1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	AEK
Runners-up	Slavia Prague

The 1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup was the second edition of FIBA's competition for European basketball national 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 European Cup runner-up Slavia Prague in the final, which for the first time was held as a single match, to become the competition's first Greek champion. They previously defeated defending champion Ignis Varèse in the semifinals.^[1]

In the final between AEK and Slavia Prague, 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.^[2]

Participants

Country	Teams	Clubs
Italy	2	Ignis Varèse	All'Onestà Milano
Austria	1	Firestone Ehgartner
Belgium	1	Royal IV
Bulgaria	1	Levski-Spartak
Czechoslovakia	1	Slavia Prague
East Germany	1	Vorwärts Leipzig
Finland	1	Tapion Honka
France	1	ASVEL
Greece	1	AEK
Israel	1	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Luxembourg	1	Etzella Ettelbruck
Netherlands	1	Landlust
Poland	1	Wisła Kraków
Portugal	1	Académica Coimbra
Romania	1	Dinamo Bucureşti
Spain	1	Kas Vitoria
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
Académica Coimbra	126–183	Kas Vitoria	61–68	65–115
Etzella Ettelbruck	133–201	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 Bucureşti	73–64	79–94

Second round

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

Automatically qualified to the quarter finals

Ignis Varèse (title holder)

Quarter finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASVEL	139–143	Ignis Varèse	88–73	51–70
AEK	150–108	Royal IV	76–54	74–54
Levski-Spartak	140–156	Vorwärts Leipzig	82–81	58–75
Slavia Prague	165–146	AŠK Olimpija	95–64	70–82

Semi finals

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

Finals

April 4, Panathenaic "Kalimarmaro" Stadium, Athens

Team 1	Score	Team 2
AEK	89–82	Slavia Prague

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

References

↑ Results in todor66.com
↑ All4Basketball.com Giorgos Amerikanos passed away!!

External links

AEK 1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Champions

5 Petrakis 6 Trontzos 7 Moschos† 8 Zoupas 9 Dimitriadis 10 Amerikanos 11 Nesiadis 12 Larentzakis 13 Vasileiadis 14 Tsavas 15 Christeas Coach Milas †Moschos died of cancer in 1966, but he was inducted into the AEK Hall of Fame in 2008, and added to the 1968 championship team as an honorary member.

Saporta Cup seasons

1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

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