1977–78 FIBA European Champions Cup

1977–78 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Real Madrid
Runners-up	Mobilgirgi Varese
FIBA European Champions Cup seasons
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 21st season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Olympiahalle, in Munich, West Germany, on April 6, 1978. Real Madrid defeated Mobilgirgi Varese, by a result of 75–67; both teams qualified for 1978 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Competition system

19 teams total (European national domestic league champions, plus the then current title holders), playing in a tournament system. 18 teams (domestic champions) entered a Quarterfinals group stage, divided into five groups and 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 5 group winners of the quarterfinals group stage, together with the title holders, 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 semifinal group stage qualified for the final, which was played at a predetermined venue.

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

Key to colors
	Top two places in the group advance to Final. Qualified for 1978 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid	75–67	Mobilgirgi Varese

1977–78 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
Real Madrid 6th Title

v t e Real Madrid 1977–78 FIBA European Champions Cup champions
Brabender Szczerbiak Luyk Corbalán Rullán Romay Coughran Iturriaga Ramos Cabrera Rodríguez Prada Puente Gaztañaga Coach Sainz

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 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024

General information
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Awards	EuroLeague Awards FIBA SuproLeague Awards FIBA All-Star Games FIBA EuroStars All-Final Four Team EuroLeague MVP Final Four MVP EuroLeague Legends 50 Greatest Contributors 2000–10 All-Decade Team 2010–20 All-Decade Team
Statistics	Finals Final Four Arenas Team records and statistics EuroLeague records Final Four records Season stats leaders Individual highs Performance Index Rating Career stats leaders Rosters of finalists European club pyramid European club rankings