1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup' was the second season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Rīgas ASK for the second straight time, after they again beat Academic, in both EuroLeague Finals games (79–58 & 69–67). Riga defeated Lech Poznań in the semifinals, and Honvéd in the quarterfinals.

1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup
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Finals
Champions Rīgas ASK
  Runners-up Academic

Competition system

21 teams. European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only, playing in a tournament system. The Finals were a two-game home and away aggregate.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Étoile Charleville-Mézières 140–67 Barreirense 77–40 63–27
Etzella 0–4* Lech Poznań 0–2 0–2
Spartak ZJŠ Brno 188–125 Engelmann Wien 96–56 92–69
CCA București 147–124 Wissenschaft Halle 81–59 66–65
Honvéd 4–0* Sundbyberg 2–0 2–0
Urania Genève Sport 104–134 Real Madrid 58–63 46–71

*Etzella and Sundbyberg withdrew before the competition due to financial problems, so Lech Poznań and Honvéd received a forfeit (2–0) in both games

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK 129–209 OKK Beograd 76–84 53–125
Pantterit 124–173 Antwerpse 63–60 61–113
Lech Poznań 155–148 Spartak ZJŠ Brno 87–63 68–85
Real Madrid 115–118 Étoile Charleville-Mézières 50–39 65–79
Simmenthal Milano –* Al-Gezira 72–47 0–2 (f)
Academic 147–108 Maccabi Tel Aviv 69–50 78–58
Honvéd 166–133 CCA București 86–52 80–81

*Simmenthal Milano withdrew after the 1st leg, team rejected playing on an outdoor court.

Automatically qualified to the quarter finals

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Antwerpse 141–194 Lech Poznań 80–89 61–105
Rīgas ASK 159–142 Honvéd 79–54 80–88
Étoile Charleville-Mézières 149–160 OKK Beograd 75–73 74–87
Al-Gezira 65–71 Academic 65–69 0–2*

*The second leg was not played as Al-Gezira didn't travel to Bulgaria due to financial reasons, and therefore Academic received a forfeit (2-0).

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lech Poznań 153–166 Rīgas ASK 84–76 69–90
OKK Beograd 156–163 Academic 79–69 77–94

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rīgas ASK 148–125 Academic 79–58 69–67
1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions

Rīgas ASK
2nd Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

References

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