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 Varèse, 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 Prague
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 Ettelbruck
Netherlands	1	Buitoni Flamingo's Haarlem
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 Ettelbruck	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 Haarlem	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 Prague	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 Prague	96–83	69–95

Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

Cinzano Milano (title holder)
Spartak Leningrad

Quarter finals

Key to colors
	Top two places in each group advance to semifinals

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 Prague	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

↑ "Saporta Cup (C2)". linguasport.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.

Saporta Cup seasons

1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

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