1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

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.^[1]

1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Simmenthal Milano
Runners-up	Spartak Leningrad

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Flamingo's Haarlem	158–171	Dukla Olomouc	92–58	66–113
Zadar	145–122	17 Nëntori Tirana	73–60	72–62
Galatasaray	130–133	Steaua București	66–61	64–72
NMKY Helsinki	152–165	Balkan Botevgrad	83–80	69–85
Porto	112–149	JA Vichy	56–60	56–89
Juventud Nerva	198–141	Boroughmuir	106–64	92–77
WSG Radenthein	154–159	Soproni MAFC	80–80	74–79
KR	125–210	Legia Warsaw	67–99	58–111
MEC	100–230	Simmenthal Milano	61–105	39–125
Arantia Larochette	133–214	Racing Bell Mechelen	85–106	48–108
Panathinaikos	178–125	VfL Osnabrück	89–52	89–73

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dukla Olomouc	146–151	Zadar	85–85	61–66
Spartak Leningrad	180–131	Steaua București	93–54	87–77
Balkan Botevgrad	142–118	JA Vichy	82–50	60–68
Juventud Nerva	176–128	Soproni MAFC	95–57	81–71
Legia Warsaw	163–158	Helsingborg	98–70	65–88
Simmenthal Milano	171–145	Racing Bell Mechelen	96–74	75–71
Hapoel Tel Aviv	146–140	Panathinaikos	93–83	53–57

Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals

• Fides Napoli (title holder)

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zadar	137–161	Spartak Leningrad	59–63	78–98
Balkan Botevgrad	147–154	Juventud Nerva	88–62	59–92
Legia Warsaw	148–180	Fides Napoli	75–84	73–96
Simmenthal Milano	212–154	Hapoel Tel Aviv	107–74	105–80

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak Leningrad	131–114	Juventud Nerva	82–52	49–62
Fides Napoli	155–167	Simmenthal Milano	78–86	77–81

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak Leningrad	118–127	Simmenthal Milano	66–56	52–71

1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Simmenthal Milano 1st title