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.Results in todor66.com
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.Basketball – Spartak Leningrad wins the Cup Winners' Cup. El Mundo Deportivo, 22 March 1973 It was the second straight final lost by a Yugoslav League team.
Participants
Country Teams Clubs Albania 1 Vllaznia Austria 1 Mounier Wels Belgium 1 Racing Antwerpen Bulgaria 1 Levski-Spartak Czechoslovakia 1 Spartak ZJŠ Brno England 1 Sutton & Crystal Palace Finland 1 NMKY Helsinki 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 WAC 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
First round
Second round
Automatically qualified to the eighth finals Spartak Leningrad
Top 12
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 Mobilquattro Milano – Spartak ZJŠ Brno109-8375-79184-162 Spartak Leningrad – Mobilquattro Milano72-5754-59126-116 Spartak ZJŠ Brno – Spartak Leningrad74-8277-82151-164 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 -35Group B 1st leg2nd legAgg Jugoplastika – Juventud Schweppes90-7162-76152-147 Steaua București – Jugoplastika87-8061-82148-162 Juventud Schweppes – Steaua București77-8172-65149-146 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Jugoplastika 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
Semifinals
Final March 20, Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki
1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions Spartak Leningrad 1st title
References
External links
FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1972–73