1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Cinzano Milano
Runners-up	ASPO Tours

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]

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

Participants

Country Teams Clubs Albania 1 Partizani Tirana Austria 1 Soma Wien Belgium 1 Bus Fruit Lier Bulgaria 1 CSKA Septemvriisko zname Czechoslovakia 1 Slavia VŠ Praha Egypt 1 Union Récréation Alexandria England 1 Sutton & Crystal Palace Finland 1 Honka Playboys France 1 ASPO Tours Greece 1 Olympiacos Iceland 1 Ármann Israel 1 Hapoel Gvat/Yagur Italy 1 Cinzano Milano Spain 1 Estudiantes Monteverde Sweden 1 Solna Switzerland 1 Fribourg Olympic Syria 1 Al-Wahda Turkey 1 Galatasaray West Germany 1 Hagen Yugoslavia 1 Rabotnički

First round

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

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

• Rabotnički
• CSKA Septemvriisko zname

Quarterfinals

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 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 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

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

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

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

External links

• FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1975–76 linguasport.com
• FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1975–76