1965β66 FIBA European Champions Cup | |
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League | FIBA European Champions Cup |
Sport | Basketball |
Final Four | |
Champions | Simmenthal Milano |
Runners-up | Slavia VΕ Praha |
The 1965β66 FIBA European Champions Cup was the ninth season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Simmenthal Milano, for the first time in its history, the first of the club's three EuroLeague championships.
Simmenthal defeated Slavia VΕ Praha, by a score of 77β72, in the final of the first ever Champions Cup Final Four held in the EuroLeague competition, with two venues used: a venue in Milan, and the Palazzo dello sport arena in Bologna, Italy. [1] The Italian team, featuring future the Basketball Hall of Fame member Bill Bradley, defeated the favorites and former champs, CSKA Moscow, in the semifinal, by a score of 57β68.
26 teams. European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only, playing in a tournament system. The competition culminated in a Final Four.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
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FenerbahΓ§e | 143β146 | Dinamo BucureΘti | 85β71 | 58β75 | |
Wiener | 139β161 | VorwΓ€rts Leipzig | 75β82 | 64β79 | |
Gladsaxe EfterslΓ¦gten | 96β171 | Slavia VΕ Praha | 57β84 | 39β87 | |
GieΓen 46ers | 150β191 | Simmenthal Milano | 77β88 | 73β103 | |
Etzella | 98β162 | CSKA Cherveno zname | 51β72 | 47β90 | |
Collegians | 84β152 | Denain Voltaire | 51β78 | 33β74 | |
KR | 109β149 | Alvik | 48β60 | 61β89 | |
AEK | 153β150 | WisΕa KrakΓ³w | 72β71 | 81β79 | |
Wydad AC | 193β191* | Benfica | 53β54 | 77β76 | 63-61 |
Aldershot Warriors | 144β213 | Racing Mechelen | 83β113 | 61β100 |
*Series decided over a third game after having tied aggregate score after the two home-away games.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
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Racing Mechelen | 210β150 | Helsingin Kisa-Toverit | 116β79 | 99β74 | |
HonvΓ©d | 143β182 | Slavia VΕ Praha | 62β100 | 81β82 | |
VorwΓ€rts Leipzig | 123β175 | CSKA Moscow | 66β87 | 57β88 | |
Wydad AC | 172β238 | AEK | 96β113 | 76β125 | |
Alvik | 149β201 | Real Madrid | 88β113 | 61β91 | |
Denain Voltaire | 126β139 | CSKA Cherveno zname | 61β53 | 65β86 | |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 118β187 | Simmenthal Milano | 65β80 | 53β87 | |
Dinamo BucureΘti | 207β213* | Zadar | 92β78 | 56β70 | 59-65 |
*Series decided over a third game after having tied aggregate score after the two home-away games.
For the first time in the competition history, the quarterfinals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record. A third decisive game was played if the aggregate score of the first two games was tied.
Top two places in each group advance to Semifinals |
Group AGames
Standings
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Group BGames
Standings
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March 31, Milan
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Slavia VΕ Praha | 103β73 | AEK |
March 30, Palazzo dello sport, Bologna
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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CSKA Moscow | 57β68 | Simmenthal Milano |
April 1, Milan
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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AEK | 62β85 | CSKA Moscow |
April 1, Palazzo dello sport, Bologna
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Simmenthal Milano | 77β72 | Slavia VΕ Praha |
1965β66 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions |
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Simmenthal Milano 1st Title |
Team | |
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Simmenthal Milano | |
Slavia VΕ Praha | |
CSKA Moscow | |
AEK |
1965β66 FIBA European Champions Cup | |
---|---|
League | FIBA European Champions Cup |
Sport | Basketball |
Final Four | |
Champions | Simmenthal Milano |
Runners-up | Slavia VΕ Praha |
The 1965β66 FIBA European Champions Cup was the ninth season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Simmenthal Milano, for the first time in its history, the first of the club's three EuroLeague championships.
Simmenthal defeated Slavia VΕ Praha, by a score of 77β72, in the final of the first ever Champions Cup Final Four held in the EuroLeague competition, with two venues used: a venue in Milan, and the Palazzo dello sport arena in Bologna, Italy. [1] The Italian team, featuring future the Basketball Hall of Fame member Bill Bradley, defeated the favorites and former champs, CSKA Moscow, in the semifinal, by a score of 57β68.
26 teams. European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only, playing in a tournament system. The competition culminated in a Final Four.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FenerbahΓ§e | 143β146 | Dinamo BucureΘti | 85β71 | 58β75 | |
Wiener | 139β161 | VorwΓ€rts Leipzig | 75β82 | 64β79 | |
Gladsaxe EfterslΓ¦gten | 96β171 | Slavia VΕ Praha | 57β84 | 39β87 | |
GieΓen 46ers | 150β191 | Simmenthal Milano | 77β88 | 73β103 | |
Etzella | 98β162 | CSKA Cherveno zname | 51β72 | 47β90 | |
Collegians | 84β152 | Denain Voltaire | 51β78 | 33β74 | |
KR | 109β149 | Alvik | 48β60 | 61β89 | |
AEK | 153β150 | WisΕa KrakΓ³w | 72β71 | 81β79 | |
Wydad AC | 193β191* | Benfica | 53β54 | 77β76 | 63-61 |
Aldershot Warriors | 144β213 | Racing Mechelen | 83β113 | 61β100 |
*Series decided over a third game after having tied aggregate score after the two home-away games.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Racing Mechelen | 210β150 | Helsingin Kisa-Toverit | 116β79 | 99β74 | |
HonvΓ©d | 143β182 | Slavia VΕ Praha | 62β100 | 81β82 | |
VorwΓ€rts Leipzig | 123β175 | CSKA Moscow | 66β87 | 57β88 | |
Wydad AC | 172β238 | AEK | 96β113 | 76β125 | |
Alvik | 149β201 | Real Madrid | 88β113 | 61β91 | |
Denain Voltaire | 126β139 | CSKA Cherveno zname | 61β53 | 65β86 | |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 118β187 | Simmenthal Milano | 65β80 | 53β87 | |
Dinamo BucureΘti | 207β213* | Zadar | 92β78 | 56β70 | 59-65 |
*Series decided over a third game after having tied aggregate score after the two home-away games.
For the first time in the competition history, the quarterfinals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record. A third decisive game was played if the aggregate score of the first two games was tied.
Top two places in each group advance to Semifinals |
Group AGames
Standings
|
Group BGames
Standings
|
March 31, Milan
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Slavia VΕ Praha | 103β73 | AEK |
March 30, Palazzo dello sport, Bologna
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
CSKA Moscow | 57β68 | Simmenthal Milano |
April 1, Milan
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
AEK | 62β85 | CSKA Moscow |
April 1, Palazzo dello sport, Bologna
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Simmenthal Milano | 77β72 | Slavia VΕ Praha |
1965β66 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions |
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Simmenthal Milano 1st Title |
Team | |
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Simmenthal Milano | |
Slavia VΕ Praha | |
CSKA Moscow | |
AEK |