1972–73 FIBA European Champions Cup
Appearance
1972-73 FIBA European Champions Cup | |
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League | FIBA European Champions Cup |
Sport | Basketball |
Final | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
The 1972–73 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 16th installment of the European Champions Cup club competition, predecessor of the Euroleague. The Final was held at the Country Hall du Sart Tilman in Liège, Belgium on March 22, 1973. It was won by Ignis Varèse for the second time in a row. They defeated CSKA Moscow in the finals, by a result of 71–66.
Competition System
- 27 teams (domestic champions and title holder) playing knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decides the winner.
- The 8 teams qualified for the Quarterfinals are divided into two groups of four. Every team plays against the other three in its group in consecutive home-and-away matches, so that every two of these games count as a single win or defeat (point difference being a decisive factor here). In case of a tie between two or more teams after this group stage, the following criteria is used: 1) one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average; 3) individual wins and defeats.
- The group winners and the runners-up of the Quarterfinal Group Stage qualify for the Semifinals. The final is played at a predetermined venue.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Bayer Leverkusen ![]() |
160-165 | ![]() |
73–75 | 87–90 |
Union Wienerberger ![]() |
137-126 | ![]() |
81–68 | 56–58 |
Etzella Ettelbruck ![]() |
152-160 | ![]() |
81–91 | 71–69 |
ÍR ![]() |
102-210 | ![]() |
65–117 | 37–93 |
Alvik ![]() |
144–190 | ![]() |
74–103 | 70–87 |
Honvéd ![]() |
144–169 | ![]() |
85–77 | 59–92 |
FUS Rabat ![]() |
139–193 | ![]() |
65–82 | 74–111 |
Porto ![]() |
149-202 | ![]() |
81–93 | 68–109 |
Jeunesse Sportivo Alep ![]() |
0-4* | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–2 |
Levi's Flamingo's Haarlem ![]() |
164-179 | ![]() |
88–72 | 74–107 |
Dinamo București ![]() |
172-132 | ![]() |
95–58 | 77–74 |
Academic ![]() |
154-141 | ![]() |
76–57 | 78–84 |
*Jeunesse Sportivo Alep withdrew before the first leg and Partizani Tirana received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.
Round of 16
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Stade Francais Geneva ![]() |
172-242 | ![]() |
92–121 | 80–121 |
Simmenthal Milano ![]() |
175-156 | ![]() |
93–76 | 82–80 |
Epping Avenue ![]() |
109-229 | ![]() |
62–119 | 47–110 |
Maccabi Elite ![]() |
162-146 | ![]() |
97–74 | 65–72 |
ASVEL ![]() |
148-153 | ![]() |
66–63 | 82–90 |
Partizani Tirana ![]() |
157-193 | ![]() |
83–94 | 74–99 |
Dinamo București ![]() |
141-133 | ![]() |
72–75 | 69–58 |
- Automatically qualified to the group stage
Ignis Varèse (title holder)
Quarter finals group stage
The quarterfinals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.
Top two places in each group advance to Semifinals |
Group A
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Group B
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Semi finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Simmenthal Milano ![]() |
169–212 | ![]() |
72–97 | 100–115 |
Crvena Zvezda ![]() |
173–198 | ![]() |
90–98 | 83–100 |
Final
March 22, Country Hall du Sart Tilman, Liège
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Ignis Varèse ![]() |
71–66 | ![]() |
1972-73 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions |
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![]() Ignis Varèse 3rd Title |