1967–68 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.

1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	AEK
Runners-up	Slavia VŠ Praha
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

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 80,000, and the standing attendance, in and around the arena, was 40,000 (for a total of 120,000).^[2]

Participants

Country Teams Clubs   Italy 2 All'Onestà Milano Ignis Varese   Austria 1 Union Firestone Ehgartner   Belgium 1 Royal IV   Bulgaria 1 Levski-Spartak   Czechoslovakia 1 Slavia VŠ Praha   East Germany 1 Vorwärts Leipzig   Finland 1 Tapion Honka   France 1 ASVEL   Kingdom of Greece 1 AEK   Israel 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv   Luxembourg 1 Etzella   Netherlands 1 Landlust   Poland 1 Wisła Kraków   Portugal 1 Coimbra   Romania 1 Dinamo București   Spain 1 Kas   Sweden 1 Solna   Switzerland 1 Fribourg Olympic   Turkey 1 Fenerbahçe   West Germany 1 Osnabrück   Yugoslavia 1 AŠK Olimpija

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Landlust	130–147	ASVEL	69–70	61–77
Coimbra	126–183	Kas	61–68	65–115
Etzella	133–201	Union Firestone Ehgartner	69–101	64–100
Vorwärts Leipzig	138–136	Tapion Honka	73–57	65–79
Fribourg Olympic	122–185	Wisła Kraków	61–104	61–81
Solna	120–140	Osnabrück	60–55	60–85
All'Onestà Milano	152–158	Dinamo București	73–64	79–94

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fenerbahçe	116–125	ASVEL	68–61	48–64
Kas	147–157	AEK	82–72	65–85
Hapoel Tel Aviv	122–134	Royal IV	56–51	66–83
Union Firestone Ehgartner	133–173	Levski-Spartak	69–71	64–102
Vorwärts Leipzig	142–131	Wisła Kraków	70–63	72–68
Osnabrück	128–178	Slavia VŠ Praha	77–88	51–90
Dinamo București	160–171	AŠK Olimpija	100–84	60–87

Automatically qualified to the quarter finals

•   Ignis Varese (title holder)

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASVEL	139–143	Ignis Varese	88–73	51–70
AEK	130–128	Royal IV	76–54	54–74
Levski-Spartak	140–156	Vorwärts Leipzig	82–81	58–75
Slavia VŠ Praha	165–146	AŠK Olimpija	95–64	70–82

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ignis Varese	130–132	AEK	78–60	52–72
Vorwärts Leipzig	133–156	Slavia VŠ Praha	57–58	76–98

Finals

April 4, Panathenaic "Kalimarmaro" Stadium, Athens

Team 1	Score	Team 2
AEK	89–82	Slavia VŠ Praha

1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
AEK 1st title

References

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

External links

• FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1967–68 linguasport.com
• FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1967–68