1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup explained

1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
League:FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Sport:Basketball
Finals:Finals
Finals Link:1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Finals
Finals Champ: Simmenthal Milano
Finals Runner-Up: Spartak Leningrad
Seasonslistnames:FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Prevseason Link:1969–70 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
Prevseason Year:1969–70
Nextseason Year:1971–72
Nextseason Link:1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the fifth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 3 December 1970, to 7 April 1971. It was contested by 26 teams, six more than in the previous edition.[1]

Italy became the first country to win the competition twice in a row, as the 1966 FIBA European Cup champion, Simmenthal Milano, defeated Spartak Leningrad, in the last of the competition's three two-legged finals. It previously defeated defending champion, Fides Napoli, in the semifinals, in the competition's first tie between two clubs from the same country. Olimpia Milano was the third Italian League club to win the FIBA Cup Winners' Cup, after Ignis Varese, and Fides Napoli.

Participants

Country Teams!Clubs
2Simmenthal MilanoFides Napoli
117 Nëntori Tirana
1WSG Radenthein
1Racing Bell Mechelen
1Balkan Botevgrad
1Dukla Olomouc
1NMKY Helsinki
1JA Vichy
1Panathinaikos
1Soproni MAFC
1KR
1Hapoel Tel Aviv
1Arantia Larochette
1MEC
1Flamingo's Haarlem
1Legia Warsaw
1Porto
1Steaua București
1Boroughmuir
1Spartak Leningrad
1Juventud Nerva
1Helsingborg
1Galatasaray
1VfL Osnabrück
1Zadar

First round

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Second round

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Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals:

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Finals

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External links

Notes and References

  1. http://todor66.com/basketball/Eurocups/Men_CWC_1970.html Results