The 1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the second edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from November 1967, to 4 April 1968. 22 teams took part in the competition, three more than in the inaugural edition.
AEK defeated 1966 FIBA European Champions Cup runner-up Slavia VŠ Praha, in the final, which for the first time was held as a single match, to become the competition's first Greek League champion. They previously defeated defending champion, Ignis Varese, in the semifinals.Results in todor66.com
In the final between AEK and Slavia VŠ Praha, which took place in Pangrati, Athens, at Panathenaic Stadium, the seated attendance was 100,000, and the standing attendance, in and around the arena, was 50,000 (for a total of 150,000).
Participants
Country Teams Clubs Italy 2 All'Onestà Milano Ignis Varese Austria 1 Union Firestone Ehgartner Belgium 1 Royal IV Bulgaria 1 Levski-Spartak Czechoslovakia 1 Slavia VŠ Praha East Germany 1 Vorwärts Leipzig Finland 1 Tapion Honka France 1 ASVEL Kingdom of Greece 1 AEK Israel 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv Luxembourg 1 Etzella Netherlands 1 Landlust Poland 1 Wisła Kraków Portugal 1 Coimbra Romania 1 Dinamo București Spain 1 Kas Sweden 1 Solna Switzerland 1 Fribourg Olympic Turkey 1 Fenerbahçe West Germany 1 Osnabrück Yugoslavia 1 AŠK Olimpija
First round
Second round
Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals Ignis Varese (title holder)
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals April 4, Panathenaic "Kalimarmaro" Stadium, Athens
1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions AEK 1st title
References
External links
FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1967–68