# 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.
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 | 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