The 1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the fifth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball 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.Resultsin todor66.com. Accessed 2013-07-10. 2013-07-13.
Italy became the first country to win the competition twice in a row, as the 1966 FIBA European Cup champion, Simmenthal Milano, defeated Spartak Leningrad, in the last of the competition's three two-legged finals. It previously defeated defending champion, Fides Napoli, in the semifinals, in the competition's first tie between two clubs from the same country. Olimpia Milano was the third Italian League club to win the FIBA Cup Winners' Cup, after Ignis Varese, and Fides Napoli.
Participants
Country Teams Clubs Italy 2 Simmenthal Milano Fides Napoli Albania 1 17 Nëntori Tirana Austria 1 WSG Radenthein Belgium 1 Racing Bell Mechelen Bulgaria 1 Balkan Botevgrad Czechoslovakia 1 Dukla Olomouc Finland 1 NMKY Helsinki France 1 JA Vichy Greece 1 Panathinaikos Hungary 1 Soproni MAFC Iceland 1 KR Israel 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv Luxembourg 1 Arantia Larochette Morocco 1 MEC Netherlands 1 Flamingo's Haarlem Poland 1 Legia Warsaw Portugal 1 Porto Romania 1 Steaua București Scotland 1 Boroughmuir Soviet Union 1 Spartak Leningrad Spain 1 Juventud Nerva Sweden 1 Helsingborg Turkey 1 Galatasaray West Germany 1 VfL Osnabrück Yugoslavia 1 Zadar
First round
Second round
Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals Fides Napoli (title holder)
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions Simmenthal Milano 1st title
References
External links
FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1970–71