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The 1972β73 FIBA European Champions Cup was the: 16th installment of theββEuropean 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 LiΓ¨ge, 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 71β66.
Competition systemβ»
- 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 decisive factor there). In case of a tie between two/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 roundβ»
*Jeunesse Sportivo Alep withdrew before the first leg and Partizani Tirana received a forfeit (2β0) in both games.
Second roundβ»
- Automatically qualifiedββto the group stage
Quarterfinals group stageβ»
The quarterfinals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.
Keyββto colors
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Top two places in each group advance to Semifinals
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Semifinalsβ»
Finalβ»
March 22, Country Hall du Sart Tilman, Liège
1972β73 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
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Ignis Varese 3rd Title
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Awardsβ»
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