1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Cinzano Milano
Runners-up	Tours

The 1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup was the tenth edition of FIBA's competition for European basketball national cup champions, running from 29 October 1975 to 17 March 1976. It was contested by 20 teams, two less than in the previous edition.^[1]

Cinzano Milano won its third title in the competition defeated French club Tours in the final held in Turin.

Participants

Country	Teams	Clubs
Albania	1	Partizani Tirana
Austria	1	Soma Wien
Belgium	1	BUS Fruit Lier
Bulgaria	1	CSKA Sofia
Czechoslovakia	1	Slavia Prague
Egypt	1	Union Récréation Alexandria
England	1	Sutton & Crystal Palace
Finland	1	Honka Playboys
France	1	Tours
Greece	1	Olympiacos
Iceland	1	ÁR
Israel	1	Hapoel Gvat/Yagur
Italy	1	Cinzano Milano
Spain	1	Estudiantes Monteverde
Sweden	1	Solna
Switzerland	1	Fribourg Olympic
Syria	1	Al-Wahda
Turkey	1	Galatasaray
West Germany	1	Hagen
Yugoslavia	1	Rabotnički

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Partizani Tirana	4–0*	Union Récréation Alexandria	2–0	2–0
Sutton & Crystal Palace	140–130	BUS Fruit Lier	73–71	67–59
ÁR	146–195	Honka Playboys	65–88	81–107
Al-Wahda	0–4**	Slavia Prague	0–2	0–2
Olympiacos	162–145	Hapoel Gvat/Yagur	89–63	73–82
Fribourg Olympic	142–153	Soma Wien	79–67	63–86

*Union Récréation Alexandria withdrew before the first leg, and Partizani Tirana received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

**Al-Wahda withdrew before the first leg, and Slavia Prague received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Solna	152–167	Cinzano Milano	71–65	81–102
Partizani Tirana	159–181	Tours	83–80	76–101
Galatasaray	151–160	Sutton & Crystal Palace	91–77	60–83
Honka Playboys	151–168	Estudiantes Monteverde	80–90	71–78
Hagen	162–151	Slavia Prague	84–75	78-76
Olympiacos	142–125	Soma Wien	77–49	65–76

Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

Quarter finals

The quarter finals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.

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

Group A

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Rabotnički	3	5	2	1	552	537	+15
2.	Tours	3	5	2	1	546	523	+23
3.	CSKA Sofia	3	4	1	2	534	555	-21
4.	Olympiacos	3	4	1	2	492	509	-17

Group B

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Estudiantes Monteverde	3	6	3	0	576	507	+69
2.	Cinzano Milano	3	5	2	1	543	513	+30
3.	Sutton & Crystal Palace	3	4	1	2	498	526	-28
4.	Hagen	3	3	0	3	494	565	-71

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tours	178–173	Estudiantes Monteverde	106–81	72–93
Cinzano Milano	179–171	Rabotnički	90–67	89–104

Final

March 17, Palasport "Parco Ruffini", Turin

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cinzano Milano	88–83	Tours

1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Champions
Cinzano Milano 3rd title

References

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

Cinzano Milano 1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Winners

Sylvester Robbins Brumatti Bianchi Francescatto Borlenghi Ferracini Boselli Borghese Benatti Boselli Friz Coach: Faina

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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