1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Basketball Finals 1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Finals TCH Slavia VŠ Praha URS 1955 Dinamo Tbilisi FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1967–68 1969–70 1969–70 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.Results in todor66.com 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.Autoskoda wins the Cup Winners' Cup. El Mundo Deportivo, 18 April 1969 Participants Country Teams Clubs AUT Austria 1 Handelsministerium BEL Belgium 1 Royal IV BUL 1967 Bulgaria 1 Levski-Spartak TCH Czechoslovakia 1 Slavia VŠ Praha DDR East Germany 1 TSC Berlin 1893 FIN Finland 1 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit France 1 Stade Auto Lyon GRE old Greece 1 Panathinaikos HUN Hungary 1 Soproni MAFC ISR Israel 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv ITA Italy 1 Fides Napoli LUX Luxembourg 1 Nitia POL Poland 1 Legia Warsaw POR Portugal 1 Benfica ROM 1965 Romania 1 Steaua București SCO Scotland 1 Boroughmuir URS 1955 Soviet Union 1 Dinamo Tbilisi ESP 1945 Spain 1 Picadero SWE Sweden 1 Solna TUR Turkey 1 Altınordu FRG West Germany 1 Bayern Munich YUG Yugoslavia 1 AŠK Olimpija First round Nitia LUX 121–186 Bayern Munich FRG 64–84 57–102 2 Altınordu TUR 123–149 AŠK Olimpija YUG 57–70 66–79 2 Solna SWE 141–177 Picadero ESP 1945 70–80 71–97 2 Boroughmuir SCO 127–212 Royal IV BEL 52–103 75–109 2 Steaua București ROM 1965 186–153 Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR 89–58 97–95 1 Handelministerium AUT 139–171 Panathinaikos GRE old 84–76 55–95 2 Soproni MAFC HUN 155–171 Levski-Spartak BUL 1946 89–92 66–79 2 |} Second round Bayern Munich FRG 127–195 AŠK Olimpija YUG 81–101 46–94 2 Picadero ESP 1945 151–161 TSC Berlin 1893 DDR 82–79 69–82 2 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit FIN 160–170 Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 74–76 86–94 2 Legia Warsaw POL 167–155 Royal IV BEL 97–69 70–86 1 Steaua București ROM 1965 160–169 Fides Napoli ITA 95–77 65–92 2 Benfica POR 144–221 Panathinaikos GRE old 74–110 70–111 2 Levski-Spartak BUL 1946 148–128 Stade Auto Lyon FRA 85–53 63–75 1 |} Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals URS 1955 Dinamo Tbilisi Quarterfinals AŠK Olimpija YUG 191–164 TSC Berlin 1893 DDR 101–73 90–91 1 Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 204–162 Legia Warsaw POL 113–82 91–80 1 Fides Napoli ITA 0–2* Panathinaikos GRE old 98–61 Not finished 2 Levski-Spartak BUL 1946 137–146 Dinamo Tbilisi URS 1955 83–88 54–58 2 |} *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 AŠK Olimpija YUG 137–165 Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 76–83 61–82 2 Panathinaikos GRE old 152–170 Dinamo Tbilisi URS 1955 81–67 71–103 2 |} Final April 17, Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 80–74 Dinamo Tbilisi URS 1955 1 |} 1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup ChampionsTCH 100px Slavia VŠ Praha 1st title References External links FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1968–69 linguasport.com FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1968–69 Cup Category:FIBA Saporta Cup