1989–90 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
# 1989–90 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1989–90 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the twenty-fourth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 26 September 1989, to 13 March 1990. It was contested by 21 teams, the same number of teams as the previous edition.

Knorr Bologna defeated Real Madrid, in the final that was held in Florence, winning its first European-wide title. It had previously lost the 1977–78 final against Gabetti Cantù.

## Participants

| Country | Teams | Clubs |
| - | - | - |
| Austria | 1 | Scholl Wels |
| Belgium | 1 | Sunair Oostende |
| Bulgaria | 1 | CSKA Sofia |
| Cyprus | 1 | Apollon Limassol |
| England | 1 | Manchester United |
| Finland | 1 | Saab UU |
| France | 1 | FC Mulhouse |
| Greece | 1 | PAOK |
| Hungary | 1 | Honvéd |
| Iceland | 1 | Njarðvík |
| Israel | 1 | Maccabi Ramat Gan |
| Italy | 1 | Knorr Bologna |
| Luxembourg | 1 | T71 Dudelange |
| Netherlands | 1 | Nashua EBBC |
| Portugal | 1 | Ovarense |
| Soviet Union | 1 | Žalgiris |
| Spain | 1 | Real Madrid |
| Sweden | 1 | Södertälje |
| Turkey | 1 | Çukurova Üniversitesi |
| West Germany | 1 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | Partizan |

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saab UU | 177–176 | Manchester United | 100–93 | 77–83 |
| Sunair Oostende | 145–137 | Nashua EBBC | 75–69 | 70–68 |
| Scholl Wels | 154–224 | Ovarense | 91–113 | 63–111 |
| Njarðvík | 155–216 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 81–112 | 74–104 |
| Honvéd | 151–198 | Çukurova Üniversitesi | 70-93 | 81–105 |

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saab UU | 186–188 | Maccabi Ramat Gan | 96–93 | 90–95 |
| Södertälje | 140–146 | Sunair Oostende | 78–72 | 62–74 |
| Ovarense | 150–218 | PAOK | 83–101 | 67–117 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 174–184 | FC Mulhouse | 97–88 | 77–96 |
| Çukurova Üniversitesi | 136–179 | Knorr Bologna | 72-71 | 64–108 |
| CSKA Sofia | 179–204 | Real Madrid | 92-109 | 87–95 |
| Apollon Limassol | 139–182 | Partizan | 71-100 | 68–82 |
| T71 Dudelange | 149–240 | Žalgiris | 80-112 | 69–128 |

## Quarterfinals

Key to colors :

* Top two places in each group advance to semifinals

| Group A KNO ŽAL OOS MRG KNO 102-79 93-85 86-73 ŽAL 83-86 101-82 84-82 OOS 69-78 102-82 92-95 MRG 96-95 90-93 107-116 TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Knorr Bologna 61151540485+55 2. Žalgiris 6933522544-22 3. Sunair Oostende 6824546556-10 4. Maccabi Ramat Gan 6824543566-23 | Group B RMD PAOK PAR MUL RMD 92-71 101-76 91-86 PAOK 80-77 93-81 92-76 PAR 88-105 95-79 91-83 MUL 76-100 81-82 80-71 TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Real Madrid 61151566477+89 2. PAOK 61042497502-5 3. Partizan 6824502541-39 4. FC Mulhouse 6715482527-45 |
| - | - |

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Knorr Bologna | 171–157 | PAOK | 77–57 | 94–100 |
| Real Madrid | 170–169 | Žalgiris | 93–80 | 77–89 |

## Final

March 13, PalaGiglio, Florence

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Knorr Bologna | 79–74 | Real Madrid |

* 1989–90 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
* Knorr Bologna 1st title
