The 1968/69 EuroLeague season brought together 25 teams. This season saw the return of the Soviet champions – CSKA Moscow. The Red Army team eventually won the title, beating the reigning 1968 EuroLeague champions Real Madrid in the Final.
The CSKA Moscow had some challenges and losses on the way to the Final, losing a total of three games. In the Final against Real Madrid, the fans could witness an excellent individual performance by the 24-year-old CSKA center Vladimir Andreev who scored 37 points in a 103-99 win. He outscored all the Real Madrid’s players, including the Top Scorer of the season – Wayne Brabender. He scored a total of 274 points in 11 games, averaging 21.1 points per game.
This season also saw debut of the legendary Soviet player – Sergey Belov. The 190-centimeters-tall combo guard eventually became the greatest scorer in the history of the Soviet Union national team, and finished his career as one of the greatest European players in history. He had numerous accolades and titles on every level possible. In his debut season, Belov averaged 17.6 points per game, being among the Top 20 best scorers of the season.
1968/69 EUROLEAGUE CHAMPIONS
Team
CSKA Moscow
NAT
G
11
W
8
L
3
1968/69 EUROLEAGUE FINALS MVP
Team
Player
Vladimir Andreev
Age
24
G
9
PPG
19.9
PTS
179
1968/69 EUROLEAGUE TOP SCORER
Team
Player
Wayne Brabender
Age
24
G
11
PPG
21.1
PTS
274
1968/69 EUROLEAGUE FINALS
GM1
103
99
AGG.
103
99
CSKA MOSCOW
REAL MADRID
GAME 1 BOXSCORE
TEAM
TEAM
PLAYER
Vladimir Andreev
Sergey Belov
Vadim Kapranov
Gennady Volnov
Jaak Lipso
Aleksandr Kulkov
Yury Selikhov
Anatoly Astakhov
Aleksandr Sidyakin
PLAYER
Miles Aiken
Clifford Luyk
Wayne Brabender
Emiliano Rodriguez
Vicente Ramos
Cristobal Rodriguez
Toncho Nava
Jose Ramon Ramos
POINTS
37
19
18
12
7
4
3
2
1
103
POINTS
24
20
20
18
9
4
4
0
99
SEMIFINALS
GM1
101
66
GM1
83
92
AGG.
184
158
CSKA MOSCOW
SPARTAK ZJŠ BRNO
GM1
84
46
GM1
109
89
AGG.
193
135
REAL MADRID
STANDARD LIEGE
1/4 FINALS GROUP STAGE
GROUP A
REAL MADRID
CSKA MOSCOW
KK ZADAR
ACADEMIC
W
3
2
1
0
L
0
1
2
3
PD
+28
+55
0
-83
PTS
6
5
4
3
GROUP A GAMES
GM1
100
95
GM2
92
80
AGG.
192
175
REAL MADRID
ACADEMIC
GM1
85
57
GM2
83
54
AGG.
169
111
CSKA MOSCOW
ACADEMIC
GM1
60
70
GM2
80
68
AGG.
140
138
REAL MADRID
KK ZADAR
GM1
83
75
GM2
73
74
AGG.
156
149
CSKA MOSCOW
KK ZADAR
GM1
89
85
GM2
89
84
AGG.
178
169
KK ZADAR
ACADEMIC
GM1
67
69
GM2
89
78
AGG.
158
147
REAL MADRID
CSKA MOSCOW
GROUP B
SPARTAK ZJŠ BRNO
STANDARD LIEGE
PC CANTU
MACCABI TEL AVIV
W
3
2
1
0
L
0
1
2
3
PD
+45
-20
+19
-44
PTS
6
5
4
3
GROUP B GAMES
GM1
60
69
GM2
82
68
AGG.
142
137
SPARTAK ZJŠ BRNO
PC CANTU
GM1
80
67
GM2
77
82
AGG.
157
144
STANDARD LIEGE
MACCABI TEL AVIV
GM1
78
88
GM2
75
61
AGG.
153
149
SPARTAK ZJŠ BRNO
MACCABI TEL AVIV
GM1
91
76
GM2
69
76
AGG.
160
152
STANDARD LIEGE
PC CANTU
GM1
105
81
GM2
102
90
AGG.
207
171
SPARTAK ZJŠ BRNO
STANDARD LIEGE
GM1
67
51
GM2
70
54
AGG.
137
121
PC CANTU
MACCABI TEL AVIV
SECOND ROUND
GM1
66
54
GM2
75
73
AGG.
141
126
CSKA MOSCOW
VORVARTS LEIPZIG
GM1
97
81
GM2
102
71
AGG.
199
152
REAL MADRID
GIESSEN 46ERS
GM1
54
74
GM2
88
67
AGG.
142
141
KK ZADAR
ASVEL BASKET
GM1
55
70
GM2
108
76
AGG.
163
146
STANDARD LIEGE
HONVED BUDAPEST
GM1
73
73
GM2
90
63
AGG.
163
136
PC CANTU
PARTIZANI TIRANA
GM1
85
100
GM2
96
69
AGG.
181
169
SPARTAK ZJŠ BRNO
DINAMO BUCURESTI
GM1
58
73
GM2
76
54
AGG.
134
127
ACADEMIC
AEK ATHENS
GM1
79
83
GM2
72
59
AGG.
151
142
MACCABI TEL AVIV
ISTANBUL TÜ
FIRST ROUND
GM1
103
59
GM2
135
44
AGG.
238
103
REAL MADRID
ALDERSHOT WARRIORS
GM1
81
76
GM2
113
47
AGG.
194
123
ASVEL BASKET
EDINBURGH HORNETS
GM1
97
51
GM2
124
53
AGG.
221
104
PC CANTU
BLACK STAR MERSCH
GM1
75
70
GM2
95
43
AGG.
170
113
VORVARTS LEIPZIG
FLAMINGO’S HAARLEM
GM1
81
76
GM2
99
82
AGG.
180
158
STANDARD LIEGE
TAPION HONKA
GM1
61
60
GM2
88
62
AGG.
149
122
GIESSEN 46ERS
ALVIK BC
GM1
91
70
GM2
56
69
AGG.
147
139
ISTANBUL TÜ
WISLA KRAKOW
GM1
89
77
GM2
118
84
AGG.
207
161
AEK ATHENS
SPORTING LISBON
GM1
75
88
GM2
85
57
AGG.
160
145
DINAMO BUCURESTI
ENGELMANN WIEN
1968/69 EUROLEAGUE TOP 50 BEST SCORERS LIST
The best scorers of the 1968/69 EuroLeague season are ranked based on the total points scored by a player throughout the season. The totality gives a better insight on the value of the player than the scoring averages.
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
Team
Player
Wayne Brabender
Willy Steveniers
František Konvička
Miles Aiken
Krešimir Cosic
Clifford Luyk
Rene Aerts
Vic Dheil
Vladimir Andreev
Guido Scholiers
Alberto De Simeone
Vladimir Pištelak
Carlo Recalati
Jan Bobrovsky
Sergey Belov
Emiliano Rodriguez
Haim Starkman
Bob Burgess
Gennady Volnov
Toncho Nava
Mihai Albu
Jaak Lipso
Petr Novicky
Mike Lynn
Vadim Kapranov
Holger Geschwinder
Gilbert Vroonen
Miljenko Valčic
Georgi Genev
Gabi Neumark
Georgios Amerikanos
Pando Pandov
Petar Jelic
Georgios Trontzos
Vicente Ramos
Tani Cohen-Mintz
Cristobal Rodriguez
Carlos D’Aquila
Kemal Erdenay
Resat Guney
Agim Fagu
Radu Diaconescu
Antonio Frigerio
William Province
Slavejko Rajchev
Duro Stipčevic
Dimitar Sakhanikov
Nelson Serra
Giuseppe Gjergja
Janos Racz
G
13
12
10
12
8
12
12
11
9
12
10
10
10
9
9
10
8
9
11
12
4
10
10
8
9
4
11
8
6
7
4
6
8
4
13
5
9
9
4
4
2
4
9
4
5
8
6
2
3
2
PPG
21.1
22.5
24.4
17.3
25.5
15.6
15.4
15.3
19.9
14.6
17.0
16.7
16.5
18.1
17.6
15.6
17.5
13.2
10.8
9.3
27.5
10.8
10.2
12.8
11.3
25.5
9.0
12.4
16.0
13.8
23.5
14.8
10.8
20.8
6.2
15.6
8.6
8.2
18.3
18
35.5
17.5
7.7
16.5
12.4
7.6
9.8
28.5
19.0
27.0
PTS
274
270
244
208
204
187
185
184
179
175
170
167
165
163
158
156
140
119
119
112
110
108
102
102
102
102
99
99
96
95
94
89
86
83
81
78
77
74
73
72
71
70
69
66
62
61
59
57
57
54
1968/69 EUROLEAGUE BEST OFFENSIVE TEAMS
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Team
REAL MADRID
SPARTAK ZJŠ BRNO
ASVEL BASKET
AEK ATHENS
DINAMO BUCURESTI
CSKA MOSCOW
PC CANTU
STANDARD LIEGE
SPORTING LISBON
TAPION HONKA
KK ZADAR
GIESSEN 46ERS
VORWARTS LEIPZIG
ACADEMIC
HONVED BUDAPEST
ENGELMANN WIEN
ISTANBUL TÜ
WISLA KRAKOW
MACCABI TEL AVIV
PARTIZANI TIRANA
EDINBURGH HORNETS
ALVIK BC
FLAMINGO’S HAARLEM
BLACK STAR MERSCH
ALDERSHOT
G
13
10
4
4
4
11
10
12
2
2
8
4
4
8
2
2
4
2
8
2
2
2
2
2
2
PTS
1217
841
335
334
329
899
810
966
161
159
607
75.3
296
589
146
145
289
139
554
136
123
122
113
104
103
PPG
93.6
84.1
83.8
83.5
82.3
81.7
81.0
80.5
80.5
79.0
75.9
75.3
74.0
73.6
73.0
72.5
72.4
69.5
69.3
68.0
61.5
61.0
56.5
52.0
51.5
1968/69 EUROLEAGUE BEST DEFENSIVE TEAMS
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Team
VORWARTS LEIPZIG
PC CANTU
ASVEL BASKET
ISTANBUL TÜ
CSKA MOSCOW
HONVED BUDAPEST
REAL MADRID
WISLA KRAKOW
MACCABI TEL AVIV
AEK ATHENS
ALVIK BC
KK ZADAR
ENGELMANN WIEN
GIESSEN 46ERS
SPARTAK ZJŠ BRNO
DINAMO BUCURESTI
PARTIZANI TIRANA
ACADEMIC
STANDARD LIEGE
FLAMINGO’S
TAPION HONKA
EDINBURGH
SPORTING LISBON
BLACK STAR MERSCH
ALDERSHOT
G
4
10
4
4
11
2
13
2
8
4
2
8
2
4
10
4
2
8
12
2
2
2
2
2
2
PTS
254
647
265
290
799
146
953
147
589
295
149
606
160
321
810
326
163
665
1005
170
180
194
207
221
238
PPG
63.5
64.7
66.3
72.5
72.6
73.0
73.3
73.5
73.6
73.8
74.5
75.8
80.0
80.3
81.0
81.5
81.5
83.1
83.8
85.0
90.0
97.0
103.5
110.5
119.0