1975–76 FIBA European Champions Cup

1975–76 FIBA European Champions Cup
1975–76 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Mobilgirgi Varese
Runners-up	Real Madrid
FIBA European Champions Cup seasons
	← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 19th edition of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Patinoire des Vernets, in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 1, 1976. In a third consecutive final for these two teams, Mobilgirgi Varese defeated Real Madrid, by a result of 81–74.

Competition system

23 teams. European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only, playing in a tournament system. The Final was a single game, played on a neutral court.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Beşiktaş	151–173	Federale	90–70	61–103
Al-Zamalek	133–167	Academic	69–74	64–93
Resovia Rzeszów	185–137	Jalaa	109–67	76–70
Alvik	134–135	Turun NMKY	76–67	58–68

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ÍR	0–4*	Real Madrid	0–2	0–2
T71 Dudelange	123–207	Birra Forst Cantù	76–97	47–110
Federale	162–158	Dukla Olomouc	91–73	71–85
Gießen 46ers	158–159	Academic	89–75	69–84
Resovia Rzeszów	156–164	Sefra Wien	83–88	73–76
Embassy All-Stars	153–207	Transol RZ	87–90	66–117
Panathinaikos	151–156	Turun NMKY	96–78	55–78

*While they were eligible as the national champions to do so, ÍR never intended to participate in the tournament due to high costs involved and thus didn't register for it nor pay the participation fees. A letter by the Icelandic Basketball Association which informed FIBA on which Icelandic teams where eligible to participate in official FIBA tournaments was mistakenly taken as a confirmation of their participation.^[1]^[2] Due to the mistake, Real Madrid went through with a walkover.

Automatically qualified to the group stage

Quarterfinals group stage

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

Key to colors
	Top two places in each group advance to Semifinals

Group A

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Mobilgirgi Varese	5	10	5	0	886	729	+157
2.	ASVEL	5	9	4	1	783	764	+19
3.	Maes Pils	5	8	3	2	847	780	+67
4.	Academic	5	6	1	4	813	871	-58
5.	Turun NMKY	5	6	1	4	784	913	-129
6.	Zadar	5	6	1	4	817	873	-56

Group B

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Real Madrid	5	10	5	0	1070	869	+201
2.	Birra Forst Cantù	5	9	4	1	960	849	+111
3.	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	5	8	3	2	894	905	-11
4.	Sefra Wien	5	7	2	3	833	839	-6
5.	Transol RZ	5	6	1	4	855	1025	-170
6.	Federale	5	5	0	5	859	984	-125

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mobilgirgi Varese	173–155	Birra Forst Cantù	95–85	78–70
Real Madrid	212–178	ASVEL	113–77	99–101

Final

April 1, Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Mobilgirgi Varese	81–74	Real Madrid

1975–76 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
Mobilgirgi Varese 5th Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

Bob Morse ( Ignis Varese)

References

^ "ÍR tilkynnti aldrei þáttöku". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 18 September 1975. p. 34. Retrieved 10 July 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
^ "Þruma úr heiðskíru lofti". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 20 September 1979. p. 11. Retrieved 10 July 2022 – via Tímarit.is.

External links

[1] "ÍR tilkynnti aldrei þáttöku". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 18 September 1975. p. 34. Retrieved 10 July 2022 – via Tímarit.is.

[2] "Þruma úr heiðskíru lofti". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 20 September 1979. p. 11. Retrieved 10 July 2022 – via Tímarit.is.

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