FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1972/73

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FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1972/73
Logo of FIBA ​​Europe
Duration November 9, 1972 - March 22, 1973
Order of execution 16th season
organizer FIBA
Number of teams 16 (27 with qualifying rounds)
Play-offs
master ItalyItaly Ignis Pallacanestro Varese
   Runner-up      Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union CSKA Moscow
Finals - MVP Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Sergei Below (CSKA Moscow)

← FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1971/72

The 1972/73 season was the 16th season of the European Cup of National Champions , held by FIBA Europe and now known as the Euroleague .

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

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The 15 champions of each national league and defending champion Ignis Pallacanestro Varese 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
TuS 04 Leverkusen Germany BRBR Germany 160: 165 ItalyItaly Simmenthal Olimpia Milano 73: 75 87: 90
UBSC Radio Koch Vienna AustriaAustria 137 : 126 TurkeyTurkey Istanbul Technical University 81 : 68 56: 58
BBC Etzella LuxembourgLuxembourg 152: 160 EnglandEngland Epping Avenue BC 81: 91 71 : 69
ÍR Reykjavík IcelandIceland 102: 210 Spain 1945Spain real Madrid 65: 117 37: 93
Alvik BK SwedenSweden 144: 190 IsraelIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv 74: 103 70: 87
Honvéd Budapest Hungary 1957Hungary 144: 169 BelgiumBelgium BUS Fruit Lier BBC 85 : 77 59: 92
Fath US Rabat MoroccoMorocco 139: 193 FranceFrance ASVEL Lyon 65: 82 74: 111
FC Porto PortugalPortugal 149: 202 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia TJ Slavia Prague 81: 93 68: 109
CJS Aleppo Syria 1972Syria 0: 4 1 Albania 1946People's Socialist Republic of Albania KS Partizani Tirana 0: 2 0: 2
Levi's flamingos Haarlem NetherlandsNetherlands 162: 179 YugoslaviaYugoslavia KK Red Star Belgrade 88 : 72 74: 107
CS Dinamo Bucharest Romania 1965Romania 172 : 132 FinlandFinland Knorr Stars Honka 95 : 58 77 : 74
BK Akademik Sofia Bulgaria 1967Bulgaria 154 : 141 Greece 1970Greece Panathinaikos Athens 76 : 57 78: 84
1 CJS Aleppo withdrew from the competition, so that both games were rated 2-0 for KS Partizani Tirana.

Participants in the final round

Attendees
country number Teams
ItalyItaly Italy 2 Simmenthal Olimpia Milano Ignis Pallacanestro Varese
Albania 1946People's Socialist Republic of Albania Albania 1 KS Partizani Tirana
BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1 BUS Fruit Lier BBC
Bulgaria 1967Bulgaria Bulgaria 1 BK Akademik Sofia
EnglandEngland England 1 Epping Avenue BC
FranceFrance France 1 ASVEL Lyon
IsraelIsrael Israel 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv
YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia 1 KK Red Star Belgrade
AustriaAustria Austria 1 UBSC Radio Koch Vienna
Romania 1965Romania Romania 1 CS Dinamo Bucharest
Spain 1945Spain Spain 1 real Madrid
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1 Stade Français Geneva
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 1 CSKA Moscow
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1 TJ Slavia Prague

Round of 16

total First leg Return leg
Stade Français Geneva SwitzerlandSwitzerland 172: 242 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 92: 121 80: 121
Simmenthal Olimpia Milano ItalyItaly 175 : 156 AustriaAustria UBSC Radio Koch Vienna 93 : 76 82 : 80
Epping Avenue BC EnglandEngland 109: 229 Spain 1945Spain real Madrid 62: 119 47: 110
Maccabi Tel Aviv IsraelIsrael 162 : 146 BelgiumBelgium BUS Fruit Lier BBC 97 : 74 65: 72
ASVEL Lyon FranceFrance 140: 197 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia TJ Slavia Prague 66 : 63 82: 90
KS Partizani Tirana Albania 1946People's Socialist Republic of Albania 157: 193 YugoslaviaYugoslavia KK Red Star Belgrade 83: 94 74: 99
CS Dinamo Bucharest Romania 1965Romania 141 : 133 Bulgaria 1967Bulgaria BK Akademik Sofia 72: 75 69 : 58
  • Bye as defending champion: Ignis Pallacanestro VareseItalyItaly

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. Simmenthal Olimpia MilanoItalyItaly 3 3 0 552 512
2. KK Red Star BelgradeYugoslaviaYugoslavia 3 2 1 521 533
3. Real MadridSpain 1945Spain 3 1 2 485 487
4. Maccabi Tel AvivIsraelIsrael 3 0 3 550 576
  Milano Belgrade Madrid Tel Aviv
Milano * 108 : 85 92 : 72 108 : 74
Belgrade 74: 80 * 80 : 70 103 : 88
Madrid 94 : 76 74: 77 * 87 : 75
Tel Aviv 113 : 88 113 : 102 87: 88 *

Group B

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. CSKA MoscowSoviet Union 1955Soviet Union 3 3 0 510 453
2. Ignis Pallacanestro VareseItalyItaly 3 2 1 503 475
3. CS Dinamo BucharestRomania 1965Romania 3 1 2 469 505
4. TJ Slavia PragueCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 3 0 3 489 538
  Moscow Varese Bucharest Prague
Moscow * 97 : 76 83 : 64 77 : 76
Varese 78 : 65 * 84 : 60 102 : 80
Bucharest 80: 94 82 : 81 * 100 : 64
Prague 79: 94 91 : 82 99 : 83 *

Semifinals

total First leg Return leg
Simmenthal Olimpia Milano ItalyItaly 172: 212 ItalyItaly Ignis Pallacanestro Varese 72: 97 100: 115
KK Red Star Belgrade YugoslaviaYugoslavia 173: 198 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 90: 98 83: 100

final

The final took place in Liège .

Result
ItalyItaly Ignis Pallacanestro Varese 71 : 66 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union CSKA Mosau

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