1978–79 FIBA European Champions Cup

1978–79 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Bosna
Runners-up	Emerson Varese

The 1978–79 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 22nd season of the FIBA European Champions Cup club competition (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Palais des Sports in Grenoble, France on April 5, 1979. Bosna defeated Emerson Varese, by a result of 96–93. This final was a last in impressive line of ten consecutive finals for Varese, and is also notable for Bosna's Žarko Varajić scoring 45 points, a still active record for the number of most points scored in a single EuroLeague Finals game.

Competition system

22 teams (European national domestic league champions, plus the then current title holders) 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 was 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 Quarterfinals group stage advanced to the Semifinals group stage, which was played as a single group under the same round-robin rules.
The group winner and the runner-up of the Semifinals 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

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Real Madrid	6	12	6	0	683	443	+240
2.	Honvéd	6	10	4	2	586	576	+10
3.	Klosterneuburg	6	7	1	5	476	531	-55
4.	Al-Zamalek	6	7	1	5	446	641	-195

Group B

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Emerson Varese	4	8	4	0	455	303	+152
2.	Amicale	4	6	2	2	325	407	-82
3.	Sporting	4	4	0	4	340	410	-70

Group C

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Maccabi Elite	4	7	3	1	376	299	+77
2.	Fresh Air	4	7	3	1	317	331	-14
3.	Eczacıbaşı	4	4	0	4	319	382	-63

Group D

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Olympiacos	6	10	4	2	522	431	+91
2.	Moderne	6	10	4	2	515	438	+77
3.	Wybrzeże Gdańsk	6	10	4	2	540	545	-5
4.	Jalaa	6	7	0	6	431	584	-153

Group E

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Bosna	6	11	5	1	573	419	+154
2.	Zbrojovka Brno	6	10	4	2	594	495	+99
3.	Partizani Tirana	6	9	3	3	574	473	+101
4.	AEL	6	6	0	6	323	677	-354

Group F

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Joventut Freixenet	6	11	5	1	598	508	+90
2.	Parker Leiden	6	11	5	1	596	525	+71
3.	Södertälje	6	8	2	4	479	544	-65
4.	Sutton & Crystal Palace	6	6	0	6	499	595	-96

Semifinals group stage

Key to colors
	Top two places in the group advance to Final

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Emerson Varese	10	17	7	3	819	763	+56
2.	Bosna	10	17	7	3	894	895	-1
3.	Maccabi Elite	10	16	6	4	839	779	+60
4.	Real Madrid	10	16	6	4	976	910	+66
5.	Joventut Freixenet	10	13	3	7	860	892	-32
6.	Olympiacos	10	11	1	9	747	896	-149

Final

April 5, Palais des Sports, Grenoble

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Emerson Varese	93–96	Bosna

1978–79 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
Bosna 1st Title

References

External links

Champions Cup 1978–79

Bosna 1978–79 Euroleague Champions

Delibašić Varajić Pešić Radovanović Benaček Bilalović Hadžić Bosiočić Đogić Vučević Izić Zrno Coach Tanjević

FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague

FIBA European Champions Cup era, 1958–2001

Seasons	1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01

Finals	1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Euroleague Basketball era, 2000–present

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

General information

History	Euroleague Basketball Tournament history EuroLeague American Tour EuroLeague TV NBA vs. EuroLeague Next Generation Tournament

Awards	EuroLeague Basketball Awards FIBA SuproLeague Awards FIBA All-Star Games FIBA EuroStars All-Final Four Team Final Four MVP EuroLeague Legends 50 Greatest Contributors 2001–10 All-Decade Team

Statistics	Finals Final Four Arenas Team records and statistics EuroLeague records Final Four records Individual statistics Individual highs Performance Index Rating Career stats leaders Rosters of finalists EuroLeague clubs performance comparison European club pyramid National league rankings

Book
Category
Multimedia

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/13/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.