1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Spartak Leningrad
Runners-up	Jugoplastika Split

The 1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup was the seventh edition of FIBA's competition for European basketball national 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]

1971 runner-up Spartak Leningrad defeated Jugoplastika Split in the final to become the first Soviet team to win the competition, ending a 3-year period of Italian dominance.^[2] It was the second straight final lost by a Yugoslav team.

Participants

Country Teams Clubs Albania 1 Vllaznia Austria 1 Mounier Wels Belgium 1 Antwerpen Bulgaria 1 Levski-Spartak Czechoslovakia 1 Spartak ZJŠ Brno England 1 Sutton & Crystal Palace Finland 1 NMKY Helsinki France 1 Olympique Antibes Greece 1 Olympiacos Hungary 1 Csepel Iceland 1 KR Israel 1 Maccabi Ramat Gan Italy 1 Mobilquattro Milano Luxembourg 1 Sparta Bertrange Morocco 1 CMC Netherlands 1 Raak Punch Poland 1 Śląsk Wrocław Portugal 1 Benfica Romania 1 Steaua București Soviet Union 1 Spartak Leningrad Spain 1 Juventud Schweppes Sweden 1 Solna Switzerland 1 Union Neuchâtel Turkey 1 Galatasaray West Germany 1 Gießen 46ers Yugoslavia 1 Jugoplastika Split

Prelimirary 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

First 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 Split	70–65	71–79
Benfica	166–203	Antwerpen	86–83	80–120
Maccabi Ramat Gan	150–153	Steaua București	83–72	67–81

Automatically qualified to the eighth finals

• Spartak Leningrad

Second round

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 Split	84–99	82–92
Antwerpen	150–152	Steaua București	80–76	70–76

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. Spartak Leningrad 2 4 2 0 290 267 +23 2. Mobilquattro Milano 2 3 1 1 300 288 +12 3. Spartak ZJŠ Brno 2 2 0 2 313 348 -35

Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Jugoplastika Split 2 4 2 0 314 295 +19 2. Juventud Schweppes 2 3 1 1 296 298 -2 3. Steaua București 2 2 0 2 294 311 -17

Semi finals

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

Final

March 20, Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Spartak Leningrad	77–62	Jugoplastika Split

1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Champions
Spartak Leningrad 1st title

References

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