1986–87 Ronchetti Cup

Last updated July 11, 2022

The 1986–87 Ronchetti Cup ^[1] was the 16th edition of FIBA's second-tier competition for European women's basketball clubs. It was contested by 32 clubs from 14 countries, seven more than in the previous edition, and ran from 1 October 1986 to 11 March 1987. The final was played in France, in the Alsacian town of Wittenheim,^[2] and confronted 18-times European champion Daugava Riga and Italian vice-champion Deborah Milano. The former won 87–80, thus becoming the fifth Soviet club to win the competition.^[3] Iskra Ljubljana and VŠ Prague also reached the semifinals.

First qualifying round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Željezničar Sarajevo	185–99	AOP Falirou	99–47	86–52
Trogylos Libertas Priolo	260–110	Maccabi Ramat Gan	142–50	118–60
Bayer Wuppertal	125–126	Villeurbanne	56–68	69–58
Apollon Kalamarias	102–200	Minyor Pernik	58–96	44–104
UBC Wells	107–209	Monfferandaise	54–96	53–113
Sampo Lahti	110–164	Lokomotiva Košice	58–91	52–73
Black Star Mersch	80–251	Sabor d'abans Tortosa	45–131	35–120
Astarac Mirande	164–113	Panathinaikos	91–56	73–57
Espérants Wasserbilig	97–130	UBL Wien	50–71	47–59
Megas Alexandros	79–205	Kecskeméti	39–101	40–104

Second qualifying round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Fellisatti Ferrara	147–138	Željezničar Sarajevo	77–70	70–68
Kremikovtsi	148–138	Libertas Trogylos Priolo	87–63	61–75
Deborah Milano	164–111	Villeurbanne	84–55	80–56
Minyor Pernik	156–138	MTK Budapest	80–60	76–78
VŠ Prague	167–108	Monfferandaise	93–61	74–47
Lokomotiva Košice	153–158	Jedinstvo Tuzla	63–76	90–82
Sabor d'abans Tortosa	170–131	Paris Racing	83–65	87–66
Iskra Ljubljana	164–124	Astarac Mirande	94–53	70–71
Sidis Ancona	175–84	UBL Wien	81–44	94–40
Kecskeméti	153–165	Lokomotiv Sofia	84–85	69–80

Group stage

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1.	Daugava Riga	4	4	0	323	260
2.	Felisatti Ferrara	4	1	3	301	297
3.	Kremikovtsi	4	1	3	252	319

Grup B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1.	Deborah Milano	4	4	0	354	261
2.	Tungsram Budapest	4	2	2	281	280
3.	Minyor Pernik	4	0	4	253	347

Grup C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1.	VŠ Prague	4	3	1	330	278
2.	Jedinstvo Tuzla	4	2	2	283	302
3.	Sabor d'abans Tortosa	4	1	3	253	347

Grup D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
1.	Iskra Ljubljana	4	3	1	321	297
2.	Sidis Ancona	4	3	1	322	297
3.	Lokomotiv Sofia	4	0	4	277	326

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st	2nd
Daugava Riga	145–135	Iskra Ljubljana	73–54	72–81
Deborah Milano	167–135	VŠ Prague	96–65	71–70

Final

Team #1		Team #2
Daugava Riga	87–80	Deborah Milano

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References

↑ 1986–87 Ronchetti Cup
↑ Results in todor66.com
↑ List of finals in FIBA Europe's website

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[1] 1986–87 Ronchetti Cup

[2] Results in todor66.com

[3] List of finals in FIBA Europe's website

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