The 1971–72

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was the sixth 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 4 November 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. Defending champion,

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, defeated

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in the final, which returned to a single game format, to win its second trophy, becoming the first team to successfully defend its title.Basketball Cup Winner's Cup – Simmenthal is the champion again
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'', 22 March 1972 It was the third title in a row for an

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team. This season's FIBA European Champions Cup final, also featured Italian and

Yugoslav League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League (Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

teams, with the same outcome.

Participants

First round

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(for political reasons),

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and Blue Stars Amsterdam all withdrew before the first leg, and their rivals received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

Second round

;Automatically qualified to the quarter finals group stage: *

(title holder)

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.

Semifinals

Final

March 21,

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References

External links

FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1971–72 linguasport.com
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