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1958 FIBA European Champions Cup

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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.[1] The most notable contributors to Riga's first title included center Jānis Krūmiņš and head coach Alexander Gomelsky.

1958 FIBA European Champions Cup
Season1958
Teams23
Finals
ChampionsSoviet Union Rīgas ASK (1st title)
  Runners-upBulgaria Academic

Competition system

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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

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Group A (Northeast Europe)

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rīgas ASK   176–112   Wissenschaft Berlin 85–56 91–56
Pantterit   131–133   Legia Warsaw 64–62 67–71

Group B (Central Europe)

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jonction   54–84*[2]   Slovan Orbis 54–84
Union Babenberg   98–191   Honvéd 55–83 43-108
Simmenthal Milano   205–89   The Wolves Amsterdam 115–47 90-42

*Series decided over one game played in Switzerland.

Second round

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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

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Simmenthal Milano   65 – 47   Slovan Orbis Praha
Slovan Orbis Praha   52–61   Honvéd
Simmenthal Milano   80–72   Honvéd
Key to colors
     Qualified to Quarter-finals
     Eliminated
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Simmenthal Milano 2 2 0 145 119 +26 4
  Honvéd 2 1 1 133 132 +1 3
  Slovan Orbis Praha 2 0 2 99 126 −27 2

Group C (Southeast Europe)

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jeunesse Sportivo Alep   –*   Union Beirut – –

*Union Beirut withdrew

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panellinios   132–138   CCA București 60–63 72–75
Modaspor   112–160   AŠK Olimpija 67–74 45–86
Academic   157–101   Jeunesse Sportivo Alep 84–58 73–43

Third round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Academic   161–144   AŠK Olimpija 81–80 80–64
CCA București   147–126   Maccabi Tel Aviv 84–65 63–61

Group D (Southwest Europe)

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Royal IV   145–79   Etzella 82–43 63–36

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Royal IV   174–127   ASVEL 81–51 93–76
Barreirense   90–154   Real Madrid 51–68 40–86

Knockout stage

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
  CCA București 64 78 142
  Academic 73 77 150
  Academic 89 76 165
  Honvéd 87 64 151
  Simmenthal Milano 80 85 165
  Honvéd 72 95 167
  Academic 81 71 152
  Rīgas ASK 86 84 170
  Real Madrid 78 43 121
  Royal IV 59 57 116
  Real Madrid 0 0 0
  Rīgas ASK 2 2 4
  Rīgas ASK 93 61 154
  Legia Warsaw 59 63 122

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CCA București   142–150   Academic 64–73 78–77
Simmenthal Milano   165–167   Honvéd 80–72* 85–95
Real Madrid   121–116   Royal IV 78–59 43–57
Rīgas ASK   154–122   Legia Warsaw 93–59 61–63

*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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Honvéd   151–165   Academic 87–89 64–76
Rīgas ASK   – *   Real Madrid

*Real Madrid withdrew as they were not allowed to travel to the Soviet Union.[3]

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rīgas ASK   170–152   Academic 86–81 84–71
1958 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions
 
Rīgas ASK
1st Title

Awards

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FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

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References

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  1. ^ February 22, 1958: The day it all started
  2. ^ ORBIS Postupuje
  3. ^ Champions Cup 1958
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