1967–68 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup explained

The 1967-68 FIBA European Championship Women[1] was the tenth edition of the competition. Daugava Riga defeated Sparta Prague in a rematch of the previous season's final to win its fifth trophy in a row. Italy's AS Vicenza, which would win five trophies in the 1980s, became the first team from Western Europe to reach the competition's semifinals.[2]

This edition marked a reform in the competition's system, with the quarter-finals being replaced by a 6-teams Group stage. This was preceded by a Qualifying Round and a Round of 12. Twenty teams took part in this edition, with defending champions Daugava entering the competition in the group stage and AS Vicenza receiving a bye to the round of 12. Sweden took part in the competition for the first time, while Turkey withdrew.[3]

Qualifying round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Daugava Riga Bye
Maccabi Tel Aviv 100 - 102 Firestone Wien 43-40 57-62
Recoaro Vicenza Bye
Trešnjevka 106 - 101 48-41 58-59
Universitario Porto 38 - 100 La Gerbe Montceau 17-51 21-49
Ruter Stockholm 76 - 150 Sparta Prague 48-79 28-71
ATV 1877 Düsseldorf 113 - 108 70-56 43-62
109 - 121 ŁKS Łódź 56-51 53-70
Riri Mendrisio 97 - 95 58-46 39-49
Politehnica Bucharest
AMVJ Amsterdam 120 - 125 MTK Budapest 62-57 58-68

Round of 12

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Daugava Riga Bye
Firestone Wien 85 - 109 Recoaro Vicenza 52-58 33-51
La Gerbe Montceau 105 - 110 Trešnjevka 50-48 55-62
WBC Standard Liège 90 - 141 Sparta Prague 52-72 38-69
Riri Mendrisio 111 - 146 ŁKS Łódź 48-5563-91
Politehnica Bucharest 105 - 127 MTK Budapest 55-6050-67

Group stage

Group A

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1. Daugava Riga4 4 0 328 182
2. Recoaro Vicenza4 1 3 198 261
3. Trešnjevka4 1 3 210 293
Recoaro Vicenza55-43 62-66Trešnjevka
Daugava Riga87-43 65-38Recoaro Vicenza
Trešnjevka50-88 51-88Daugava Riga

Group B

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1. Sparta Prague4 3 1 253 210
2. ŁKS Łódź4 2 2 238 240
3. MTK Budapest4 1 3 218 249
ŁKS Łódź70-62 45-65Sparta Prague
MTK Budapest62-50 51-73ŁKS Łódź
Sparta Prague69-47 57-48MTK Budapest

Semifinals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
ŁKS Łódź 90 - 184 Daugava Riga 46-95 44-75
Sparta Prague 125 - 100 75-41 50-59

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fibaeurope.com/pageID_jTRe3EbcGNM8Y9oOfvq6l1.compID_jr6ZiXqeGhMBtfq1yxqV83.season_1968.html 1967–68 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
  2. http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_086xifmFIlQMh4,zBYog00.html List of finals
  3. http://todor66.com/basketball/Eurocups/Women_CC_1968.html Results