1971–72 FIBA European Champions Cup

• 23 teams (European national domestic league champions, plus the then current title holders), playing in a tournament system, played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner. • The 8 teams qualified for the Quarterfinals were divided into two groups of four. Every team played against the other three in its group in consecutive home-and-away matches, so that every two of these games counted as a single win or defeat (point difference being a decisive factor there). In case of a tie between two or more teams after this group stage, the following criteria were used: 1) one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average; 3) individual wins and defeats. • The group winners and the runners-up of the Quarterfinal Group Stage qualified for the Semifinals. The final was played at a predetermined venue. ==First round==

*Jeunesse Sportivo Alep withdrew before the first leg and 17 Nëntori received a forfeit (2–0) in both games. ==Second round==

*Academic qualified for the next stage of the competition as the winner of this match-up, but the Bulgarian club later withdrew alleging that most of their international players has been summoned to play a series of Communist Bloc tournaments (the real reason was to prepare the Pre-Olympic Tournament though). Later, FIBA fined Akademik for this intentional withdrawal and invited Levi's Flamingo's to take their place in the Quarter finals group stage. ;Automatically qualified to the group stage: • Ignis Varese (title holder) ==Quarterfinals group stage==

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

March 23, Sports Palace at Yad Eliyahu, Tel Aviv Ignis: Edoardo Rusconi, Ottorino Flaborea (13 pts), Graziano Malachin, Walter Vigna, Marino Zanatta (4), Paolo Vittori, Aldo Ossola (4), Dino Meneghin (21), Tony Gennari (8), Ivan Bisson, Manuel Raga (20). Jugoplastika: Peterka, Grašo, Manović (5 pts), Grgin, D.Tvrdić, Macura, R.Tvrdić (8), L.Tvrdić (2), Šolman (20), Krstulović, Prug (8), Skansi (26). ==Awards==

===FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer=== • Petar Skansi ( Jugoplastika) ==References==