1966–67 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

1966–67 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Ignis Varese
Runners-up	Maccabi Tel Aviv

The 1966–67 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup was the inaugural edition of FIBA's competition for European basketball national cup champions. It was contested by 19 teams, and it ran from December 1966 to April 1967. Ignis Varese defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv in the final to become the competition's first champion.^[1]

Participants

Country	Teams	Clubs
Austria	1	Handelsministerium
Belgium	1	Royal IV
Bulgaria	1	Botev
Czechoslovakia	1	Spartak ZJŠ Brno
Finland	1	Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
France	1	Nantes
Greece	1	Aris
Israel	1	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Italy	1	Ignis Varese
Luxembourg	1	Diekirch
Netherlands	1	Flamingo's Haarlem
Poland	1	Wisła Kraków
Portugal	1	Benfica
Romania	1	Dinamo Bucureşti
Spain	1	Juventud Kalso
Sweden	1	Duvbo
Turkey	1	İTÜ
West Germany	1	Gießen 46ers
Yugoslavia	1	Partizan

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Duvbo	0–4*	Dinamo Bucureşti	0–2	0–2
Juventud Kalso	225–95	Benfica	107–38	118–57
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	149–206	Wisła Kraków	77–97	72–109
	0–2**	Ignis Varese	0-2

*Duvbo withdrew before the first leg and Dinamo Bucureşti received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

**Originally, the champion of the Moroccan Cup was drawn to play against the Italian Champion, but no team of the North African country was designated to play this competition. Therefore, Ignis Varese received a forfeit (2-0).

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo București	144–152	Royal IV	86–70	58–82
Diekirch	170–210	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	69–94	101–116
Ignis Varese	160–111	Nantes	81–43	69–68
İTÜ	129–155	Partizan	71–75	50–80
Juventud Kalso	182–121	Flamingo's Haarlem	84–49	98–72
Maccabi Tel Aviv	172–162	Aris	101–71	71–91
Gießen 46ers	141–206	Wisła Kraków	77–106	64–100
Botev	153–147	Handelsministerium	83–74	70–73

Quarter finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Royal IV	154–179	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	76–88	69–91
Ignis Varese	159–128	Partizan	83–55	76–73
Juventud Kalso	152–152*	Maccabi Tel Aviv	101–69	51–83
Wisła Kraków	127–147	Botev	75–52	60–87

* After a 152 aggregate drew, a third decisive game was held in which Maccabi Tel Aviv won 75–51.

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak ZJŠ Brno	136–142	Ignis Varese	83–84	53–58
Maccabi Tel Aviv	158–128	Botev	91–60	67–68

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ignis Varese	144–135	Maccabi Tel Aviv	77–67	67–68

1966–67 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Champions
Ignis Varese 1st title

References

↑ Results in todor66.com

Ignis Varese 1966–67 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Winners

McKenzie Bufalini Meneghin Cescutti Flaborea Villetti Vittori Bovone Gergati R.Gergati Coach Tracuzzi

Saporta Cup seasons

Cup Winner's Cup	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

European Cup	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96

EuroCup	1996–97 1997–98

Saporta Cup	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

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