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1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

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]

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

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

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nitia   121–186   Bayern Munich 64–84 57–102
Altınordu   123–149   AŠK Olimpija 57–70 66–79
Solna   141–177   Picadero 70–80 71–97
Boroughmuir   127–212   Royal IV 52–103 75–109
Steaua București   186–153   Hapoel Tel Aviv 89–58 97–95
Handelministerium   139–171   Panathinaikos 84–76 55–95
Soproni MAFC   155–171   Levski-Spartak 89–92 66–79

Second round

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

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AŠK Olimpija   191–164   TSC Berlin 1893 101–73 90–91
Slavia VŠ Praha   204–162   Legia Warsaw 113–82 91–80
Fides Napoli   0–2*   Panathinaikos 98–61 Not finished
Levski-Spartak   137–146   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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AŠK Olimpija   137–165   Slavia VŠ Praha 76–83 61–82
Panathinaikos   152–170   Dinamo Tbilisi 81–67 71–103

Final

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April 17, Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna

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

References

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