1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup

1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup FIBA European Champions Cup Basketball Final 1969 FIBA European Champions Cup Final URS 1955 CSKA Moscow (3rd title) ESP 1945 Real Madrid FIBA European Champions Cup 1967–68 FIBA European Champions Cup 1967–68 1969–70 1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup The 1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup was the twelfth installment of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at Palau dels Esports, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on April 24, 1969, and it was won by CSKA Moscow, who defeated Real Madrid 103–99. Competition system 25 teams (European national domestic league champions, plus the then current title holders), playing in a tournament system, played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner. The eight teams qualified for 1/4 Finals were divided into two groups of four. Every team played against the other three in its group in consecutive home-and-away matches, so that every two of these games counted as a single win or defeat (point difference being a decisive factor there). In case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used to decide the final standings: 1) one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average; 3) individual wins and defeats. The group winners and runners-up of the 1/4 Finals round qualified for 1/2 Finals. The final was played at a predetermined venue. First round Edinburgh Hornets SCO 123–194 ASVEL FRA 76–81 47–113 2 Alvik SWE 122–149 Gießen 46ers FRG 60–61 62–88 2 Aldershot Warriors ENG 103–238 Real Madrid ESP 1945 59–103 44–135 2 Tapion Honka FIN 158–180 Standard Liège BEL 76–81 82–99 2 Black Star Mersch LUX 104–221 Oransoda Cantù ITA 51–97 53–124 2 Flamingo's Haarlem NED 113–170 Vorwärts Leipzig DDR 70–75 43–95 2 Engelmann Wien AUT 145–160 Dinamo București ROM 1965 88–75 57–85 2 İTÜ TUR 147–139 Wisła Kraków POL 91–70 56–69 1 Lourenço Marques POR 161–207 AEK GRE old 77–89 84–118 2 |} Second round ASVEL FRA 141–142 Zadar YUG 74–54 67–88 2 Gießen 46ers FRG 152–199 Real Madrid ESP 1945 81–97 71–102 2 Honvéd HUN 146–163 Standard Liège BEL 70–55 76–108 2 Partizani Tirana ALB 1946 136–163 Oransoda Cantù ITA 73–73 63–90 2 Vorwärts Leipzig DDR 126–141 CSKA Moscow URS 54–66 72–75 2 Dinamo București ROM 1965 169–181 Spartak ZJŠ Brno TCH 100–85 69–96 2 İTÜ TUR 142–151 Maccabi Tel Aviv ISR 83–79 59–72 2 AEK GRE old 127–134 Academic BUL 1967 73–58 54–76 2 |} Quarterfinals group stage The quarterfinals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record. + Key to colors     Top two places in each group advance to Semifinals Group A Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. ESP 1945 Real Madrid 3 6 3 0 488 460 +28 2. URS 1955 CSKA Moscow 3 5 2 1 471 416 +55 3. YUG Zadar 3 4 1 2 465 465 0 4. BUL 1967 Academic 3 3 0 3 455 538 -83Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. TCH Spartak ZJŠ Brno 3 6 3 0 502 457 +45 2. BEL Standard Liège 3 5 2 1 488 508 -20 3. ITA Oransoda Cantù 3 4 1 2 426 407 +19 4. ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 3 0 3 403 447 -44 Semifinals Real Madrid ESP 1945 193–135 Standard Liège BEL 84–46 109–89 1 CSKA Moscow URS 1955 184–158 Spartak ZJŠ Brno TCH 101–66 83–92 1 |} Final April 24, Palau dels Esports de Barcelona, Barcelona CSKA Moscow URS 1955 103–99 Real Madrid ESP 1945 1 |} 1968–69 FIBA European Champions CupChampionsURS 1955 100px CSKA Moscow 3rd Title Awards FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer URS 1955 Vladimir Andreev (URS 1955 CSKA Moscow) External links 1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup Review & Statistics 1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup 1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup Game Details of Real Madrid Champions Cup 1968–69 Line-ups and Stats Category:EuroLeague seasons FIBA