1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Basketball Kallimarmaron NW.JPG Finals 1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Finals GRE old AEK TCH Slavia VŠ Praha FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1966–67 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1966–67 1968–69 1968–69 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. 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.Results in todor66.com In the final between AEK and Slavia VŠ Praha, which took place in Pangrati, Athens, at Panathenaic Stadium, the seated attendance was 100,000, and the standing attendance, in and around the arena, was 50,000 (for a total of 150,000).http://www.all4basketball.com/news-detail.php?nid=409 All4Basketball.com Giorgos Amerikanos passed away!! 2014-08-26 2014-07-27 https://archive.today/20140727032310/http://www.all4basketball.com/news-detail.php?nid=409 dead Participants Country Teams Clubs ITA Italy 2 All'Onestà Milano Ignis Varese AUT Austria 1 Union Firestone Ehgartner BEL Belgium 1 Royal IV BUL 1967 Bulgaria 1 Levski-Spartak TCH Czechoslovakia 1 Slavia VŠ Praha DDR East Germany 1 Vorwärts Leipzig FIN Finland 1 Tapion Honka FRA France 1 ASVEL GRE old Kingdom of Greece 1 AEK ISR Israel 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv LUX Luxembourg 1 Etzella NED Netherlands 1 Landlust POL Poland 1 Wisła Kraków POR Portugal 1 Coimbra ROM 1965 Romania 1 Dinamo București ESP 1945 Spain 1 Kas SWE Sweden 1 Solna SWI Switzerland 1 Fribourg Olympic TUR Turkey 1 Fenerbahçe FRG West Germany 1 Osnabrück YUG Yugoslavia 1 AŠK Olimpija First round Landlust NED 130–147 ASVEL FRA 69–70 61–77 2 Coimbra POR 126–183 Kas ESP 1945 61–68 65–115 2 Etzella LUX 133–201 Union Firestone Ehgartner AUT 69–101 64–100 2 Vorwärts Leipzig DDR 138–136 Tapion Honka FIN 73–57 65–79 1 Fribourg Olympic SWI 122–185 Wisła Kraków POL 61–104 61–81 2 Solna SWE 120–140 Osnabrück FRG 60–55 60–85 2 All'Onestà Milano ITA 152–158 Dinamo București ROM 1965 73–64 79–94 2 |} Second round Fenerbahçe TUR 116–125 ASVEL FRA 68–61 48–64 2 Kas ESP 1945 147–157 AEK GRE old 82–72 65–85 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR 122–134 Royal IV BEL 56–51 66–83 2 Union Firestone Ehgartner AUT 133–173 Levski-Spartak BUL 1967 69–71 64–102 2 Vorwärts Leipzig DDR 142–131 Wisła Kraków POL 70–63 72–68 1 Osnabrück FRG 128–178 Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 77–88 51–90 2 Dinamo București ROM 1965 160–171 AŠK Olimpija YUG 100–84 60–87 2 |} Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals ITA Ignis Varese (title holder) Quarterfinals ASVEL FRA 139–143 Ignis Varese ITA 88–73 51–70 2 AEK GRE old 130–128 Royal IV BEL 76–54 54–74 1 Levski-Spartak BUL 1967 140–156 Vorwärts Leipzig DDR 82–81 58–75 2 Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 165–146 AŠK Olimpija YUG 95–64 70–82 1 |} Semifinals Ignis Varese ITA 130–132 AEK GRE old 78–60 52–72 2 Vorwärts Leipzig DDR 133–156 Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 57–58 76–98 2 |} Finals April 4, Panathenaic "Kalimarmaro" Stadium, Athens AEK GRE old 89–82 Slavia VŠ Praha TCH 89–82 1 |} 1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup ChampionsGreece old 100px AEK 1st title References External links FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1967–68 linguasport.com FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1967–68 Cup Category:FIBA Saporta Cup