1974–75 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

1974-75 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
League FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
Sport Basketball
Finals
Champions Soviet Union Spartak Leningrad
  Runners-up Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena Zvezda

The 1974–75 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup was the ninth edition of FIBA's competition for European basketball national 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]

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

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Raak Punch Netherlands 71–74 Greece AEK 0–2* 71–72
Maccabi Ramat Gan Israel 196–168 Austria Soma Wien 113–80 83–88
Honvéd Hungary 173–159 Turkey Şeker 89–67 84–92
Al-Gezira Egypt 105–181 Spain Joventut Schweppes 51–69 54–112
T71 Dudelange Luxembourg 129–148 Czechoslovakia Dukla Olomouc 61–76 68–72
Embassy All-Stars England 161–148 West Germany Bayer Leverkusen 77–65 84–83
Federale Switzerland 176–202 Belgium Thorens Antwerpen 86–99 90–103
Solna Sweden 175–114 Finland KaU 87–57 88–57

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Greece 146–159 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 87–85 59–74
Maccabi Ramat Gan Israel 176–182 Italy Sinudyne Bologna 114–94 62–88
Honvéd Hungary 163–170 Spain Joventut Schweppes 83–96 80–74
Dukla Olomouc Czechoslovakia 152–183 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika Split 82–84 70–99
Embassy All-Stars England 181–241 France Moderne 100–127 81–114
Thorens Antwerpen Belgium 178–148 Sweden Solna 98–67 80–81
Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

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. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena Zvezda 3 6 3 0 547 507 +40
2. Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 3 4 1 2 429 442 -13
3. Belgium Thorens Antwerpen 3 4 1 2 470 493 -23
4. Spain Joventut Schweppes 3 4 1 2 457 461 -4

Group B

Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Soviet Union Spartak Leningrad 3 6 3 0 497 427 +70
2. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika Split 3 5 2 1 472 474 -2
3. Italy Sinudyne Bologna 3 4 1 2 467 469 -2
4. France Moderne 3 3 0 3 444 510 -66

Semi finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 136–143 Soviet Union Spartak Leningrad 57–64 69–79
Jugoplastika Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 151–157 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena Zvezda 88–76 63–81

Final

March 26, Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Spartak Leningrad Soviet Union 63–62 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena Zvezda
1974–75 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Champions
Soviet Union
Spartak Leningrad
2nd title

References

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