The 1965-66 and ninth season of the FIBA European Champions Cup was won by Simmenthal Milano

Olimpia Milano

Olimpia Milano is a Lega Basket Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy, founded in 1936 by Milan businessman Adolfo Bogoncelli. Its colors are red and white, and the team is sometimes referred as "Scarpette Rosse" because team officials imported from the United States red...

 for the First time in its history, the first of three total wins.
Simmenthal defeated Slavia PRague 77-72 in the final of the first ever Final four

Final four

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 held in the competition, with two venues used:a venue in Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

 and the Palazzo dello sport arena in Bologna

Bologna

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

, Italy

Italy

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. The Italian team, featuring future Hall of famer

Basketball Hall of Fame

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 Bill Bradley

Bill Bradley

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, defeated favorites and former champs CSKA Moscow

PBC CSKA Moscow

PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...

 in the semi final, 57-68.

Qualifying round

Team #1	Agg.	|Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fenerbahçe Fenerbahçe Ülker Fenerbahçe Ülker is the professional men's basketball department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major multisport club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The department has been sponsored by the Ülker since 2006. In 2006 Fenerbahçe S.K...   Turkey	143 - 146	Romania Dinamo Bucureşti	85-71	58-75
Handelsministerium Vienna  Austria	139 - 161	German Democratic Republic Vorwärts Leipzig Vorwärts Leipzig ASG Vorwärts Leipzig was an German association football club from the city of Leipzig, Saxony. The history of the club is marked by several wholesale transfers of the player squad to other cities. The team was founded in 1951 as Sportsverein Volkspolizei Vorwärts Leipzig as the sports club of the...	75-82	64-79
EBC Copenhagen  Denmark	96 - 171	Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague	57-84	39-87
MTV 1846 Giessen Giessen 46ers LTi Gießen 46ers is a basketball club based in Gießen, Germany that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga and the only team that never left the league since it was established in 1966. Their home arena is Sporthalle Gießen-Ost....   West Germany	150 - 191	Italy Simmenthal Milano Olimpia Milano Olimpia Milano is a Lega Basket Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy, founded in 1936 by Milan businessman Adolfo Bogoncelli. Its colors are red and white, and the team is sometimes referred as "Scarpette Rosse" because team officials imported from the United States red...	77-88	73-103
Etzella Ettelbrück FC Etzella Ettelbruck Football Club Etzella Ettelbruck, abbreviated to either FC Etzella or Etzella Ettelbruck, is a football club, based in Ettelbruck, in north-eastern Luxembourg.-History:...   Luxembourg	98 - 162	Bulgaria CSKA Sofia PBC CSKA Sofia PBC CSKA Sofia are a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia and part of the CSKA Sofia sports club.CSKA Sofia have been 12 times champions of Bulgaria and 18 times Bulgarian cup winners. They play their home games at Universiada Hall in Sofia...	51-72	47-90
Belfast Collegians  Northern Ireland	84 - 152	Early Modern France Denain Basket	51-78	33-74
KR Reykjavik K.R. Basket Reykjavik K.R. Basket Reykjavik is the professional basketball team of Icelandic Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, based in Reykjavik. They are currently both the Cup champions and the champions of Iceland.-Titles:...   Iceland	109 - 149	Sweden Alvik Stockholm	48-60	61-89
AEK Athens AEK Athens BC AEK BC , the Athletic Union of Constantinople, is a Greek professional sports basketball club based in Athens, Greece. The club was established in Athens in 1924 by Greek refugees from Constantinople in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War ....  Greece	153 - 150	Poland Wisła Kraków	72-71	81-79
WAC Casablanca  Morocco	130 - 130*	Portugal Benfica Lisbon	53-54	77-76
Aldershot Warriors  Kingdom of England	144 - 213	Belgium Racing Basket Antwerp	83-113	61-100

*After a 130 aggregate drew, a third decisive game was held in which WAC Casablanca won 63-61.

First round

Team #1	Agg.	|Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Racing Basket Antwerp  Belgium	210 - 150	Finland Kisa-Toverit Helsinki	116-76	99-74
Honved Budapest  Hungary	181 - 144	Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague	62-100	81-82
Vorwärts Leipzig Vorwärts Leipzig ASG Vorwärts Leipzig was an German association football club from the city of Leipzig, Saxony. The history of the club is marked by several wholesale transfers of the player squad to other cities. The team was founded in 1951 as Sportsverein Volkspolizei Vorwärts Leipzig as the sports club of the...   German Democratic Republic	123 - 175	Soviet Union CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...	66-87	57-88
WAC Casablanca  Morocco	172 - 238	Greece AEK Athens	96-113	76-125
Alvik Stockholm  Sweden	149 - 204	Spain Real Madrid Real Madrid Baloncesto Real Madrid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team founded in 1932 as a division of the Real Madrid club. They play in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto ....	88-113	61-91
Denain Basket  Early Modern France	126 - 139	CSKA Sofia PBC CSKA Sofia PBC CSKA Sofia are a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia and part of the CSKA Sofia sports club.CSKA Sofia have been 12 times champions of Bulgaria and 18 times Bulgarian cup winners. They play their home games at Universiada Hall in Sofia...	61-53	65-86
Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. is an Israeli basketball club. The second most successful side in Israeli basketball, The club Owned by Hapoel Tel Aviv Supporters Trust and is currently in Liga Leumit, the Second tier.-History:...   Israel	118 - 187	Italy Simmenthal Milano Olimpia Milano Olimpia Milano is a Lega Basket Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy, founded in 1936 by Milan businessman Adolfo Bogoncelli. Its colors are red and white, and the team is sometimes referred as "Scarpette Rosse" because team officials imported from the United States red...	65-80	53-87
Dinamo Bucureşti  Romania	148 - 148**	Kingdom of Yugoslavia KK Zadar KK Zadar KK Zadar is a Croatian professional basketball team from the city of Zadar playing in the A-1 Liga.Zadar is the place where Croatian basketball was born in 1930. Zadar's reputation has been of a basketball hotbed with a team that can capture trophies at any given moment...	92-78	56-70

** After a 148 aggregate drew, a third decisive game was held in which KK Zadar won 65-59.

Quarterfinals

For the first time in the competition history, the quarterfinals were played with a round robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.

	Qualified for The Final Four
	Eliminated

Group A

Team #1	Agg.	|Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slavia Prague  Czechoslovakia	146 - 151	Spain Real Madrid Real Madrid Baloncesto Real Madrid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team founded in 1932 as a division of the Real Madrid club. They play in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto ....	83-71	63-80
Racing Basket Antwerp  Belgium	170 - 189	Italy Simmenthal Milano Olimpia Milano Olimpia Milano is a Lega Basket Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy, founded in 1936 by Milan businessman Adolfo Bogoncelli. Its colors are red and white, and the team is sometimes referred as "Scarpette Rosse" because team officials imported from the United States red...	104-94	66-95
Racing Basket Antwerp  Belgium	203 - 196	Spain Real Madrid Real Madrid Baloncesto Real Madrid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team founded in 1932 as a division of the Real Madrid club. They play in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto ....	104-95	99-101
Simmenthal Milano Olimpia Milano Olimpia Milano is a Lega Basket Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy, founded in 1936 by Milan businessman Adolfo Bogoncelli. Its colors are red and white, and the team is sometimes referred as "Scarpette Rosse" because team officials imported from the United States red...   Italy	155 - 159	Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague	96-77	59-82
Real Madrid  Spain	147 - 159	Italy Simmenthal Milano Olimpia Milano Olimpia Milano is a Lega Basket Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy, founded in 1936 by Milan businessman Adolfo Bogoncelli. Its colors are red and white, and the team is sometimes referred as "Scarpette Rosse" because team officials imported from the United States red...	71-69	76-93
Racing Basket Antwerp  Belgium	180 - 185	Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague	104-91	76-94

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Team	TGS Pld	TGS W	TGS L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Slavia Prague	3	2	1	490	480
5
Simmenthal Milano Olimpia Milano Olimpia Milano is a Lega Basket Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy, founded in 1936 by Milan businessman Adolfo Bogoncelli. Its colors are red and white, and the team is sometimes referred as "Scarpette Rosse" because team officials imported from the United States red...	3	2	1	503	476
5
Racing Basket Antwerp	3	1	2	553	570
4
Real Madrid Real Madrid Baloncesto Real Madrid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team founded in 1932 as a division of the Real Madrid club. They play in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto ....	3	1	2	494	508
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Group B

Team #1	Agg.	|Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...   Soviet Union	140 - 142	CSKA Sofia PBC CSKA Sofia PBC CSKA Sofia are a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia and part of the CSKA Sofia sports club.CSKA Sofia have been 12 times champions of Bulgaria and 18 times Bulgarian cup winners. They play their home games at Universiada Hall in Sofia...	77-64	63-78
KK Zadar KK Zadar KK Zadar is a Croatian professional basketball team from the city of Zadar playing in the A-1 Liga.Zadar is the place where Croatian basketball was born in 1930. Zadar's reputation has been of a basketball hotbed with a team that can capture trophies at any given moment...   Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	140 - 147	AEK Athens	69-71	71-76
KK Zadar KK Zadar KK Zadar is a Croatian professional basketball team from the city of Zadar playing in the A-1 Liga.Zadar is the place where Croatian basketball was born in 1930. Zadar's reputation has been of a basketball hotbed with a team that can capture trophies at any given moment...   Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	137 - 137***	CSKA Sofia PBC CSKA Sofia PBC CSKA Sofia are a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia and part of the CSKA Sofia sports club.CSKA Sofia have been 12 times champions of Bulgaria and 18 times Bulgarian cup winners. They play their home games at Universiada Hall in Sofia...	79-53	58-84
AEK Athens	122 - 147	Soviet Union CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...	74-66	48-81
CSKA Sofia PBC CSKA Sofia PBC CSKA Sofia are a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia and part of the CSKA Sofia sports club.CSKA Sofia have been 12 times champions of Bulgaria and 18 times Bulgarian cup winners. They play their home games at Universiada Hall in Sofia...	139 - 144	AEK Athens	94-69	45-75
CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...   Soviet Union	166 - 133	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia KK Zadar KK Zadar KK Zadar is a Croatian professional basketball team from the city of Zadar playing in the A-1 Liga.Zadar is the place where Croatian basketball was born in 1930. Zadar's reputation has been of a basketball hotbed with a team that can capture trophies at any given moment...	79-49	87-84

*** After a 137 aggregate drew, a third decisive game was held in which CSKA Sofia won 80-73.

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Team	TGS Pld	TGS W	TGS L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...	3	2	1	453	397
5
AEK Athens	3	2	1	413	426
5
CSKA Sofia PBC CSKA Sofia PBC CSKA Sofia are a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia and part of the CSKA Sofia sports club.CSKA Sofia have been 12 times champions of Bulgaria and 18 times Bulgarian cup winners. They play their home games at Universiada Hall in Sofia...	3	2	1	498	494
5
KK Zadar KK Zadar KK Zadar is a Croatian professional basketball team from the city of Zadar playing in the A-1 Liga.Zadar is the place where Croatian basketball was born in 1930. Zadar's reputation has been of a basketball hotbed with a team that can capture trophies at any given moment...	3	0	3	483	530
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Final four

FIBA European Champions Cup 1965–66 Champions
Simmenthal Milano Olimpia Milano Olimpia Milano is a Lega Basket Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy, founded in 1936 by Milan businessman Adolfo Bogoncelli. Its colors are red and white, and the team is sometimes referred as "Scarpette Rosse" because team officials imported from the United States red... First title

External links

• European Cup 1965-66
• Real Madrid game details