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
League	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Spartak Leningrad
Runners-up	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

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Raak Punch	71–74	AEK	0–2*	71–72
Maccabi Ramat Gan	196–168	Soma Wien	113–80	83–88
Honvéd	173–159	Şekerspor	89–67	84–92
Al-Gezira	105–181	Juventud Schweppes	51–69	54–112
T71 Dudelange	129–148	Dukla Olomouc	61–76	68–72
Embassy All-Stars	161–148	04 Leverkusen	77–65	84–83
Federale	176–202	Thorens Antwerpen	86–99	90–103
Solna	175–114	KaU	87–57	88–57

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK	146–159	CSKA Septemvriisko zname	87–85	59–74
Maccabi Ramat Gan	176–182	Sinudyne Bologna	114–94	62–88
Honvéd	163–170	Juventud Schweppes	83–96	80–74
Dukla Olomouc	152–183	Jugoplastika	82–84	70–99
Embassy All-Stars	181–241	Moderne	100–127	81–114
Thorens Antwerpen	178–148	Solna	98–67	80–81

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 leg 2nd leg Agg. Juventud Schweppes - CSKA Septemvriisko zname 88-65 51-79 139-144 Thorens Antwerpen - Crvena zvezda 98-94 89-116 187-210 CSKA Septemvriisko zname - Crvena zvezda 72-75 91-102 163-177 Juventud Schweppes - Thorens Antwerpen 83-70 78-87 161-157 CSKA Septemvriisko zname - Thorens Antwerpen 64-57 58-69 122-126 Crvena zvezda - Juventud Schweppes 97-79 63-78 160-157 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 -4

Group B 1st leg 2nd leg Agg. Spartak Leningrad - Sinudyne Bologna 93-70 58-69 151-139 Jugoplastika - Moderne 94-78 64-74 158-152 Sinudyne Bologna - Moderne 85-64 88-89 173-163 Spartak Leningrad - Jugoplastika 98-78 69-71 167-149 Sinudyne Bologna - Jugoplastika 81-78 74-87 155-165 Moderne - Spartak Leningrad 60-60 79-119 139-179 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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSKA Septemvriisko zname	136–143	Spartak Leningrad	57–64	69–79
Jugoplastika	151–157	Crvena zvezda	88–76	63–81

Final

March 26, Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Spartak Leningrad	63–62	Crvena zvezda

1974–75 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Spartak Leningrad 2nd title

References

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

External links

• FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1974–75 linguasport.com