The 1974–75

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was the ninth 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 6 November 1974, to 26 March 1975. It was contested by 22 teams, three less than in the previous edition. Spartak Leningrad defeated Crvena zvezda, the former FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup champion, in the final, held in

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, and became the first and only Soviet League team to win the competition for the second time.

Participants

First round

Second round

;Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage: * Crvena zvezda (title holder) * Spartak Leningrad

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 26, Palais des Sports de Beaulieu,

References

External links

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