1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup

1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final Four
Champions	Simmenthal Milano
Runners-up	Slavia VŠ Praha

The 1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup was the ninth season of the 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.^[1] The Italian team, featuring future Hall of famer Bill Bradley, defeated the favorites and former champs, 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. The competition culminated in a Final Four.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fenerbahçe	143–146	Dinamo Bucureşti	85–71	58–75
Wiener	139–161	Vorwärts Leipzig	75–82	64–79
Gladsaxe Efterslægten	96–171	Slavia VŠ Praha	57–84	39–87
Gießen 46ers	150–191	Simmenthal Milano	77–88	73–103
Etzella	98–162	CSKA Cherveno zname	51–72	47–90
Collegians	84–152	Denain-Voltaire	51–78	33–74
KR	109–149	Alvik	48–60	61–89
AEK	153–150	Wisła Kraków	72–71	81–79
Wydad Casablanca	130–130*	Benfica	53–54	77–76
Aldershot Warriors	144–213	Racing Mechelen	83–113	61–100

*After a 130 aggregate drew, a third decisive game was held in which Wydad won 63–61.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Racing Mechelen	210–150	Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	116–79	99–74
Honvéd	143–182	Slavia VŠ Praha	62–100	81–82
Vorwärts Leipzig	123–175	CSKA Moscow	66–87	57–88
Wydad Casablanca	172–238	AEK	96–113	76–125
Alvik	149–201	Real Madrid	88–113	61–91
Denain-Voltaire	126–139	CSKA Cherveno zname	61–53	65–86
Hapoel Tel Aviv	118–187	Simmenthal Milano	65–80	53–87
Dinamo Bucureşti	148–148*	Zadar	92–78	56–70

* After a 148 aggregate drew, a third decisive game was held in which Zadar won 65–59.

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.

Key to colors
	Top two places in each group advance to Semifinals

Group A

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Slavia VŠ Praha	3	5	2	1	490	486	+4
2.	Simmenthal Milano	3	5	2	1	503	476	+27
3.	Racing Mechelen	3	4	1	2	553	570	-17
4.	Real Madrid	3	4	1	2	494	508	-14

Group B

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	CSKA Moscow	3	5	2	1	453	397	+56
2.	AEK	3	5	2	1	413	426	-13
3.	CSKA Cherveno zname	3	5	2	1	418	421	-3
4.	Zadar	3	3	0	3	410	450	-40

Final Four

Main article: 1966 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four

Semifinals

March 29, Milan

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Slavia VŠ Praha	103–73	AEK

March 29, Palazzo dello sport, Bologna

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CSKA Moscow	57–68	Simmenthal Milano

3rd place game

April 1, Milan

Team 1	Score	Team 2
AEK	62–85	CSKA Moscow

Final

April 1, Palazzo dello sport, Bologna

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Simmenthal Milano	77–72	Slavia VŠ Praha

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

Final standings

	Team
	Simmenthal Milano
	Slavia VŠ Praha
	CSKA Moscow
	AEK

References

↑ Champions Cup 1965–66

External links

Simmenthal Milano 1965–66 Euroleague Champions

Bradley Thoren Masini Vianello Riminucci Iellini Pieri Longhi Ongaro Binda Gnocchi Fenelli Coach Rubini

FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague

FIBA European Champions Cup era, 1958–2001

Seasons	1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01

Finals	1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Euroleague Basketball era, 2000–present

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

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Awards	EuroLeague Basketball Awards FIBA SuproLeague Awards FIBA All-Star Games FIBA EuroStars All-Final Four Team Final Four MVP EuroLeague Legends 50 Greatest Contributors 2001–10 All-Decade Team

Statistics	Finals Final Four Arenas Team records and statistics EuroLeague records Final Four records Individual statistics Individual highs Performance Index Rating Career stats leaders Rosters of finalists EuroLeague clubs performance comparison European club pyramid National league rankings

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