1976–77 FIBA Korać Cup

1976–77 FIBA Korać Cup
League	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Jugoplastika Split
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 Split defeated another one Italian club, this time was 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. Worth noting that alleging lack of sport and economic interest, the Spanish teams (FC Barcelona and Estudiantes) eligible to participate in Korać Cup this season.

Season teams

Country	Teams	Clubs (ranking in 1975–76 national league)
France	4	Berck	Caen	Challans	Moderne
Greece	4	Panathinaikos	Panionios	Aris	Iraklis
Italy	4	Alco Bologna	Snaidero Udine	Cannon Venezia	IBP Stella Azzurra
Belgium	2	Standard Liège	Éveil Monceau
Bulgaria	2	Balkan Botevgrad	CSKA Sofia
Israel	2	Hapoel Ramat Gan	Hapoel Tel Aviv
West Germany	2	Hagen	Gießen 46ers
Yugoslavia	2	Jugoplastika Split	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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sangalhos	109–205	Alco Bologna	68–97	41–108
Snaidero Udine	179–168	Maximarkt Wels	92–85	87–83
Panathinaikos	152–153	Standard Liège	90–75	62–78
Cannon Venezia	176–142	Karşıyaka	89–58	87–84
Iraklis	147–187	Bosna	83–91	64–96

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panionios	130–185	Alco 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	Hagen	114–69	96–103
Standard Liège	194–165	Polonia Warszawa	113–82	81–83
Cannon Venezia	140–129	Challans	82–60	58–69
Hapoel Ramat Gan	157–149	Éveil Monceau	86–68	71–81
CSKA Sofia	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 Split (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 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 Split	4	8	4	0	376	313	+63
2.	Cannon Venezia	4	5	1	3	323	365	-42
3.	Standard Liège	4	5	1	3	327	348	-21

Semi finals

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

Final

April 5, Palasport della Fiera, Genoa

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

1976–77 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
Jugoplastika Split 2nd title

References

Linguasport

Jugoplastika Split 1976–77 FIBA Korać Cup Winners

Jerkov Tvrdić Šolman Krstulović Tudor Grgin Manović Bilanović Macura Dukan Bjelajac Kruščić Coach: Skansi

Korać Cup seasons

1972 1973 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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