1988–89 FIBA Korać Cup
# 1988–89 FIBA Korać Cup

The 1988–89 FIBA Korać Cup was the 18th edition of FIBA's Korać Cup basketball competition. The Yugoslav Partizan defeated the Italian Wiwa Vismara Cantù in the final. This was the third time Partizan won the title, following victories in 1978 and 1979.

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Trane Castors Braine | 174–175 | Charlottenburg | 96–100 | 78–75 |
| Olympiacos | 189–131 | Górnik Wałbrzych | 91–76 | 98–55 |
| TTL Bamberg | 212–166 | Massagno | 118–87 | 94–79 |
| Galatasaray | 173–171 | Nyon | 98–87 | 75–84 |
| Allibert Livorno | 155–161 | Inter Slovnaft | 74–75 | 81–86 |
| Panathinaikos | 161–158 | Hapoel Holon | 85–65 | 76–93 |
| Regenerin Klagenfurt | 145–231 | Efes Pilsen | 96–130 | 49–101 |
| Levski-Spartak | 201–163 | Bajai | 113–76 | 88–87 |
| Cuva Houthalen | 188–190 | Torpan Pojat | 93–87 | 95–103 |
| Sparta Bertrange | 140–196 | Manchester Eagles | 68–93 | 72–103 |
| Assubel Mariembourg | 158–157 | Nantes | 88–81 | 70–76 |
| Tofaş | 127–126 | Szolnoki Honvéd | 72–62 | 55–64 |
| VŠ Praha | 170–199 | Wiwa Vismara Cantù | 79–93 | 91–106 |
| MIM Livingston | 164–166 | Direktbank Den Helder | 87–93 | 77–73 |
| Racing Club de Paris | 172–166 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 83–80 | 89–86 |
| Birmingham Bullets | 156–192 | CajaCanarias | 84–96 | 72–96 |
| Maes Pils | 171–170 | Benfica | 83–75 | 88–95 |
| ASVEL | 161–218 | PAOK | 83–93 | 78–125 |
| Crvena zvezda | 188–143 | Fenerbahçe | 101–64 | 87–79 |
| APOEL | 0–4* | Spartak Pleven | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Bellinzona | 195–217 | Orthez | 105–109 | 90–108 |
| Panionios | 166–170 | Smelt Olimpija | 88–73 | 78–97 |
| Estudiantes Bosé | 193–146 | Estrelas Avenida | 100–71 | 93–75 |

*APOEL withdrew before the first leg and Spartak Pleven received a forfeit (2–0) in both games.

## Round of 32

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Stroitel Kyiv | 188–178 | Charlottenburg | 106–93 | 82–85 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 188–189 | Olympiacos | 75–96 | 113–93 |
| TTL Bamberg | 152–177 | Ram Joventut | 73–94 | 79–83 |
| Galatasaray | 131–167 | CAI Zaragoza | 68–72 | 63–95 |
| Inter Slovnaft | 172–195 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 80–91 | 92–104 |
| Panathinaikos | 152–167 | Divarese Varese | 79–76 | 73–91 |
| Efes Pilsen | 180–208 | Zadar | 84–123 | 96–85 |
| Levski-Spartak | 175–218 | Partizan | 96–90 | 79–128 |
| Torpan Pojat | 171–220 | Philips Milano | 88–90 | 83–130 |
| Manchester Eagles | 157–166 | Assubel Mariembourg | 89–73 | 68–93 |
| Tofaş | 159–170 | Wiwa Vismara Cantù | 87–84 | 72–86 |
| Direktbank Den Helder | 168–161 | Racing Club de Paris | 83–85 | 85–76 |
| CajaCanarias | 165–169 | Maes Pils | 81–72 | 84–97 |
| PAOK | 171–171* | Crvena zvezda | 95–85 | 76–86 |
| Spartak Pleven | 178–212 | Orthez | 95–106 | 83–106 |
| Smelt Olimpija | 161–162 | Estudiantes Bosé | 96–70 | 65–92 |

*The game interrupted against PAOK B.C at the beginning of the extra time. PAOK'S American coach Johnny Neumann push the Italian referee Grosi, when he impute breach at jump all .

## Round of 16

Key to colors :

* Top place in each group advance to semifinals

| Group A TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Partizan 61260536498+38 2. Divarese Varese 6933504480+24 3. Assubel Mariembourg 6824536575−39 4. Estudiantes Bosé 6715505528−13 | Group B TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Zadar 61151544493+51 2. Ram Joventut 61042546489+57 3. Hapoel Tel Aviv 6824512538−26 4. Olympiacos 6715498580−82 |
| - | - |
| Group C TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Philips Milano 61260577479+98 2. Crvena zvezda 6933498541−43 3. CAI Zaragoza 6824506528−22 4. Maes Pils 6715499532−33 | Group D TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Wiwa Vismara Cantù 61151597530+67 2. Stroitel Kyiv 61042616554+62 3. Orthez 69335695690 4. Direktbank Den Helder 6606470599−129 |

## Semi finals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Partizan | 163–147 | Zadar | 75–63 | 88–84 |
| Wiwa Vismara Cantù | 160–151 | Philips Milano | 95–81 | 65–70 |

## Finals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Wiwa Vismara Cantù | 171–177 | Partizan | 89–76 | 82–101 |

* 1988–89 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
* Partizan 3rd title
