1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
# 1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

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 | 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

| Team 1 | Agg. | 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 |

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg. | 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 |

### 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 FCB 95-81 102-95 106-82 SIN 86-73 94-81 89-68 RAD 92-99 96-95 74-71 UBSC 84-91 86-94 82-88 TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. FC Barcelona 61151566520+46 2. Sinudyne Bologna 61042539499+40 3. Radnički Belgrade 6933526543-17 4. UBSC Wien 6606473542-69 | Group B EBBC CAN ASV SLA EBBC 95-90 94-74 111-87 CAN 91-75 90-81 80-70 ASV 68-73 116-89 102-84 SLA 72-88 81-108 86-96 TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. EBBC 61151536482+54 2. Gabetti Cantù 61042548518+30 3. ASVEL 6933537516+21 4. Śląsk Wrocław 6606480585-105 |
| - | - |

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg. | 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 |

## Final

March 22, SRC Veli Jože, Poreč

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Gabetti Cantù | 83–73 | EBBC |

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