The season 1958 was the first season of the FIBA Europe discharged European Cup champion , who today as Euro League operates. It was the first ever international season in basketball.
Eight champions from their respective national leagues took part in the final round. First, a qualification was played, which was occupied in four groups divided by region, of which two teams qualified for the final round. The winners of the pairings were determined in the first and second leg. The decisive factor was the overall basket ratio in both games. The winners of the pairings in the quarter-finals, in the semi-finals and in the final were also determined in the two-game leg.
qualification
Group A (North-East Europe)
total
First leg
Return leg
ASK RigaSoviet Union 1955
176 : 112
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 HSG Science Berlin
85 : 56
91 : 56
Pantterite Helsinki Finland
131: 133
Poland 1944Legia Warsaw
64 : 62
67: 71
Group B (Central Europe)
Elimination round
total
First leg
Return leg
Jonction Geneva Switzerland
54: 84
CzechoslovakiaSlovan Orbis Prague
54: 84
just a game
Union Babenberg Vienna Austria
98: 191
Hungary 1957Honvéd Budapest
55: 83
43: 108
Simmenthal MilanoItaly
205 : 89
Netherlands Wolves Amsterdam
115 : 47
90 : 42
Qualification group
The three winners of the elimination round played the two participants in the main round in a blitz tournament in Milan .