FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1964/65

FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1964/65
Duration		December 10, 1964 - April 13, 1965
Order of execution		8th season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		15 (25 with qualifying rounds)
Play-offs
master		real Madrid
Runner-up		CSKA Moscow
Finals - MVP		Clifford Luyk (Real Madrid)
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The 1964/65 season was the 8th season of the European Cup of National Champions , held by FIBA Europe and now known as the Euroleague .

As in the previous year, Real Madrid from Spain won the title .

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The 15 champions of each national league took part in the final round, including defending champion Real Madrid. 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	Playoff
Gladsaxe BK	115: 205	Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	62: 78	53: 127
ÍR Reykjavík	134 : 64	Celtic BC Belfast	71 : 17	63 : 47
Central YMCA London	106: 165	ASVEL Lyon	66: 74	40: 91
TSV Alemannia Aachen	117: 153	Honvéd Budapest	51: 70	66: 83
FAR Rabat	134: 211	Ignis Pallacanestro Varese	76: 99	58: 112
BBC Etzella	104: 179	Antwerp BC	52: 80	52: 99
Maccabi Tel Aviv	127: 131	AEK Athens	74 : 67	53: 64
Alvik BK	155 : 149	Wolves Amsterdam	82: 84	73 : 65
Vienna SK	135: 135	SC Chemistry Hall	76 : 63	59: 72	59: 63 *
Galatasaray Istanbul	126: 161	BK Lokomotiv Sofia	53: 70	73: 91

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

Participants in the final round

Attendees
country	number	Teams
Belgium	1	Antwerp BC
Bulgaria	1	BK Lokomotiv Sofia
GDR	1	SC Chemistry Hall
Finland	1	Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
France	1	ASVEL Lyon
Greece	1	AEK Athens
Iceland	1	ÍR Reykjavík
Italy	1	Ignis Pallacanestro Varese
Yugoslavia	1	OKK Belgrade
Poland	1	GTS Wisła Krakow
Sweden	1	Alvik BK
Soviet Union	1	CSKA Moscow
Spain	1	real Madrid
Czechoslovakia	1	TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno
Hungary	1	Honvéd Budapest

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	151: 206	real Madrid	100: 109	51: 97
ÍR Reykjavík	61: 158	ASVEL Lyon	42: 74	19: 84
Honvéd Budapest	140: 141	Ignis Pallacanestro Varese	84 : 74	56: 67
Antwerp BC	141: 157	AEK Athens	71: 72	70: 85
Alvik BK	147: 291	OKK Belgrade	90: 136	57: 155
SC Chemistry Hall	142: 155	TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno	76: 82	66: 73
BK Lokomotiv Sofia	133: 143	GTS Wisła Krakow	79 : 61	54: 82

• BYE: CSKA Moscow

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
ASVEL Lyon	130: 167	real Madrid	65: 83	65: 84
AEK Athens	169: 179	OKK Belgrade	85 : 78	84: 101
Ignis Pallacanestro Varese	157 : 156	TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno	90 : 84	67: 72
GTS Wisła Krakow	122: 162	CSKA Moscow	62: 68	60: 94

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
real Madrid	180 : 174	OKK Belgrade	84 : 61	96: 113
Ignis Pallacanestro Varese	124: 127	CSKA Moscow	57: 58	67: 69

final

	total		First leg	Return leg
CSKA Moscow	150: 157	real Madrid	88 : 81	62: 76

Web links

• History of the European championship on fibaeurope.com
• Statistics for the 1964/65 season on linguasport.com