FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1971/72

FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1971/72
Duration		November 4, 1971 - March 23, 1972
Order of execution		15th season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		15 (22 with qualifying rounds)
Play-offs
master		Ignis Pallacanestro Varese
Runner-up		KK Jugoplastika Split
Finals - MVP		Petar Skansi (KK Jugoplastika)
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FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1971/72 ↓

The 1971/72 season was the 15th season of the European Cup of National Champions , held by FIBA Europe and now known as the Euroleague .

The title was won for the second time by Ignis Pallacanestro Varese from Italy .

mode

The 15 champions of the respective national league took part in the final round. First a qualification was played. The winners of the pairings were determined in the first and second leg. The decisive factor was the overall basket ratio in both games. The winners of the pairings in the round of 16, in the top 8 group stage and in the semifinals were also determined in the first and second leg. The final was played in one game at a neutral location.

1st round (qualification)

	total		First leg	Return leg
BBC Amicale	130: 192	Panathinaikos Athens	63: 98	67: 94
Tapion Honka Espoo	164 : 138	Alvik BK	73 : 60	91 : 78
Al-Gezira Cairo	141: 196	KK Jugoplastika Split	66: 84	75: 112
Istanbul Technical University	177: 179	Radio Koch Vienna	91 : 84	86: 95
SC Laurenco Marques	147: 172	ASVEL Lyon	72: 77	75: 95
Virum BK	90: 234	real Madrid	43: 120	47: 114
Fath US Rabat	127: 205	Fruit Lier BBC	64: 82	63: 123

Participants in the final round

Attendees
country	number	Teams
Albania	1	SK 17 Nentori
Belgium	1	Fruit Lier BBC
Bulgaria	1	Akademik Sofia
BR Germany	1	TuS 04 Leverkusen
France	1	ASVEL Lyon
Greece	1	Panathinaikos Athens
Israel	1	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Italy	1	Ignis Pallacanestro Varese
Yugoslavia	1	KK Jugoplastika Split
Netherlands	1	Levi's Flamingo's
Austria	1	Radio Koch Vienna
Spain	1	real Madrid
Czechoslovakia	1	TJ Slavia Prague
Switzerland	1	Friborg Olympic Basket
Turkey	1	Istanbul Technical University

Round of 16

	total		First leg	Return leg
Panathinaikos Athens	161 : 154	Maccabi Tel Aviv	81 : 73	80: 81
Tapion Honka Espoo	153: 188	TJ Slavia Prague	80: 87	73: 101
SK 17 Nentori	135: 175	KK Jugoplastika Split	77: 90	58: 85
Radio Koch Vienna	173 : 172	ASVEL Lyon	101 : 85	72: 87
TuS 04 Leverkusen	140: 197	real Madrid	77: 84	63: 113
Friborg Olympic Basket	127: 209	Fruit Lier BBC	73: 99	54: 110
Levi's Flamingo's	184: 199 *	BK Akademik Sofia	92: 94	92: 105

^* Although athletically qualified for the group stage, BK Akademik Sofia withdrew as its players were preparing for the basketball tournament of the 1972 Olympic Games . The Levi's Flamingo's were then allowed to compete in the top 8 round.

• BYE: Ignis Pallacanestro Varese

Group stage (Top 8)

The winners of the pairings in the group stage were determined in the first and second leg. The overall result of both games was decisive. Whoever decided this was awarded the victory.

If two or three teams were tied, it was not the basket ratio that decided, but a direct comparison between them.

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Ignis Pallacanestro Varese	3	3	0	553	488
2. Real Madrid	3	2	1	516	500
3. Radio Koch Vienna	3	1	2	499	559
4. Levi's Flamingo's	3	0	3	541	562

	Varese	Madrid	Vienna	Flamingo's
Varese	*	90 : 76	101 : 85	105 : 89
Madrid	76 : 71	*	98 : 74	89: 90
Vienna	71: 93	86 : 85	*	94 : 80
Flamingo's	91: 93	89: 92	102 : 89	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. KK Jugoplastika Split	3	3	0	510	474
2. Panathinaikos Athens	3	1	2	484	489
3. TJ Slavia Prague	3	1	2	484	506
4. Fruit Lier BBC	3	1	2	494	503

	Split	Athens	Prague	Lier
Split	*	87 : 63	94 : 81	92 : 67
Athens	94 : 83	*	99 : 73	70 : 55
Prague	78 : 75	74:74	*	95 : 81
Lier	91 : 79	117 : 84	83:83	*

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ignis Pallacanestro Varese	139 : 133	Panathinaikos Athens	69 : 55	70: 78
real Madrid	158: 161	KK Jugoplastika Split	89 : 81	69: 80

final

The final took place in Tel Aviv .

	Result
Ignis Pallacanestro Varese	70 : 69	KK Jugoplastika Split

Web links

• History of the European championship on fibaeurope.com
• Statistics for the 1971/72 season on linguasport.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Champions Cup 1971-72 , on linguasport.com. Retrieved May 21, 2014