Champions
Cup 1977-78
(From 13-10-1977 to 6-04-1978)
COMPETITION SYSTEM
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19 teams (domestic champions plus title holder) enter
a 1/4 Final stage, divided
into five groups playing a round-robin (the title holder is
bye from this round). The final standing is based on individual
wins and defeats. In case of a tie between two or more teams
after this group stage, the following criteria is 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.
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The five group winners of the 1/4 Final stage, together
with the title holder, access a 1/2 Final stage, played as a
single group under the same round-robin system. · The winner and runner-up of the 1/2 Final round qualify for the final, played at a predetermined venue. |
1/4 FINAL GROUP STAGE |
GROUP A |
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Competition Day 1 (13-10-1977) / Competition Day 4 (3-11-1977) |
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SP Federale [Lugano] (SWI) - CS Dinamo Bucureşti (ROM) |
96-99 (51-51) |
116-80 (60-34) |
Competition Day 2 (20-10-1977) / Competition Day 5 (17-11-1977) |
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Mobilgirgi Pallacanestro Varese (ITA) - SP Federale |
101-74 (49-40) |
99-118 (39-57) |
Competition Day 3 (27-10-1977) / Competition Day 6 (24-11-1977) |
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CS Dinamo Bucureşti - Mobilgirgi Pallacanestro Varese |
68-80 (42-41) |
89-81 (47-33) |
* Games played a day before the reference date for each competition day. |
FINAL STANDING |
P |
W |
L |
F |
A |
Pts. |
1. Mobilgirgi Palla. Varese |
4 |
4 |
0 |
388 |
322 |
8 |
2. CS Dinamo Bucureşti |
4 |
2 |
2 |
364 |
345 |
6 |
3. SP Federale |
4 |
0 |
4 |
349 |
434 |
4 |
GROUP B |
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Competition Day 1 (13-10-1977) / Competition Day 4 (3-11-1977) |
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Real Madrid CF (SPA) - GC Figueirense [Figueira da Foz] (POR) |
128-75 (66-49) |
71-127 (31-70) |
BBC T71 [Dudelange] (LUX) - TuS 04 Leverkusen (FRG) |
78-87 (41-65) |
97-71 (45-29) |
Competition Day 2 (20-10-1977) / Competition Day 5 (17-11-1977) |
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GC Figueirense - TuS 04 Leverkusen |
77-98 (40-54) |
112-75 (57-28) |
Real Madrid CF - BBC T71 |
118-60 (56-23) |
63-94 (28-47) |
Competition Day 3 (27-10-1977) / Competition Day 6 (24-11-1977) |
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BBC T71 - GC Figueirense |
96-87 (44-43) |
69-65 (35-30) |
TuS 04 Leverkusen - Real Madrid CF |
97-120 (31-59) (*) |
116-70 (58-42) |
* Games played a day before the reference date for each competition day. |
FINAL STANDING |
P |
W |
L |
F |
A |
Pts. |
1. Real Madrid CF |
6 |
6 |
0 |
703 |
436 |
12 |
2. TuS 04 Leverkusen |
6 |
4 |
2 |
561 |
537 |
10 |
3. BBC T71 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
433 |
552 |
7 |
4. GC Figueirense |
6 |
1 |
5 |
454 |
626 |
7 |
GROUP C |
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Competition Day 1 (13-10-1977) / Competition Day 4 (3-11-1977) |
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Sutton & Crystal Palace BC (ENG) - CSKA [Sofija] (BUL) |
80-84 (35-53) |
87-86 (45-41) |
Competition Day 2 (20-10-1977) / Competition Day 5 (17-11-1977) |
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ASVEL Basket [Villeurbanne] (FRA) - Sutton & Crystal Palace BC |
114-73 (52-26) |
80-97 (45-51) |
Competition Day 3 (27-10-1977) / Competition Day 6 (24-11-1977) |
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CSKA [Sofija] - ASVEL Basket |
75-66 (34-37) |
99-71 (50-32) |
* Games played a day before the reference date for each competition day. |
FINAL STANDING |
P |
W |
L |
F |
A |
Pts. |
1. ASVEL Basket |
4 |
3 |
1 |
376 |
299 |
7 |
2. CSKA [Sofija] |
4 |
3 |
1 |
317 |
331 |
7 |
3. Sutton & Crystal Palace BC |
4 |
0 |
4 |
319 |
382 |
4 |
GROUP D |
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Competition Day 1 (13-10-1977) / Competition Day 4 (3-11-1977) |
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Eczacıbaşı SK [İstanbul] (TUR) - TJ Zbrojovka Brno (CZE) |
98-90 (48-39) |
86-64 (44-24) |
UBSC Shopping Centre Wien (AUT) - Alvik BK [Stockholm] (SWE) |
107-94 (61-46) |
92-91 (48-43) |
Competition Day 2 (20-10-1977) / Competition Day 5 (17-11-1977) |
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TJ Zbrojovka Brno - Alvik BK |
110-98 (58-46) |
88-73 (41-46) |
Eczacıbaşı SK - UBSC Shopping Centre Wien |
107-98 (58-46) |
68-77 (32-32) |
Competition Day 3 (27-10-1977) / Competition Day 6 (24-11-1977) |
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UBSC Shopping Centre Wien - TJ Zbrojovka Brno |
107-116 (53-52) |
110-102 (58-42) |
Alvik BK - Eczacıbaşı SK |
74-73 (36-33) |
85-95 (43-48) |
* Games played a day before the reference date for each competition day. |
FINAL STANDING |
P |
W |
L |
F |
A |
Pts. |
1. Alvik BK |
6 |
4 |
2 |
541 |
539 |
10 |
2. TJ Zbrojovka Brno |
6 |
4 |
2 |
585 |
557 |
10 |
3. Eczacıbaşı SK |
6 |
3 |
3 |
504 |
511 |
9 |
4. UBSC Shopping Centre Wien |
6 |
1 |
5 |
573 |
596 |
7 |
GROUP E |
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Competition Day 1 (13-10-1977) / Competition Day 4 (3-11-1977) |
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KK Jugoplastika Split (YUG) - Budapesti Honvéd SE (HUN) |
103-89 (47-51) (*) |
94-102 (45-48) |
Panathinaïkós AO [Athína] (GRE) - WKS Śląsk Wrocław (POL) |
73-71 (38-32) |
88-96 (46-51) |
Competition Day 2 (20-10-1977) / Competition Day 5 (17-11-1977) |
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Budapesti Honvéd SE - WKS Śląsk Wrocław |
106-93 (46-49) |
88-86 (39-46) |
KK Jugoplastika Split - Panathinaïkós AO |
102-74 (58-36) |
95-82 (49-43) |
Competition Day 3 (27-10-1977) / Competition Day 6 (24-11-1977) |
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Panathinaïkós AO - Budapesti Honvéd SE |
87-75 (39-38) |
93-103 (50-54) |
WKS Śląsk Wrocław - KK Jugoplastika Split |
85-91 (51-48) |
99-83 (48-39) |
* Games played a day before the reference date for each competition day. |
FINAL STANDING |
P |
W |
L |
F |
A |
Pts. |
1. KK Jugoplastika Split |
6 |
5 |
1 |
579 |
520 |
11 |
2. Panathinaïkós AO |
6 |
5 |
1 |
528 |
511 |
11 |
3. Budapesti Honvéd SE |
6 |
1 |
5 |
543 |
576 |
7 |
4. WKS Śląsk Wrocław |
6 |
1 |
5 |
508 |
551 |
7 |
BYE: Maccabi Elite SC [Tel-Aviv] (ISR) [title holder]. |
1/2 FINAL GROUP STAGE |
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Competition Day 1 (8-12-1977) / Competition Day 6 (9-02-1978) |
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ASVEL Basket - Mobilgirgi Pallacanestro Varese |
77-90 (41-39) |
87-79 (55-36) (*) |
KK Jugoplastika Split - Maccabi Elite SC |
112-111 (46-57) |
94-74 (46-40) |
Alvik BK - Real Madrid CF |
89-119 (45-55) |
143-94 (70-46) |
Competition Day 2 (15-12-1977) / Competition Day 7 (16-02-1978) |
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Mobilgirgi Pallacanestro Varese - Maccabi Elite SC |
91-78 (50-36) (*) |
91-80 (43-40) (*) |
Alvik BK - ASVEL Basket |
83-85 (46-40) |
106-85 (59-43) |
Real Madrid CF - KK Jugoplastika Split |
116-77 (54-38) |
72-77 (41-35) |
Competition Day 3 (12-01-1978) / Competition Day 8 (2-03-1978) |
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Mobilgirgi Pallacanestro Varese - Alvik BK |
105-85 (48-40) (*) |
79-95 (36-49) |
Maccabi Elite SC - Real Madrid CF |
101-92 (46-39) |
98-77 (46-34) |
KK Jugoplastika Split - ASVEL Basket |
89-85 (48-44) |
112-82 (53-44) |
Competition Day 4 (19-01-1978) / Competition Day 9 (9-03-1978) |
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Real Madrid CF - Mobilgirgi Pallacanestro Varese |
91-87 (46-46) |
87-72 (38-33) |
KK Jugoplastika Split - Alvik BK |
105-94 (46-53) |
100-87 (51-55) |
Maccabi Elite SC - ASVEL Basket |
90-80 (46-39) |
99-88 (59-48) |
Competition Day 5 (26-01-1978) / Competition Day 10 (16-03-1978) |
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Mobilgirgi Pallacanestro Varese - KK Jugoplastika Split |
79-83 (45-42) (*) |
117-95 (58-46) |
Real Madrid CF - ASVEL Basket |
119-84 (58-48) |
106-90 (47-42) (a) |
Alvik BK - Maccabi Elite SC |
83-93 (43-44) |
96-88 (65-44) |
* Games played a day before the reference date for each competition day. (a) Game played on 22-03-1978. |
FINAL STANDING |
P |
W |
L |
F |
A |
Pts. |
1. Real Madrid CF |
10 |
7 |
3 |
1017 |
874 |
17 |
2. Mobilgirgi Palla. Varese |
10 |
6 |
4 |
896 |
852 |
16 |
3. Maccabi Elite SC |
10 |
6 |
4 |
919 |
897 |
16 |
4. ASVEL Basket |
10 |
5 |
5 |
913 |
903 |
15 |
5. KK Jugoplastika Split |
10 |
5 |
5 |
898 |
963 |
15 |
6. Alvik BK |
10 |
1 |
9 |
880 |
1034 |
11 |
FINAL |
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VENUE: Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle (München) DATE: 6-04-1978 (20:30 h) ATTENDANCE: 5.000 REFEREES: Artenik Arabadjan (BUL), Milan Jahoda (CZE) FOULED OUT: Walter (28’), Brabender (40’), Coughran (40’) TOP SCORER: Walter Szczerbiak (26) 2P: RMD (32/65) / MOB (26/67); 1P: RMD (11/14) / MOB (15/18); PF: RMD (23) / MOB (18) |
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Real Madrid CF - Mobilgirgi Pallacanestro Varese |
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75-67 (40-41) |
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Real Madrid CF (coach: Lolo Sáinz) Juan Antonio Corbalán (2) Wayne Brabender (16) Walter Szczerbiak (26) John Coughran (10) Rafael Rullán (10) |
Mobilgirgi Varese (coach: Nico Messina) Aldo Ossola (2) Charlie Yelverton (24) Marino Zanatta (4) Bob Morse (12) Dino Meneghin (23) |
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Carmelo Cabrera (9) Luis María Prada (2) Juan Manuel López Iturriaga (-) |
Ivan Bisson (2) |
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RESUMEN (SUMMARY) Victoria merecida y justa del Real Madrid sobre la Mobilgirgi, basada en una fuerte defensa individual y una sabia dirección de partido de la mano de Carmelo Cabrera, “el mago” de Las Palmas. La escuadra italiana, muy errática durante todo el partido, no tuvo argumentos para contrarrestar el brillante juego madridista, y finalmente tuvo que ceder el cetro continental al campeón español, que lograba superar a la Mobilgirgi como Rey de Europa (seis títulos para los blancos y cinco para los varesinos).
El Real Madrid tuvo un comienzo arrollador (18-8, min. 7), gracias a un excelente trabajo defensivo que obligaba a Morse y Zanatta a realizar lanzamientos forzados y permitía recuperaciones de balón que se transformaban en rápidos contraataques. Sin embargo, los varesinos se rehicieron y le dieron la vuelta al partido con un espectacular parcial de 2-18 (20-26, min. 14). Tras alcanzar la Mobilgirgi una máxima ventaja de ocho puntos (30-38), Lolo Sáinz decidió sentar a Corbalán, que no estaba teniendo su día, y sacó a la pista a Cabrera. El base canario dio una mayor fluidez al juego del Real Madrid y encontró una conexión perfecta con Walter, quien comenzó a martillear el aro italiano. Al descanso se llegó con mínima ventaja de la Mobilgirgi (40-41).
En la reanudación se produjo la eclosión definitiva de Carmelo Cabrera, a lo que se unió el dominio en la zona de Rafa Rullán, la labor anotadora de Wayne Brabender y una gran intensidad defensiva de todo el Real Madrid. La escuadra italiana fue incapaz de contrarrestar el gran juego madridista, en gran parte debido al colapso total de Bob Morse, que no anotó un solo punto en toda la segunda mitad. El conjunto blanco —siempre con defensa individual— sabía atacar con paciencia la zona 2-3 de la Girgi hasta encontrar una buena posición de tiro. De esta forma, el Real Madrid comenzó a dispararse de nuevo en el marcador (60-51, min. 30), pese a perder por personales a su más certero tirador (Walter, autor de 26 puntos, con una magnífica serie de 13 de 19). El desesperado pressing de la Mobilgirgi resultó inútil ante un equipo que supo jugar con cabeza los instantes finales y que, dentro ya del último minuto, alcanzó una máxima diferencia de doce puntos (75-63). En medio de las celebraciones finales de los madridistas, Clifford Luyk y Vicente Ramos (que se retiran al final de la temporada) fueron izados en hombros por sus compañeros y homenajeados por los aficionados blancos. |
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ROSTERS (FINALISTS) (Numbers in blue indicate the 10 players registered for the final) |
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Real Madrid CF |
Mobilgirgi Pallacanestro Varese |
4. Wayne Donald Brabender Cole (F) (16-10-1945) 5. Vicente Ramos Cecilio (PG) (18-03-1947) 6. Cristóbal Rodríguez Hernández (PF) (5-07-1949) 7. Carmelo Cabrera Domínguez (PG) (6-01-1950) 8. Samuel
Puente Delso (F) (26-07-1956) 9. Luis María Prada del Estal (PF) (21-05-1953) 10. Walter Szczerbiak (F) (21-08-1949) 11. Juan Antonio Corbalán Alfocea (PG) (3-08-1954) 12. Rafael Rullán Ribera (C) (8-01-1952) 13. Clifford Bruce Luyk Diem (PF) (28-06-1941) 14. Juan Manuel
López Iturriaga (F) (4-02-1959) 15. John Douglas
Coughran
(PF) (12-09-1951) Fernando Romay Pereiro (C) (23-09-1959) Joseba Gaztañaga Longo (F) (22-07-1960) COACH: Manuel
“Lolo” Sáinz
Márquez (28-08-1940) |
4. Edoardo “Dodo”
Rusconi
(PG) 5. Fabio Colombo (PG) 6. Antonio Campiglio (PG) 7. Carlo
Rossetti
(F) 8. Marino
Zanatta
(F) 9. Bob Morse (F) 10. Aldo Ossola
(PG) 11. Dino Meneghin
(C) 12. Stefano
Bechini
(F) 13.
Enzo Pozzati
(C) 14. Ivan
Bisson
(PF) 15. Charlie Yelverton (F) Riccardo
Caneva
(F) Marco
Dellacà
(F) Diego
Tosarini
(XX) COACH: Nicola “Nico” Messina
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