1967–68 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup

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 Lokomotiv Sofia 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 Standard Liège 70-56 43-62
Berlin 1893 109 - 121 ŁKS Łódź 56-51 53-70
Riri Mendrisio 97 - 95 CREFF Madrid 58-46 39-49
Politehnica Bucharest Walkover Gazi Egitin
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 48-55 63-91
Politehnica Bucharest 105 - 127 MTK Budapest 55-60 50-67

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA
1. Daugava Riga 4 4 0 328 182
2. Recoaro Vicenza 4 1 3 198 261
3. Trešnjevka 4 1 3 210 293
Recoaro Vicenza 55-43 62-66 Trešnjevka
Daugava Riga 87-43 65-38 Recoaro Vicenza
Trešnjevka 50-88 51-88 Daugava Riga

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA
1. Sparta Prague 4 3 1 253 210
2. ŁKS Łódź 4 2 2 238 240
3. MTK Budapest 4 1 3 218 249
ŁKS Łódź 70-62 45-65 Sparta Prague
MTK Budapest 62-50 51-73 ŁKS Łódź
Sparta Prague 69-47 57-48 MTK 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 Recoaro Vicenza 75-41 50-59

Final

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

References