1975–76_FIBA_European_Champions_Cup
1975–76 FIBA European Champions Cup
Sports season
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.
| 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 | |
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.
| 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 |
| 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
Mobilgirgi Varese (title holder)
Zadar
ASVEL
Maes Pils
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
The quarterfinals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.
| Top two places in each group advance to Semifinals |
Group A
|
Group B
|
| 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 |
April 1, Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva
| 1975–76 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions |
|---|
| Mobilgirgi Varese 5th Title |
FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer
- "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.
