1967–68 FIBA European Champions Cup

1967–68 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Real Madrid
Runners-up	Spartak ZJŠ Brno

1967–68 FIBA European Champions Cup was the eleventh installment of the European Champions Cup club competition. The Final was held at Palais des Sports, Lyon, France on April 11, 1968, and it was won by Real Madrid who defeated Spartak ZJŠ Brno by a result of 98–95.

Competition System

• 24 teams (domestic champions plus title holder) playing knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decides the winner.
• The eight teams qualified for 1/4 Finals are divided into two groups of four. Every team plays against the other three in its group in consecutive home-and-away matches, so that every two of these games count as a single win or defeat (point difference being a decisive factor here). In case of a tie between two or more teams after this group stage, the following criteria is used to decide the final standing: 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 Final round qualify for 1/2 Finals. The final is played at a predetermined venue.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv	165–144	Alsace Bagnolet	85–62	80–82
Alvik	128–139	KTP	67–67	61–72
Boroughmuir	112–234	Real Madrid	69–108	43–126
FAR Rabat	121–205	Joventut Badalona	70–96	51–109
Racing Luxembourg	113–148	Gießen 46ers	63–76	50–72
Honvéd	129–136	Zadar	86–72	43–64
Steaua Bucureşti	124–126	Panathinaikos	82–65	42–61
Vauxhall Motors	97–236	Legia Warsaw	56–93	41–143

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panathinaikos	141–159	Zadar	79–70	62–89
KTP	147–178	CSKA Sofia	86–89	61–89
Eendracht Utrecht	133–202	Real Madrid	66–90	67–112
Joventut Badalona	157–113	Legia Warsaw	87–56	70–57
Gießen 46ers	134–189	Maccabi Tel Aviv	72–84	62–105
Benfica Luanda	133–261	Bell Mechelen	59–90	74–171
Engelmann	135–171	Simmenthal Milano	79–95	56–76
Altınordu	130–167	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	61–65	69–102

Quarter finals 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. Zadar 3 6 3 0 433 409 +24 2. Simmenthal Milano 3 5 2 1 490 451 +39 3. Joventut Badalona 3 4 1 2 427 467 -40 4. CSKA Sofia 3 3 0 3 500 523 -23

Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Spartak ZJŠ Brno 3 6 3 0 539 482 +57 2. Real Madrid 3 5 2 1 501 482 +19 3. Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 4 1 2 381 407 -26 4. Bell Mechelen 3 3 0 3 350 400 -50

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	144–127	Zadar	76–62	68–65
Simmenthal Milano	150–166	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	64–63	86–103

Final

April 11, Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid	98–95	Spartak ZJŠ Brno

1967–68 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
Real Madrid 4th Title

External links

• Champions Cup 1967–68