1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
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  Runners-upCzechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons

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.[1]

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).[2]

Participants

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Landlust Netherlands 130–147 France ASVEL 69–70 61–77
Coimbra Portugal 126–183 Spain Kas 61–68 65–115
Etzella Luxembourg 133–201 Austria Union Firestone Ehgartner 69–101 64–100
Vorwärts Leipzig East Germany 138–136 Finland Tapion Honka 73–57 65–79
Fribourg Olympic Switzerland 122–185 Poland Wisła Kraków 61–104 61–81
Solna Sweden 120–140 West Germany Osnabrück 60–55 60–85
All'Onestà Milano Italy 152–158 Romania Dinamo București 73–64 79–94

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fenerbahçe Turkey 116–125 France ASVEL 68–61 48–64
Kas Spain 147–157 Greece AEK 82–72 65–85
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 122–134 Belgium Royal IV 56–51 66–83
Union Firestone Ehgartner Austria 133–173 Bulgaria Levski-Spartak 69–71 64–102
Vorwärts Leipzig East Germany 142–131 Poland Wisła Kraków 70–63 72–68
Osnabrück West Germany 128–178 Czechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha 77–88 51–90
Dinamo București Romania 160–171 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia AŠK Olimpija 100–84 60–87
Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASVEL France 139–143 Italy Ignis Varese 88–73 51–70
AEK Greece 130–128 Belgium Royal IV 76–54 54–74
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria 140–156 East Germany Vorwärts Leipzig 82–81 58–75
Slavia VŠ Praha Czechoslovakia 165–146 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia AŠK Olimpija 95–64 70–82

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ignis Varese Italy 130–132 Greece AEK 78–60 52–72
Vorwärts Leipzig East Germany 133–156 Czechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha 57–58 76–98

Finals

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April 4, Panathenaic "Kalimarmaro" Stadium, Athens

Team 1  Score  Team 2
AEK Greece 89–82 Czechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha
1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Greece
AEK
1st title

References

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  1. ^ Results in todor66.com
  2. ^ "All4Basketball.com Giorgos Amerikanos passed away!!". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
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