1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Basketball Finals 1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Finals ITA Simmenthal Milano URS 1955 Spartak Leningrad FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1969–70 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1969–70 1971–72 1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup The 1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the fifth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 3 December 1970, to 7 April 1971. It was contested by 26 teams, six more than in the previous edition.Resultsin todor66.com. Accessed 2013-07-10. 2013-07-13. Italy became the first country to win the competition twice in a row, as the 1966 FIBA European Cup champion, Simmenthal Milano, defeated Spartak Leningrad, in the last of the competition's three two-legged finals. It previously defeated defending champion, Fides Napoli, in the semifinals, in the competition's first tie between two clubs from the same country. Olimpia Milano was the third Italian League club to win the FIBA Cup Winners' Cup, after Ignis Varese, and Fides Napoli. Participants Country Teams Clubs ITA Italy 2 Simmenthal Milano Fides Napoli ALB 1946 Albania 1 17 Nëntori Tirana AUT Austria 1 WSG Radenthein BEL Belgium 1 Racing Bell Mechelen BUL 1971 Bulgaria 1 Balkan Botevgrad TCH Czechoslovakia 1 Dukla Olomouc FIN Finland 1 NMKY Helsinki FRA France 1 JA Vichy GRE 1970 Greece 1 Panathinaikos HUN Hungary 1 Soproni MAFC ISL Iceland 1 KR ISR Israel 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv LUX Luxembourg 1 Arantia Larochette MAR Morocco 1 MEC NED Netherlands 1 Flamingo's Haarlem POL Poland 1 Legia Warsaw POR Portugal 1 Porto ROM 1965 Romania 1 Steaua București SCO Scotland 1 Boroughmuir URS 1955 Soviet Union 1 Spartak Leningrad ESP 1945 Spain 1 Juventud Nerva SWE Sweden 1 Helsingborg TUR Turkey 1 Galatasaray FRG West Germany 1 VfL Osnabrück YUG Yugoslavia 1 Zadar First round Flamingo's Haarlem NED 158–171 Dukla Olomouc TCH 92–58 66–113 2 Zadar YUG 145–122 17 Nëntori Tirana ALB 1946 73–60 72–62 1 Galatasaray TUR 130–133 Steaua București ROM 1965 66–61 64–72 2 NMKY Helsinki FIN 152–165 Balkan Botevgrad BUL 1971 83–80 69–85 2 Porto POR 112–149 JA Vichy FRA 56–60 56–89 2 Juventud Nerva ESP 1945 198–141 Boroughmuir SCO 106–64 92–77 1 WSG Radenthein AUT 154–159 Soproni MAFC HUN 80–80 74–79 2 KR ISL 125–210 Legia Warsaw POL 67–99 58–111 2 MEC MAR 100–230 Simmenthal Milano ITA 61–105 39–125 2 Arantia Larochette LUX 133–214 Racing Bell Mechelen BEL 85–106 48–108 2 Panathinaikos GRE 1970 178–125 VfL Osnabrück FRG 89–52 89–73 1 |} Second round Dukla Olomouc TCH 146–151 Zadar YUG 85–85 61–66 2 Spartak Leningrad URS 1955 180–131 Steaua București ROM 1965 93–54 87–77 1 Balkan Botevgrad BUL 1971 142–118 JA Vichy FRA 82–50 60–68 1 Juventud Nerva ESP 1945 176–128 Soproni MAFC HUN 95–57 81–71 1 Legia Warsaw POL 163–158 Helsingborg SWE 98–70 65–88 1 Simmenthal Milano ITA 171–145 Racing Bell Mechelen BEL 96–74 75–71 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR 146–140 Panathinaikos GRE 1970 93–83 53–57 1 |} Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals ITA Fides Napoli (title holder) Quarterfinals Zadar YUG 137–161 Spartak Leningrad URS 1955 59–63 78–98 2 Balkan Botevgrad BUL 1971 147–154 Juventud Nerva ESP 1945 88–62 59–92 2 Legia Warsaw POL 148–180 Fides Napoli ITA 75–84 73–96 2 Simmenthal Milano ITA 212–154 Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR 107–74 105–80 1 |} Semifinals Spartak Leningrad URS 1955 131–114 Juventud Nerva ESP 1945 82–52 49–62 1 Fides Napoli ITA 155–167 Simmenthal Milano ITA 78–86 77–81 2 |} Finals Spartak Leningrad URS 1955 118–127 Simmenthal Milano ITA 66–56 52–71 2 |} 1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup ChampionsITA 100px Simmenthal Milano 1st title References External links FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1970–71 linguasport.com FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1970–71 Cup Category:FIBA Saporta Cup