1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Basketball Finals 1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Finals URS 1955 Spartak Leningrad YUG Jugoplastika FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1971–72 1973–74 1973–74 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.Results in todor66.com 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.Basketball – Spartak Leningrad wins the Cup Winners' Cup. El Mundo Deportivo, 22 March 1973 It was the second straight final lost by a Yugoslav League team. Participants Country Teams Clubs ALB 1946 Albania 1 Vllaznia AUT Austria 1 Mounier Wels BEL Belgium 1 Racing Antwerpen BUL 1971 Bulgaria 1 Levski-Spartak TCH Czechoslovakia 1 Spartak ZJŠ Brno ENG England 1 Sutton & Crystal Palace FIN Finland 1 NMKY Helsinki France 1 Olympique Antibes GRE 1970 Greece 1 Olympiacos HUN Hungary 1 Csepel ISL Iceland 1 KR ISR Israel 1 Maccabi Ramat Gan ITA Italy 1 Mobilquattro Milano LUX Luxembourg 1 Sparta Bertrange MAR Morocco 1 WAC NED Netherlands 1 Raak Punch POL Poland 1 Śląsk Wrocław POR Portugal 1 Benfica ROM 1965 Romania 1 Steaua București URS 1955 Soviet Union 1 Spartak Leningrad ESP 1945 Spain 1 Juventud Schweppes SWE Sweden 1 Solna SWI Switzerland 1 Union Neuchâtel TUR Turkey 1 Galatasaray FRG West Germany 1 Gießen 46ers YUG Yugoslavia 1 Jugoplastika First round Vllaznia ALB 1946 111–124 Galatasaray TUR 57–64 54–60 2 WAC MAR 124–206 Mounier Wels AUT 66–99 58–107 2 Sutton & Crystal Palace ENG 147–154 Benfica POR 76–77 71–77 2 |} Second round Galatasaray TUR 121–152 Śląsk Wrocław POL 55–73 66–79 2 Mobilquattro Milano ITA 193–114 Union Neuchâtel SWI 100–62 84–52 1 Raak Punch NED 165–175 Olympiacos GRE 1970 88–68 77–107 2 Spartak ZJŠ Brno TCH 189–156 Mounier Wels AUT 107–73 82–83 1 Solna SWE 188–150 NMKY Helsinki FIN 93–61 95–89 1 Csepel HUN 116–165 Olympique Antibes FRA 55–81 61–84 2 Sparta Bertrange LUX 121–187 Juventud Schweppes ESP 1945 63–92 58–95 2 KR ISL 107–229 Gießen 46ers FRG 56–127 51–102 2 Levski-Spartak BUL 1971 141–144 Jugoplastika YUG 70–65 71–79 2 Benfica POR 166–203 Racing Antwerpen BEL 86–83 80–120 2 Maccabi Ramat Gan ISR 150–153 Steaua București ROM 1965 83–72 67–81 2 |} Automatically qualified to the eighth finals URS 1955 Spartak Leningrad Top 12 Śląsk Wrocław POL 139–145 Mobilquattro Milano ITA 69–60 70–85 2 Olympiacos GRE 1970 161–170 Spartak ZJŠ Brno TCH 87–94 74–76 2 Solna SWE 131–219 Spartak Leningrad URS 1955 67–115 64–104 2 Olympique Antibes FRA 139–149 Juventud Schweppes ESP 1945 67–71 72–78 2 Gießen 46ers FRG 166–191 Jugoplastika YUG 84–99 82–92 2 Racing Antwerpen BEL 150–152 Steaua București ROM 1965 80–76 70–76 2 |} 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 leg2nd legAggITA Mobilquattro Milano – TCH Spartak ZJŠ Brno109-8375-79184-162URS 1955 Spartak Leningrad – ITA Mobilquattro Milano72-5754-59126-116TCH Spartak ZJŠ Brno – URS 1955 Spartak Leningrad74-8277-82151-164 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. URS 1955 Spartak Leningrad 2 4 2 0 290 267 +23 2. ITA Mobilquattro Milano 2 3 1 1 300 288 +12 3. TCH Spartak ZJŠ Brno 2 2 0 2 313 348 -35Group B 1st leg2nd legAggYUG Jugoplastika – ESP 1945 Juventud Schweppes90-7162-76152-147ROM 1965 Steaua București – YUG Jugoplastika87-8061-82148-162ESP 1945 Juventud Schweppes – ROM 1965 Steaua București77-8172-65149-146 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. YUG Jugoplastika 2 4 2 0 314 295 +19 2. ESP 1945 Juventud Schweppes 2 3 1 1 296 298 -2 3. ROM 1965 Steaua București 2 2 0 2 294 311 -17 Semifinals Spartak Leningrad URS 1955 152–118 Juventud Schweppes ESP 1945 95–64 57–54 1 Jugoplastika YUG 178–161 Mobilquattro Milano ITA 96–81 82–70 1 |} Final March 20, Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki Spartak Leningrad URS 1955 77–62 Jugoplastika YUG 1 |} 1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup ChampionsURS 1955 100px Spartak Leningrad 1st title References External links FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1972–73 linguasport.com FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1972–73 Cup Category:FIBA Saporta Cup