1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup

1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup
1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final Four
Champions	Simmenthal Milano
Runners-up	Slavia VŠ Praha
FIBA European Champions Cup seasons
	← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup was the ninth season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Simmenthal Milano, for the first time in its history, the first of the club's three EuroLeague championships.

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Simmenthal defeated Slavia VŠ Praha, by a score of 77–72, in the final of the first ever Champions Cup Final Four held in the EuroLeague competition, with two venues used: a venue in Milan, and the Palazzo dello sport arena in Bologna, Italy.^[1] The Italian team, featuring future the Basketball Hall of Fame member Bill Bradley, defeated the favorites and former champs, CSKA Moscow, in the semifinal, by a score of 57–68.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Fenerbahçe	143–146	Dinamo București	85–71	58–75
Wiener	139–161	Vorwärts Leipzig	75–82	64–79
Gladsaxe Efterslægten	96–171	Slavia VŠ Praha	57–84	39–87
Gießen 46ers	150–191	Simmenthal Milano	77–88	73–103
Etzella	98–162	CSKA Cherveno zname	51–72	47–90
Collegians	84–152	Denain Voltaire	51–78	33–74
KR	109–149	Alvik	48–60	61–89
AEK	153–150	Wisła Kraków	72–71	81–79
Wydad AC	193–191	Benfica	53–54	77–76	63-61
Aldershot Warriors	144–213	Racing Mechelen	83–113	61–100

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Racing Mechelen	210–150	Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	116–79	99–74
Honvéd	143–182	Slavia VŠ Praha	62–100	81–82
Vorwärts Leipzig	123–175	CSKA Moscow	66–87	57–88
Wydad AC	172–238	AEK	96–113	76–125
Alvik	149–201	Real Madrid	88–113	61–91
Denain Voltaire	126–139	CSKA Cherveno zname	61–53	65–86
Hapoel Tel Aviv	118–187	Simmenthal Milano	65–80	53–87
Dinamo București	207–213*	Zadar	92–78	56–70	59-65

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