1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup

1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup FIBA European Champions Cup Basketball Final Four 1966 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four ITA Simmenthal Milano (1st title) TCH Slavia VŠ Praha FIBA European Champions Cup 1964–65 FIBA European Champions Cup 1964–65 1966–67 1966–67 FIBA European Champions Cup The 1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup was the ninth season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Simmenthal Milano, for the first time in its history, the first of the club's three EuroLeague championships. Simmenthal defeated Slavia VŠ Praha, by a score of 77–72, in the final of the first ever Champions Cup Final Four held in the EuroLeague competition, with two venues used: a venue in Milan, and the Palazzo dello sport arena in Bologna, Italy.Champions Cup 1965–66 The Italian team, featuring future the Basketball Hall of Fame member Bill Bradley, defeated the favorites and former champions, CSKA Moscow, in the semifinal, by a score of 57–68. Competition system 26 teams. European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only, playing in a tournament system. The competition culminated in a Final Four. First round 3 Fenerbahçe TUR 143–146 Dinamo București ROM 1965 85–71 58–75 2 Wiener AUT 139–161 Vorwärts Leipzig DDR 75–82 64–79 2 Gladsaxe Efterslægten DEN 96–171 Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 57–84 39–87 2 Gießen 46ers FRG 150–191 Simmenthal Milano ITA 77–88 73–103 2 Etzella LUX 98–162 CSKA Cherveno zname BUL 1946 51–72 47–90 2 Collegians NIR 84–152 Denain Voltaire FRA 51–78 33–74 2 KR ISL 109–149 Alvik SWE 48–60 61–89 2 AEK GRE old 153–150 Wisła Kraków POL 72–71 81–79 1 Wydad AC MAR 193–191 Benfica POR 53–54 77–76 63-61 1 Aldershot Warriors ENG 144–213 Racing Mechelen BEL 83–113 61–100 2 *Series decided over a third game after having tied aggregate score after the two home-away games. Second round 3 Racing Mechelen BEL 210–150 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit FIN 116–79 99–74 1 Honvéd HUN 143–182 Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 62–100 81–82 2 Vorwärts Leipzig DDR 123–175 CSKA Moscow URS 1955 66–87 57–88 2 Wydad AC MAR 172–238 AEK GRE old 96–113 76–125 2 Alvik SWE 149–201 Real Madrid ESP 1945 88–113 61–91 2 Denain Voltaire FRA 126–139 CSKA Cherveno zname BUL 1946 61–53 65–86 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR 118–187 Simmenthal Milano ITA 65–80 53–87 2 Dinamo București ROM 1965 207–213* Zadar YUG 92–78 56–70 59-65 2 |} *Series decided over a third game after having tied aggregate score after the two home-away games. Quarterfinals group stage For the first time in the competition history, the quarterfinals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record. A third decisive game was played if the aggregate score of the first two games was tied. + Key to colors for group standings     Top two places in each group advance to Semifinals Group A Games Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 146-151 Real Madrid ESP 1945 83-71 63-80 2 Racing Mechelen BEL 170-189 Simmenthal Milano ITA 104-94 66-95 2 Racing Mechelen BEL 203-196 Real Madrid ESP 1945 104-95 99-101 1 Simmenthal Milano ITA 155-159 Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 96-77 59-82 2 Real Madrid ESP 1945 147-159 Simmenthal Milano ITA 71-66 76-93 2 Racing Mechelen BEL 180-185 Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 104-91 76-94 2 Standings Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. TCH Slavia VŠ Praha 3 5 2 1 490 486 +4 2. ITA Simmenthal Milano 3 5 2 1 503 476 +27 3. BEL Racing Mechelen 3 4 1 2 553 570 -17 4. ESP 1945 Real Madrid 3 4 1 2 494 508 -14 | style="vertical-align:top; width:33%;"| Group B Games 3 CSKA Moscow URS 1955 140-142 CSKA Cherveno zname BUL 1946 77-64 63-78 2 Zadar YUG 140-147 AEK GRE old 69-71 71-76 2 Zadar YUG 210-217 CSKA Cherveno zname BUL 1946 79-53 58-84 73-80 2 AEK GRE old 122-147 CSKA Moscow URS 1955 74-66 48-81 2 CSKA Cherveno zname BUL 1946 139-144 AEK GRE old 94-69 45-75 2 CSKA Moscow URS 1955 166-133 Zadar YUG 79-49 87-84 1 |} Standings Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. URS 1955 CSKA Moscow 3 5 2 1 453 397 +56 2. GRE old AEK 3 5 2 1 413 426 -13 3. BUL 1946 CSKA Cherveno zname 3 5 2 1 498 494 +4 4. YUG Zadar 3 3 0 3 483 530 -47 |} Final four 1966 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four Semifinals March 31, Milan Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 103–73 AEK GRE old 1 |} March 30, Palazzo dello sport, Bologna CSKA Moscow URS 1955 57–68 Simmenthal Milano ITA 2 |} 3rd place game April 1, Milan AEK GRE old 62–85 CSKA Moscow URS 1955 2 |} Final April 1, Palazzo dello sport, Bologna Simmenthal Milano ITA 77–72 Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 1 |} 1965–66 FIBA European Champions CupChampionsITA 100px Simmenthal Milano 1st Title Final standings Team 15px ITA Simmenthal Milano TCH Slavia VŠ Praha URS 1955 CSKA Moscow GRE old AEK Awards FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer TCH Jiří Zídek Sr. (TCH Slavia VŠ Praha) References External links 1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup Review & Statistics 1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204426/http://sathanasias.bravepages.com/b-res/b-1966-results.html#FIBA%20Champions'%20Cup 2016-03-03 1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup Real Madrid game Details Champions Cup 1965–66 Line-ups and Stats 1965-66 FIBA