1985–86 FIBA European Champions Cup

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

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

Competition System

• 25 teams (domestic champions plus title holder) playing knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decides the winner.
• The six remaining teams after the knock-out rounds enter a Semifinal Group Stage, played as a round-robin. The final standing is based on individual wins and defeats. In case of a tie between two or more teams after this group stage, the following criteria is 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 qualify for the final, played at a predetermined venue.

Preliminary Round

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

First round

Team 1	Agg.	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 Den Bosch	95–93	87–108
Kingston Kings	185-232	Maccabi Elite	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 Leverkusen	148-182	Aris	76–93	72–89
Limoges	177-171	Sunair Oostende	87–78	90–93

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	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 Den Bosch	181-216	Maccabi Elite	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	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	10	14	4	6	907	946
6.	Limoges	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

External links

• FIBA European Champions Cup 1985-86