1976–77 FIBA European Champions Cup
LeagueFIBA European Champions Cup
SportBasketball
Final
ChampionsIsrael Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
  Runners-upItaly Mobilgirgi Varese

The 1976–77 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 20th edition of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Pionir Hall, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, on April 7, 1977. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv defeated Mobilgirgi Varese, by a score of 78–77. This year saw a competition system change, as FIBA opted to replace classic knock-out round qualifications with a group stage.

Competition system

  • 24 teams (European national domestic league champions, plus the then current title holders), playing in a tournament system, entered a Quarterfinals group stage, divided into six groups that played a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group
  • The 6 group winners of the Quarterfinal Group Stage advanced to the Semifinal Group Stage, which was played as a single group under the same round-robin rules.
  • The group winner and the runner-up of the Semifinal Group Stage qualified for the final, which was played at a predetermined venue.

Quarterfinals group stage

Key to colors
     Top place in each group advance to Semifinal group stage

Group A

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Italy Mobilgirgi Varese 61151539458+81
2.West Germany TuS 04 Leverkusen 61042558489+69
3.Turkey Eczacıbaşı 6933484528-44
4.Luxembourg T71 Sanichaufer 6606402508-106

Group B

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Spain Real Madrid 61260763499+264
2.England Sutton & Crystal Palace 6933568596-28
3.Switzerland Federale 6933639652-13
4.Portugal Sporting 6606517740-223

Group C

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 61260700487+213
2.Sweden Alvik 6933539569-30
3.Finland Playhonka 6824472556-85
4.Poland Wisła Kraków 6715495594-99

Group D

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Belgium Maes Pils 61151445393+52
2.France ASPO Tours 6933553540+13
3.Austria Shopping Centre Wien 6824523534-11
4.Netherlands Kinzo Amstelveen 6824488542-54

Group E

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 61151542470+72
2.Italy Sinudyne Bologna 6933496482+14
3.Romania Dinamo București 6824505509-4
4.Greece Olympiacos 6824449531-82

Group F

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Czechoslovakia Spartak-Zbrojovka Brno 4731372334+138
2.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 4622400376+24
3.Bulgaria Academic 4513336398-62
4.Egypt Al-Gezira* 0000000

*Egyptian team Al-Gezira from Cairo was drawn into this group, but withdrew from the competition.

Semifinals group stage

Key to colors
     Top two advance to Final
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Italy Mobilgirgi Varese 101773871788+83
2.Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 101664698699-1
3.Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 101664869788+81
4.Spain Real Madrid 101664998936+62
5.Belgium Maes Pils 101555743839-96
6.Czechoslovakia Spartak-Zbrojovka Brno 1010010740869-129

Final

April 7, Pionir Hall, Belgrade

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Mobilgirgi Varese Italy 77–78 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv


1976–77 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions
Israel
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
1st Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

References

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