1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the eleventh edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic 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]

1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Birra Forst Cantù
Runners-up	Radnički Belgrade

The Italian League became the first league to win the competition twice in a row, for a second time, when Birra Forst Cantù defeated Radnički Belgrade, in the final, held in Palma de Mallorca. Cantù had previously defeated defending champions Cinzano Milano, in the semifinals, in the competition's third tie between two clubs from the same country. Cantù was the fourth Italian club to win the FIBA Cup Winners' Cup, after Ignis Varese, Fides Napoli, and Olimpia Milano.

Participants

Country Teams Clubs Italy 2 Birra Forst Cantù Cinzano Milano Albania 1 Partizani Tirana Austria 1 Trend Wien Belgium 1 Ijsboerke Kortrijk Bulgaria 1 Botev Czechoslovakia 1 Slavia VŠ Praha Egypt 1 Al-Zamalek England 1 Embassy All-Stars France 1 ASVEL Greece 1 AEK Iceland 1 Njarðvík Israel 1 Hapoel Gvat/Yagur Luxembourg 1 Etzella Netherlands 1 Buitoni Flamingo's 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Etzella	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
Njarðvík	143–165	Boroughmir Barrs	77–78	66–87
Buitoni Flamingo's	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 VŠ Praha	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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	Birra Forst Cantù	95–101	85–107
Ijsboerke Kortrijk	165–178	Slavia VŠ Praha	96–83	69–95

Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

• Cinzano Milano (title holder)
• Spartak Leningrad

Quarterfinals

Key to colors

Top two places in each group advance to semifinals

Group A RAD MIL SPA SLA RAD 87-73 85-80 115-70 MIL 99-85 94-69 105-63 SPA 99-84 103-86 84-58 SLA 54-84 97-83 84-79 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 VŠ Praha 6 8 2 4 426 550 -124

Group B CAN JUV STE ASV CAN 105-76 99-77 125-76 JUV 93-86 100-77 100-83 STE 88-85 82-74 65-59 ASV 85-99 95-96 105-95 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Birra 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

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Birra Forst Cantù	199–173	Cinzano Milano	101–78	98–95
Juventud Schweppes	154–171	Radnički Belgrade	74–77	80–94

Final

March 29, Palau Municipal d'Esports Son Moix, Palma de Mallorca

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Birra Forst Cantù	87–86	Radnički Belgrade

1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Birra Forst Cantù 1st title