In 1988, the Cup Winners’ Cup final was played in Grenoble, where Limoges beat a Joventut team with a lot of effort and after some extra time, they were eliminated. The French beat them in the end by (96-89), with the Black Greens scoring only 3 points in the extra five minutes
In 1986 the Korac was an Italian thing. It was a very evenly matched final, where Roma won both games by a narrow margin, where the chorus of the Romans overcame the attack of a more ill-advised Oscar Schmidt
In 1985, the Cup Winners’ Cup final was held in Grenoble between Barcelona and Zalgiris Kaunas, where the Blaugranas, after losing three continental finals in the past, won their first title after beating the Lithuanians (77-73). Sibilio and Epi managed to minimize Rimas Kurtinaitis’ big game
