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1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

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]

1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
LeagueFIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
ChampionsSoviet Union Spartak Leningrad
  Runners-upSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons

1971 runner-up Spartak Leningrad, defeated Jugoplastika in the final, to become the first Soviet League team to win the competition, ending a 3-year period of Italian League dominance.[2] It was the second straight final lost by a Yugoslav League team.

Participants edit

First round edit

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

Second round edit

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

Top 12 edit

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

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
  Mobilquattro Milano –   Spartak ZJŠ Brno 109-83 75-79 184-162
  Spartak Leningrad –   Mobilquattro Milano 72-57 54-59 126-116
  Spartak ZJŠ Brno –   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 edit

1st leg 2nd leg Agg
  Jugoplastika –   Juventud Schweppes 90-71 62-76 152-147
  Steaua București –   Jugoplastika 87-80 61-82 148-162
  Juventud Schweppes –   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.   Steaua București 2 2 0 2 294 311 -17

Semifinals edit

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

Final edit

March 20, Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki

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

References edit

  1. ^ Results in todor66.com
  2. ^ Basketball – Spartak Leningrad wins the Cup Winners' Cup. El Mundo Deportivo, 22 March 1973

External links edit

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