1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup

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.

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

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

• Vladimir Andreev ( CSKA Moscow)

External links

• 1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup
• 1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup
• Game Details of Real Madrid
• Champions Cup 1968–69 Line-ups and Stats