1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup
# 1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup was the twelfth installment of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at Palau dels Esports, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on April 24, 1969, and it was won by CSKA Moscow, who defeated Real Madrid 103–99.

## Competition system

* 25 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 these 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.

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Edinburgh Hornets | 123–194 | ASVEL | 76–81 | 47–113 |
| Alvik | 122–149 | Gießen 46ers | 60–61 | 62–88 |
| Aldershot Warriors | 103–238 | Real Madrid | 59–103 | 44–135 |
| Tapion Honka | 158–180 | Standard Liège | 76–81 | 82–99 |
| Black Star Mersch | 104–221 | Oransoda Cantù | 51–97 | 53–124 |
| Flamingo's Haarlem | 113–170 | Vorwärts Leipzig | 70–75 | 43–95 |
| Engelmann Wien | 145–160 | Dinamo București | 88–75 | 57–85 |
| İTÜ | 147–139 | Wisła Kraków | 91–70 | 56–69 |
| Lourenço Marques | 161–207 | AEK | 77–89 | 84–118 |

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| ASVEL | 141–142 | Zadar | 74–54 | 67–88 |
| Gießen 46ers | 152–199 | Real Madrid | 81–97 | 71–102 |
| Honvéd | 146–163 | Standard Liège | 70–55 | 76–108 |
| Partizani Tirana | 136–163 | Oransoda Cantù | 73–73 | 63–90 |
| Vorwärts Leipzig | 126–141 | CSKA Moscow | 54–66 | 72–75 |
| Dinamo București | 169–181 | Spartak ZJŠ Brno | 100–85 | 69–96 |
| İTÜ | 142–151 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 83–79 | 59–72 |
| AEK | 127–134 | Academic | 73–58 | 54–76 |

## 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.

Key to colors :

* Top two places in each group advance to Semifinals

| Group A TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Real Madrid 3630488460+28 2. CSKA Moscow 3521471416+55 3. Zadar 34124654650 4. Academic 3303455538-83 | Group B TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Spartak ZJŠ Brno 3630502457+45 2. Standard Liège 3521488508-20 3. Oransoda Cantù 3412426407+19 4. Maccabi Tel Aviv 3303403447-44 |
| - | - |

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Real Madrid | 193–135 | Standard Liège | 84–46 | 109–89 |
| CSKA Moscow | 184–158 | Spartak ZJŠ Brno | 101–66 | 83–92 |

## Final

April 24, Palau dels Esports de Barcelona, Barcelona

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| CSKA Moscow | 103–99 | Real Madrid |

* 1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
* CSKA Moscow 3rd Title

## Awards

### FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

* Vladimir Andreev ( CSKA Moscow)
