1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the third edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from December 1968, to 17 April 1969. 22 teams took part in the competition.[1]

1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
LeagueFIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
Champions Slavia VŠ Praha
  Runners-up Dinamo Tbilisi

The final, held in Vienna, featured for the first time, two clubs from the Eastern Bloc. Slavia VŠ Praha, which had lost the previous edition's final to AEK, defeated Dinamo Tbilisi, to become the competition's first Czechoslovak League champion.[2]

Participants

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nitia 121–186 Bayern Munich 64–84 57–102
Altınordu 123–149 AŠK Olimpija 57–70 66–79
Solna 141–177 Picadero 70–80 71–97
Boroughmuir 127–212 Royal IV 52–103 75–109
Steaua București 186–153 Hapoel Tel Aviv 89–58 97–95
Handelministerium 119–171 Panathinaikos 84–76 35–95
Soproni MAFC 155–171 Levski-Spartak 89–92 66–79

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich 127–195 AŠK Olimpija 81–101 46–94
Picadero 151–161 TSC Berlin 1893 82–79 69–82
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit 160–170 Slavia VŠ Praha 74–76 86–94
Legia Warsaw 167–155 Royal IV 97–69 70–86
Steaua București 160–169 Fides Napoli 95–77 65–92
Benfica 144–221 Panathinaikos 74–110 70–111
Levski-Spartak 148–128 Stade Auto Lyon 85–53 63–75
Automatically qualified to the quarter finals

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AŠK Olimpija 191–164 TSC Berlin 1893 101–73 90–91
Slavia VŠ Praha 204–162 Legia Warsaw 113–82 91–80
Fides Napoli 0–2* Panathinaikos 98–61 Not finished
Levski-Spartak 137–146 Dinamo Tbilisi 83–88 54–58

*Originally, Fides Napoli won the first leg by 37 points (98–61), but in the return game in Athens the Italian club withdrew during halftime (Panathinaikos winning then 51–16) as a protest for what they considered a biased refereeing and many irregularities in the scoring procedure (in particular, Fides claimed that the real halftime score should have been 39–28 for Panathinaikos, and also that the first half lasted more than the regulated 20 minutes). However the French FIBA Commissar Edmond Pigeu nor the Secretary General William Jones (who was also present in the outdoor Panathinian Stadium, with more than 25,000 fans crowding the stands) saw anything irregular in this game. Later, FIBA expelled Fides Napoli from the competition and declared Panathinaikos winner by forfeit (2–0).

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AŠK Olimpija 137–165 Slavia VŠ Praha 76–83 61–82
Panathinaikos 152–170 Dinamo Tbilisi 81–67 71–103

Final

April 17, Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Slavia VŠ Praha 80–74 Dinamo Tbilisi


1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions

Slavia VŠ Praha
1st title

References
  1. Results in todor66.com
  2. Autoskoda wins the Cup Winners' Cup. El Mundo Deportivo, 18 April 1969
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