1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the tenth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic 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]

1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
LeagueFIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
ChampionsItaly Cinzano Milano
  Runners-upFrance ASPO Tours
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons

Cinzano Milano won its third title in the competition, by defeating the French League club, Tours, in the final held in Turin.

Participants edit

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
Ármann   146–195   Honka Playboys 65–88 81–107
Al-Wahda   0–4**   Slavia VŠ Praha 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 VŠ Praha received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

Second round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Solna   152–167   Cinzano Milano 71–65 81–102
Partizani Tirana   159–181   ASPO 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 VŠ Praha 84–75 78-76
Olympiacos   142–125   Soma Wien 77–49 65–76
Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

Quarterfinals edit

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 edit

1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
  ASPO Tours -   Rabotnički 99-83 90-107 189-190
  Olympiacos -   CSKA Septemvriisko zname 91-78 77-99 168-177
  Rabotnički -   CSKA Septemvriisko zname 117-88 84-90 201-178
  ASPO Tours -   Olympiacos 102-77 69-77 171-154
  Rabotnički -   Olympiacos 90-79 71-91 161-170
  CSKA Septemvriisko zname -   ASPO Tours 95-91 84-95 179-186
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1.   Rabotnički 3 5 2 1 552 537 +15
2.   ASPO Tours 3 5 2 1 546 523 +23
3.   CSKA Septemvriisko zname 3 4 1 2 534 555 -21
4.   Olympiacos 3 4 1 2 492 509 -17

Group B edit

1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
  Hagen -   Cinzano Milano 79-94 84-107 163-201
  Estudiantes Monteverde -   Sutton & Crystal Palace 107-79 87-87 194-166
  Cinzano Milano -   Sutton & Crystal Palace 82-89 81-73 163-162
  Hagen -   Estudiantes Monteverde 86-85 76-109 162-194
  Cinzano Milano -   Estudiantes Monteverde 107-82 72-106 179-188
  Sutton & Crystal Palace -   Hagen 96-86 74-83 170-169
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

Semifinals edit

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

Final edit

March 17, Palasport "Parco Ruffini", Turin

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cinzano Milano   88–83   ASPO Tours
1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
 
Cinzano Milano
3rd title

References edit

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

External links edit