1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup

1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup FIBA European Champions Cup Basketball Finals 1959 FIBA European Champions Cup Finals URS 1955 Rīgas ASK (2nd title) BUL 1946 Academic FIBA European Champions Cup 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup 1958 1959–60 1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup The 1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup' was the second season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Rīgas ASK for the second straight time, after they again beat Academic, in both EuroLeague Finals games (79–58 & 69–67). Riga defeated Lech Poznań in the semifinals, and Honvéd in the quarterfinals. Competition system 21 teams. European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only, playing in a tournament system. The Finals were a two-game home and away aggregate. First round Étoile Charleville-Mézières FRA 140–67 Barreirense POR 77–40 63–27 1 Etzella LUX 0–4* Lech Poznań POL 0–2 0–2 2 Spartak ZJŠ Brno TCH 188–125 Engelmann Wien AUT 96–56 92–69 1 CCA București ROM 1952 147–124 Wissenschaft Halle DDR 1949 81–59 66–65 1 Honvéd HUN 4–0* Sundbyberg SWE 1949 2–0 2–0 1 Urania Genève Sport SWI 104–134 Real Madrid ESP 1945 58–63 46–71 2 |} *Etzella and Sundbyberg withdrew before the competition due to financial problems, so Lech Poznań and Honvéd received a forfeit (2–0) in both games Second round AEK GRE old 129–209 OKK Beograd YUG 76–84 53–125 2 Pantterit FIN 124–173 Antwerpse BEL 63–60 61–113 2 Lech Poznań POL 155–148 Spartak ZJŠ Brno TCH 87–63 68–85 1 Real Madrid ESP 1945 115–118 Étoile Charleville-Mézières FRA 50–39 65–79 2 Simmenthal Milano ITA –* Al-Gezira UAR 72–47 0–2 (f) 2 Academic BUL 1946 147–108 Maccabi Tel Aviv ISR 69–50 78–58 1 Honvéd HUN 166–133 CCA București ROM 1952 86–52 80–81 1 |} *Simmenthal Milano withdrew after the 1st leg, team rejected playing on an outdoor court. Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals URS 1955 Rīgas ASK (title holder) Quarterfinals Antwerpse BEL 141–194 Lech Poznań POL 80–89 61–105 2 Rīgas ASK URS 1955 159–142 Honvéd HUN 79–54 80–88 1 Étoile Charleville-Mézières FRA 149–160 OKK Beograd YUG 75–73 74–87 2 Al-Gezira UAR 65–71 Academic BUL 1946 65–69 0–2* 2 |} *The second leg was not played as Al-Gezira didn't travel to Bulgaria due to financial reasons, and therefore Academic received a forfeit (2-0). Semifinals Lech Poznań POL 153–166 Rīgas ASK URS 1955 84–76 69–90 2 OKK Beograd YUG 156–163 Academic BUL 1946 79–69 77–94 2 |} Finals Rīgas ASK URS 1955 148–125 Academic BUL 1946 79–58 69–67 1 |} 1958–59 FIBA European Champions CupChampionsURS 1955 100px Rīgas ASK 2nd Title Awards FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer URS 1955 Jānis Krūmiņš (URS 1955 Rīgas ASK) References External links 1958-59 FIBA European Champions Cup Review & Statistics 1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20150123011231/http://sathanasias.bravepages.com/b-res/b-1959-results.html#FIBA%20Champions'%20Cup 2015-01-23 1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions Cup 1958–59 Line-ups and Stats Category:1958–59 in European basketball Category:EuroLeague seasons