1974–75 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1974–75 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the ninth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 6 November 1974, to 26 March 1975. It was contested by 22 teams, three less than in the previous edition.[1]

1974–75 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
LeagueFIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
ChampionsSoviet Union Spartak Leningrad
  Runners-upSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons

Spartak Leningrad defeated Crvena zvezda, the former FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup champion, in the final, held in Nantes, and became the first and only Soviet League team to win the competition for the second time.

Participants

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Raak Punch   71–74   AEK 0–2* 71–72
Maccabi Ramat Gan   196–168   Soma Wien 113–80 83–88
Honvéd   173–159   Şekerspor 89–67 84–92
Al-Gezira   105–181   Juventud Schweppes 51–69 54–112
T71 Dudelange   129–148   Dukla Olomouc 61–76 68–72
Embassy All-Stars   161–148   04 Leverkusen 77–65 84–83
Federale   176–202   Thorens Antwerpen 86–99 90–103
Solna   175–114   KaU 87–57 88–57

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK   146–159   CSKA Septemvriisko zname 87–85 59–74
Maccabi Ramat Gan   176–182   Sinudyne Bologna 114–94 62–88
Honvéd   163–170   Juventud Schweppes 83–96 80–74
Dukla Olomouc   152–183   Jugoplastika 82–84 70–99
Embassy All-Stars   181–241   Moderne 100–127 81–114
Thorens Antwerpen   178–148   Solna 98–67 80–81
Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

Quarterfinals

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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

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1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
  Juventud Schweppes -   CSKA Septemvriisko zname 88-65 51-79 139-144
  Thorens Antwerpen -   Crvena zvezda 98-94 89-116 187-210
  CSKA Septemvriisko zname -   Crvena zvezda 72-75 91-102 163-177
  Juventud Schweppes -   Thorens Antwerpen 83-70 78-87 161-157
  CSKA Septemvriisko zname -   Thorens Antwerpen 64-57 58-69 122-126
  Crvena zvezda -   Juventud Schweppes 97-79 63-78 160-157
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1.   Crvena zvezda 3 6 3 0 547 507 +40
2.   CSKA Septemvriisko zname 3 4 1 2 429 442 -13
3.   Thorens Antwerpen 3 4 1 2 470 493 -23
4.   Juventud Schweppes 3 4 1 2 457 461 -4

Group B

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1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
  Spartak Leningrad -   Sinudyne Bologna 93-70 58-69 151-139
  Jugoplastika -   Moderne 94-78 64-74 158-152
  Sinudyne Bologna -   Moderne 85-64 88-89 173-163
  Spartak Leningrad -   Jugoplastika 98-78 69-71 167-149
  Sinudyne Bologna -   Jugoplastika 81-78 74-87 155-165
  Moderne -   Spartak Leningrad 60-60 79-119 139-179
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1.   Spartak Leningrad 3 6 3 0 497 427 +70
2.   Jugoplastika 3 5 2 1 472 474 -2
3.   Sinudyne Bologna 3 4 1 2 467 469 -2
4.   Moderne 3 3 0 3 444 510 -66

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSKA Septemvriisko zname   126–143   Spartak Leningrad 57–64 69–79
Jugoplastika   151–157   Crvena zvezda 88–76 63–81

Final

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March 26, Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Spartak Leningrad   63–62   Crvena zvezda
1974–75 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
 
Spartak Leningrad
2nd title

References

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  1. ^ "Saporta Cup (C2)". linguasport.com. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
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