The 1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the thirteenth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 1 November 1978, to 22 March 1979. It was contested by 20 teams, two less than in the previous edition.
Gabetti Cantù defeated the Dutch League club, Den Bosch, in a final held in Poreč, winning the FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup for the third consecutive time.
Participants
Country Teams Clubs Italy 2 Sinudyne Bologna Gabetti Cantù Austria 1 UBSC Wien Belgium 1 Avanti Brugge Czechoslovakia 1 Dukla Olomouc Denmark 1 BMS England 1 Team Fiat Stars Finland 1 Playhonka France 1 ASVEL Hungary 1 Vasas Iceland 1 ÍS Israel 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv Luxembourg 1 Etzella Netherlands 1 EBBC Poland 1 Śląsk Wrocław Portugal 1 Sangalhos Spain 1 FC Barcelona Sweden 1 Helsingborg Turkey 1 Tofaş Yugoslavia 1 Radnički Belgrade
First round
Second round
Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals Gabetti Cantù (title holder) Sinudyne Bologna ASVEL
Quarterfinals + Key to colors Top two places in each group advance to semifinals
Group A FCB SIN RAD UBSC FCB95-81102-95106-82 SIN86-7394-8189-68 RAD92-9996-9574-71 UBSC84-9186-9482-88 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. FC Barcelona 6 11 5 1 566 520 +46 2. Sinudyne Bologna 6 10 4 2 539 499 +40 3. Radnički Belgrade 6 9 3 3 526 543 -17 4. UBSC Wien 6 6 0 6 473 542 -69Group B EBBC CAN ASV SLA EBBC95-9094-74111-87 CAN91-7590-8180-70 ASV68-73116-89102-84 SLA72-8881-10886-96 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. EBBC 6 11 5 1 536 482 +54 2. Gabetti Cantù 6 10 4 2 548 518 +30 3. ASVEL 6 9 3 3 537 516 +21 4. Śląsk Wrocław 6 6 0 6 480 585 -105
Semifinals
Final March 22, SRC Veli Jože, Poreč
1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions Gabetti Cantù 3rd title
References
External links
FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1978–79