1985–86 FIBA European Champions Cup

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.

1985–86 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Cibona
Runners-up	Žalgiris

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

Main article: 1986 FIBA European Champions Cup 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

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

• Arvydas Sabonis ( Žalgiris)