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1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup

FieldValue
title1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup
leagueFIBA European Champions Cup
sportBasketball
finalsFinal Four
finals_link1966 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four
finals_champITA Simmenthal Milano
finals_runner-upTCH Slavia VŠ Praha
seasonslistnamesFIBA European Champions Cup
prevseason_link1964–65 FIBA European Champions Cup
prevseason_year1964–65
nextseason_year1966–67
nextseason_link1966–67 FIBA European Champions Cup

| finals_runner-up = TCH Slavia VŠ Praha The 1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup was the ninth season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Simmenthal Milano, for the first time in its history, the first of the club's three EuroLeague championships.

Simmenthal defeated Slavia VŠ Praha, by a score of 77–72, in the final of the first ever Champions Cup Final Four held in the EuroLeague competition, with two venues used: a venue in Milan, and the Palazzo dello sport arena in Bologna, Italy. The Italian team, featuring future the Basketball Hall of Fame member Bill Bradley, defeated the favorites and former champions, CSKA Moscow, in the semifinal, by a score of 57–68.

Competition system

26 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

*****Series decided over a third game after having tied aggregate score after the two home-away games.

Second round

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*****Series decided over a third game after having tied aggregate score after the two home-away games.

Quarterfinals group stage

For the first time in the competition history, the quarterfinals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record. A third decisive game was played if the aggregate score of the first two games was tied.

Top two places in each group advance to Semifinals

Standings

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.TCH Slavia VŠ Praha3**5**21490486
2.ITA Simmenthal Milano3**5**21503476
3.BEL Racing Mechelen3**4**12553570
4.ESP Real Madrid3**4**12494508

Group B

Games

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Standings

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.URS CSKA Moscow3**5**21453397
2.GRE AEK3**5**21413426
3.BUL CSKA Cherveno zname3**5**21498494
4.YUG Zadar3**3**03483530

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Final four

Main article: 1966 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four

Semifinals

March 31, Milan |}

March 30, Palazzo dello sport, Bologna |}

3rd place game

April 1, Milan |}

Final

April 1, Palazzo dello sport, Bologna |}

1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions
ITA
**Simmenthal Milano**
**1st Title**

Final standings

Team
[[File:Coppa_del_Campionato_di_Pallacanestro.png15px]]

Awards

[[EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer|FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer]]

  • TCH Jiří Zídek Sr. (TCH Slavia VŠ Praha)

References

References

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