1985–86 FIBA European Champions Cup

1985–86 FIBA European Champions Cup
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Champions Cibona
  Runners-up Žalgiris

The 1985–86 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 29th edition of the FIBA European Champions Cup club competition (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Sportcsarnok in Budapest, Hungary, on April 3, 1986. It was won by Cibona for the second time in a row. They defeated Žalgiris in the finals, by a result of 94–82.

Competition system

  • 25 teams (European national domestic league champions, plus the then current title holders), playing in a tournament system, played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
  • The six remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered a Semifinal Group Stage, which was played as a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group.
  • The winner and the runner-up of the Semifinal Group Stage qualified for the final, which was played at a predetermined venue.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Partizani Tirana 162-175 Aris 81–80 81–95

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Neptune 178-182 Klosterneuburg 84–99 94–83
Galatasaray 203-231 Cibona 97–110 106–121
Honvéd 151-162 Fribourg Olympic 84–80 67–82
Real Madrid 151-137 Murray Edinburgh 75–65 76–72
Solna 182-201 Nashua EBBC 95–93 87–108
Kingston 185-232 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 93–112 92–120
AEL 113-202 Akademik Varna 49–121 64–81
Inter Slovnaft 167-229 Žalgiris 97–123 70–106
NMKY Helsinki 183-166 Zagłębie 91–81 92–85
Simac Milano 233-122 T71 Dudelange 116–48 117–74
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 148-182 Aris 76–93 72–89
Limoges CSP 177-171 Sunair Oostende 87–78 90–93

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Klosterneuburg 153-183 Cibona 83–98 70–85
Fribourg Olympic 149-173 Real Madrid 68–84 81–89
Nashua EBBC 181-216 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 95–113 86–103
Akademik Varna 152-222 Žalgiris 87–125 65–97
NMKY Helsinki 182-207 Simac Milano 92-106 90–101
Aris 176-186 Limoges CSP 89–81 87–105

Semifinal group stage

Key to colors
     Top two places in the group advance to Final
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA
1. Cibona 10 17 7 3 977 933
2. Žalgiris 10 17 7 3 931 915
3. Simac Milano 10 16 6 4 881 837
4. Real Madrid 10 15 5 5 944 906
5. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 10 14 4 6 907 946
6. Limoges CSP 10 11 1 9 910 1013

Final

April 3, Sportcsarnok, Budapest

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cibona 94–82 Žalgiris
1985–86 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions

Cibona
2nd Title

Awards

References