Italian men's professional basketball clubs have played in European-wide basketball competitions since 1958, when Simmenthal Milano took part in the FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). Simmenthal Milano was also the first Italian men's basketball club that won a European-wide competition trophy, the FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague), in 1966, when the club beat Slavia Prague in the Finals that took place in Bologna, Italy. For the next four decades, Italian basketball club teams dominated in European Basketball, winning many cups in all European-wide competitions. Overall, 38 different Italian men's basketball clubs have played in pan-European competitions.
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