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1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the second edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from November 1967, to 4 April 1968. 22 teams took part in the competition, three more than in the inaugural edition.

1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
LeagueFIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
ChampionsGreece AEK
  Runners-upCzechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons

AEK defeated 1966 FIBA European Champions Cup runner-up Slavia VŠ Praha, in the final, which for the first time was held as a single match, to become the competition's first Greek League champion. They previously defeated defending champion, Ignis Varese, in the semifinals.[1]

In the final between AEK and Slavia VŠ Praha, which took place in Pangrati, Athens, at Panathenaic Stadium, the seated attendance was 80,000, and the standing attendance, in and around the arena, was 40,000 (for a total of 120,000).[2]

Participants edit

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Landlust   130–147   ASVEL 69–70 61–77
Coimbra   126–183   Kas 61–68 65–115
Etzella   133–201   Union Firestone Ehgartner 69–101 64–100
Vorwärts Leipzig   138–136   Tapion Honka 73–57 65–79
Fribourg Olympic   122–185   Wisła Kraków 61–104 61–81
Solna   120–140   Osnabrück 60–55 60–85
All'Onestà Milano   152–158   Dinamo București 73–64 79–94

Second round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fenerbahçe   116–125   ASVEL 68–61 48–64
Kas   147–157   AEK 82–72 65–85
Hapoel Tel Aviv   122–134   Royal IV 56–51 66–83
Union Firestone Ehgartner   133–173   Levski-Spartak 69–71 64–102
Vorwärts Leipzig   142–131   Wisła Kraków 70–63 72–68
Osnabrück   128–178   Slavia VŠ Praha 77–88 51–90
Dinamo București   160–171   AŠK Olimpija 100–84 60–87
Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals

Quarterfinals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASVEL   139–143   Ignis Varese 88–73 51–70
AEK   130–128   Royal IV 76–54 54–74
Levski-Spartak   140–156   Vorwärts Leipzig 82–81 58–75
Slavia VŠ Praha   165–146   AŠK Olimpija 95–64 70–82

Semifinals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ignis Varese   130–132   AEK 78–60 52–72
Vorwärts Leipzig   133–156   Slavia VŠ Praha 57–58 76–98

Finals edit

April 4, Panathenaic "Kalimarmaro" Stadium, Athens

Team 1  Score  Team 2
AEK   89–82   Slavia VŠ Praha
1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
 
AEK
1st title

References edit

  1. ^ Results in todor66.com
  2. ^ "All4Basketball.com Giorgos Amerikanos passed away!!". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2014-08-26.

External links edit

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