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1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup

The1958–59 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 Soviet UnionRīgas 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Étoile Charleville-MézièresFrance 140–67 PortugalBarreirense 77–40 63–27
EtzellaLuxembourg 0–4* PolandLech Poznań 0-2 0-2
Spartak ZJŠ BrnoCzechoslovakia 188–125 AustriaEngelmann Wien 96-56 92-69
CCA Bucureşti 147–124 East GermanyWissenschaft Halle 81-59 66-65
HonvédHungary 4–0* SwedenSundbyberg 2-0 2-0
Urania Genève SportSwitzerland 104–134 SpainReal 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEKGreece 129–209 Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaOKK Beograd 76–84 53–125
PantteritFinland 124–173 BelgiumAntwerpse 63–60 61–113
Lech PoznańPoland 155–148 CzechoslovakiaSpartak ZJŠ Brno 87-63 68-85
Real MadridSpain 115–118 FranceÉtoile Charleville-Mézières 50-39 65-79
Simmenthal MilanoItaly –* United Arab RepublicAl-Gezira 72-47 0-2 (f)
Academic 147–108 IsraelMaccabi Tel Aviv 69-50 78-58
HonvédHungary 166–133 CCA Bucureşti 86-52 80-81

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

Automatically qualified to the quarter finals

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Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AntwerpseBelgium 141–194 PolandLech Poznań 80–89 61–105
Rīgas ASKSoviet Union 159–142 HungaryHonvéd 79–54 80–88
Étoile Charleville-MézièresFrance 149–160 Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaOKK Beograd 75–73 74–87
Al-GeziraUnited Arab Republic 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lech PoznańPoland 153–166 Soviet UnionRīgas ASK 84–76 69–90
OKK BeogradSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 156–163 Academic 79–69 77–94

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rīgas ASKSoviet Union 148–125 Academic 79–58 69–67
1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions
Soviet Union
Rīgas ASK
2nd Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

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