1974–75 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]

1974–75 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
LeagueFIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
ChampionsSoviet Union Spartak Leningrad
  Runners-upSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda

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

First round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Raak Punch Netherlands 71–74 Greece AEK 0–2* 71–72
Maccabi Ramat Gan Israel 196–168 Austria Soma Wien 113–80 83–88
Honvéd Hungary 173–159 Turkey Şekerspor 89–67 84–92
Al-Gezira Egypt 105–181 Spain Juventud Schweppes 51–69 54–112
T71 Dudelange Luxembourg 129–148 Czechoslovakia Dukla Olomouc 61–76 68–72
Embassy All-Stars England 161–148 West Germany 04 Leverkusen 77–65 84–83
Federale Switzerland 176–202 Belgium Thorens Antwerpen 86–99 90–103
Solna Sweden 175–114 Finland KaU 87–57 88–57

Second round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Greece 146–159 Bulgaria CSKA Septemvriisko zname 87–85 59–74
Maccabi Ramat Gan Israel 176–182 Italy Sinudyne Bologna 114–94 62–88
Honvéd Hungary 163–170 Spain Juventud Schweppes 83–96 80–74
Dukla Olomouc Czechoslovakia 152–183 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika 82–84 70–99
Embassy All-Stars England 181–241 France Moderne 100–127 81–114
Thorens Antwerpen Belgium 178–148 Sweden Solna 98–67 80–81
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 leg 2nd leg Agg.
Spain Juventud Schweppes - Bulgaria CSKA Septemvriisko zname 88-65 51-79 139-144
Belgium Thorens Antwerpen - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda 98-94 89-116 187-210
Bulgaria CSKA Septemvriisko zname - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda 72-75 91-102 163-177
Spain Juventud Schweppes - Belgium Thorens Antwerpen 83-70 78-87 161-157
Bulgaria CSKA Septemvriisko zname - Belgium Thorens Antwerpen 64-57 58-69 122-126
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda - Spain Juventud Schweppes 97-79 63-78 160-157
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda 3630547507+40
2.Bulgaria CSKA Septemvriisko zname 3412429442-13
3.Belgium Thorens Antwerpen 3412470493-23
4.Spain Juventud Schweppes 3412457461-4

Group B

1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
Soviet Union Spartak Leningrad - Italy Sinudyne Bologna 93-70 58-69 151-139
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika - France Moderne 94-78 64-74 158-152
Italy Sinudyne Bologna - France Moderne 85-64 88-89 173-163
Soviet Union Spartak Leningrad - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika 98-78 69-71 167-149
Italy Sinudyne Bologna - Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika 81-78 74-87 155-165
France Moderne - Soviet Union Spartak Leningrad 60-60 79-119 139-179
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Soviet Union Spartak Leningrad 3630497427+70
2.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika 3521472474-2
3.Italy Sinudyne Bologna 3412467469-2
4.France Moderne 3303444510-66

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSKA Septemvriisko zname Bulgaria 126–143 Soviet Union Spartak Leningrad 57–64 69–79
Jugoplastika Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 151–157 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda 88–76 63–81

Final

March 26, Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Spartak Leningrad Soviet Union 63–62 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda
1974–75 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Soviet Union
Spartak Leningrad
2nd title

References
  1. "Saporta Cup (C2)". linguasport.com. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
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