Sports season
1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup |
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League | FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup |
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Sport | Basketball |
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Finals |
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Champions | Simmenthal Milano |
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Runners-up | Crvena zvezda |
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FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons |
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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.[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 League team. This season's FIBA European Champions Cup final, also featured Italian and Yugoslav League teams, with the same outcome.
Participants
First round
*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
- Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals group stage
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 |
Semifinals
Final
March 21, Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki
References
- ^ Results in todor66.com
- ^ Basketball Cup Winner's Cup – Simmenthal is the champion again. El Mundo Deportivo, 22 March 1972
External links
- FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1971–72 linguasport.com
- FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1971–72
Simmenthal Milano 1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup champions
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FIBA Saporta Cup seasons |
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- Saporta Cup Finals
- Saporta Cup Finals MVP
- Saporta Cup Finals Top Scorer
- Saporta Cup Top Scorer
- FIBA Europe All-Star Game
- FIBA EuroStars
- Saporta Cup Records
- Raimundo Saporta
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