1978–79 FIBA Korać Cup

1978–79 FIBA Korać Cup
1978–79 FIBA Korać Cup
League	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Partizan
Runners-up	Arrigoni Rieti

The 1978–79 FIBA Korać Cup was the eighth edition of FIBA's Korać Cup basketball competition. The Yugoslav Partizan defeated the Italian Arrigoni Rieti in the final on March 20, 1979 in Belgrade, Serbia. This was Partizan's second consecutive win and the fourth consecutive win for a Yugoslav team.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lignon	160–138	Progress Graz	77–73	83–65
Murray Edinburgh	154–156	Stockport Belgrade	70–73	84–83
T71 Dudelange	127–181	ESM Challans	53–85	74–96
Panionios	185–191	Pully	93–75	92–116
Sunderland Sunblest	188–205	Areslux Granollers	86–92	102–113
Milde Sorte Wien	186–150	Maroussi	114–77	72–73
Ginásio Figueirense	149–189	Orthez	71–90	78–99
Panellinios	112–134	Verviers-Pepinster	58–53	54–81
Wolfenbüttel	157–147	Karşıyaka	77–68	80–79

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lignon	147–167	Éveil Monceau	79–83	68–84
Vevey	160–228	Jugoplastika	79–106	81–122
Stockport Belgrade	149–219	Cibona	76–104	73–115
ESM Challans	178–225	Cotonificio	92–100	86–125
Iskra Olimpija	242–180	Pully	117–74	125–106
Caen	203–180	Areslux Granollers	116–82	87–78
Milde Sorte Wien	164–173	Hapoel Gvat/Yagur	82–86	82–87
Orthez	169–161	Panathinaikos	102–73	67–88
Verviers-Pepinster	192–201	Pagnossin Gorizia	92–85	100–116
Slavia VŠ Praha	166–142	Wolfenbüttel	86–82	80–60
Askatuak	158–192	Olympique Antibes	79–74	79–118
Standard Liège	182–143	Pineda	103–70	79–73
Hapoel Haifa	156–154	Maes Pils	93–70	63–84
ŁKS Łódź	160–196	Inter Slovnaft	83–98	77–98

Automatically qualified to round of 16

Partizan (title holder)
Arrigoni Rieti

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.	Arrigoni Rieti	6	11	5	1	514	451	+63
2.	Inter Slovnaft	6	9	3	3	475	474	+1
3.	Cibona	6	9	3	3	466	453	+13
4.	Orthez	6	7	1	5	453	530	−77

Group B

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Partizan	6	12	6	0	598	537	+61
2.	Pagnossin Gorizia	6	9	3	3	574	590	−16
3.	Hapoel Haifa	6	8	2	4	537	560	−23
4.	Olympique Antibes	6	7	1	5	501	523	−22

Group C

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Jugoplastika	6	11	5	1	546	473	+53
2.	Caen	6	10	4	2	501	463	+38
3.	Slavia VŠ Praha	6	8	2	4	462	514	−52
4.	Éveil Monceau	6	7	1	5	488	547	−59

Group D

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Cotonificio	6	10	4	2	544	538	+6
2.	Standard Liège	6	10	4	2	534	498	+36
3.	Iskra Olimpija	6	9	3	3	556	534	+22
4.	Hapoel Gvat/Yagur	6	7	1	5	454	518	−64

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cotonificio	171–182	Arrigoni Rieti	108–95	63–87
Jugoplastika	192–195	Partizan	96–97	96–98

Final

March 20, Hala Pionir, Belgrade

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Partizan	108–98	Arrigoni Rieti

1978–79 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
Partizan 2nd title