1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup

The 1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup was the seventh edition of FIBA's new competition, running from 15 November 1977 to 21 April 1978. It was contested by 32 teams, five more than in the previous edition.

1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup
League	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Partizan
Runners-up	Bosna

Partizan defeated Bosna in a Yugoslav civil final to become the competition's champion for first time. This title was the third consecutive in a row for a Yugoslav team.

Season teams

Country Teams Clubs (ranking in 1976–77 national league) France 4 Berck Moderne Nice Orthez Greece 4 Panellinios AEK Panionios Aris Italy 4 Cinzano Milano Xerox Milano Emerson Genova Scavolini Pesaro Spain 4 Caja Rural Canarias Juventud Freixenet Centro Natación Helios Askatuak Yugoslavia 4 Bosna Partizan Cibona Beko Beograd West Germany 3 1.FC Bamberg SSV Hagen Wolfenbüttel Austria 2 Progress Graz Maximarkt Wels Israel 2 Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Gvat/Yagur Turkey 2 İTÜ Şeker Belgium 1 Anderlecht Czechoslovakia 1 Inter Slovnaft Poland 1 Resovia Rzeszów

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SSV Hagen	198–159	Caja Rural Canarias	88–67	110–92
Xerox Milano	213–138	Maximarkt Wels	121–68	93–70
Nice	160–150	Hapoel Gvat/Yagur	88–84	72–66
Orthez	151–192	Juventud Freixenet	72–76	79–116
Anderlecht	185–190	Partizan	98–80	87–110
Şeker	163–176	Inter Slovnaft	86–70	77–106
Centro Natación Helios	178–245	Cinzano Milano	102–105	76–140
Berck	162–157	Askatuak	88–87	74–70
Beko Beograd	195–148	Progress Graz	115–67	80–81
Hapoel Ramat Gan	188–192	Cibona	85–83	103–109
Panellinios	124–159	Scavolini Pesaro	77–67	47–92
Emerson Genova	157–146	Wolfenbüttel	83–72	74–74
Moderne	180–117	Aris	98–46	82–71
AEK	152–139	1.FC Bamberg	68–62	84–77
Resovia Rzeszów	177–165	Panionios	93–63	84–102
Bosna	4–0*	İTÜ	2–0	2–0

*İTÜ withdrew before the first leg, and Bosna received a forfeit (2–0) in both games.

Round of 16

Key to colors

Top place in each group advance to semifinals

Group A Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Partizan 6 10 4 2 573 521 +52 2. Nice 6 10 4 2 526 503 +23 3. Emerson Genova 6 9 3 3 507 507 0 4. AEK 6 7 1 5 451 526 −75

Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Bosna 6 10 4 2 619 572 +47 2. Berck 6 10 4 2 580 566 +14 3. Scavolini Pesaro 6 9 3 3 557 590 −33 4. Inter Slovnaft 6 7 1 5 558 586 −28

Group C Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Juventud Freixenet 6 12 6 0 555 472 +83 2. Beko Beograd 6 9 3 3 522 541 −19 3. Xerox Milano 6 8 2 4 557 547 +10 4. SSV Hagen 6 7 1 5 530 604 −74

Group D Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Cinzano Milano 6 10 4 2 546 494 +53 2. Moderne 6 10 4 2 555 505 +50 3. Cibona 6 10 4 2 537 520 +17 4. Resovia Rzeszów 6 6 0 6 435 554 −119

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventud Freixenet	209–216	Partizan	114–109	95–107
Cinzano Milano	160–177	Bosna	79–76	81–101

Final

21 March 1978, Sportska dvorana Borik, Banja Luka

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Partizan	117–110	Bosna

1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
Partizan 1st title

References

• Linguasport 1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup^[usurped]
• 1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup