1966–67 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1966–67 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the inaugural edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions. It was contested by 19 teams, and it ran from December 1966, to April 1967. Ignis Varese defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv, in the final, to become the competition's first champion.^[1]

1966–67 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Ignis Varese
Runners-up	Maccabi Tel Aviv
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons
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Participants

Country Teams Clubs   Austria 1 Handelsministerium   Belgium 1 Royal IV   Bulgaria 1 Botev   Czechoslovakia 1 Spartak ZJŠ Brno   Finland 1 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit   France 1 Nantes   Greece 1 Aris   Israel 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv   Italy 1 Ignis Varese   Luxembourg 1 Diekirch   Netherlands 1 Flamingo's Haarlem   Poland 1 Wisła Kraków   Portugal 1 Benfica   Romania 1 Dinamo București   Spain 1 Juventud Kalso   Sweden 1 Duvbo   Turkey 1 İTÜ   West Germany 1 Gießen 46ers   Yugoslavia 1 Partizan

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Duvbo	0–4*	Dinamo București	0–2	0–2
Juventud Kalso	225–95	Benfica	107–38	118–57
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	149–206	Wisła Kraków	77–97	72–109
	0–2**	Ignis Varese	0-2

*Duvbo withdrew before the first leg and Dinamo București received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

**Originally, the champion of the Moroccan Cup was drawn to play against the Italian Champion, but no team of the North African country was designated to play this competition. Therefore, Ignis Varese received a forfeit (2-0).

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo București	144–152	Royal IV	86–70	58–82
Diekirch	170–210	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	69–94	101–116
Ignis Varese	160–111	Nantes	81–43	69–68
İTÜ	129–155	Partizan	71–75	50–80
Juventud Kalso	182–121	Flamingo's Haarlem	84–49	98–72
Maccabi Tel Aviv	172–162	Aris	101–71	71–91
Gießen 46ers	141–206	Wisła Kraków	77–106	64–100
Botev	153–147	Handelsministerium	83–74	70–73

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Royal IV	154–179	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	76–88	69–91
Ignis Varese	159–128	Partizan	83–55	76–73
Juventud Kalso	152–152*	Maccabi Tel Aviv	101–69	51–83
Wisła Kraków	127–147	Botev	75–52	60–87

* After a 152 aggregate drew, a third decisive game was held in which Maccabi Tel Aviv won 75–51.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak ZJŠ Brno	136–142	Ignis Varese	83–84	53–58
Maccabi Tel Aviv	158–128	Botev	91–60	67–68

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ignis Varese	144–135	Maccabi Tel Aviv	77–67	67–68

1966–67 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Ignis Varese 1st title

References

1. Results in todor66.com

External links

• FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1966–67 linguasport.com
• FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1966–67