1967–68 FIBA European Champions Cup

1967–68 FIBA European Champions Cup was the eleventh installment of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Palais des Sports, Lyon, France, on April 11, 1968, and it was won by Real Madrid, who defeated Spartak ZJŠ Brno, by a result of 98–95.

Competition system

24 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 those 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.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv	165–144	Alsace de Bagnolet	85–62	80–82
Alvik	128–139	KTP	67–67	61–72
Boroughmuir	112–234	Real Madrid	69–108	43–126
ASFAR	121–205	Juventud Kalso	70–96	51–109
Racing Luxembourg	113–148	Gießen 46ers	63–76	50–72
Honvéd	129–136	Zadar	86–72	43–64
Steaua București	124–126	Panathinaikos	82–65	42–61
Vauxhall Motors	97–236	Legia Warsaw	56–93	41–143

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panathinaikos	141–159	Zadar	79–70	62–89
KTP	147–178	CSKA Cherveno zname	86–89	61–89
SVE Utrecht	133–202	Real Madrid	66–90	67–112
Juventud Kalso	157–113	Legia Warsaw	87–56	70–57
Gießen 46ers	134–189	Maccabi Tel Aviv	72–84	62–105
Benfica Luanda	133–261	Racing Bell Mechelen	59–90	74–171
Engelmann Wien	135–171	Simmenthal Milano	79–95	56–76
Altınordu	130–167	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	61–65	69–102

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	144–127	Zadar	76–62	68–65
Simmenthal Milano	150–166	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	64–63	86–103

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid	98–95	Spartak ZJŠ Brno

1967–68 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
Real Madrid 4th Title

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