1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
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  Runners-upFrance ASPO Tours
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons

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

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Partizani Tirana Albania 4–0* Egypt Union Récréation Alexandria 2–0 2–0
Sutton & Crystal Palace England 140–130 Belgium Bus Fruit Lier 73–71 67–59
Ármann Iceland 146–195 Finland Honka Playboys 65–88 81–107
Al-Wahda Syria 0–4** Czechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha 0–2 0–2
Olympiacos Greece 162–145 Israel Hapoel Gvat/Yagur 89–63 73–82
Fribourg Olympic Switzerland 142–153 Austria 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Solna Sweden 152–167 Italy Cinzano Milano 71–65 81–102
Partizani Tirana Albania 159–181 France ASPO Tours 83–80 76–101
Galatasaray Turkey 151–160 England Sutton & Crystal Palace 91–77 60–83
Honka Playboys Finland 151–168 Spain Estudiantes Monteverde 80–90 71–78
Hagen West Germany 162–151 Czechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha 84–75 78-76
Olympiacos Greece 142–125 Austria Soma Wien 77–49 65–76
Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

Quarterfinals

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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

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1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
France ASPO Tours - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rabotnički 99-83 90-107 189-190
Greece Olympiacos - Bulgaria CSKA Septemvriisko zname 91-78 77-99 168-177
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rabotnički - Bulgaria CSKA Septemvriisko zname 117-88 84-90 201-178
France ASPO Tours - Greece Olympiacos 102-77 69-77 171-154
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rabotnički - Greece Olympiacos 90-79 71-91 161-170
Bulgaria CSKA Septemvriisko zname - France ASPO Tours 95-91 84-95 179-186
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rabotnički 3 5 2 1 552 537 +15
2. France ASPO Tours 3 5 2 1 546 523 +23
3. Bulgaria CSKA Septemvriisko zname 3 4 1 2 534 555 -21
4. Greece Olympiacos 3 4 1 2 492 509 -17

Group B

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1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
West Germany Hagen - Italy Cinzano Milano 79-94 84-107 163-201
Spain Estudiantes Monteverde - England Sutton & Crystal Palace 107-79 87-87 194-166
Italy Cinzano Milano - England Sutton & Crystal Palace 82-89 81-73 163-162
West Germany Hagen - Spain Estudiantes Monteverde 86-85 76-109 162-194
Italy Cinzano Milano - Spain Estudiantes Monteverde 107-82 72-106 179-188
England Sutton & Crystal Palace - West Germany Hagen 96-86 74-83 170-169
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Spain Estudiantes Monteverde 3 6 3 0 576 507 +69
2. Italy Cinzano Milano 3 5 2 1 543 513 +30
3. England Sutton & Crystal Palace 3 4 1 2 498 526 -28
4. West Germany Hagen 3 3 0 3 494 565 -71

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASPO Tours France 178–173 Spain Estudiantes Monteverde 106–81 72–93
Cinzano Milano Italy 179–171 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rabotnički 90–67 89–104

Final

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March 17, Palasport "Parco Ruffini", Turin

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cinzano Milano Italy 88–83 France ASPO Tours
1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Italy
Cinzano Milano
3rd title

References

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