1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

1971-72 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Simmenthal Milano
Runners-up	Crvena Zvezda

The 1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup was the sixth edition of FIBA's competition for European basketball national cup champions, running from 4 December 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.^[1]

Defending champion Simmenthal Milano defeated Crvena Zvezda in the final, which returned to a single game format, to win its second trophy, becoming the first team to successfully defend its title.^[2] It was the third title in a row for an Italian team. This season European Cup's final also confronted Italian and Yugoslav teams, with the same outcome.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak ZJŠ Brno	224–150	Arantia Larochette	111–65	113–85
Fides Napoli	164–120	USC Mainz	82–49	82–71
Joventut Badalona	4–0*	Partizani Tirana	2–0	2–0
Sutton & Crystal Palace	171–118	Gladsaxe	83–68	88–50
Maccabi Haifa	158–200	Denain-Voltaire	82–109	76–91
Bell Mechelen	190–144	Académica Coimbra	113–71	77–73
Ghouta	0–4*	Levski-Spartak	0–2	0–2
AEK	139–111	Beşiktaş	72–45	67–66
Handelministerium	4–0*	Fiat Stars	2–0	2–0
Crvena Zvezda	196–139	Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	95–62	101–77

*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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak ZJŠ Brno	151–168	Fides Napoli	69–76	82–92
Joventut Badalona	217–107	Sutton & Crystal Palace	120–62	97–45
Denain-Voltaire	146–158	Bell Mechelen	74–68	72–90
Levski-Spartak	170–184	AEK	103–69	67–115
Handelministerium	158–205	Crvena Zvezda	90–97	68–108

Automatically qualified to the quarter finals group stage

Simmenthal Milano (title holder)

Quarter finals

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

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Fides Napoli	2	4	2	0	335	321	+14
2.	Joventut Badalona	2	3	1	1	303	314	-11
3.	Bell Mechelen	2	2	0	2	325	328	-3

Group B

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Crvena Zvezda	2	4	2	0	322	307	+15
2.	Simmenthal Milano	2	3	1	1	345	279	+66
3.	AEK	2	2	0	2	296	377	-81

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fides Napoli	152–161	Simmenthal Milano	69–85	83–76
Joventut Badalona	153–160	Crvena Zvezda	83–70	70–90

Final

March 21, Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Simmenthal Milano	74–70	Crvena Zvezda

1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Champions
Simmenthal Milano 2nd title

References

↑ Results in todor66.com
↑ Basketball Cup Winner's Cup – Simmenthal is the champion again. El Mundo Deportivo, 22 March 1972

External links

linguasport.com

Simmenthal Milano 1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Winners

Kenney Masini Bariviera Iellini Giomo Brumatti Bianchi Iacuzzo Cerioni Borlenghi Ferrari Coach: Rubini

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