1963–64 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.

1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Season champions	ббаС
Finals
Champions	Real Madrid
Runners-up	Spartak ZJŠ Brno

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wiener	133–184	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	71–105	62–79
AEK	141–154	Galatasaray	73–66	68–88
Stade Francais Geneva	119–161	Chemie Halle	59–72	60–89
Alvik	147–173	Legia Warsaw	80–98	67–75
Belfast Celtics	119–209	Real Madrid	73–102	46–107
Etzella	114–145	PUC	57–73	57–72
Academic	141–149	OKK Beograd	61–68	80–81
Alliance Casablanca	116–177	Antwerpse	54–73	62–104

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	139–129	Chemie Halle	75–64	64–65
Antwerpse	170–180	Simmenthal Milano	84–90	86–90
Galatasaray	131–131*	Steaua București	69–51	62–80
Benfica	0–4**	Legia Warsaw	0–2	0–2
Alemannia Aachen	112–208	Real Madrid	69–93	43–115
PUC	63–105***	OKK Beograd	63–105
Maccabi Tel Aviv	111–154	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	60–58	51–96

*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

• CSKA Moscow (title holder) withdrew before the competition. The "official" explanation given by the Soviet Basketball Federation was to prepare the Olympic Games.

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Steaua București	169–196	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	94–92	75–104
Simmenthal Milano	186–167	Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	99–70	87–97
Legia Warsaw	176–194	Real Madrid	90–102	86–92

Automatically qualified to the semifinals

• OKK Beograd

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
OKK Beograd	178–179	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	103–94	75–85
Simmenthal Milano	160–178	Real Madrid	82–77	78–101

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak ZJŠ Brno	174–183	Real Madrid	110–99	64–84

First leg Brno Ice rink, Brno;Attendance 11,207,^[1] also mentioned as 12,000^[2] or 14,000^[3] (27 April 1964)^[1][4]
Second leg Frontón Vista Alegre, Madrid;Attendance 2,500^[2] (10 May 1964)^[2][4]

1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
Real Madrid 1st Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

• Emiliano Rodríguez ( Real Madrid)

References

1. Novotná, Jana (28 April 1964). "Bude jedenáct bodů stačit?". Československý sport (in Czech). p. 1.
2. Champions Cup 1963–64
3. MEDIA GUIDE 2008/09-Club-History^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "8 EUROLIGAS BALONCESTO (6 SUBCAMPEÓN) (EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS CUP)". Archived from the original on 28 January 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2008.

External links

• 1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup
• 1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup Archived 21 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine
• 1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup
• Champions Cup 1963–64 Line-ups and Stats