1976–77 FIBA Korać Cup

1976–77 FIBA Korać Cup
League	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Jugoplastika
Runners-up	Alco Bologna

The 1976–77 FIBA Korać Cup was the sixth edition of FIBA's new competition, running from 19 October 1976 to 5 April 1977. It was contested by 27 teams, three less than in the previous edition.

Jugoplastika defeated another one Italian club, Alco Bologna, and became the second back-to-back champion in this competition, after a single final that was held at Palasport della Fiera in Genova, Italy, on 5 April 1977. Alleging lack of sport and economic interest, the Spanish teams (FC Barcelona and Estudiantes Monteverde) eligible to participate in FIBA Korać Cup this season.

Season teams

Country	Teams	Clubs (ranking in 1975–76 national league)
France	4	Berck	Caen	ESM Challans	Moderne
Greece	4	Panathinaikos	Panionios	Aris	Iraklis
Italy	4	IBP Stella Azzurra	Alco Fortitudo Bologna	Canon Venezia	Snaidero Udine
Belgium	2	Standard Liège	Éveil Monceau
Bulgaria	2	Balkan Botevgrad	CSKA Septemvriisko zname
Israel	2	Hapoel Ramat Gan	Hapoel Tel Aviv
West Germany	2	SSV Hagen	Gießen 46ers
Yugoslavia	2	Jugoplastika	Bosna
Austria	1	Maximarkt Wels
Poland	1	Polonia Warszawa
Portugal	1	Sangalhos
Soviet Union	1	Dynamo Moscow
Turkey	1	Karşıyaka

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sangalhos	109–205	Alco Fortitudo Bologna	68–97	41–108
Snaidero Udine	179–168	Maximarkt Wels	92–85	87–83
Panathinaikos	152–153	Standard Liège	90–75	62–78
Canon Venezia	176–142	Karşıyaka	89–58	87–84
Iraklis	147–187	Bosna	83–91	64–96

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panionios	130–185	Alco Fortitudo Bologna	72–96	58–89
Balkan Botevgrad	164–170	Snaidero Udine	88–69	76–101
Berck	181–174	Gießen 46ers	100–83	81–91
Caen	210–172	SSV Hagen	114–69	96–103
Standard Liège	194–165	Polonia Warszawa	113–82	81–83
Canon Venezia	140–129	ESM Challans	82–60	58–69
Hapoel Ramat Gan	157–149	Éveil Monceau	86–68	71–81
CSKA Septemvriisko zname	195–202	Bosna	117–100	78–102
Aris	147–198	IBP Stella Azzurra	79–80	68–118
Hapoel Tel Aviv	174–166	Moderne	100–79	74–87

Automatically qualified to round of 12

• Jugoplastika (title holder)
• Dynamo Moscow

Round of 12

Key to colors

Top place in each group advance to semifinals

Group A Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Berck 4 7 3 1 401 386 +15 2. Dynamo Moscow 4 6 2 2 386 378 +8 3. Snaidero Udine 4 5 1 3 370 393 −23

Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Alco Fortitudo Bologna 4 7 3 1 354 339 +15 2. Bosna 4 7 3 1 388 369 +19 3. Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 4 0 4 361 395 −34

Group C Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. IBP Stella Azzurra 4 8 4 0 355 325 +30 2. Caen 4 6 2 2 374 330 +44 3. Hapoel Ramat Gan 4 4 0 4 330 404 −74

Group D Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Jugoplastika 4 8 4 0 376 313 +63 2. Canon Venezia 4 5 1 3 323 365 −42 3. Standard Liège 4 5 1 3 327 348 −21

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alco Fortitudo Bologna	169–163	Berck	81–68	88–95
Jugoplastika	172–158	IBP Stella Azzurra	96–71	76–87

Final

April 5, Palasport della Fiera, Genoa

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Jugoplastika	87–84	Alco Fortitudo Bologna

1976–77 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
Jugoplastika 2nd title

References

• Linguasport 1976–77 FIBA Korać Cup
• 1976–77 FIBA Korać Cup