1958 FIBA European Champions Cup

1958–59 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup 1958 URS 1955 Rīgas ASK (1st title) BUL 1946 Academic 23 Jānis Krūmiņš (ASK) Viktor Radev (Academic) 251 points The 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup was the inaugural season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Rīgas ASK, after they won both EuroLeague Finals games against Academic. Previously, they had not played the semifinals, as Real Madrid was not allowed to travel to Soviet Riga by the Francoist authorities. The first game was held on February 22, 1958, in Brussels, Belgium, where Belgian League champion Royal IV, defeated the Luxembourger League champions, Etzella Ettelbruck, by a score of 82–43.February 22, 1958: The day it all started The most notable contributors to Riga's first title included center Jānis Krūmiņš and head coach Alexander Gomelsky. Competition system 23 teams. European national domestic league champions only, playing in a tournament system. The Finals were a two-game home and away aggregate. Preliminary round Group A (Northeast Europe) Rīgas ASK URS 1955 176–112 Wissenschaft Berlin DDR 1949 85–56 91–56 1 Pantterit FIN 131–133 Legia Warsaw POL 64–62 67–71 2 |} Group B (Central Europe) First round Jonction SWI 54–84*ORBIS Postupuje Slovan Orbis TCH 54–84 2 Union Babenberg AUT 98–191 Honvéd HUN 55–83 43-108 2 Simmenthal Milano ITA 205–89 The Wolves Amsterdam NED 115–47 90-42 1 |} *Series decided over one game played in Switzerland. Second round The winners of the three pairs in Group B played against each other, in a tournament held in Milan, in order to determine the two clubs that would progress to the Quarterfinals Simmenthal Milano ITA 65 – 47 Slovan Orbis Praha TCH 1 Slovan Orbis Praha TCH 52–61 Honvéd HUN 2 Simmenthal Milano ITA 80–72 Honvéd HUN 1 |} + Key to colors     Qualified to Quarter-finals     Eliminated ITA Simmenthal Milano 2 0 145 119 #ccffcc HUN Honvéd 1 1 133 132 #ccffcc TCH Slovan Orbis Praha 0 2 99 126 #ffcccc |} Group C (Southeast Europe) First round Jeunesse Sportivo Alep SYR 1932 –* Union Beirut LBN – – 1 |} *Union Beirut withdrew Second round Panellinios GRE old 132–138 CCA București ROM 1952 60–63 72–75 2 Modaspor TUR 112–160 AŠK Olimpija YUG 67–74 45–86 2 Academic BUL 1946 157–101 Jeunesse Sportivo Alep SYR 1932 84–58 73–43 1 |} Third round Academic BUL 1946 161–144 AŠK Olimpija YUG 81–80 80–64 1 CCA București ROM 1952 147–126 Maccabi Tel Aviv ISR 84–65 63–61 1 |} Group D (Southwest Europe) First round Royal IV BEL 145–79 Etzella LUX 82–43 63–36 1 |} Second round Royal IV BEL 174–127 ASVEL FRA 81–51 93–76 1 Barreirense POR 90–154 Real Madrid ESP 1945 51–68 40–86 2 |} Knockout stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 2 score no high 30 ROU CCA București 64 78 BUL Academic 73 77 ITA Simmenthal Milano 80 85 HUN Honvéd 72 95 ESP 1945 Real Madrid 78 43 BEL Royal IV 59 57 URS Rīgas ASK 93 61 POL Legia Warsaw 59 63 BUL Academic 89 76 HUN Honvéd 87 64 ESP 1945 Real Madrid 0 0 URS Rīgas ASK 2 2 BUL Academic 81 71 URS Rīgas ASK 86 84 Quarterfinals CCA București ROM 1952 142–150 Academic BUL 1946 64–73 78–77 2 Simmenthal Milano ITA 165–167 Honvéd HUN 80–72* 85–95 2 Real Madrid ESP 1945 121–116 Royal IV BEL 78–59 43–57 1 Rīgas ASK URS 1955 154–122 Legia Warsaw POL 93–59 61–63 1 |} *The result of the game between the two clubs in the tournament of the 1st Round's Group B was used as a result for the 1st leg. Semifinals Honvéd HUN 151–165 Academic BUL 1946 87–89 64–76 2 Rīgas ASK URS 1955 – * Real Madrid ESP 1945 1 |} *Real Madrid withdrew as they were not allowed to travel to the Soviet Union.Champions Cup 1958 Finals Rīgas ASK URS 1955 170–152 Academic BUL 1946 86–81 84–71 1 |} 1958 FIBA European Champions CupChampionsURS 1955 100px Rīgas ASK 1st Title Awards FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer URS 1955 Jānis Krūmiņš (URS 1955 Rīgas ASK) References External links 1958 EuroLeague Retrospective (Video) 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup Review & Statistics 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20170321083258/http://sathanasias.bravepages.com/b-res/b-1958-results.html#FIBA%20Champions'%20Cup 2017-03-21 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions Cup 1958 Line-ups and Stats 1958 EuroLeague Retrospective and Stats https://web.archive.org/web/20220826174844/https://medium.com/@depecheblog/euroleague-retrospective-the-inaugural-1958-season-introduced-the-european-version-of-george-mikan-313e0c09a758 2022-08-26 Category:1957–58 in European basketball 1958