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
Champions AEK
  Runners-up Slavia VŠ Praha

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

First round

Team 1 Agg. 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

Team 1 Agg. 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

Team 1 Agg. 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

Team 1 Agg. 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

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

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