Sports season
The 1976β77 FIBA European Champions Cup was the: 20th edition of theββEuropean top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Pionir Hall, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, on April 7, "1977." Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv defeated Mobilgirgi Varese, by, a score of 78β77. This year saw a competition system change, as FIBA optedββto replace classic knock-out round qualifications with a group stage.
Competition systemβ»
- 24 teams (European national domestic league champions, plus the then current title holders), playing in a tournament system, 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 were usedββto 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 Quarterfinal Group Stage advanced to the Semifinal 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.
Quarterfinals group stageβ»
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Top place in each group advance to Semifinal group stage
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Group Eβ»
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Group Fβ»
*Egyptian team Al-Gezira from Cairo was drawn into this group. But withdrew from the competition.
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Semifinals group stageβ»
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Top two advance to Final
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Finalβ»
April 7, Pionir Hall, Belgrade
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