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
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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. 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. 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. 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

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

First leg Brno Ice rink, Brno;Attendance 12,000[1] or 14,000[2] (29 April 1964)[3]

Second leg Frontón Vista Alegre, Madrid;Attendance 2,500[1] (10 May 1964)[1][3]

1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions

Real Madrid
1st Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

References
  1. Champions Cup 1963–64
  2. MEDIA GUIDE 2008/09-Club-History
  3. "8 EUROLIGAS BALONCESTO (6 SUBCAMPEÓN) (EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS CUP)". Archived from the original on 28 January 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
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