1967–68 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup

The 1967-68 FIBA European Championship Women 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.[1]

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.[2]

Qualifying Round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Daugava Riga Soviet Union Bye
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 100 - 102 Austria Firestone Wien 43-40 57-62
Recoaro Vicenza Italy Bye
Trešnjevka Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 106 - 101 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia 48-41 58-59
Universitario Porto Portugal 38 - 100 France La Gerbe Montceau 17-51 21-49
Ruter Stockholm Sweden 76 - 150 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 48-79 28-71
ATV 1877 Düsseldorf West Germany 113 - 108 France Standard Liège 70-56 43-62
TSC Berlin East Germany 109 - 121 Poland ŁKS Łódź 56-51 53-70
Riri Mendrisio Switzerland 97 - 95 Spain CREFF Madrid 58-46 39-49
Politehnica Bucharest Romania Walkover Turkey Gazi Egitin
AMVJ Amsterdam Netherlands 120 - 125 Hungary MTK Budapest 62-57 58-68

Round of 12

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Daugava Riga Soviet Union Bye
Firestone Wien Austria 85 - 109 Italy Recoaro Vicenza 52-58 33-51
La Gerbe Montceau France 105 - 110 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Trešnjevka 50-48 55-62
WBC Standard Liège Belgium 90 - 141 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 52-72 38-69
Riri Mendrisio Switzerland 111 - 146 Poland ŁKS Łódź 48-55 63-91
Politehnica Bucharest Romania 105 - 127 Hungary MTK Budapest 55-60 50-67

Group Stage

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA
1. Soviet Union Daugava Riga 4 4 0 328 182
2. Italy Recoaro Vicenza 4 1 3 198 261
3. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Trešnjevka 4 1 3 210 293
Recoaro Vicenza55-43 62-66Trešnjevka
Daugava Riga87-43 65-38Recoaro Vicenza
Trešnjevka50-88 51-88Daugava Riga

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA
1. Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 4 3 1 253 210
2. Poland ŁKS Łódź 4 2 2 238 240
3. Hungary MTK Budapest 4 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 Poland 90 - 184 Soviet Union Daugava Riga 46-95 44-75
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia 125 - 100 Italy Recoaro Vicenza 75-41 50-59

Final

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Daugava Riga Soviet Union 134 - 92 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 76-45 58-47

References

  1. List of finals in FIBA Europe's website
  2. Results in Todor66.com