1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Gabetti Cantù
Runners-up	Den Bosch

The 1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup was the thirteenth edition of FIBA's competition for European basketball national cup champions, running from 1 November 1978 to 22 March 1979. It was contested by 20 teams, two less than in the previous edition.^[1]

Gabetti Cantù defeated the Dutch club Den Bosch in a final held in Poreč winning the European Cup Winner's Cup for the third consecutive time.

Participants

Country	Teams	Clubs
Italy	2	Sinudyne Bologna	Gabetti Cantù
Austria	1	Union Wien
Belgium	1	Avanti Brugge
Czechoslovakia	1	Dukla Olomouc
Denmark	1	Skovlunde
England	1	Coventry
Finland	1	Playhonka
France	1	ASVEL
Hungary	1	Vasas
Iceland	1	ÍS
Israel	1	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Luxembourg	1	Etzella Ettelbruck
Netherlands	1	Den Bosch
Poland	1	Śląsk Wrocław
Portugal	1	Sangalhos
Spain	1	FC Barcelona
Sweden	1	Helsingborg
Turkey	1	Tofaş
Yugoslavia	1	Radnički Belgrade

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Den Bosch	169–148	Hapoel Tel Aviv	83–67	86–81
Avanti Brugge	208–127	Etzella Ettelbruck	110–61	98–66
Radnički Belgrade	207–176	Tofaş	114–79	93–97
Dukla Olomouc	146–140	Vasas	67–57	79–83
Helsingborg	187–142	Skovlunde	106–66	81–76
Playhonka	176–187	Śląsk Wrocław	98–87	78–100
Sangalhos	123–235	Union Wien	72–97	51–138

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Den Bosch	179–152	Avanti Brugge	106–67	73–85
Radnički Belgrade	208–168	Dukla Olomouc	111–83	97–85
Helsingborg	147–183	Śląsk Wrocław	64–82	83–101
Union Wien	203–159	Coventry	115–77	88–82
ÍS	158–249	FC Barcelona	79–125	79–124

Automatically qualified to the quarter finals

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.	FC Barcelona	6	11	5	1	566	520	+46
2.	Sinudyne Bologna	6	10	4	2	539	499	+40
3.	Radnički Belgrade	6	9	3	3	526	543	-17
4.	Union Wien	6	6	0	6	473	542	-69

Group B

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Den Bosch	6	11	5	1	536	482	+54
2.	Gabetti Cantù	6	10	4	2	548	518	+30
3.	ASVEL	6	9	3	3	537	516	+21
4.	Śląsk Wrocław	6	6	0	6	480	585	-105

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	172–185	Gabetti Cantù	89–84	83–101
Sinudyne Bologna	177–178	Den Bosch	85–73	92–105

Final

March 22, SRC Veli Jože, Poreč

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Gabetti Cantù	83–73	Den Bosch

1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Champions
Gabetti Cantù 3rd 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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