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.
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 Yugoslavia 2 Jugoplastika Crvena zvezda Austria 1 Soma Wien Belgium 1 Thorens Antwerpen Bulgaria 1 CSKA Septemvriisko zname Czechoslovakia 1 Dukla Olomouc Egypt 1 Al-Gezira England 1 Embassy All Stars Finland 1 KaU France 1 Moderne Greece 1 AEK Hungary 1 Honvéd Israel 1 Maccabi Ramat Gan Italy 1 Sinudyne Bologna Luxembourg 1 T71 Dudelange Netherlands 1 Raak Punch Soviet Union 1 Spartak Leningrad Spain 1 Juventud Schweppes Sweden 1 Solna Switzerland 1 Federale Turkey 1 Şekerspor West Germany 1 04 Leverkusen
First round
Second round
Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage Crvena zvezda (title holder) Spartak Leningrad
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 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Crvena zvezda 3 6 3 0 547 507 +40 2. CSKA Septemvriisko zname 3 4 1 2 429 442 -13 3. Thorens Antwerpen 3 4 1 2 470 493 -23 4. Juventud Schweppes 3 4 1 2 457 461 -4Group 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 Sinudyne Bologna - Jugoplastika 81-7874-87155-165 Moderne - Spartak Leningrad60-6079-119139-179 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Spartak Leningrad 3 6 3 0 497 427 +70 2. Jugoplastika 3 5 2 1 472 474 -2 3. Sinudyne Bologna 3 4 1 2 467 469 -2 4. Moderne 3 3 0 3 444 510 -66
Semifinals
Final March 26, Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
1974–75 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions Spartak Leningrad 2nd title
References
External links
FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1974–75