1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Cinzano Milano
Runners-up	Tours

The 1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup was the tenth edition of FIBA's competition for European basketball national 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 defeated French club Tours in the final held in Turin.

Participants

Country Teams Clubs Albania 1 Partizani Tirana Austria 1 Soma Wien Belgium 1 Bus Fruit Lier Bulgaria 1 CSKA Sofia Czechoslovakia 1 Slavia VŠ Praha Egypt 1 Union Récréation Alexandria England 1 Sutton & Crystal Palace Finland 1 Honka Playboys France 1 Tours Greece 1 Olympiacos Iceland 1 ÁR Israel 1 Hapoel Gvat/Yagur Italy 1 Cinzano Milano Spain 1 Estudiantes Monteverde Sweden 1 Solna Switzerland 1 Fribourg Olympic Syria 1 Al-Wahda Turkey 1 Galatasaray West Germany 1 Hagen Yugoslavia 1 Rabotnički

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Partizani Tirana	4–0*	Union Récréation Alexandria	2–0	2–0
Sutton & Crystal Palace	140–130	Bus Fruit Lier	73–71	67–59
ÁR	146–195	Honka Playboys	65–88	81–107
Al-Wahda	0–4**	Slavia VŠ Praha	0–2	0–2
Olympiacos	162–145	Hapoel Gvat/Yagur	89–63	73–82
Fribourg Olympic	142–153	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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Solna	152–167	Cinzano Milano	71–65	81–102
Partizani Tirana	159–181	Tours	83–80	76–101
Galatasaray	151–160	Sutton & Crystal Palace	91–77	60–83
Honka Playboys	151–168	Estudiantes Monteverde	80–90	71–78
Hagen	162–151	Slavia VŠ Praha	84–75	78-76
Olympiacos	142–125	Soma Wien	77–49	65–76

Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

• Rabotnički
• CSKA Sofia

Quarter finals

The quarter finals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.

Group A Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Rabotnički 3 5 2 1 552 537 +15 2. Tours 3 5 2 1 546 523 +23 3. CSKA Sofia 3 4 1 2 534 555 -21 4. Olympiacos 3 4 1 2 492 509 -17

Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Estudiantes Monteverde 3 6 3 0 576 507 +69 2. Cinzano Milano 3 5 2 1 543 513 +30 3. Sutton & Crystal Palace 3 4 1 2 498 526 -28 4. Hagen 3 3 0 3 494 565 -71

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tours	178–173	Estudiantes Monteverde	106–81	72–93
Cinzano Milano	179–171	Rabotnički	90–67	89–104

Final

March 17, Palasport "Parco Ruffini", Turin

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cinzano Milano	88–83	Tours

1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Champions
Cinzano Milano 3rd title

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