FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1958/59

FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1958/59
Duration		November 4, 1958 - June 28, 1959
Order of execution		2nd season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		15 (19 with qualifying rounds)
Play-offs
master		ASK Riga
Runner-up		Akademik Sofia
Finals - MVP		Jānis Krūmiņš (ASK Riga)
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The 1958/59 season was the second season of the European Cup of National Champions , held by FIBA Europe and now known as the Euroleague .

As in the previous year, ASK Riga from the Soviet Union won the title .

mode

The 15 champions of the respective national league took part in the final round. First a qualification was played. 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 second round, in the quarter-finals, in the semi-finals and in the final were also determined in the two-legged matches.

1st round (qualification)

	total		First leg	Return leg
Urania GS Geneva	104: 136	real Madrid	58: 65	46: 71
Étoile de Charleville	140 : 67	Barreirense Barreiro	77 : 40	63 : 27
TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno	188 : 125	EK Engelmann Vienna	96 : 56	92 : 69
CCA Bucharest	147 : 124	HSG Science Berlin	81 : 59	66 : 65

Participants in the final round

Attendees
country	number	Teams
Belgium	1	Antwerp BC
Bulgaria	1	Akademik Sofia
Finland	1	Helsingin pantterite
France	1	Étoile de Charleville
Greece	1	AEK Athens
Israel	1	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Italy	1	Simmenthal Milano
Yugoslavia	1	OKK Belgrade
Poland	1	Lech poses
Romania	1	CCA Bucharest
Soviet Union	1	ASK Riga
Spain	1	real Madrid
Czechoslovakia	1	TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno
Hungary	1	Honvéd Budapest
United Arab Republic	1	Gezira Sporting Club

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
AEK Athens	129: 204	OKK Belgrade	76: 84	53: 125
Pantterite Helsinki	124: 173	Antwerp BC	63 : 60	61: 113
Lech poses	155 : 148	TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno	87 : 63	68: 85
real Madrid	115: 118	Étoile de Charleville	50 : 39	65: 79
Simmenthal Milano	: *	Gezira Sport Club	72 : 47	:
Akademik Sofia	147 : 108	Maccabi Tel Aviv	69 : 50	78 : 58
Honvéd Budapest	166 : 133	CCA Bucharest	86 : 52	80: 81

^* Milano did not travel to Egypt because they were supposed to play outside, which is why Gezira made it to the quarter-finals despite the clear first leg defeat.

• Bye as defending champion : ASK Riga

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Antwerp BC	141: 194	Lech poses	80: 89	61: 105
ASK Riga	159 : 142	Honvéd Budapest	79 : 54	80: 88
Étoile de Charleville	149: 160	OKK Belgrade	75 : 73	74: 87
Gezira Sport Club	65: 69	Akademik Sofia	65: 69	: *

^* Gezira was unable to financially support the trip to Bulgaria, which is why Akademik made it to the semi-finals.

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Lech poses	153: 166	ASK Riga	69: 90	84 : 76
OKK Belgrade	156: 163	Akademik Sofia	79 : 69	77: 94

final

	total		First leg	Return leg
ASK Riga	148 : 125	Akademik Sofia	79 : 58	69 : 67

Web links

• History of the European championship on fibaeurope.com
• Statistics for the 1958/59 season on linguasport.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Champions Cup 1958-59 , linguasport.com. Retrieved July 19, 2013.