1966–67 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final Four
Champions	Real Madrid
Runners-up	Simmenthal Milano

The 1966–67 FIBA FIBA European Champions Cup was the tenth season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The trophy was won by Real Madrid, for the third time, at their home venue Pavilion at the Sports City of Real Madrid, after they defeated Simmenthal Milano 91–83.^[1]

Competition system

25 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 leg
KR	127–203	Simmenthal Milano	63–90	64–113
Fribourg Olympic	104–171	Vorwärts Leipzig	61–84	43–87
Collegians	0–4*	Herly Amsterdam	0–2	0–2
Steaua București	195–150	Union Firestone Ehgartner	96–81	99–69
Honvéd	167–120	Galatasaray	94–55	73–65
USC Heidelberg	134–110	SISU	72–49	62–61
Alvik	135–154	Torpan Pojat	63–69	72–85
Black Star Mersch	91–225	Real Madrid	44–100	47–125
Wydad AC	117–158	ASVEL	75–80	42–78

*Collegians from Belfast withdrew before the first leg and Herly Amsterdam received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Torpan Pojat	159–190	Simmenthal Milano	79–100	80–90
Vorwärts Leipzig	127–116	Legia Warsaw	57–51	70–65
Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–4*	Lokomotiv Sofia	0–2	0–2
AEK	110–122	ASVEL	64–53	46–69
Herly Amsterdam	156–159	AŠK Olimpija	74–72	82–87
Steaua București	142–142**	Slavia VŠ Praha	76–72	66–70
USC Heidelberg	177–197	Real Madrid	88–93	89–104
Honvéd	150–167	Racing Mechelen	80–76	70–91

*Hapoel Tel Aviv withdrew before the first leg and Lokomotiv Sofia received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

**After a 142 aggregate drew, a third decisive game was held in which Slavia VŠ Praha won 77–61.

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.

Group A Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Real Madrid 3 6 3 0 502 449 +53 2. Slavia VŠ Praha 3 5 2 1 497 458 +39 3. Vorwärts Leipzig 3 4 1 2 401 433 -32 4. Lokomotiv Sofia 3 3 0 3 454 514 -60

Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Simmenthal Milano 3 6 3 0 593 526 +67 2. AŠK Olimpija 3 4 1 2 487 480 +7 3. Racing Mechelen 3 4 1 2 527 527 0 4. ASVEL 3 4 1 2 427 498 -71

Final four

Semifinals

March 29, Sports City of Real Madrid Pavilion, Madrid

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Slavia VŠ Praha	97–103	Simmenthal Milano
AŠK Olimpija	86–88	Real Madrid

3rd place game

April 1, Sports City of Real Madrid Pavilion, Madrid

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Slavia VŠ Praha	88-83	AŠK Olimpija

Final

April 1, Sports City of Real Madrid Pavilion, Madrid

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid	91–83	Simmenthal Milano

1966–67 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
Real Madrid 3rd Title

Final standings

	Team
	Real Madrid
	Simmenthal Milano
	Slavia VŠ Praha
	AŠK Olimpija

Awards

References

External links

• 1966–67 FIBA European Champions Cup
• 1966–67 FIBA European Champions Cup Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
• 1966–67 FIBA European Champions Cup
• Champions Cup 1966–67 Line-ups and Stats