1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1965–66 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.

1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup
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Final Four
Champions Simmenthal Milano
  Runners-up Slavia VŠ Praha

Simmenthal defeated Slavia VŠ Praha, by a score of 77–72, 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 57–68.

Competition system

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.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Fenerbahçe 143–146 Dinamo București 85–71 58–75
Wiener 139–161 Vorwärts Leipzig 75–82 64–79
Gladsaxe Efterslægten 96–171 Slavia VŠ Praha 57–84 39–87
Gießen 46ers 150–191 Simmenthal Milano 77–88 73–103
Etzella 98–162 CSKA Cherveno zname 51–72 47–90
Collegians 84–152 Denain Voltaire 51–78 33–74
KR 109–149 Alvik 48–60 61–89
AEK 153–150 Wisła Kraków 72–71 81–79
Wydad Casablanca 193–191* Benfica 53–54 77–76 63-61
Aldershot Warriors 144–213 Racing Mechelen 83–113 61–100

*Series decided over a third game after having tied aggregate score after the two home-away games.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Racing Mechelen 210–150 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit 116–79 99–74
Honvéd 143–182 Slavia VŠ Praha 62–100 81–82
Vorwärts Leipzig 123–175 CSKA Moscow 66–87 57–88
Wydad Casablanca 172–238 AEK 96–113 76–125
Alvik 149–201 Real Madrid 88–113 61–91
Denain Voltaire 126–139 CSKA Cherveno zname 61–53 65–86
Hapoel Tel Aviv 118–187 Simmenthal Milano 65–80 53–87
Dinamo București 207–213* Zadar 92–78 56–70 59-65

*Series decided over a third game after having tied aggregate score after the two home-away games.

Quarterfinals group stage

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.

Key to colors for group standings
     Top two places in each group advance to Semifinals

Group A

Games

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slavia VŠ Praha 146-151 Real Madrid 83-71 63-80
Racing Mechelen 170-189 Simmenthal Milano 104-94 66-95
Racing Mechelen 203-196 Real Madrid 104-95 99-101
Simmenthal Milano 155-159 Slavia VŠ Praha 96-77 59-82
Real Madrid 147-159 Simmenthal Milano 71-66 76-93
Racing Mechelen 180-185 Slavia VŠ Praha 104-91 76-94

Standings

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Slavia VŠ Praha 3521490486+4
2. Simmenthal Milano 3521503476+27
3. Racing Mechelen 3412553570-17
4. Real Madrid 3412494508-14

Group B

Games

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
CSKA Moscow 140-142 CSKA Cherveno zname 77-64 63-78
Zadar 140-147 AEK 69-71 71-76
Zadar 210-217 CSKA Cherveno zname 79-53 58-84 73-80
AEK 122-147 CSKA Moscow 74-66 48-81
CSKA Cherveno zname 139-144 AEK 94-69 45-75
CSKA Moscow 166-133 Zadar 79-49 87-84

Standings

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. CSKA Moscow 3521453397+56
2. AEK 3521413426-13
3. CSKA Cherveno zname 3521498494+4
4. Zadar 3303483530-47

Final four

Semifinals

March 29, Milan

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Slavia VŠ Praha 103–73 AEK

March 29, Palazzo dello sport, Bologna

Team 1  Score  Team 2
CSKA Moscow 57–68 Simmenthal Milano

3rd place game

April 1, Milan

Team 1  Score  Team 2
AEK 62–85 CSKA Moscow

Final

April 1, Palazzo dello sport, Bologna

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Simmenthal Milano 77–72 Slavia VŠ Praha
1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions

Simmenthal Milano
1st Title

Final standings

Team
Simmenthal Milano
Slavia VŠ Praha
CSKA Moscow
AEK

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

References

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