1958–59 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.

1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Rīgas ASK
Runners-up	Academic

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Étoile Charleville-Mézières	140–67	Barreirense	77–40	63–27
Etzella	0–4*	Lech Poznań	0–2	0–2
Spartak ZJŠ Brno	188–125	Engelmann Wien	96–56	92–69
CCA București	147–124	Wissenschaft Halle	81–59	66–65
Honvéd	4–0*	Sundbyberg	2–0	2–0
Urania Genève Sport	104–134	Real Madrid	58–63	46–71

*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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK	129–209	OKK Beograd	76–84	53–125
Pantterit	124–173	Antwerpse	63–60	61–113
Lech Poznań	155–148	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	87–63	68–85
Real Madrid	115–118	Étoile Charleville-Mézières	50–39	65–79
Simmenthal Milano	–*	Al-Gezira	72–47	0–2 (f)
Academic	147–108	Maccabi Tel Aviv	69–50	78–58
Honvéd	166–133	CCA București	86–52	80–81

*Simmenthal Milano withdrew after the 1st leg, team rejected playing on an outdoor court.

Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals

• Rīgas ASK (title holder)

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Antwerpse	141–194	Lech Poznań	80–89	61–105
Rīgas ASK	159–142	Honvéd	79–54	80–88
Étoile Charleville-Mézières	149–160	OKK Beograd	75–73	74–87
Al-Gezira	65–71	Academic	65–69	0–2*

*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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lech Poznań	153–166	Rīgas ASK	84–76	69–90
OKK Beograd	156–163	Academic	79–69	77–94

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rīgas ASK	148–125	Academic	79–58	69–67

1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
Rīgas ASK 2nd Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

• Jānis Krūmiņš ( Rīgas ASK)

References

External links

• 1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup Archived 2015-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
• 1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup
• Champions Cup 1958–59 Line-ups and Stats