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1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

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]

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

Defending champion, Simmenthal Milano, defeated Crvena zvezda in the final, which returned to a single game format, to win its second trophy, becoming the first team to successfully defend its title.[2] It was the third title in a row for an Italian League team. This season's FIBA European Champions Cup final, also featured Italian and Yugoslav League teams, with the same outcome.

Participants edit

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spartak ZJŠ Brno   224–150   Arantia Larochette 111–65 113–85
Fides Napoli   164–120   Mainz 82–49 82–71
Juventud Schweppes   4–0*   Partizani Tirana 2–0 2–0
Sutton & Crystal Palace   171–118   Gladsaxe 83–68 88–50
Maccabi Haifa   158–200   Denain Voltaire 82–109 76–91
Racing Bell Mechelen   190–144   Coimbra 113–71 77–73
Ghouta   0–4*   Levski-Spartak 0–2 0–2
AEK   139–111   Beşiktaş 72–45 67–66
Handelsministerium   4–0*   Fiat Stars 2–0 2–0
Crvena zvezda   196–139   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 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spartak ZJŠ Brno   151–168   Fides Napoli 69–76 82–92
Juventud Schweppes   217–107   Sutton & Crystal Palace 120–62 97–45
Denain Voltaire   146–158   Racing Bell Mechelen 74–68 72–90
Levski-Spartak   170–184   AEK 103–69 67–115
Handelsministerium   158–205   Crvena zvezda 90–97 68–108
Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals group stage

Quarterfinals edit

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 edit

1st leg 2nd leg Agg
  Fides Napoli –   Racing Bell Mechelen 97-82 77-90 177-172
  Juventud Schweppes –   Fides Napoli 83-69 66-92 149-161
  Racing Bell Mechelen –   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.   Racing Bell Mechelen 2 2 0 2 325 328 -3

Group B edit

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

Semifinals edit

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

Final edit

March 21, Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Simmenthal Milano   74–70   Crvena zvezda
1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
 
Simmenthal Milano
2nd title

References edit

  1. ^ Results in todor66.com
  2. ^ Basketball Cup Winner's Cup – Simmenthal is the champion again. El Mundo Deportivo, 22 March 1972

External links edit

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