1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

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1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
League
Simmenthal Milano
  Runners-upSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons

The 1971–72

FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the sixth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 4 November 1971, to 21 March 1972. It was contested by 21 teams, five less than in the previous edition, and it marked a reform in the competition's format; a 6-team group stage was introduced, replacing the quarterfinals.[1]

Defending champion,

Yugoslav League
teams, with the same outcome.

Participants

First round

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spartak ZJŠ Brno Czechoslovakia
 224–150 Luxembourg Arantia Larochette 111–65 113–85
Fides Napoli Italy
 164–120
Mainz
 82–49 82–71
Juventud Schweppes Spain
 4–0*
Partizani Tirana
 2–0 2–0
Sutton & Crystal Palace England
 171–118 Denmark Gladsaxe 83–68 88–50
Maccabi Haifa Israel 158–200 France Denain Voltaire 82–109 76–91
Racing Bell Mechelen Belgium 190–144 Portugal Coimbra 113–71 77–73
Ghouta Syria 0–4* Bulgaria Levski-Spartak 0–2 0–2
AEK Greece 139–111 Turkey Beşiktaş 72–45 67–66
Handelsministerium Austria
 4–0*
Fiat Stars
 2–0 2–0
Crvena zvezda Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 196–139 Finland Helsingin Kisa-Toverit 95–62 101–77

*

Partizani Tirana (for political reasons), Ghouta and Blue Stars Amsterdam
all withdrew before the first leg, and their rivals received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

Second round

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spartak ZJŠ Brno Czechoslovakia
 151–168
Fides Napoli
 69–76 82–92
Juventud Schweppes Spain
 217–107
Sutton & Crystal Palace
 120–62 97–45
Denain Voltaire France 146–158 Belgium Racing Bell Mechelen 74–68 72–90
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria 170–184 Greece AEK 103–69 67–115
Handelsministerium Austria
 158–205 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda 90–97 68–108
Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals group stage
  • Simmenthal Milano
    (title holder)

Quarterfinals

The quarter finals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.

Key to colors
     Top two places in each group advance to semifinals

Group A

1st leg 2nd leg Agg
Fides Napoli – Belgium Racing Bell Mechelen
 97-82 77-90 177-172
Fides Napoli
 83-69 66-92 149-161
Juventud Schweppes
 96-77 57-77 153-154
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1.
Fides Napoli
 2 4 2 0 335 321 +14
2.
Juventud Schweppes
 2 3 1 1 303 314 -11
3. Belgium Racing Bell Mechelen 2 2 0 2 325 328 -3

Group B

1st leg 2nd leg Agg
Simmenthal Milano
 57-84 76-117 133-201
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda – Greece AEK 100-63 76-100 176-163
Simmenthal Milano – Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda
 86-62 58-84 144-146
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda 2 4 2 0 322 307 +15
2.
Simmenthal Milano
 2 3 1 1 345 279 +66
3. Greece AEK 2 2 0 2 296 377 -81

Semifinals

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fides Napoli Italy
 152–161
Simmenthal Milano
 69–85 83–76
Juventud Schweppes Spain
 153–160 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda 83–70 70–90

Final

March 21,

Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Simmenthal Milano Italy
 74–70 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda
1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Simmenthal Milano

2nd title

References

  1. ^ Results in todor66.com
  2. El Mundo Deportivo
    , 22 March 1972

External links

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