1971–72 FIBA Women's European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1971–72 FIBA Women's European Cup Winners' Cup,[1] running from November 1971 to March 1972, was the inaugural edition of FIBA Europe's second-tier competition for women's basketball clubs, subsequently renamed Ronchetti Cup. The competition system was similar to that of the FIBA Women's European Champions Cup back then.[2]

Spartak Leningrad won the first of four titles in a row beating ŽKK Voždovac in the final.[3]

Qualifying round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st 2nd
Academica Coimbra 76–115 Mataró 39–45 37–70

Round of 8

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st 2nd
Videoton 108–109 Lokomotiv Sofia 65–57 43–52
Düsseldorf 109–193 Slavia Prague 60–104 49–89
Mataró 100–126 La Gerbe 53–52 47–74
Hapoel Jerusalem walkover Vicenza

Group stage

Group A

# Team Pld W L PF PA
1 Spartak Leningrad 4 4 0 289 214
2 Lokomotiv Sofia 4 2 2 238 259
3 Slavia Prague 4 0 4 224 278

Group B

# Team Pld W L PF PA
1 Voždovac 4 4 0 351 230
2 La Gerbe 4 2 2 301 294
3 Hapoel Jerusalem 4 0 4 196 324

Semifinals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st 2nd
Spartak Leningrad 174–101 La Gerbe 96–48 78–53
Voždovac 156–144 Lokomotiv Sofia 84–63 72–81

Final

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st 2nd
Spartak Leningrad 170–124 Voždovac 84–63 86–61

References