1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

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1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
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FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons

The 1972–73

FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the seventh edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 18 October 1972, to 21 March 1973. It was contested by 26 teams, five more than in the previous edition.[1]

Yugoslav League
team.

Participants

First round

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vllaznia Albania
 111–124 Turkey Galatasaray 57–64 54–60
WAC Morocco 124–206
Mounier Wels
 66–99 58–107
Sutton & Crystal Palace England
 147–154 Portugal Benfica 76–77 71–77

Second round

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Galatasaray Turkey 121–152 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 55–73 66–79
Mobilquattro Milano Italy
 193–114
Union Neuchâtel
 100–62 84–52
Raak Punch Netherlands
 165–175 Greece Olympiacos 88–68 77–107
Spartak ZJŠ Brno Czechoslovakia
 189–156
Mounier Wels
 107–73 82–83
Solna Sweden 188–150 Finland NMKY Helsinki 93–61 95–89
Csepel Hungary 116–165 France Olympique Antibes 55–81 61–84
Sparta Bertrange Luxembourg
 121–187
Juventud Schweppes
 63–92 58–95
KR Iceland
 107–229
Gießen 46ers
 56–127 51–102
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria 141–144
Jugoplastika
 70–65 71–79
Benfica Portugal 166–203 Belgium Racing Antwerpen 86–83 80–120
Maccabi Ramat Gan Israel
 150–153 Romania Steaua București 83–72 67–81
Automatically qualified to the eighth finals
  • Spartak Leningrad

Top 12

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Śląsk Wrocław Poland 139–145
Mobilquattro Milano
 69–60 70–85
Olympiacos Greece 161–170
Spartak ZJŠ Brno
 87–94 74–76
Solna Sweden 131–219
Spartak Leningrad
 67–115 64–104
Olympique Antibes France 139–149
Juventud Schweppes
 67–71 72–78
Gießen 46ers West Germany
 166–191
Jugoplastika
 84–99 82–92
Racing Antwerpen Belgium 150–152 Romania Steaua București 80–76 70–76

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
Spartak ZJŠ Brno
 109-83 75-79 184-162
Mobilquattro Milano
 72-57 54-59 126-116
Spartak Leningrad
 74-82 77-82 151-164
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1.
Spartak Leningrad
 2 4 2 0 290 267 +23
2.
Mobilquattro Milano
 2 3 1 1 300 288 +12
3.
Spartak ZJŠ Brno
 2 2 0 2 313 348 -35

Group B

1st leg 2nd leg Agg
Juventud Schweppes
 90-71 62-76 152-147
Jugoplastika
 87-80 61-82 148-162
Juventud Schweppes – Romania Steaua București
 77-81 72-65 149-146
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1.
Jugoplastika
 2 4 2 0 314 295 +19
2.
Juventud Schweppes
 2 3 1 1 296 298 -2
3. Romania Steaua București 2 2 0 2 294 311 -17

Semifinals

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spartak Leningrad Soviet Union
 152–118
Juventud Schweppes
 95–64 57–54
Jugoplastika Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
 178–161
Mobilquattro Milano
 96–81 82–70

Final

March 20,

Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Spartak Leningrad Soviet Union
 77–62
Jugoplastika
1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Spartak Leningrad

1st title

References

  1. ^ Results in todor66.com
  2. El Mundo Deportivo
    , 22 March 1973

External links

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