FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1967/68
| FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1967/68 | |||
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| Duration | Nov. 9, 1967 - April 11, 1968 | ||
| Order of execution | 11th season | ||
| organizer | FIBA | ||
| Number of teams | 16 (24 with qualifying rounds) | ||
| Play-offs | |||
| master |
.svg){kind=small} real Madrid
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| Runner-up |  Simmenthal Ol. Milano
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| Finals - MVP |
 Miles Aiken (Real Madrid)
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The 1967/68 season was the 11th season of the European Cup of National Champions , held by FIBA Europe and now known as the Euroleague .
Real Madrid from Spain won the title for the fourth time .
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The 15 champions of the respective national league took part in the finals, as well as defending champions 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, in the top 8 group stage and in the semifinals were also determined in the first and second leg. The final was played in one game at a neutral location.
1st round (qualification)
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alvik BK 
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125: 139 |
 KTP Kotka
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64: 67 | 61: 72 |
Boroughmuir Edinburgh 
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112: 234 |
real Madrid
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69: 108 | 43: 126 |
FAR Rabat 
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121: 205 |
Club Joventut de Badalona
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70: 96 | 51: 109 |
Vauxhall Motors Luton 
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97: 236 |
.svg){kind=small} AZS AWF Warsaw
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56: 93 | 41: 143 |
Basket Racing Luxembourg 
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113: 148 |
 MTV casting
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63: 76 | 50: 72 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv 
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165 : 144 |
 BC Alsace de Bagnolet |
85 : 62 | 80: 82 |
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124: 126 |
.svg){kind=small} Panathinaikos Athens
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82 : 65 | 42: 61 |
Honvéd Budapest 
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129: 136 |
.svg){kind=small} KK Zadar
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86 : 72 | 43: 64 |
Participants in the final round
| Attendees | |||||
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| country | number | Teams | |||
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Spain
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2 | Joventut de Badalona | real Madrid | ||
 Belgium
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1 | Racing Bell Mechelen | |||
.svg){kind=small} Bulgaria
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1 | CSKA Sofia | |||
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BR Germany
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1 | MTV casting | |||
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Finland
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1 | KTP Kotka | |||
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Greece
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1 | Panathinaikos Athens | |||
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Israel
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1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||
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Italy
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1 | Simmenthal Olimpia Milano | |||
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Yugoslavia
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1 | KK Zadar | |||
 Netherlands
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1 | SVE Utrecht | |||
 Austria
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1 | EK Engelmann Vienna | |||
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Poland
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1 | AZS AWF Warsaw | |||
 Portugal
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1 | Sport Luanda e Benfica * | |||
 Czechoslovakia
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1 | TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno | |||
 Turkey
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1 | Atlınordu SK Izmir | |||
* Occupied with Angolan players who represented Portugal.
Round of 16
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KTP Kotka
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147: 178 |
CSKA Sofia
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86: 89 | 61: 89 |
| SVE Utrecht
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133: 202 |
real Madrid
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66: 90 | 67: 112 |
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Club Juventud de Badalona
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157 : 113 |
AZS AWF Warsaw |
87 : 56 | 70 : 57 |
| Atlınordu SK Izmir
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130: 167 |
TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno
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61: 65 | 69: 102 |
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Maccabi Tel Aviv
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189 : 134 |
MTV casting |
105 : 62 | 84 : 72 |
| Panathinaikos Athens
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141: 159 |
KK Zadar
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79 : 70 | 62: 89 |
| Sport Luanda e Benfica
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133: 261 |
Racing Bell Mechelen
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59: 90 | 74: 171 |
| EK Engelmann Vienna
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135: 171 |
Simmenthal Olimpia Milano
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79: 95 | 56: 76 |
Group stage (Top 8)
The winners of the pairings in the 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. KK Zadar |
3 | 3 | 0 | 433 | 409 |
| 2. Simmenthal Olimpia Milano |
3 | 2 | 1 | 490 | 451 |
| 3. Joventut de Badalona |
3 | 1 | 2 | 427 | 467 |
| 4. CSKA Sofia |
3 | 0 | 3 | 500 | 523 |
| Zadar | Milano | Badalona | Sofia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zadar | * | 90 : 66 | 85 : 69 | 79 : 64 |
| Milano | 75 : 60 | * | 90 : 59 | 76 : 64 |
| Badalona | 46 : 44 | 72 : 71 | * | 80 : 71 |
| Sofia | 89 : 75 | 106: 112 a.d. | 106 : 101 | * |
Group B
| team | Sp | S. | N | P + | P- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno |
3 | 3 | 0 | 539 | 482 |
| 2. Real Madrid |
3 | 2 | 1 | 501 | 482 |
| 3. Maccabi Tel Aviv |
3 | 1 | 2 | 383 | 407 |
| 4. Racing Bell Mechelen |
3 | 0 | 3 | 350 | 402 |
| Brno | Madrid | Tel Aviv | Mechelen | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brno | * | 113 : 97 | 105 : 76 | 76 : 67 |
| Madrid | 85 : 78 | * | 64 : 54 | 98 : 65 |
| Tel Aviv | 77: 88 | 96 : 88 a.d. | * | 78 : 62 |
| Mechelen | 80 : 79 | 76 : 69 | 0: 2 * | * |
* Mechelen scored two points in their own basket with a score of 74:72 in order to force an extension, as in this case the points deficit from the first leg could have been made up. Maccabi scored one point and won 74:75. Nevertheless, FIBA finally rated the game as invalid and 2-0 for the Israelis.
Semifinals
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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real Madrid
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144 : 137 |
KK Zadar |
76 : 72 | 68 : 65 |
| Simmenthal Olimpia Milano
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150: 166 |
TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno
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64 : 63 | 86: 103 |
final
The final took place in Lyon .
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
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real Madrid
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98 : 95 |
TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno
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Web links
- History of the European championship on fibaeurope.com
- Statistics for the 1967/68 season on linguasport.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Champions Cup 1967-68 , on linguasport.com. Retrieved August 28, 2013