FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1963/64

FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1963/64
Duration		October 29, 1963 - May 10, 1964
Order of execution		7th season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		14 (22 with qualifying rounds)
Play-offs
master		real Madrid
Runner-up		TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno
Finals - MVP		Emiliano Rodríguez (Real Madrid)
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The 1963/64 season was the 7th season of the European Cup of National Champions , held by FIBA Europe and now known as the Euroleague .

Real Madrid from Spain won the title for the first time . It was the first win for a non- Soviet team.

mode

The 14 champions of each 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 first and second leg.

1st round (qualification)

	total		First leg	Return leg
CS Alliance Casablanca	116: 177	Antwerp BC	54: 73	62: 104
Vienna SK	133: 184	TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno	71: 105	62: 79
AEK Athens	141: 154	Galatasaray Istanbul	73 : 66	68: 88
SMB Lausanne	119: 161	SC Chemistry Hall	59: 72	60: 89
Alvik BK Stockholm	147: 173	Legia Warsaw	80: 98	67: 75
Celtic BC Belfast	119: 209	real Madrid	73: 102	46: 107
BBC Etzella	114: 145	Paris Université Club	57: 73	57: 72
BK Akademik Sofia	141: 149	OKK Belgrade	61: 68	80: 81

Participants in the final round

Attendees
country	number	Teams
Belgium	1	Antwerp BC
BR Germany	1	TSV Alemannia Aachen
GDR	1	SC Chemistry Hall
Finland	1	Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
France	1	Paris Université Club
Israel	1	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Italy	1	Simmenthal Olimpia Milano
Yugoslavia	1	OKK Belgrade
Poland	1	Legia Warsaw
Portugal	1	Benfica Lisbon
Romania	1	CSA Steaua Bucharest
Spain	1	real Madrid
Czechoslovakia	1	TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno
Turkey	1	Galatasaray Istanbul

• Last year's winner , CSKA Moscow , who was supposed to start in the quarter-finals, did not take part, which the Soviet Association justified with "more important preparation for the Olympic Games ".

2nd round

The first leg took place from 19 to 21 December 1963 (the game scheduled for December 24 was canceled), the second leg from 5 to 23 January 1964.

	total		First leg	Return leg	Playoff
Antwerp BC	170: 180	Simmenthal Olimpia Milano	84: 90	86: 90
Maccabi Tel Aviv	111: 154	TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno	60 : 58	51: 96
Galatasaray Istanbul	131: 131	CSA Steaua Bucharest	69 : 51	62: 80	56: 57 *
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	139 : 129	SC Chemistry Hall	75 : 64	64: 65
TSV Alemannia Aachen	112: 208	real Madrid	69: 93	43: 115
OKK Belgrade	105 : 63	Paris Université Club	just one game **	105 : 63

^* Since there was a tie after the two games, another game in Bucharest decided.
^** Due to a violent storm, it was impossible for Paris to get to Yugoslavia on time.

• BYE: Legia Warsaw (due to withdrawal of Benfica Lisbon)

Quarter finals

The first legs took place from February 6 to 12, the second legs from February 19 to 23, 1964.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CSA Steaua Bucharest	169: 196	TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno	94 : 92	75: 104
Simmenthal Olimpia Milano	186 : 167	Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	99 : 70	87: 97
Legia Warsaw	176: 194	real Madrid	90: 102	86: 92

• BYE: OKK Belgrade

Semifinals

The first legs took place from March 11 to 12, the second legs from March 25 to April 1, 1964.

	total		First leg	Return leg
OKK Belgrade	178: 179	TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno	103 : 94	75: 85
Simmenthal Olimpia Milano	160: 178	real Madrid	82 : 77	78: 101

final

The first leg took place on April 27, the second leg on May 10, 1964.

	total		First leg	Return leg
TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno	174: 183	real Madrid	110 : 99	64: 84

Web links

• History of the European championship on fibaeurope.com
• Statistics for the 1963/64 season on linguasport.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Champions Cup 1963-64 , on linguasport.com. Retrieved July 27, 2013