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
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons

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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Raak Punch 71–74 AEK0–2*71–72
Maccabi Ramat Gan 196–168 Soma Wien113–8083–88
Honvéd 173–159 Şekerspor89–6784–92
Al-Gezira 105–181 Juventud Schweppes51–6954–112
T71 Dudelange 129–148 Dukla Olomouc61–7668–72
Embassy All-Stars 161–148 04 Leverkusen77–6584–83
Federale 176–202 Thorens Antwerpen86–9990–103
Solna 175–114 KaU87–5788–57

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AEK 146–159 CSKA Septemvriisko zname87–8559–74
Maccabi Ramat Gan 176–182 Sinudyne Bologna114–9462–88
Honvéd 163–170 Juventud Schweppes83–9680–74
Dukla Olomouc 152–183 Jugoplastika82–8470–99
Embassy All-Stars 181–241 Moderne100–12781–114
Thorens Antwerpen 178–148 Solna98–6780–81
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 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
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Crvena zvezda3630547507+40
2. CSKA Septemvriisko zname3412429442-13
3. Thorens Antwerpen3412470493-23
4. Juventud Schweppes3412457461-4

Group 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 - Jugoplastika81-7874-87155-165
Moderne - Spartak Leningrad60-6079-119139-179
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Spartak Leningrad3630497427+70
2. Jugoplastika3521472474-2
3. Sinudyne Bologna3412467469-2
4. Moderne3303444510-66

Semifinals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
CSKA Septemvriisko zname 126–143 Spartak Leningrad57–6469–79
Jugoplastika 151–157 Crvena zvezda88–7663–81

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