1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Gabetti Cantù
Runners-up	EBBC
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

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.^[1]

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
EBBC	169–148	Hapoel Tel Aviv	83–67	86–81
Avanti Brugge	208–127	Etzella	110–61	98–66
Radnički Belgrade	207–176	Tofaş	114–79	93–97
Dukla Olomouc	146–140	Vasas	67–57	79–83
Helsingborg	187–142	BMS	106–66	81–76
Playhonka	176–187	Śląsk Wrocław	98–87	78–100
Sangalhos	123–235	UBSC Wien	72–97	51–138

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
EBBC	179–152	Avanti Brugge	106–67	73–85
Radnički Belgrade	208–168	Dukla Olomouc	111–83	97–85
Helsingborg	147–183	Śląsk Wrocław	64–82	83–101
UBSC Wien	203–159	Team Fiat Stars	115–77	88–82
ÍS	158–249	FC Barcelona	79–125	79–124

Key to colors
	Top two places in each group advance to semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	172–185	Gabetti Cantù	89–84	83–101
Sinudyne Bologna	177–178	EBBC	85–73	92–105

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Gabetti Cantù	83–73	EBBC

1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Gabetti Cantù 3rd title

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