1974–75 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup explained

1974–75 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
League:FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Sport:Basketball
Finals:Finals
Finals Link:1974–75 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Finals
Finals Champ: Spartak Leningrad
Finals Runner-Up: Crvena zvezda
Seasonslistnames:FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Prevseason Link:1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Prevseason Year:1973–74
Nextseason Year:1975–76
Nextseason Link:1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1974–75 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the ninth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic 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 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup champion, in the final, held in Nantes, and became the first and only Soviet League team to win the competition for the second time.

Participants

Country Teams!Clubs
2JugoplastikaCrvena zvezda
1Soma Wien
1Thorens Antwerpen
1CSKA Septemvriisko zname
1Dukla Olomouc
1Al-Gezira
1Embassy All Stars
1KaU
1Moderne
1AEK
1Honvéd
1Maccabi Ramat Gan
1Sinudyne Bologna
1T71 Dudelange
1Raak Punch
1Spartak Leningrad
1Juventud Schweppes
1Solna
1Federale
1Şekerspor
104 Leverkusen

First round

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Second round

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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

Group A

1st leg2nd legAgg.
Juventud Schweppes - CSKA Septemvriisko zname88-6551-79139-144
Thorens Antwerpen - Crvena zvezda98-9489-116187-210
CSKA Septemvriisko zname - Crvena zvezda72-7591-102163-177
Juventud Schweppes - Thorens Antwerpen83-7078-87161-157
CSKA Septemvriisko zname - Thorens Antwerpen64-5758-69122-126
Crvena zvezda - Juventud Schweppes97-7963-78160-157
width=15!width=220Team !width=20Pld !width=20Pts !width=20W !width=20L !width=20PF !width=20PA !width=20PD
1. Crvena zvezda3 6 3 0 547 507 +40
2. CSKA Septemvriisko zname3 4 1 2 429 442 -13
3. Thorens Antwerpen3 4 1 2 470 493 -23
4. Juventud Schweppes3 4 1 2 457 461 -4

Group B

1st leg2nd legAgg.
Spartak Leningrad - Sinudyne Bologna93-7058-69151-139
Jugoplastika - Moderne94-7864-74158-152
Sinudyne Bologna - Moderne85-6488-89173-163
Spartak Leningrad - Jugoplastika98-7869-71167-149
81-7874-87155-165
Moderne - Spartak Leningrad60-6079-119139-179
width=15!width=220Team !width=20Pld !width=20Pts !width=20W !width=20L !width=20PF !width=20PA !width=20PD
1. Spartak Leningrad3 6 3 0 497 427 +70
2. Jugoplastika3 5 2 1 472 474 -2
3. Sinudyne Bologna3 4 1 2 467 469 -2
4. Moderne3 3 0 3 444 510 -66

Semifinals

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Final

March 26, Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes|}

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saporta Cup (C2). linguasport.com. 2014-07-17.