1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup

February 2024 1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup FIBA European Champions Cup Basketball Finals 1964 FIBA European Champions Cup Finals ESP 1945 Real Madrid (1st title) TCH Spartak ZJŠ Brno FIBA European Champions Cup 1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup 1962–63 1964–65 1964–65 FIBA European Champions Cup The 1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup was the seventh season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Real Madrid, marking the first of the club's 10 EuroLeague championships in its history. Real defeated Spartak ZJŠ Brno in the two-legged EuroLeague Final, after losing the first game in Brno, 110–99, and winning the second game at Madrid, 84–64. Competition system 23 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 Wiener AUT 133–184 Spartak ZJŠ Brno TCH 71–105 62–79 2 AEK GRE old 141–154 Galatasaray TUR 73–66 68–88 2 Stade Francais Geneva SWI 119–161 Chemie Halle DDR 59–72 60–89 2 Alvik SWE 147–173 Legia Warsaw POL 80–98 67–75 2 Belfast Celtics NIR 119–209 Real Madrid ESP 1945 73–102 46–107 2 Etzella LUX 114–145 PUC FRA 57–73 57–72 2 Academic BUL 1946 141–149 OKK Beograd YUG 61–68 80–81 2 Alliance Casablanca MAR 116–177 Antwerpse BEL 54–73 62–104 2 |} Second round Helsingin Kisa-Toverit FIN 139–129 Chemie Halle DDR 75–64 64–65 1 Antwerpse BEL 170–180 Simmenthal Milano ITA 84–90 86–90 2 Galatasaray TUR 131–131* Steaua București ROM 1952 69–51 62–80 2 Benfica POR 0–4** Legia Warsaw POL 0–2 0–2 2 Alemannia Aachen FRG 112–208 Real Madrid ESP 1945 69–93 43–115 2 PUC FRA 63–105*** OKK Beograd YUG 63–105 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv ISR 111–154 Spartak ZJŠ Brno TCH 60–58 51–96 2 |} *Since the aggregate score after the two legs was tied, a tie-break was played in București on 19 January 1964: Steaua București – Galatasaray 57–56. **Benfica withdrew before the first leg and Legia Warsaw received a forfeit (2–0) in both games. ***PUC could not travel to Belgrade to play the first leg after all fights to the Yugoslavian capital were cancelled due to adverse weather. Later, FIBA decided that this tie should be played as a single game in Paris (16 January 1964). Automatically qualified to the quarterfinals URS 1955 CSKA Moscow (title holder) withdrew before the competition. The "official" explanation given by the Soviet Basketball Federation was to prepare the Olympic Games. Quarterfinals Steaua București ROM 1952 169–196 Spartak ZJŠ Brno TCH 94–92 75–104 2 Simmenthal Milano ITA 186–167 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit FIN 99–70 87–97 1 Legia Warsaw POL 176–194 Real Madrid ESP 1945 90–102 86–92 2 |} Automatically qualified to the semifinals YUG OKK Beograd Semifinals OKK Beograd YUG 178–179 Spartak ZJŠ Brno TCH 103–94 75–85 2 Simmenthal Milano ITA 160–178 Real Madrid ESP 1945 82–77 78–101 2 |} Finals Spartak ZJŠ Brno TCH 174–183 Real Madrid ESP 1945 110–99 64–84 2 |} First leg Brno Ice rink, Brno;Attendance 11,207,Novotná Jana 1964-04-28 Bude jedenáct bodů stačit? cs 1 Československý sport also mentioned as 12,000Champions Cup 1963–64 or 14,000http://www.realmadrid.com/StaticFiles/RealMadrid/guiaMediosBaloncesto/01ElClub_ING.pdf MEDIA GUIDE 2008/09-Club-History 23 June 2009 4 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200504205844/https://www.realmadrid.com/StaticFiles/RealMadrid/guiaMediosBaloncesto/01ElClub_ING.pdf dead (27 April 1964)http://www.galeon.com/realmadridbasket/euroleague.htm 8 EUROLIGAS BALONCESTO (6 SUBCAMPEÓN) (EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS CUP) 28 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20170128171457/http://www.galeon.com/realmadridbasket/euroleague.htm 28 January 2017 dead Second leg Frontón Vista Alegre, Madrid;Attendance 2,500 (10 May 1964) 1963–64 FIBA European Champions CupChampionsESP 1945 100px Real Madrid 1st Title Awards FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer ESP 1945 Emiliano Rodríguez (ESP 1945 Real Madrid) References External links 1963-64 FIBA European Champions Cup Review & Statistics 1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup 1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20170321081848/http://sathanasias.bravepages.com/b-res/b-1964-results.html#FIBA%20Champions'%20Cup 21 March 2017 1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions Cup 1963–64 Line-ups and Stats FIBA 1963-64