Sport Basketball Runners-up Crvena zvezda | Champions Simmenthal Milano | |
League FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup | ||
The 1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup was the sixth edition of FIBA's competition for European basketball national cup champions, running from 4 December 1971 to 21 March 1972. It was contested by 21 teams, five less than in the previous edition, and it marked a reform in the competition's format; a 6-team group stage was introduced replacing the quarterfinals.
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Defending champion Simmenthal Milano defeated Crvena zvezda in the final, which returned to a single game format, to win its second trophy, becoming the first team to successfully defend its title. It was the third title in a row for an Italian team. This season European Cup's final also confronted Italian and Yugoslav teams, with the same outcome.
First round
*Partizani Tirana (for political reasons), Ghouta and Blue Stars Amsterdam all withdrew before the first leg, and their rivals received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.
Second round
Quarter finals
The quarter finals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.
Final
March 21, Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki