1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Basketball Finals 1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Finals ITA Simmenthal Milano YUG Crvena zvezda FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 1972–73 1972–73 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.Results in todor66.com Defending champion, Simmenthal Milano, defeated Crvena zvezda in the final, which returned to a single game format, to win their second trophy, becoming the first team to successfully defend its title.Basketball Cup Winner's Cup – Simmenthal is the champion again. El Mundo Deportivo, 22 March 1972 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 Country Teams Clubs ITA Italy 2 Fides Napoli Simmenthal Milano ALB 1946 Albania 1 Partizani Tirana AUT Austria 1 Handelsministerium BEL Belgium 1 Racing Bell Mechelen BUL 1971 Bulgaria 1 Levski-Spartak TCH Czechoslovakia 1 Spartak ZJŠ Brno DEN Denmark 1 Gladsaxe ENG England 1 Sutton & Crystal Palace FIN Finland 1 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit France 1 Denain Voltaire GRE 1970 Greece 1 AEK ISR Israel 1 Maccabi Haifa LUX Luxembourg 1 Arantia Larochette NED Netherlands 1 Fiat Stars POR Portugal 1 Coimbra ESP 1945 Spain 1 Juventud Schweppes SYR 1932 Syria 1 Ghouta TUR Turkey 1 Beşiktaş FRG West Germany 1 Mainz YUG Yugoslavia 1 Crvena zvezda First round Spartak ZJŠ Brno TCH 224–150 Arantia Larochette LUX 111–65 113–85 1 Fides Napoli ITA 164–120 Mainz FRG 82–49 82–71 1 Juventud Schweppes ESP 1945 4–0* Partizani Tirana ALB 1946 2–0 2–0 1 Sutton & Crystal Palace ENG 171–118 Gladsaxe DEN 83–68 88–50 1 Maccabi Haifa ISR 158–200 Denain Voltaire FRA 82–109 76–91 2 Racing Bell Mechelen BEL 190–144 Coimbra POR 113–71 77–73 1 Ghouta SYR 1932 0–4* Levski-Spartak BUL 1971 0–2 0–2 2 AEK GRE 1970 139–111 Beşiktaş TUR 72–45 67–66 1 Handelsministerium AUT 4–0* Fiat Stars NED 2–0 2–0 1 Crvena zvezda YUG 196–139 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit FIN 95–62 101–77 1 |} *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 Spartak ZJŠ Brno TCH 151–168 Fides Napoli ITA 69–76 82–92 2 Juventud Schweppes ESP 1945 217–107 Sutton & Crystal Palace ENG 120–62 97–45 1 Denain Voltaire FRA 146–158 Racing Bell Mechelen BEL 74–68 72–90 2 Levski-Spartak BUL 1971 170–184 AEK GRE 1970 103–69 67–115 2 Handelsministerium AUT 158–205 Crvena zvezda YUG 90–97 68–108 2 |} Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals group stage ITA Simmenthal Milano (title holder) 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 Fides Napoli – BEL Racing Bell Mechelen97-8277-90177-172ESP 1945 Juventud Schweppes – ITA Fides Napoli83-6966-92149-161BEL Racing Bell Mechelen – ESP 1945 Juventud Schweppes96-7757-77153-154 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. ITA Fides Napoli 2 4 2 0 335 321 +14 2. ESP 1945 Juventud Schweppes 2 3 1 1 303 314 -11 3. BEL Racing Bell Mechelen 2 2 0 2 325 328 -3Group B 1st leg2nd leg AggGRE 1970 AEK – ITA Simmenthal Milano57-8476-117133-201YUG Crvena zvezda – GRE 1970 AEK100-6376-100176-163ITA Simmenthal Milano – YUG Crvena zvezda86-6258-84144-146 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. YUG Crvena zvezda 2 4 2 0 322 307 +15 2. ITA Simmenthal Milano 2 3 1 1 345 279 +66 3. GRE 1970 AEK 2 2 0 2 296 377 -81 Semifinals Fides Napoli ITA 152–161 Simmenthal Milano ITA 69–85 83–76 2 Juventud Schweppes ESP 1945 153–160 Crvena zvezda YUG 83–70 70–90 2 |} Final March 21, Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki Simmenthal Milano ITA 74–70 Crvena zvezda YUG 1 |} 1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup ChampionsITA 100px Simmenthal Milano 2nd title References External links FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1971–72 linguasport.com FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1971–72 Cup Category:FIBA Saporta Cup