1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup

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1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup
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FIBA European Champions Cup seasons

The 1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup' was the second season of the

Honvéd
in the quarterfinals.

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.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Étoile Charleville-Mézières France 140–67 Portugal Barreirense 77–40 63–27
Etzella Luxembourg
0–4* Poland Lech Poznań 0–2 0–2
Spartak ZJŠ Brno Czechoslovakia
188–125 Austria Engelmann Wien 96–56 92–69
CCA București Romania 147–124 East Germany Wissenschaft Halle 81–59 66–65
Honvéd Hungary 4–0* Sweden Sundbyberg 2–0 2–0
Urania Genève Sport Switzerland 104–134 Spain 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.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Greece 129–209 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OKK Beograd 76–84 53–125
Pantterit Finland 124–173 Belgium Antwerpse 63–60 61–113
Lech Poznań Poland 155–148
Spartak ZJŠ Brno
87–63 68–85
Real Madrid Spain 115–118 France Étoile Charleville-Mézières 50–39 65–79
Simmenthal Milano Italy
–* United Arab Republic Al-Gezira 72–47 0–2 (f)
Academic Bulgaria 147–108 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 69–50 78–58
Honvéd Hungary 166–133 Romania 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.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Antwerpse Belgium 141–194 Poland Lech Poznań 80–89 61–105
Rīgas ASK Soviet Union 159–142 Hungary Honvéd 79–54 80–88
Étoile Charleville-Mézières France 149–160 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OKK Beograd 75–73 74–87
Al-Gezira United Arab Republic 65–71 Bulgaria Academic 65–69 0–2*

*The second leg was not played as

Academic
received a forfeit (2-0).

Semifinals

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lech Poznań Poland 153–166 Soviet Union Rīgas ASK 84–76 69–90
OKK Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 156–163 Bulgaria Academic 79–69 77–94

Finals

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rīgas ASK Soviet Union 148–125 Bulgaria Academic 79–58 69–67
1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions
Soviet Union
Rīgas ASK
2nd Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

References

External links