The 1970–71

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was the fifth edition of

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's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club

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competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 3 December 1970, to 7 April 1971. It was contested by 26 teams, six more than in the previous edition.Results
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became the first country to win the competition twice in a row, as the 1966 FIBA European Cup champion,

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, defeated

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, in the last of the competition's three two-legged finals. It previously defeated defending champion,

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, in the semifinals, in the competition's first tie between two clubs from the same country.

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was the third

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club to win the FIBA Cup Winners' Cup, after

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, and

Participants

First round

Second round

;Automatically qualified to the quarter finals: *

(title holder)

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

References

External links

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