1986–87 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1986–87 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 30th edition of the FIBA European Champions Cup club competition (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Centre Intercommunal de Glace de Malley in Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 2, 1987. It was won by Tracer Milano, who defeated Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv, by a result of 71–69.

1986–87 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Tracer Milano
Runners-up	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

Competition system

• 26 teams (European national domestic league champions only), 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 six remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered a Semifinal Group Stage, which was played as a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group.
• The winner and the runner-up of the Semifinal Group Stage qualified for the final, which was played at a predetermined venue.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester United	170-154	Benfica	91–67	79–87
Torpan Pojat	166-157	Honvéd	96–80	70–77

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alvik	193-206	Zbrojovka Brno	95–110	98–96
Manchester United	143-173	Real Madrid	78–86	65–87
Torpan Pojat	206-180	Klosterneuburg	119–80	87–100
Pully	203-226	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	91–102	112–124
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	156-146	Nashua EBBC	70–70	86–76
Partizani Tirana	145-158	Orthez	63–73	82–85
Aris	240-154	Sunair Oostende	115–77	125–77
Murray Edinburgh	166-184	Tracer Milano	83–83	83–101
Zagłębie	171-172	Galatasaray	83–95	88–77
Steaua București	169-215	Žalgiris	90–107	79–108
Achilleas	124-230	Levski-Spartak	69–129	55–101
Sparta Bertrange	139-229	Zadar	68–116	71–113

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zbrojovka Brno	161–214	Real Madrid	70–82	91–132
Torpan Pojat	175–207	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	89–95	86–112
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	142–165	Orthez	76–84	66–81
Aris	147–150	Tracer Milano	98–67	49–83
Galatasaray	142–182	Žalgiris	70-87	72–95
Levski-Spartak	177–191	Zadar	88–90	89–102

Semifinal group stage

Key to colors

Top two places in the group advance to Final

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA
1.	Tracer Milano	10	17	7	3	870	814
2.	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	10	17	7	3	861	820
3.	Orthez	10	16	6	4	809	822
4.	Zadar	10	14	4	6	819	831
5.	Žalgiris	10	13	3	7	821	862
6.	Real Madrid	10	13	3	7	862	893

Final

Main article: 1987 FIBA European Champions Cup Final

April 2, Centre Intercommunal de Glace de Malley, Lausanne

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Tracer Milano	71–69	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

1986–87 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
Tracer Milano 2nd Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

• Lee Johnson ( Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv)

Notes