FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1962/63

FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1962/63
Duration		November 21, 1962 - August 1, 1963
Order of execution		6th season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		15 (26 with qualifying rounds)
Play-offs
master		CSKA Moscow
Runner-up		real Madrid
Finals - MVP		Emiliano Rodríguez (Real Madrid)
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The 1962/63 season was the 6th season of the European Cup of National Champions , held by FIBA Europe and now known as the Euroleague .

CSKA Moscow from the Soviet Union won the title for the second time .

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The 14 champions of the respective national league, as well as the defending champion, 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 first and second leg.

1st round (qualification)

	total		First leg	Return leg
SISU Copenhagen	98: 134	BBC Etzella	55: 72	43: 62
BV Landlust Amsterdam	84: 166	GTS Wisla Krakow	67: 76	57: 90
Darüşşafaka SK Istanbul	132: 158	Honvéd Budapest	52: 85	80 : 73
ASK forward hall	91: 152	CSKA Moscow	51: 82	40: 70
Celtic BC Belfast	75: 216	BC Alsace de Bagnolet	44: 101	31: 115
Maccabi Tel Aviv	118: 131	AŠK Olimpija Ljubljana	46: 60	72 : 71
Stade Français Geneva	104: 133	TSV Alemannia Aachen	45: 60	59: 73
CS Alliance Casablanca	60: 110	Simmenthal Olimpia Milano	60: 110	just a game
Benfica Lisbon	108: 207	real Madrid	61: 97	47: 110
KFUM Söder IK	125: 145	Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	59: 73	66: 72
Antwerp BC	131: 169	TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno	74: 81	57: 88

Participants in the final round

Attendees
country	number	Teams
Soviet Union	2	BK Dinamo Tbilisi	CSKA Moscow
Bulgaria	1	BK Spartak Sofia
BR Germany	1	TSV Alemannia Aachen
Finland	1	Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
France	1	BC Alsace de Bagnolet
Greece	1	Panathinaikos Athens
Italy	1	Simmenthal Olimpia Milano
Yugoslavia	1	AŠK Olimpija Ljubljana
Luxembourg	1	BBC Etzella
Poland	1	GTS Wisla Krakow
Romania	1	CSA Steaua Bucharest
Spain	1	real Madrid
Czechoslovakia	1	TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno
Hungary	1	Honvéd Budapest

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
BBC Etzella	105: 198	GTS Wisla Krakow	52: 83	53: 115
Honvéd Budapest	177 : 126	CSA Steaua Bucharest	74 : 73	63 : 53
BK Spartak Sofia	104: 177	CSKA Moscow	55: 83	49: 94
BC Alsace de Bagnolet	174: 189	AŠK Olimpija Ljubljana	80 : 61	94: 128
TSV Alemannia Aachen	120: 145	Simmenthal Olimpia Milano	67: 69	53: 76
Panathinaikos Athens	133: 187	real Madrid	73: 97	60: 90
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	142: 172	TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno	83: 87	59: 85

• Bye as defending champion : BK Dinamo Tiflis

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg	Playoff
AŠK Olimpija Ljubljana	140 : 110	TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno	85 : 53	55: 57
Honvéd Budapest	170: 170	real Madrid	101 : 96	69: 74	65: 77 *
BK Dinamo Tbilisi	139 : 138	Simmenthal Olimpia Milano	65: 70	74 : 68
GTS Wisla Krakow	122: 152	CSKA Moscow	75 : 72	47: 80

^* Since there was a tie after the two games, another game in Madrid decided.

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno	146: 150	real Madrid	79 : 60	67: 90
BK Dinamo Tbilisi	137: 155	CSKA Moscow	59: 76	78: 79

final

	total		First leg	Return leg	Playoff
real Madrid	160: 160	CSKA Moscow	86 : 69	74: 91	80: 99 *

^* Since there was a tie after the two games, another game in Moscow decided.

Web links

• History of the European championship on fibaeurope.com
• Statistics for the 1962/63 season on linguasport.com