1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
# 1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the third edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from December 1968, to 17 April 1969. 22 teams took part in the competition.

The final, held in Vienna, featured for the first time, two clubs from the Eastern Bloc. Slavia VŠ Praha, which had lost the previous edition's final to AEK, defeated Dinamo Tbilisi, to become the competition's first Czechoslovak League champion.

## Participants

| Country | Teams | Clubs |
| - | - | - |
| Austria | 1 | Handelsministerium |
| Belgium | 1 | Royal IV |
| Bulgaria | 1 | Levski-Spartak |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | Slavia VŠ Praha |
| East Germany | 1 | TSC Berlin 1893 |
| Finland | 1 | Helsingin Kisa-Toverit |
| France | 1 | Stade Auto Lyon |
| Greece | 1 | Panathinaikos |
| Hungary | 1 | Soproni MAFC |
| Israel | 1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Italy | 1 | Fides Napoli |
| Luxembourg | 1 | Nitia |
| Poland | 1 | Legia Warsaw |
| Portugal | 1 | Benfica |
| Romania | 1 | Steaua București |
| Scotland | 1 | Boroughmuir |
| Soviet Union | 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Spain | 1 | Picadero |
| Sweden | 1 | Solna |
| Turkey | 1 | Altınordu |
| West Germany | 1 | Bayern Munich |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | AŠK Olimpija |

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Nitia | 121–186 | Bayern Munich | 64–84 | 57–102 |
| Altınordu | 123–149 | AŠK Olimpija | 57–70 | 66–79 |
| Solna | 141–177 | Picadero | 70–80 | 71–97 |
| Boroughmuir | 127–212 | Royal IV | 52–103 | 75–109 |
| Steaua București | 186–153 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 89–58 | 97–95 |
| Handelministerium | 119–171 | Panathinaikos | 84–76 | 55–95 |
| Soproni MAFC | 155–171 | Levski-Spartak | 89–92 | 66–79 |

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bayern Munich | 127–195 | AŠK Olimpija | 81–101 | 46–94 |
| Picadero | 151–161 | TSC Berlin 1893 | 82–79 | 69–82 |
| Helsingin Kisa-Toverit | 160–170 | Slavia VŠ Praha | 74–76 | 86–94 |
| Legia Warsaw | 167–155 | Royal IV | 97–69 | 70–86 |
| Steaua București | 160–169 | Fides Napoli | 95–77 | 65–92 |
| Benfica | 144–221 | Panathinaikos | 74–110 | 70–111 |
| Levski-Spartak | 148–128 | Stade Auto Lyon | 85–53 | 63–75 |

### Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals

* Dinamo Tbilisi

## Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AŠK Olimpija | 191–164 | TSC Berlin 1893 | 101–73 | 90–91 |
| Slavia VŠ Praha | 204–162 | Legia Warsaw | 113–82 | 91–80 |
| Fides Napoli | 0–2* | Panathinaikos | 98–61 | Not finished |
| Levski-Spartak | 137–146 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 83–88 | 54–58 |

*Originally, Fides Napoli won the first leg by 37 points (98–61), but in the return game in Athens the Italian club withdrew during halftime (Panathinaikos winning then 51–16) as a protest for what they considered a biased refereeing and many irregularities in the scoring procedure (in particular, Fides claimed that the real halftime score should have been 39–28 for Panathinaikos, and also that the first half lasted more than the regulated 20 minutes). However the French FIBA Commissar Edmond Pigeu nor the Secretary General William Jones (who was also present in the outdoor Panathinian Stadium, with more than 25,000 fans crowding the stands) saw anything irregular in this game. Later, FIBA expelled Fides Napoli from the competition and declared Panathinaikos winner by forfeit (2–0).

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AŠK Olimpija | 137–165 | Slavia VŠ Praha | 76–83 | 61–82 |
| Panathinaikos | 152–170 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 81–67 | 71–103 |

## Final

April 17, Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Slavia VŠ Praha | 80–74 | Dinamo Tbilisi |

* 1968–69 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
* Slavia VŠ Praha 1st title
