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1974–75 Ronchetti Cup
The 1974–75 Ronchetti Cup was the fourth edition of FIBA's second-tier competition for European women's basketball clubs, previously named FIBA Women's European Cup Winners' Cup. It was renamed in memory of Italy, Italian player Liliana Ronchetti, who had died in February 1974 of cancer at the age of 26. It was contested by 30 teams from 15 countries, 17 more contestants than in the 1973–74 FIBA Women's European Cup Winners' Cup, previous season, with Austria, Sweden and Switzerland making their debut, and so three qualifying rounds were held instead of two. WBC Spartak Saint Petersburg, Spartak Leningrad, which had already dominated the Cup Winners' Cup, defeated BC Levski Sofia, Levski-Spartak Sofia in the final to win its fourth title in a row. in FIBA Europe's website First qualifying round < ...
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Ronchetti Cup
The Ronchetti Cup (called till 1996 ''European Cup Liliana Ronchetti'' and ''European Cup Winners' Cup'' till 1974) was an annual women's basketball European club competition held by FIBA between the years 1972 and 2002. It was the second competition in European basketball, after the European Cup For Women's Champions Clubs (later renamed EuroLeague Women). It was replaced in 2002 by the EuroCup Women which is the absolute equivalent. History Liliana Ronchetti and European basketball Liliana Ronchetti started playing basketball in Como, Italy at the age of 20. Ronchetti, or Lily as she was called by her team mates, won 4 consecutive national titles with Como in the 1950s and played 83 games for the Italian national team. One year after she quit basketball Lily died of cancer. Her name has persisted through the ''European Cup Liliana Ronchetti'' (renamed in 1996 more simply ''Ronchetti Cup''). This competition was created by FIBA The International Basketball Federation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |