1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
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Finals
ChampionsCzechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha
  Runners-upSoviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons

The 1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the third edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from December 1968, to 17 April 1969. 22 teams took part in the competition.[1]

The final, held in Vienna, featured for the first time, two clubs from the Eastern Bloc. Slavia VŠ Praha, which had lost the previous edition's final to AEK, defeated Dinamo Tbilisi, to become the competition's first Czechoslovak League champion.[2]

Participants

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nitia Luxembourg 121–186 West Germany Bayern Munich 64–84 57–102
Altınordu Turkey 123–149 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia AŠK Olimpija 57–70 66–79
Solna Sweden 141–177 Spain Picadero 70–80 71–97
Boroughmuir Scotland 127–212 Belgium Royal IV 52–103 75–109
Steaua București Romania 186–153 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 89–58 97–95
Handelministerium Austria 139–171 Greece Panathinaikos 84–76 55–95
Soproni MAFC Hungary 155–171 Bulgaria Levski-Spartak 89–92 66–79

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bayern Munich West Germany 127–195 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia AŠK Olimpija 81–101 46–94
Picadero Spain 151–161 East Germany TSC Berlin 1893 82–79 69–82
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit Finland 160–170 Czechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha 74–76 86–94
Legia Warsaw Poland 167–155 Belgium Royal IV 97–69 70–86
Steaua București Romania 160–169 Italy Fides Napoli 95–77 65–92
Benfica Portugal 144–221 Greece Panathinaikos 74–110 70–111
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria 148–128 France Stade Auto Lyon 85–53 63–75
Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AŠK Olimpija Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 191–164 East Germany TSC Berlin 1893 101–73 90–91
Slavia VŠ Praha Czechoslovakia 204–162 Poland Legia Warsaw 113–82 91–80
Fides Napoli Italy 0–2* Greece Panathinaikos 98–61 Not finished
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria 137–146 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 83–88 54–58

*Originally, Fides Napoli won the first leg by 37 points (98–61), but in the return game in Athens the Italian club withdrew during halftime (Panathinaikos winning then 51–16) as a protest for what they considered a biased refereeing and many irregularities in the scoring procedure (in particular, Fides claimed that the real halftime score should have been 39–28 for Panathinaikos, and also that the first half lasted more than the regulated 20 minutes). However the French FIBA Commissar Edmond Pigeu nor the Secretary General William Jones (who was also present in the outdoor Panathinian Stadium, with more than 25,000 fans crowding the stands) saw anything irregular in this game. Later, FIBA expelled Fides Napoli from the competition and declared Panathinaikos winner by forfeit (2–0).

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AŠK Olimpija Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 137–165 Czechoslovakia Slavia VŠ Praha 76–83 61–82
Panathinaikos Greece 152–170 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 81–67 71–103

Final

April 17, Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Slavia VŠ Praha Czechoslovakia 80–74 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Czechoslovakia
Slavia VŠ Praha
1st title

References

  1. ^ Results in todor66.com
  2. ^ Autoskoda wins the Cup Winners' Cup. El Mundo Deportivo, 18 April 1969