapoel Gvat/Yagur	88–84	72–66
Orthez	151–192	Juventud Freixenet	72–76	79–116
Anderlecht	185–190	Partizan	98–80	87–110
Şeker	163–176	Inter Slovnaft	86–70	77–106
Centro Natación Helios	178–245	Cinzano Milano	102–105	76–140
Berck	162–157	Askatuak	88–87	74–70
Beko Beograd	195–148	Progress Graz	115–67	80–81
Hapoel Ramat Gan	188–192	Cibona	85–83	103–109
Panellinios	124–159	Scavolini Pesaro	77–67	47–92
Emerson Genova	157–146	Wolfenbüttel	83–72	74–74
Moderne	180–117	Aris	98–46	82–71
AEK	152–139	1.FC Bamberg	68–62	84–77
Resovia Rzeszów	177–165	Panionios	93–63	84–102
Bosna	4–0*	İTÜ	2–0	2–0

*İTÜ withdrew before the first leg, and Bosna received a forfeit (2–0) in both games.

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	10	4	2	573	521	+52
2.	Nice	6	10	4	2	526	503	+23
3.	Emerson Genova	6	9	3	3	507	507	0
4.	AEK	6	7	1	5	451	526	−75

Group B

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Bosna	6	10	4	2	619	572	+47
2.	Berck	6	10	4	2	580	566	+14
3.	Scavolini Pesaro	6	9	3	3	557	590	−33
4.	Inter Slovnaft	6	7	1	5	558	586	−28

Group C

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Juventud Freixenet	6	12	6	0	555	472	+83
2.	Beko Beograd	6	9	3	3	522	541	−19
3.	Xerox Milano	6	8	2	4	557	547	+10
4.	SSV Hagen	6	7	1	5	530	604	−74

Group D

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Cinzano Milano	6	10	4	2	546	494	+53
2.	Moderne	6	10	4	2	555	505	+50
3.	Cibona	6	10	4	2	537	520	+17
4.	Resovia Rzeszów	6	6	0	6	435	554	−119

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventud Freixenet	209–216	Partizan	114–109	95–107
Cinzano Milano	160–177	Bosna	79–76	81–101

Final

21 March 1978, Sportska dvorana Borik, Banja Luka

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Partizan	117–110	Bosna

1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
Partizan 1st title

References