1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup

1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup
League FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport Basketball
Final
Champions CSKA Moscow
  Runners-up Real Madrid

The 1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup was the twelfth installment of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at Palau dels Esports, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on April 24, 1969, and it was won by CSKA Moscow, who defeated Real Madrid 103–99.

Competition system

  • 25 teams (European national domestic league champions, plus the then current title holders), playing in a tournament system, played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
  • The eight teams qualified for 1/4 Finals were divided into two groups of four. Every team played against the other three in its group in consecutive home-and-away matches, so that every two of these games counted as a single win or defeat (point difference being a decisive factor there). In case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used to decide the final standings: 1) one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average; 3) individual wins and defeats.
  • The group winners and runners-up of the 1/4 Finals round qualified for 1/2 Finals. The final was played at a predetermined venue.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Edinburgh Hornets 123–194 ASVEL 76–81 47–113
Alvik 122–149 Gießen 46ers 60–61 62–88
Aldershot Warriors 103–238 Real Madrid 59–103 44–135
Tapion Honka 158–180 Standard Liège 76–81 82–99
Black Star Mersch 104–221 Oransoda Cantù 51–97 53–124
Flamingo's Haarlem 113–170 Vorwärts Leipzig 70–75 43–95
Engelmann Wien 145–160 Dinamo București 88–75 57–85
İTÜ 147–139 Wisła Kraków 91–70 56–69
Lourenço Marques 161–207 AEK 77–89 84–118

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASVEL 141–142 Zadar 74–54 67–88
Gießen 46ers 152–199 Real Madrid 81–97 71–102
Honvéd 146–163 Standard Liège 70–55 76–108
Partizani Tirana 136–163 Oransoda Cantù 73–73 63–90
Vorwärts Leipzig 126–141 CSKA Moscow 54–66 72–75
Dinamo București 169–181 Spartak ZJŠ Brno 100–85 69–96
İTÜ 142–151 Maccabi Tel Aviv 83–79 59–72
AEK 127–134 Academic 73–58 54–76

Quarterfinals group stage

The quarterfinals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.

Key to colors
     Top two places in each group advance to Semifinals

Group A

Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Real Madrid 3 6 3 0 488 460 +28
2. CSKA Moscow 3 5 2 1 471 416 +55
3. Zadar 3 4 1 2 465 465 0
4. Academic 3 3 0 3 455 538 -83

Group B

Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Spartak ZJŠ Brno 3 6 3 0 502 457 +45
2. Standard Liège 3 5 2 1 488 508 -20
3. Oransoda Cantù 3 4 1 2 426 407 +19
4. Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 3 0 3 403 447 -44

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid 193–135 Standard Liège 84–46 109–89
CSKA Moscow 184–158 Spartak ZJŠ Brno 101–66 83–92

Final

April 24, Palau dels Esports de Barcelona, Barcelona

Team 1  Score  Team 2
CSKA Moscow 103–99 Real Madrid
1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions

CSKA Moscow
3rd Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer