European Champions Cup (1972-1973)

FINALS

22-03-1973 - Country Hall du Sart Tilman Liege (Attendance: 3700)
Ignis Pallacanestro Varese - CSKA Moscow  71-66 (41-29)
Ignis Varese (coach: Aza Nikolic): Aldo Ossola 6, Manuel Raga 25, Bob Morse 16, Iwan Bisson 13, Dino Meneghin 9; Ottorino Flaborea 2, Dodo Rusconi, Marino Zanatta, Franco Bartolucci, Giorgio Chiarini, Paolo Polzot, Massimo Lucarelli Fg 31/64, Ft 9/12, fouls 26.
CSKA Moscow (coach: Aleksandr Gomelskij): Sergeij Belov 34, Valerij Miloserdov, Nikolaj Kovyrkin, Evgeny Kovalenko 14, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov 4; Ivan Edeshko 6, Viktor Petrakov 6, Nikolaj D'jachenko 2, Aleksandr Kulkov, Vladimir Ilyuk, Sergeij Yastrebov, Vladimir Viktorov Fg 26/59, Ft 14/16, fouls 33.
Fouled out: Edeshko 26', Miloserdov 30', Kovyrkin 33', Raga 40'

SEMIFINALS

1-03-1973
Simmenthal Olimpia Milano - Ignis Pallacanestro Varese  72-97 (37-46)
Simmenthal Olimpia (coach: Cesare Rubini): Giulio Iellini 10, Giuseppe Brumatti 4, Massimo Masini 15, Renzo Bariviera 23, Mauro Cerioni 12, Paolo Bianchi 2, Giorgio Giomo 6. Ft 14/16.
Ignis Varese (coach: Aza Nikolic): Dodo Rusconi 6, Ottorino Flaborea, Marino Zanatta 8, Bob Morse 31, Aldo Ossola, Dino Meneghin 10, Iwan Bisson 14, Manuel Raga 18. Ft 7/10.
Fouled out: Bisson 31'

1-03-1973 (Attendance: 3500)
KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd - CSKA Moscow  90-98 (59-42)
KK Crvena Zvezda (coach: Bata Djordjevic): Goran Rakocevic 2, Zoran Lazarevic 8, Ivan Sarjanovic 6, Bozidar Pesic 10, Vesko Pajevic, Dragan Kapicic 20, Grubovic, Dragisa Vucinic 23, Zoran Latific, Zeferino Grasi, Zoran Slavnic 21.
CSKA Moscow (coach: Aleksandr Gomelskij): Aleksandr Kulkov, Ivan Edeshko 24, Valerij Miloserdov 13, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov 14, Sergeij Belov 24, Nikolaj Kovyrkin 11, Nikolaj D'jachenko 2, Evgeny Kovalenko 10, Sergeij Yastrebov, Viktor Petrakov, Vladimir Ilyuk, Vladimir Viktorov
Fouled out: Kovalenko 35', Pesic 37', Miloserdov 38', Vucinic 40'

8-03-1973
Ignis Pallacanestro Varese - Simmenthal Olimpia Milano  115-100 (59-42)
Ignis Varese (coach: Aza Nikolic): Dodo Rusconi 1, Ottorino Flaborea 2, Marino Zanatta 15, Bob Morse 32, Aldo Ossola 4, Dino Meneghin 25, Paolo Polzot 2, Iwan Bisson 6, Manuel Raga 28, Massimo Lucarelli, Giorgio Chiarini, Franco Bartolucci Ft 15/20
Simmenthal Olimpia (coach: Cesare Rubini): Giulio Iellini 21, Pino Brumatti 29, Massimo Masini 14, Renzo Bariviera 20, Mauro Cerioni 2, Paolo Bianchi 14, Maurizio Crisafulli, Lino Mascellaro, Renzo Vecchiato
Fouled out: Iellini 37'

8-03-1973
CSKA Moscow - KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd  100-83 (49-40)
CSKA Moscow (coach: Aleksandr Gomelskij): Aleksandr Kulkov, Ivan Edeshko 8, Valerij Miloserdov 8, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov 23, Vladimir Viktorov, Vladimir Ilyuk, Sergeij Belov 20, Nikolaj Kovyrkin 2, Viktor Petrakov 17, Evgeny Kovalenko 16, Sergeij Yastrebov 6.
KK Crvena Zvezda (coach: Bata Djordjevic): Goran Rakocevic 12, Zoran Lazarevic 7, Ivan Sarjanovic, Bozidar Pesic 12, Dragan Kapicic 5, Dragisa Vucinic 27, Zoran Latific 4, Zoran Slavnic 16.


QUARTERFINALS

The quarterfinals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.

Group A

9-01-1973 - Pabellon de la Ciudad Deportiva (Attendance: 5000)
Real Madrid - Simmenthal Olimpia Milano  94-76 (48-29)
Real Madrid (coach: Pedro Ferrandiz): Vicente Ramos 6, Wayne Brabender 30, Clifford Luyk 25, Cristobal Rodriguez 6, Rafael Rullan 16; Carmelo Cabrera, Norbert Thimm 11.
Simmenthal Olimpia (coach: Cesare Rubini): Giorgio Giomo 10, Giuseppe Brumatti 21, Renzo Bariviera 3, Massimo Masini 6, Art Kenney 17; Mauro Cerioni 9, Giulio Iellini 10.

11-01-1973
Maccabi Elite SC Tel-Aviv - KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd  113-102 (56-54)
Maccabi Elite SC (coach: Yehoshua Rosin): Ron Dunlop 26, Steve Chubin 34, Tal Brody 30, Gabi Neumark 6, Eric Menkin 6, Haim Starkman 4, Miki Schwartz 3, Miki Berkowitz 2, Joseph Leja 2.
KK Crvena Zvezda (coach: Bata Djordjevic): Duci Simonovic 37, Zoran Slavnic 20, Dragan Kapicic 18, Zoran Lazarevic 10, Ivan Sarjanovic 9, Goran Rakocevic 4, Bozidar Pesic 2, Dragisa Vucinic 2.

17-01-1973
KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd - Maccabi Elite SC Tel-Aviv  103-88 (51-40)
KK Crvena Zvezda (coach: Bata Djordjevic): Goran Rakocevic 9, Zoran Lazarevic 9, Ivan Sarjanovic 2, Bozidar Pesic, Vesko Pajovic, Dragan Kapicic 40, Dragisa Vucinic 16, Goran Latific, Zeferino Grasi, Zoran Slavnic 27.
Maccabi Elite SC (coach: Yehoshua Rosin): Eric Menkin 12, Shmuel Avisar, Tal Brody 10, Ron Dunlop, Eli Koren, Miki Berkowitz 11, Haim Starkman 2, Gabi Neumark 21, Joseph Leja, Miki Schwartz 2, Steve Chubin 22, Dov Rozin.

18-01-1973 - Palalido (Attendance: 5000)
Simmenthal Olimpia Milano - Real Madrid  92-72 (42-28)
Simmenthal Olimpia (coach: Cesare Rubini): Giulio Iellini 12, Mauro Cerioni 6, Renzo Bariviera 17, Massimo Masini 30, Art Kenney 7; Giuseppe Brumatti 7, Giorgio Giomo 13. Ft 16/20.
Real Madrid (coach: Pedro Ferrandiz): Vicente Ramos 3, Wayne Brabender 15, Cristobal Rodriguez 2, Rafael Rullan 6, Norbert Thimm 21; Carmelo Cabrera 10, Emiliano Rodriguez 6, Vicente Paniagua 6, Juan Antonio Corbalan 5

24-01-1973
Simmenthal Olimpia Milano - Maccabi Elite SC Tel-Aviv  108-74 (48-34)
Simmenthal Olimpia (coach: Cesare Rubini): Giulio Iellini 12, Giuseppe Brumatti 30, Mauro Cerioni 18, Art Kenney 18, Massimo Masini 20; Giorgio Giomo 10. Ft 16/20.
Maccabi Elite SC (coach: Yehoshua Rosin): Steve Chubin 19, Ron Dunlop 16, Joseph Leja 12, Tal Brody 4, Eric Menkin 8, Miki Berkowitz 9, Haim Starkman 4, Miki Schwartz 2, Eli Koren. Ft 9/12.

24-01-1973 - Pabellon de la Ciudad Deportiva (Attendance: 5000)
Real Madrid - KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd  74-77 (36-33)
Real Madrid (coach: Pedro Ferrandiz): Vicente Ramos 6, Vicente Paniagua 20, Wayne Brabender 9, Rafael Rullan 16, Norbert Thimm 9; Cristobal Rodriguez 2, Juan Antonio Corbalan 5, Carmelo Cabrera 7.
KK Crvena Zvezda (coach: Bata Djordjevic): Zoran Slavnic 20, Ivan Sarjanovic 6, Goran Rakocevic 20, Dragan Kapicic 11, Dragisa Vucinic 18; Zoran Lazarevic, Bozidar Pesic 2.

31-01-1973
Maccabi Elite SC Tel-Aviv - Simmenthal Olimpia Milano  113-88 (61-41)
Maccabi Elite (coach: Yehoshua Rosin): Steve Chubin 26, Eric Menkin 22, Tal Brody 21, Ron Dunlop 18, Miki Schwartz 15, Joseph Leja 8, Haim Starkman 3.
Simmenthal Olimpia (coach: Cesare Rubini): Giuseppe Brumatti 20, Renzo Bariviera 19, Mauro Cerioni 18, Art Kenney 17, Giulio Iellini 12, Giorgio Giomo 2.

1-02-1973 - Sportska Dvorana (Attendance: 5000)
KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd - Real Madrid  80-70 (34-33)
KK Crvena Zvezda (coach: Bata Djordjevic): Zoran Slavnic 18, Ivan Sarjanovic 8, Goran Rakocevic 8, Dragan Kapicic 24, Dragisa Vucinic 19; Zoran Lazarevic 3, Bozidar Pesic.
Real Madrid (coach: Pedro Ferrandiz): Vicente Ramos, Vicente Paniagua 10, Wayne Brabender 35, Rafael Rullan 5, Norbert Thimm 8; Cristobal Rodriguez 6, Emiliano Rodriguez 4, Carmelo Cabrera 2.

7-02-1973
Simmenthal Olimpia Milano - KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd  108-85 (55-34)
Simmenthal Olimpia (coach: Cesare Rubini): Giulio Iellini 12, Giuseppe Brumatti 24, Massimo Masini 18, Renzo Bariviera 24, Mauro Cerioni 8, Giorgio Giomo 6, Art Kenney 16. Ft 18/28.
KK Crvena Zvezda (coach: Bata Djordjevic): Goran Rakocevic 10, Zoran Lazarevic 6, Ivan Sarjanovic 15, Bozidar Pesic 3, Dragan Kapicic 34, Dragisa Vucinic 2, Zoran Slavnic 15, Goran Latific. Ft 11/18.

8-02-1973 - Yad Eliyahu (Attendance: 10000)
Maccabi Elite SC Tel-Aviv - Real Madrid  87-88 (41-43)
Maccabi Elite SC (coach: Yehoshua Rosin): Tal Brody 24, Miki Berkowitz 14, Haim Starkman 9, Eric Menkin 6, Ron Dunlop 15; Gabi Neumark 5, Joseph Leja 4, Miki Schwartz 4, Steve Chubin 6.
Real Madrid (coach: Pedro Ferrandiz): Vicente Ramos 5, Vicente Paniagua 2, Wayne Brabender 33, Rafael Rullan 12, Norbert Thimm 20; Cristobal Rodriguez 2, Carmelo Cabrera 4, Emiliano Rodriguez 10.

14-02-1973
KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd - Simmenthal Olimpia Milano  74-80 (30-32)
KK Crvena Zvezda (coach: Bata Djordjevic): Goran Rakocevic 19, Zoran Lazarevic 6, Ivan Sarjanovic 8, Bozidar Pesic 4, Dragan Kapicic 4, Dragisa Vucinic 25, Goran Latific 8, Zoran Slavnic.
Simmenthal Olimpia (coach: Cesare Rubini): Giulio Iellini, Giuseppe Brumatti 2, Massimo Masini 18, Renzo Bariviera 8, Mauro Cerioni 8, Giorgio Giomo 14, Art Kenney 8, Sergio Borlenghi, Paolo Bianchi 22, Renzo Vecchiato.

15-02-1973 - Pabellon de la Ciudad Deportiva (Attendance: 4000)
Real Madrid - Maccabi Elite SC Tel-Aviv  87-75 (42-33)
Real Madrid (coach: Pedro Ferrandiz): Vicente Ramos 4, Vicente Paniagua 16, Wayne Brabender 31, Rafael Rullan 17, Norbert Thimm 19; Carmelo Cabrera, Emiliano Rodriguez.
Maccabi Elite SC (coach: Yehoshua Rosin): Tal Brody 16, Miki Berkowitz 14, Haim Starkman 10, Eric Menkin 10, Ron Dunlop 7; Joseph Leja 9, Miki Schwartz 9.

Group B

10-01-1973 (Attendance: 5000)
Ignis Pallacanestro Varese - TJ Slavia VS Praha  102-80 (51-38)
Ignis Varese (coach: Aza Nikolic): Manuel Raga 32, Bob Morse 26, Aldo Ossola 2, Dino Meneghin 28, Iwan Bisson 8; Dodo Rusconi 2, Ottorino Flaborea, Franco Bartolucci, Giorgio Chiarini, Marino Zanatta 4, Paolo Polzot, Massimo Lucarelli. Ft 16/18.
TJ Slavia VS (coach: Jaroslav Sip): Vlastimil Klimes, Sistek, Jiri Konopasek 6, Soukup, Gustav Hraska, L. Pospisil, Jiri Zidek 26, Jiri Zednicek 28, Bronislav Sako 2, Jiri Ammer 4, Jan Blazek 12, Jiri Ruzicka 2. Ft 4/6.

11-01-1973
CS Dinamo Bucuresti - CSKA Moscow  80-94 (37-44)
CS Dinamo: Radu Diaconescu 27, Gheorghe Novac 18, Vasile Popa 14, Dan Georgescu 10, Mircea Chivulescu 7, Adolf Cernea 2, Constantin Dragomirescu 2, Dan Niculescu.
CSKA Moscow (coach: Aleksandr Gomelskij): Alzhan Zharmukhamedov 28, Evgeny Kovalenko 17, Viktor Petrakov 12, Sergeij Belov 10, Ivan Edeshko 10, Valerij Miloserdov 4, Vladimir Ilyuk 2, Nikolaj Kovyrkin 4, Nikolaj D'jachenko 3, Sergeij Yastrebov 4.

17-01-1973 (Attendance: 2500)
TJ Slavia VS Praha - Ignis Pallacanestro Varese  91-82 (37-44)
TJ Slavia VS (coach: Jaroslav Sip): Jiri Konopasek 12, Jiri Zidek 25, Jiri Zednicek 22, Bronislav Sako 10, Jiri Ammer 10, Jan Blazek 4, Jiri Ruzicka 8.
Ignis Varese (coach: Aza Nikolic): Dodo Rusconi 8, Ottorino Flaborea 4, Bob Morse 22, Aldo Ossola 8, Dino Meneghin 11, Massimo Lucarelli 2, Iwan Bisson 4, Manuel Raga 24.

18-01-1973
CSKA Moscow - CS Dinamo Bucuresti  83-64 (45-37)
CS Dinamo: Vasile Popa 11, Dan Georgescu 21, Radu Diaconescu 14, Gheorghe Novac 4, Constantin Dragomirescu 10, Mircea Chivulescu 4, Dan Niculescu, Adolf Cernea.

24-01-1973
TJ Slavia VS Praha - CSKA Moscow  79-94 (37-46)
TJ Slavia VS (coach: Jaroslav Sip): Jiri Zidek 32, Jiri Zednicek 16, Jiri Konopasek, Jiri Ammer, Jan Blazek x; Jiri Ruzicka 8,
CSKA Moscow (coach: Aleksandr Gomelskij): Ivan Edeshko, Sergeij Belov 26, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov 20, Evgeny Kovalenko 20, Viktor Petrakov 10,

24-01-1973
Ignis Pallacanestro Varese - CS Dinamo Bucuresti  84-60 (43-32)
Ignis Varese (coach: Aza Nikolic): Dodo Rusconi 4, Dino Meneghin 15, Bob Morse 24, Iwan Bisson 14, Manuel Raga 21, Aldo Ossola, Marino Zanatta 6, Ottorino Flaborea. Ft 6/7.
CS Dinamo: Adolf Cernea 9, Mircea Chivulescu 9, Dan Niculescu, Rotaru, Dan Georgescu 4, Radu Diaconescu 12, Gheorghe Novac 17, Constantin Dragomirescu 2, Vasile Popa 7, ft 10/16.

31-01-1973 - Sala Floreasca (Attendance: 2000)
CS Dinamo Bucuresti - Ignis Pallacanestro Varese  82-81 (43-39)
CS Dinamo: Adolf Cernea 27, Dan Georgescu 18, Vasile Popa 15, Radu Diaconescu 13, Mircea Chivulescu 7, Constantin Dragomirescu 2, Dan Niculescu, Rotaru.
Ignis Varese (coach: Aza Nikolic): Bob Morse 28, Dino Meneghin 15, Manuel Raga 14, Iwan Bisson 8, Dodo Rusconi 5, Marino Zanatta 5, Aldo Ossola 2, Ottorino Flaborea 4.

1-02-1973
CSKA Moscow - TJ Slavia VS Praha  77-76 (38-41)

7-02-1973
CSKA Moscow - Ignis Pallacanestro Varese  97-76 (43-33)
CSKA Moscow (coach: Aleksandr Gomelskij): Sergeij Belov 34, Ivan Edeshko 12, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov 14, Valerij Miloserdov 2, Evgeny Kovalenko 23, Nikolaj D'jachenko, Nikolaj Kovyrkin 2, Viktor Petrakov 10, Sergeij Yastrebov, Aleksandr Kulkov, Vladimir Viktorov, Vladimir Ilyuk. Ft 23/26.
Ignis Varese (coach: Aza Nikolic): Dodo Rusconi 4, Ottorino Flaborea 6, Marino Zanatta 2, Bobo Morse 19, Aldo Ossola 1, Dino Meneghin 12, Paolo Polzot, Massimo Lucarelli, Iwan Bisson 4, Manuel Raga 28

8-02-1973
TJ Slavia VS Praha - CS Dinamo Bucuresti  99-83 (50-33)
TJ Slavia VS (coach: Jaroslav Sip): Jiri Zidek 34, Jiri Ruzicka 17, Jiri Zednicek 16, Jan Blazek 14, Bronislav Sako 8, Jiri Ammer 6, Jiri Konopasek 4.
CS Dinamo: Radu Diaconescu 23, Gheorghe Novac 14, Adolf Cernea 14, Dan Georgescu 10, Vasile Popa 7, Constantin Dragomirescu 7, Mircea Chivulescu 6, Dan Niculescu 2.

14-02-1973
Ignis Pallacanestro Varese - CSKA Moscow  78-65 (47-40)
Ignis Varese (coach: Aza Nikolic): Dodo Rusconi 2, Ottorino Flaborea, Franco Bartolucci, Marino Zanatta 6, Bob Morse 24, Aldo Ossola 6, Dino Meneghin 19, Paolo Polzot, Massimo Lucarelli, Iwan Bisson 7, Manuel Raga 14, Ft 26/30.
CSKA Moscow (coach: Aleksandr Gomelskij): Aleksandr Kulkov, Ivan Edeshko 18, Valerij Miloserdov 8, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov 8, Vladimir Viktorov, Vladimir Ilyuk, Sergeij Belov 26, Nikolaj Kovyrkin, Nikolaj D'jachenko, Viktor Petrakov 2, Evgeny Kovalenko 11, Sergeij Yastrebov 2. Ft 17/22.

15-02-1973
CS Dinamo Bucuresti - TJ Slavia VS Praha  100-64 (48-32)
CS Dinamo: Vasile Popa 27, Dan Georgescu 18, Gheorghe Novac 17, Constantin Dragomirescu 16, Radu Diaconescu 8, Mircea Chivulescu 7, Adolf Cernea 5, Dan Niculescu 2.
TJ Slavia VS (coach: Jaroslav Sip): Jiri Ruzicka 13, Jiri Konopasek 14, Horak 12, Vlastimil Klimes 8, Jan Blazek 7, Gustav Hraska 6, Jiri Ammer 2, Jiri Zidek 2, Jiri Zednicek.


1/8 FINALS

29-11-1972
ASVEL Basket Villeurbanne - TJ Slavia VS Praha  66-63 (22-34)

30-11-1972 - Pavillon des Sports de Champel (Attendance: 1300)
Stade Francais Geneve - CSKA Moscow  92-121 (43-67)
Stade Francais: Yves Bourquin 13, Max Heitz 6, Rene Boillat 5, Reginato, Yves-Alain Cazenave, Jean-Pierre Bailiff 8, Daniel Duclos 7, Marco Dizerens 6, Alex Sayegh 4, Michel Dirrig 4, Tracy Tripucka 39.
CSKA Moscow (coach: Aleksandr Gomelskij): Alksandr Kulkov 4, Ivan Edeshko 12, Valerij Miloserdov 12, Sergeij Yastrebov 7, Vadim Kapranov 6, Vladimir Ilyuk 12, Sergeij Belov 10, Nikolaj Kovyrkin 14, Viktor Petrakov 16, Evgeny Kovalenko 19, Vladimir Viktorov 9.

30-11-1972
Simmenthal Olimpia Milano - UBSC Radio Koch Wien  93-76 (43-41)
Simmenthal Olimpia (coach: Cesare Rubini): Giulio Iellini 5, Giuseppe Brumatti 30, Massimo Masini 8, Renzo Bariviera 14, Mauro Cerioni 8, Sergio Borlenghi, Paolo Bianchi 1, Giorgio Giomo 8, Art Kenney 19, Renzo Vecchiato Ft 15/24.
UBSC Radio Koch (coach: Jan Hluchy): Peter Bilik 8, Mike Reed 17, Ernst Rabl 10, Heinz Leskova 2, Hector Blondet 22, Erich Tecka 17, Gunther Pawelka, Ralf Seidemann, Schon, Hutthaler, Stupka

3-12-1972 (Attendance: 1200)
CSKA Moscow - Stade Francais Geneve  121-80 (60-43)
CSKA Moscow (coach: Aleksandr Gomelskij): Sergeij Yastrebov 21, Valerij Miloserdov 11, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov 16, Vadim Kapranov 11, Vladimir Ilyuk 10, Sergeij Belov 15, Nikolaj Kovyrkin 10, Ivan Edeshko 12, Viktor Petrakov 7, Vladimir Viktorov 8.
Stade Francais: Yves Bourquin 23, Max Heitz 6, Daniel Duclos 9, Marco Dizerens 6, Alex Sayegh 6, Michel Dirrig 3, Tracy Tripucka 27, Jean-Pierre Bailiff, Rene Boillat.

6-12-1972 (Attendance: 3000)
UBSC Radio Koch Wien - Simmenthal Olimpia Milano  80-82 (34-44)
UBSC Radio Koch (coach: Jan Hluchy): Mike Reed 28, Erich Tecka 21, Hector Blondet 14, Ernst Rabl, Peter Bilik 11, Heinz Leskova 2, Gunther Pawelka 4, Hutthaler, Stupka, Schon Ft 12/20.
Simmenthal Olimpia (coach: Cesare Rubini): Massimo Masini 6, Giulio Iellini 18, Art Kenney 24, Renzo Bariviera 22, Augusto Giomo 2, Paolo Bianchi 2, Giuseppe Brumatti 8, Mauro Cerioni, Sergio Borlenghi, Renzo Vecchiato Ft 4/6.

7-12-1972 - Leyton Park (Attendance: 2000)
Epping Avenue BC - Real Madrid  62-119 (28-65)
Epping Avenue BC (coach: Ken Clarke): Dave Shelley 8, Len Hoy 20, Rick Mann 18, Clarke 8, Bob Williams 4; Geoff Turner 4.
Real Madrid (coach: Pedro Ferrandiz): Carmelo Cabrera 6, Vicente Paniagua 11, Clifford Luyk 7, Rafael Rullan 20, Norbert Thimm 32; Jose Merino 14, Emiliano Rodriguez 16, Juan Antonio Corbalan 5, Alberto Vinas 8.

7-12-1972 (Attendance: 10400)
Maccabi Elite SC Tel-Aviv - BUS Fruit Lier BBC  92-74 (47-35)
Maccabi Elite SC (coach: Yehoshua Rosin): Gabi Neumark 22, Tal Brody 21, Haim Starkman 12, Steve Chubin 12, Joseph Leja 9, Miki Schwartz 8, Eric Menkin 6, Eli Koren 2.
BUS Fruit Lier BBC (coach: Frans Wouters): Jack Verdeyen 21, John Lesher 14, Pierre de Belder 12, Robert van Herzele 6, Ghilain van Walle 10, Dexter Westbrook 7, Lucien van Kersschaever 2, Luc Dils 2, Guy Storme.

7-12-1972 - Salle Partizani (Attendance: 3500)
KS Partizani - KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd  83-94 (37-40)
KS Partizani (coach: Astrit Greva): Aleksander Dheri 2, Edmond Moja, Kushtrim Zace 17, Besnik Pellumbi, Agim Fagu 21, Viktor Papavangjeli 16, Spartak Boshniaku, Nikolin Pali 13, Guxim Bekteshi, Dodan Permeti, Kastriot Mushi 14, Robert Kuqo, Tomini
KK Crvena Zvezda (coach: Bata Djordjevic): Goran Rakocevic 10, Zoran Lazarevic 2, Ivan Sarjanovic 7, Vesko Pajevic 2, Dragan Kapicic 31, Duci Simonovic 25, Dragisa Vucinic 12, Zoran Latific 2, Zeferino Grasi, Zoran Slavnic 3. Ft 14/20

7-12-1972
CS Dinamo Bucuresti - BK Akademik Sofia  72-75 (26-34)
CS Dinamo: Hanes 2, Mircea Chivulescu 3, Dan Niculescu 2, Dan Georgescu 14, Radu Diaconescu 2, Gheorghe Novac 16, Constantin Dragomirescu 18, Vasile Popa 15.
Akademik: Toncho Dojkov 2, Georgi Barzakov 8, Atanas Golomeev 24, Valentin Sharkov 11, Nikola Atanasov 8, Paspalanov, Stefan Filipov, Temelaki Dimitrov 18, Slavejko Rajchev 4 Ilija Yankov.

7-12-1972 (Attendance: 2000)
TJ Slavia VS Praha - ASVEL Basket Villeurbanne  90-82 (53-27)
TJ Slavia VS (coach: Jaroslav Sip): Vlastimil Klimes, Jiri Konopasek 4, Gustav Hraska 2, Jiri Zidek 34, Jiri Zednicek 15, Bronislav Sako 10, Jiri Ammer 10, Jan Blazek 5, Jiri Ruzicka 10.
ASVEL Basket (coach: Andre Buffiere): Alain Gilles 15, Michel Le Ray 2, Bob Purkhiser 32, Alain Durand 21, Bruno Recoura 3, Michel Duprez 6, Jean-Michel Senegal 4, Patrick Demars.

12-12-1972
BK Akademik Sofia - CS Dinamo Bucuresti  58-69 (31-25)
Akademik: Temelaki Dimitrov 16, Atanas Golomeev 11, Georgi Barzakov 8, Ilija Yankov 7, Stefan Filipov 6, Paspalanov 2, Slavejko Rajchev 2, Toncho Dojkov 2, Dimitar Sahanikov 2, Valentin Sharkov 2.
CS Dinamo: Vasile Popa 14, Dan Georgescu 13, Gheorghe Novac 12, Radu Diaconescu 12, Dan Niculescu 8, Constantin Dragomirescu 6, Mircea Chivulescu 4, Adolf Cernea.

14-12-1972 - Pallieterhal (Attendance: 12200)
BUS Fruit Lier BBC - Maccabi Elite SC Tel-Aviv  72-65 (35-36)
BUS Fruit Lier BBC (coach: Frans Wouters): Dexter Westbrook 26, Ghilain van Walle 18, Robert van Herzele 12, Luc Dils, Guy Storme 6, Pierre de Belder 4, Lucien van Kersschaver 4, Jack Verdeyen 2. Fg 31/78 ft 10/12.
Maccabi Elite SC (coach: Yehoshua Rosin): Gabi Neumark 12, Tal Brody 18, Eli Koren, Haim Starkman 2, Steve Chubin 14, Joseph Leja 1, Miki Schwartz 8, Eric Menkin 10. Fg 27/65 ft 11/14.

14-12-1972 (Attendance: 1500)
KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd - KS Partizani  99-74 (38-34)
KK Crvena Zvezda (coach: Bata Djordjevic): Zoran Lazarevic 24, Simonovic 18, Goran Rakocevic 14, Ivan Sarjanovic 12, Zoran Slavnic 11, Dragisa Vucinic 10, Bozidar Pesic 8, Vesko Pajovic 4, Goran Latific 4. Dragan Kapicic, Zeferino Grasi, Zivota Bogosavljevic, Risto Kubura, Ljupce Zugic, Bogosav Stefanovic.
KS Partizani (coach: Astrit Greva): Agim Fagu 20, Nikolin Pali 18, Kushtrim Zace 14, Viktor Papavangjeli 14, Mushi 12, Spartak Boshniaku 4, Besnik Pellumbi 2, Guxim Bekteshi, Dodan Permeti, Aleksander Dheri, Edmond Moja.

15-12-1972 - Pabellon de la Ciudad Deportiva (Attendance: 2500)
Real Madrid - Epping Avenue BC  110-47 (54-16)
Real Madrid (coach: Pedro Ferrandiz): Vicente Ramos 8, Emiliano Rodriguez 4, Clifford Luyk 16, Rafael Rullan 12, Norbert Thimm 19; Juan Antonio Corbalan 13, Vicente Paniagua 6, Wayne Brabender 12, Carmelo Cabrera 8, Jose Merino 10, Alberto Vinas 2. Ft 10/12.
Epping Avenue BC (coach: Ken Clarke): Dave Shelley 5, Len Hoy 6, Rick Mann 2, Lee Scott 16, John Miller 5; Harvey 3, Geoff Turner 4, Amethe 6


FIRST ROUND

Jeunesse Sportivo Aleppo - Partizani Tirana 0-2 and 0-2 (*Jeunesse Sportivo Alep withdrew before the first leg and Partizani Tirana received a forfeit (2-0) in both games)

8-11-1972 (Attendance: 1500)
Budapesti Honved SE - BUS Fruit Lier BBC  85-77 (37-30)
Budapesti Honved SE (coach: Jozsef Balogh): Odon Lendvay 13, Tamas Szlukovenyi 11, Valer Banna 20, Sandor Geller 20, Istvan Gyurasits 19, Donko 2, Szucs.
BUS Fruit Lier BBC (coach: Frans Wouters): Pierre de Belder 9, Robert van Herzele 10, John Lesher 20, Guy Storme, Lucien van Kersschaever 2, Ghilain van Walle 6, Jack Verdeyen 11, Dexter Westbrook 19.

8-11-1972
BK Akademik Sofia - Panathinaikos AO Athens  76-57 (39-27)
BK Akademik: Stefan Filipov 10, Nikola Atanasov 11, Slavejko Rajchev 11, Valentin Sharkov 8, Atanas Golomeev 9, Temelaki Dimitrov 22, Radelavov 2, Dimitar Sahanikov 3.
Panathinaikos AO (coach: Kostas Mourouzis): Christos Kefalos 8, Apostolos Kontos 19, Christos Iordanidis 2, Broutsos 11, Braidakis 11, Giannis Dimaras 2, Sigas 4, Haris Papazoglou, Andreas Haikalis.

9-11-1972
TuS 04 Leverkusen - Simmenthal Olimpia Milano  73-75 (34-38)
TuS 04 Leverkusen (coach: Gunther Hagedorn): Otto Reintjes 8, Rainer Frontzek, Dieter Kuprella 4, Holst, John Ecker 22, Achim Kuczmann 6, Rudi Kleen 2, Largo Wandel 15, Achim Reiter 16, Bodo Kuczmann.
Simmenthal Olimpia (coach: Cesare Rubini): Giulio Iellini 6, Giuseppe Brumatti 12, Massimo Masini 15, Renzo Bariviera 1, Mauro Cerioni 2, Sergio Borlenghi, Paolo Bianchi 12, Giorgio Giomo 4, Art Kenney 23, Renzo Vecchiato

9-11-1972
UBSC Radio Koch Wien - Istanbul Teknik Universitesi SK  81-68 (36-36)
UBSC Radio Koch: Mike Reed 12, Ernst Rabl, Heinz Leskova 12, Hector Blondet 15, Erich Tecka 26, Gunther Pawelka, Peter Bilik 16.
Istanbul Teknik Universitesi SK (coach: Samim Gorec): Nuri Tan 18, Haluk Okcuoglu 5, Cihat Ilkbasaran 4, Kemal Erdenay 10, Zeki Tosun 20, Unal Ogun 2, Resat Guney 9.

9-11-1972
BBC Etzella Ettelbruck - Epping Avenue BC Leyton  81-91 (38-39)

9-11-1972 - Laugardalsholl (Attendance: 5000)
IR Reykjavik - Real Madrid  65-117 (27-50)
IR Reykjavik (coach: Einar Olafsson): Petur BOdvarsson 2, Kristinn Jorundsson 13, Agnar Fridriksson 22, Sigurdur Gislason 7, Einar Sigfusson 6; Birgir Jakobsson 13, Kolbeinn Kristinsson 2.
Real Madrid (coach: Pedro Ferrandiz): Vicente Ramos 8, Vicente Paniagua 18, Emiliano Rodriguez 16, Rafael Rullan 16, Norbert Thimm 14; Wayne Brabender 14, Alberto Vinas 12, Carmelo Cabrera 3, Jose Merino 10, Juan Antonio Corbalan 6.

9-11-1972
Alvik BK Stockholm - Maccabi Elite SC Tel-Aviv  74-103 (36-54)
Alvik BK (coach: Rolf Nygren): Bo Lundmark 23, Anders Gronlund 6, Kjell Rannelid 11, Mats Astrom 12, Sten Palmer 2, Lennart Preutz 4, Lars Lundqvist 5, Lars-Olov Kritz 11.
Maccabi Elite SC (coach: Yehoshua Rosin): Amnon Avishar 13, Steve Chubin 10, Eric Menkin 10, Haim Starkman 4, Gabi Neumark 27, Tal Brody 16, Miki Berkowitz 4, Joseph Leja 12, Miki Schwartz 7.

9-11-1972
Fath US Rabat - ASVEL Basket Villeurbanne  65-82 (29-46)
Fath US: Gary Donnel 22,

9-11-1972
FC Porto - TJ Slavia VS Praha  81-93 (36-49)

9-11-1972 - Sporthal (Attendance: 2500)
Levi's Flamingo's Haarlem - KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd  88-72 (44-32)
Levi's Flamingo's: (coach: Jan Janbroers, Rob de Wit): Walter Ombre 2, Harry Kip 4, Karel Vrolijk 8, Kees Akerboom 24, Dick Davidson 18, Frank Kales 12, Hank Smith 20. Ft 12/12, reb 22.
KK Crvena Zvezda (coach: Bata Djordjevic): Goran Rakocevic 11, Zoran Lazarevic 4, Dragan Kapicic 10, Duci Simonovic 21, Dragisa Vucinic 10, Zoran Slavnic 16. Ft 12/20 reb 25.

9-11-1972
CS Dinamo Bucuresti - Knorr Stars Honka Espoo  95-58 (51-30)

14-11-1972
Maccabi Elite SC Tel-Aviv - Alvik BK Stockholm  87-70 (38-42)
Maccabi Elite SC (coach: Yehoshua Rosin): Steve Chubin 18, Eric Menkin 16, Haim Starkman 16, Gabi Neumark 14, Tal Brody 8, Miki Berkowitz 6, Joseph Leja 5, Eli Koren 4.
Alvik BK (coach: Rolf Nygren): Bo Lundmark 18, Anders Gronlund 13, Kjell Rannelid 12, Mats Astrom 12, Sten Palmer 10, Lennart Preutz 8, Lars Lundqvist 7.

15-11-1972 (Attendance: 3000)
Simmenthal Olimpia Milano - TuS 04 Leverkusen  90-87 (46-39)
Simmenthal Olimpia (coach: Cesare Rubini): Giulio Iellini 7, Giuseppe Brumatti 14, Massimo Masini 8, Renzo Bariviera 12, Mauro Cerioni 10, Sergio Borlenghi 11, Giorgio Giomo 18, Paolo Bianchi, Renzo Vecchiato Ft 20/22.
TuS 04 Leverkusen (coach: Gunther Hagedorn): Otto Reintjes 10, Dieter Kuprella, John Ecker 39, Achim Kuczmann 6, Rainer Frontzek 2, Rudi Kleen 20, Largo Wandel 6, Achim Reiter 4, Bodo Kuczmann Ft 7/10.

15-11-1972
Knorr Stars Honka Espoo - CS Dinamo Bucuresti  74-77 (34-44)

16-11-1972
Istanbul Teknik Universitesi SK - UBSC Radio Koch Wien  58-56 (36-29)
Istanbul Teknik Universitesi SK (coach: Samim Gorec): Nuri Tan 10, Cihat Ilkbasaran 9, Kemal Erdenay 11, Zeki Tosun 9, Unal Ogun, Resat Guney 12, Huseyin Alp 2, Osman Gunduz 1, Haluk Okcuoglu. Ft 12/22
UBSC Radio Koch: Mike Reed 19, Ernst Rabl 2, Heinz Leskova 2, Hector Blondet 17, Erich Tecka 7, Gunther Pawelka 4, Peter Bilik 3, Ralf Seidemann 2, Hutthaler. Ft 9/16.

16-11-1972
Epping Avenue BC Leyton - BBC Etzella Ettelbruck  69-71 (29-38)

16-11-1972 - Pabellon de la Ciudad Deportiva (Attendance: 1500)
Real Madrid - IR Reykjavik  93-37 (50-20)
Real Madrid (coach: Pedro Ferrandiz): Vicente Ramos 8, Vicente Paniagua 6, Wayne Brabender 21, Rafael Rullan 28, Norbert Thimm 16; Juan Antonio Corbalan 8, Emiliano Rodriguez 2, Jose Merino 4, Alberto Vinas. Ft 9/16.
IR Reykjavik (coach: Einar Olafsson): Petur BOdvarsson 2, Kristinn Jorundsson 4, Agnar Fridriksson 19, Sigurdur Gislason 2, Einar Sigfusson 10; Kolbeinn Kristinsson. Ft 3/8.

16-11-1972 - Pallieterhal (Attendance: 1000)
BUS Fruit Lier BBC - Budapesti Honved SE  92-59 (46-28)
BUS Fruit Lier BBC (coach: Frans Wouters): Robert van Herzele 12, John Lesher 21, Ghilain van Walle 8, Jack Verdeyen 22, Dexter Westbrook 17, Lucien van Kersschaever, Guy Storme 10, Jan Hendrickx 2. Fg 39/57 ft 14/20.
Budapesti Honved SE (coach: Jozsef Balogh): Odon Lendvay 6, Tamas Szlukovenyi 13, Valer Banna 8, Sandor Geller 8, Istvan Gyurasits 16, Arpad Losonczy 2, Istvan Banhegyi 1, Donko 5. Fg 25/54 ft 9/14.

16-11-1972
ASVEL Basket Villeurbanne - Fath US Rabat  111-74 (56-30)
Villeurbanne: Gilles 20, Purkhiser 20, Durand 12,
Fath US: Khalel Yamani 12, El Oufir 20, Gary Donnel 22,

16-11-1972
TJ Slavia VS Praha - FC Porto  109-68 (57-27)
TJ Slavia: Zidek 26, Blazek 18, Ammer 17,
FC Porto: Dale Dover 45,

16-11-1972 (Attendance: 4000)
KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd - Levi's Flamingo's Haarlem  107-74 (51-40)
KK Crvena Zvezda (coach: Bata Djordjevic): Goran Rakocevic 15, Zoran Lazarevic 18, Ivan Sarjanovic 5, Vesko Pajovic 2, Dragan Kapicic 10, Duci Simonovic 31, Dragisa Vucinic 15, Zoran Slavnic 11. Fg 46/87 ft 15/26.
Levi's Flamingo's (coach: Jan Janbroers): Dick Davidson 11, Ruud Harrewijn, Walter Ombre 2, Mart Smeets 1, Dennis Hogg, Hank Smith 11, Harry Kip 6, Kees Akerboom 6, Karel Vrolijk 16, Frank Kales 21. Fg 30/63 ft 14/24.

17-11-1972
Panathinaikos AO Athens - BK Akademik Sofia  84-78 (42-36)
Panathinaikos AO (coach: Kostas Mourouzis): Christos Kefalos 11, Apostolos Kontos 28, Braoudakis 20, Sigas 8, Giannis Dimaras, Haris Papazoglou 3, Christos Iordanidis 9, Houseas 1, Broustas 2, Bogdanos 2.
BK Akademik: Stefan Filipov 8, Paspalanov, Nikola Atanasov, Valentin Sharkov 12, Atanas Golomeev 20, Georgi Barzakov 6, Radoslavov 2, Dimitar Sahanikov 2, Temelaki Dimitrov 14, Yankov, Slavejko Rajchev 14.