FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1965/66

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FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1965/66
Logo of FIBA ​​Europe
Duration November 3, 1965 - April 1, 1966
Order of execution 9th season
organizer FIBA
Number of teams 16 (26 with qualifying rounds)
Play-offs
master ItalyItaly Simmenthal Olimpia Milano
   Runner-up      CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia TJ Slavia VŠ Prague
Finals - MVP CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jiří Zídek (TJ Slavia VŠ Prague)

← FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1964/65

The 1965/66 season was the 9th season of the European Cup of National Champions , held by FIBA Europe and now known as the Euroleague .

Simmenthal Olimpia Milano from Italy won the title for the first time .

mode

The 16 champions of each national league took part in the final round, including defending champion Real Madrid. First a qualification was played. The winners of the pairings were determined in the first and second leg. The decisive factor was the overall basket ratio in both games. The winners of the pairings in the round of 16 and in the top 8 group stage were also determined in the first and second leg. The winner of the competition was determined in a Final Four tournament.

1st round (qualification)

total First leg Return leg Playoff
Fenerbahçe Istanbul TurkeyTurkey 143: 146 Romania 1965Romania Dinamo Bucharest 85 : 71 58: 75
WAC Casablanca MoroccoMorocco 130: 130 PortugalPortugal Benfica Lisbon 53: 54 77 : 76 63 : 61 *
Ministry of Commerce Vienna AustriaAustria 139: 161 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Forward Leipzig 75: 82 64: 79
EBC Copenhagen DenmarkDenmark 96: 171 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia TJ Slavia VŠ Prague 57: 84 39: 87
MTV casting Germany BRBR Germany 150: 191 ItalyItaly Simmenthal Olimpia Milano 77: 88 73: 103
BBC Etzella LuxembourgLuxembourg 98: 162 Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 51: 72 47: 90
Belfast Collegians Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 84: 152 FranceFrance Denain Basket 51: 78 33: 74
KR Reykjavík IcelandIceland 109: 149 SwedenSweden Alvik BK 48: 60 61: 89
AEK Athens Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece 153 : 150 Poland 1944Poland Wisła Krakow 72 : 71 81 : 79
Aldershot Warriors EnglandEngland 144: 213 BelgiumBelgium Racing Basket Mechelen 83: 113 61: 100

* Since there was a tie after the two games, another game decided in Lisbon.

Participants in the final round

Attendees
country number Teams
BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1 Racing Basket Mechelen
Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria Bulgaria 1 CSKA Sofia
Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 1 Forward Leipzig
FinlandFinland Finland 1 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
FranceFrance France 1 ASC Denain-Voltaire
Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece 1 AEK Athens
IcelandIceland Iceland 1 KR Reykjavík
ItalyItaly Italy 1 Simmenthal Olimpia Milano
YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia 1 KK Zadar
MoroccoMorocco Morocco 1 WAC Casablanca
Romania 1965Romania Romania 1 Dinamo Bucharest
SwedenSweden Sweden 1 Alvik BK
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 1 CSKA Moscow
Spain 1945Spain Spain 1 real Madrid
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1 TJ Slavia VŠ Prague
Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary 1 Honvéd Budapest

Round of 16

total First leg Return leg Playoff
Racing Basket Mechelen BelgiumBelgium 210 : 150 FinlandFinland Helsingin Kisa-Toverit 116 : 76 99 : 74
Honvéd Budapest Hungary 1957Hungary 181 : 144 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia TJ Slavia VŠ Prague 62: 100 81: 82
Forward Leipzig Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 123: 175 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 66: 87 57: 88
WAC Casablanca MoroccoMorocco 172: 238 Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece AEK Athens 96: 113 76: 125
Alvik BK SwedenSweden 149: 204 Spain 1945Spain real Madrid 88: 113 61: 91
Denain Basket FranceFrance 126: 139 Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 61 : 53 65: 86
Hapoel Tel Aviv IsraelIsrael 118: 187 ItalyItaly Simmenthal Olimpia Milano 65: 80 53: 87
Dinamo Bucharest Romania 1965Romania 148: 148 YugoslaviaYugoslavia KK Zadar 92 : 78 56: 70 65: 69 *

* Since there was a tie after the two games, another game in Zadar decided.

Group stage (Top 8)

The winners of the pairings in the first-time group stage were determined in the first and second leg. The overall result of both games was decisive. Whoever decided this was awarded the victory.

If two or three teams were tied, it was not the basket ratio that decided, but a direct comparison between them.

Group A

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. TJ Slavia VŠ PragueCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 3 2 1 490 480
2. Simmenthal Olimpia MilanoItalyItaly 3 2 1 530 476
3. Racing Basket MechelenBelgiumBelgium 3 1 2 553 570
4. Real MadridSpain 1945Spain 3 1 2 494 508
  Prague Milano Mechelen Madrid
Prague * 82 : 59 94 : 76 83 : 71
Milano 96 : 77 * 95 : 66 93 : 76
Mechelen 104 : 91 104 : 94 * 104 : 95
Madrid 80 : 63 71 : 69 101 : 99 *

Group B

team Sp S. N P + P-
1. CSKA MoscowSoviet Union 1955Soviet Union 3 2 1 453 397
2. AEK AthensKingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece 3 2 1 413 426
3. CSKA SofiaBulgaria 1948Bulgaria 3 2 1 418 421
4. KK ZadarYugoslaviaYugoslavia 3 0 3 410 450
  Moscow Athens Sofia Zadar
Moscow * 81 : 48 77 : 64 79 : 49
Athens 74 : 66 * 75 : 45 76 : 71
Sofia 78 : 63 94 : 69 * 84 : 58 *
Zadar 84: 87 69: 71 a.d. 79 : 53 * *


* Since there was a tie after the two games, another game decided in Sofia: CSKA Sofia - KK Zadar 80 : 73

Final Four

For the first time in the history of the European Champions Cup, the tournament winner was determined in a Final Four . The venues were Milan and Bologna .

Semifinals

Result
TJ Slavia VŠ Prague CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 103 : 73 Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece AEK Athens
CSKA Moscow Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 57: 68 ItalyItaly Simmenthal Olimpia Milano

3rd place match

Result
AEK Athens Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece 62: 85 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union CSKA Moscow

final

The final took place in Bologna.

Result
Simmenthal Olimpia Milano ItalyItaly 77 : 72 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia TJ Slavia VŠ Prague

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