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1972–73 FIBA European Champions Cup

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1972–73 FIBA European Champions Cup
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ChampionsItaly Ignis Varese
  Runners-upSoviet Union CSKA Moscow
FIBA European Champions Cup seasons

The 1972–73 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 16th installment of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Country Hall du Sart Tilman, in Liège, Belgium, on March 22, 1973. It was won by Ignis Varese for the second time in a row. They defeated CSKA Moscow in the finals, by a result of 71–66.

Competition system

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  • 27 teams (European national domestic league champions, plus the then current title holders), playing in a tournament system, played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
  • The eight teams qualified for the quarterfinals were divided into two groups of four. Every team played against the other three in its group in consecutive home-and-away matches, so that every two of these games counted as a single win or defeat (point difference being a decisive factor there). In case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were 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 qualified for the semifinals. The final was played at a predetermined venue.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
TuS 04 Leverkusen West Germany 160–165 Italy Simmenthal Milano 73–75 87–90
Wienerberger Austria 137–126 Turkey İTÜ 81–68 56–58
Etzella Luxembourg 152–160 England Epping Avenue 81–91 71–69
Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur Iceland 102–210 Spain Real Madrid 65–117 37–93
Alvik Sweden 144–190 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 74–103 70–87
Honvéd Hungary 144–169 Belgium Bus Fruit Lier 85–77 59–92
FUS Rabat Morocco 139–193 France ASVEL 65–82 74–111
FC Porto Portugal 149–202 Czechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha 81–93 68–109
Jeunesse Sportivo Alep Syria 0–4* Albania Partizani Tirana 0–2 0–2
Levi's Flamingo's Netherlands 164–179 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda 88–72 74–107
Dinamo București Romania 172–132 Finland Knorr Stars Honka 95–58 77–74
Academic Bulgaria 154–141 Greece Panathinaikos 76–57 78–84

*Jeunesse Sportivo Alep withdrew before the first leg and Partizani Tirana received a forfeit (2–0) in both games.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Stade Français Genève Switzerland 172–242 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 92–121 80–121
Simmenthal Milano Italy 175–156 Austria Wienerberger 93–76 82–80
Epping Avenue England 109–229 Spain Real Madrid 62–119 47–110
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Israel 162–146 Belgium Bus Fruit Lier 97–74 65–72
ASVEL France 148–153 Czechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha 66–63 82–90
Partizani Tirana Albania 157–193 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda 83–94 74–99
Dinamo București Romania 141–133 Bulgaria Academic 72–75 69–58
Automatically qualified to the group stage

Quarterfinals group stage

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The quarterfinals 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

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Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Italy Simmenthal Milano 3 6 3 0 552 512 +40
2. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena zvezda 3 5 2 1 521 533 -12
3. Spain Real Madrid 3 4 1 2 485 487 -2
4. Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 3 3 0 3 550 576 -26

Group B

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Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 3 6 3 0 510 453 +57
2. Italy Ignis Varese 3 5 2 1 503 475 +28
3. Romania Dinamo București 3 4 1 2 469 505 -36
4. Czechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha 3 3 0 3 489 538 -49

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Simmenthal Milano Italy 169–212 Italy Ignis Varese 72–97 100–115
Crvena zvezda Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 173–198 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 90–98 83–100

Final

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March 22, Country Hall du Sart Tilman, Liège

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ignis Varese Italy 71–66 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow


1972–73 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions
Italy
Ignis Varese
3rd Title

Awards

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References

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