1972–73 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.[1]

1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
LeagueFIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
Champions Spartak Leningrad
  Runners-up Jugoplastika

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.[2] It was the second straight final lost by a Yugoslav League team.

Participants

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vllaznia 121–152 Galatasaray 57–64 54–60
CMC 124–206 Mounier Wels 66–99 58–107
Sutton & Crystal Palace 147–154 Benfica 76–77 71–77

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Galatasaray 121–152 Śląsk Wrocław 55–73 66–79
Mobilquattro Milano 193–114 Union Neuchâtel 100–62 84–52
Raak Punch 165–175 Olympiacos 88–68 77–107
Spartak ZJŠ Brno 189–156 Mounier Wels 107–73 82–83
Solna 188–150 NMKY Helsinki 93–61 95–89
Csepel 116–165 Olympique Antibes 55–81 61–84
Sparta Bertrange 121–187 Juventud Schweppes 63–92 58–95
KR 107–229 Gießen 46ers 56–127 51–102
Levski-Spartak 141–144 Jugoplastika 70–65 71–79
Benfica 166–203 Racing Antwerpen 86–83 80–120
Maccabi Ramat Gan 150–153 Steaua București 83–72 67–81
Automatically qualified to the eighth finals

Top 12
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Śląsk Wrocław 139–145 Mobilquattro Milano 69–60 70–85
Olympiacos 161–170 Spartak ZJŠ Brno 87–94 74–76
Solna 131–219 Spartak Leningrad 67–115 64–104
Olympique Antibes 139–149 Juventud Schweppes 67–71 72–78
Gießen 46ers 166–191 Jugoplastika 84–99 82–92
Racing Antwerpen 150–152 Steaua București 80–76 70–76

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 leg 2nd leg Agg
Mobilquattro Milano - Spartak ZJŠ Brno 109-83 75-79 184-162
Spartak Leningrad - Mobilquattro Milano 72-57 54-59 126-116
Spartak ZJŠ Brno - Spartak Leningrad 74-82 77-82 151-164
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Spartak Leningrad 2420290267+23
2. Mobilquattro Milano 2311300288+12
3. Spartak ZJŠ Brno 2202313348-35

Group B

1st leg 2nd leg Agg
Jugoplastika - Juventud Schweppes 90-71 62-76 152-147
Steaua București - Jugoplastika 87-80 61-82 148-162
Juventud Schweppes - Steaua București 77-81 72-65 149-146
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Jugoplastika 2420314295+19
2. Juventud Schweppes 2311296298-2
3. Steaua București 2202294311-17

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spartak Leningrad 152–118 Juventud Schweppes 95–64 57–54
Jugoplastika 178–161 Mobilquattro Milano 96–81 82–70

Final

March 20, Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Spartak Leningrad 77–62 Jugoplastika


1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions

Spartak Leningrad
1st title
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References
  1. Results in todor66.com
  2. Basketball – Spartak Leningrad wins the Cup Winners' Cup. El Mundo Deportivo, 22 March 1973
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