# 1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the twelfth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 19 October 1977, to 29 March 1978. It was contested by 22 teams, three less than in the previous edition.
Gabetti Cantù defeated Sinudyne Bologna in a final, held in Milan, winning the FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup for the second consecutive time in the club's history.

## Participants

| Country | Teams | Clubs | Clubs |
| Italy | 2 | Sinudyne Bologna | Gabetti Cantù |
| Albania | 1 | Partizani Tirana |
| Austria | 1 | Milde Sorte Wien |
| Belgium | 1 | Éveil Monceau |
| Bulgaria | 1 | Levski-Spartak |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | Slavia VŠ Praha |
| England | 1 | Embassy Milton Keynes |
| France | 1 | Caen |
| Greece | 1 | Olympiacos |
| Hungary | 1 | Soproni MAFC |
| Israel | 1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Luxembourg | 1 | Sparta Bertrange |
| Netherlands | 1 | Falcon Jeans EBBC |
| Poland | 1 | Wisła Kraków |
| Romania | 1 | Steaua București |
| Spain | 1 | FC Barcelona |
| Sweden | 1 | Södertälje |
| Switzerland | 1 | Viganello |
| Turkey | 1 | Beşiktaş |
| West Germany | 1 | Gießen 46ers |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | Kvarner |

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Soproni MAFC | 195–179 | Milde Sorte Wien | 98–94 | 97–85 |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 134–135 | Olympiacos | 79–60 | 55–75 |
| Beşiktaş | 165–200 | Levski-Spartak | 101–111 | 64–89 |
| Sparta Bertrange | 153–171 | Viganello | 70–79 | 83–92 |
| Embassy Milton Keynes | 183–205 | FC Barcelona | 88–88 | 95–117 |
| Gießen 46ers | 189–216 | Falcon Jeans EBBC | 97–109 | 92–107 |
| Södertälje | 188–178 | Éveil Monceau | 100–84 | 88–94 |

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Partizani Tirana | 165–192 | Caen | 91–97 | 74–95 |
| Soproni MAFC | 172–181 | Kvarner | 94–93 | 78–88 |
| Olympiacos | 139–150 | Sinudyne Bologna | 78–72 | 61–78 |
| Levski-Spartak | 158–181 | Steaua București | 83–74 | 75–107 |
| Viganello | 166–219 | FC Barcelona | 82–93 | 84–126 |
| Falcon Jeans EBBC | 176–156 | Slavia VŠ Praha | 98–73 | 78–83 |
| Södertälje | 168–161 | Wisła Kraków | 88–92 | 80–69 |

### Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

* Gabetti Cantù (title holder)

## Quarterfinals

Key to colors :
* Top two places in each group advance to semifinals
| Group A CAN CAE EBBC KVA CAN * 89-82 87-75 92-67 CAE 101-91 * 98-87 92-79 EBBC 87-89 89-91 * 99-85 KVA 74-81 100-93 65-78 * TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Gabetti Cantù 61151529486+43 2. Caen 61042557535+22 3. Falcon Jeans EBBC 68245155150 4. Kvarner 6715470535-65 | Group B SIN FCB STE SÖD SIN * 89-72 99-76 92-90 FCB 94-86 * 124-86 98-73 STE 110-101 101-100 * 95-84 SÖD 73-83 90-77 83-82 * TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Sinudyne Bologna 61042550515+35 2. FC Barcelona 6933565525+40 3. Steaua București 6933550591-41 4. Södertälje 6824493527-34 |

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sinudyne Bologna | 178–164 | Caen | 98–78 | 80–86 |
| FC Barcelona | 167–184 | Gabetti Cantù | 90–87 | 77–97 |

## Final

March 29, PalaLido, Milan
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Gabetti Cantù | 84–82 | Sinudyne Bologna |
* 1977–78 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
* Gabetti Cantù 2nd title