1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup

1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup
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Champions Partizan
  Runners-up Bosna

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.

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

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

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