1971–72 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup explained

The 1971–72 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup^[1] was the twelfth edition of FIBA Europe's competition for women's basketball national champion clubs, running from October 1971 to April 1972. The group stage was expanded from six to eight teams.^[2]

Daugava Riga defeated Sparta Prague in the final to win their ninth title in a row.^[3]

Qualification round

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Agg.	width=200	Team #2	width=50	1st	width=50	2nd
	62–105	CREFF Madrid	34–59	28–46
Kolejliler	117–174	Egyetértés	51–79	66–95
	85–126	Le Logis	44–62	41–64
	103–136	Firestone Wien	49–50	54–86

Round of 14

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Agg.	width=200	Team #2	width=50	1st	width=50	2nd
	129–168		80–87	49–81
Maritsa Plovdiv	walkover	Politehnica Bucharest
CREFF Madrid	102–138	Egyetértés	39–54	63–84
Le Logis	69–164	Clermont	33–68	36–96
	65–178	Geas	33–68	32–110
Maccabi Tel Aviv	134–155	Željezničar Sarajevo	65–77	69–78
Firestone Wien	119–136	Wisła Kraków	69–65	50–71

Group stage

Group A

width=20	width=175	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA
1	6	6	0	509	318
2	6	3	3	410	416
3	6	3	3	388	395
4	6	0	6	362	540

Group B

width=20	width=175	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA
1	6	5	1	350	305
2	6	3	3	346	331
3	6	3	3	343	323
4	6	1	5	373	453

Semifinals

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Agg.	width=200	Team #2	width=50	1st	width=50	2nd
Daugava Riga	163–90		91–48	72–42
Sparta Prague	110–107		67–54	43–53

Finals

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Agg.	width=200	Team #2	width=50	1st	width=50	2nd
Daugava Riga	166–118		80–59	86–59

Notes and References

http://www.fibaeurope.com/pageID_jTRe3EbcGNM8Y9oOfvq6l1.compID_jr6ZiXqeGhMBtfq1yxqV83.season_1972.html 1971–72 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
http://todor66.com/basketball/Eurocups/Women_CC_1972.html Results
http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_086xifmFIlQMh4,zBYog00.html List of finals, 1959–91