1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1958-59 and second season of the FIBA European Champions Cup was won by ASK Riga for the second straight time, again by beating Academic Sofia in both final games 79-58 & 69-67. Riga defeated Lech Poznań in the semifinals and Budapest Honvéd in the quarterfinals.

Contents

Qualifying round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Stars Charleville 140 - 67 Barreirense Barreiro 77-40 63-27
Etzella Ettelbruck * Lech Poznań
EK Engelmann Vienna 125 - 188 Spartak Brno 69-92 56-96
ASA Bucureşti 147 - 124 Wissenschaft Berlin 81-59 66-65
Budapest Honvéd ** Sundbyberg SK
Urania Geneva 104 - 134 Real Madrid 58-63 46-71

*Etzella Ettelbruck withdrew.

**Sundbyberg SK withdrew

First round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens 129 - 209 OKK Beograd 76-84 53-125
Pantterit Helsinki 124 - 173 Antwerp BC 63-60 61-113
Lech Poznań 155 - 148 Spartak Brno 87-63 68-85
Real Madrid 115 - 118 Stars Charleville 50-39 65-79
Simmenthal Milano * Gezira Sporting Club 72-47
Academic Sofia 147 - 108 Maccabi Tel Aviv 69-50 78-58
Budapest Honvéd 166 - 133 ASA Bucureşti 86-52 80-81

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

Quarter finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Antwerp BC 141 - 194 Lech Poznań 80-89 61-105
ASK Riga 159 - 142 Budapest Honvéd 79-54 80-88
Stars Charleville 149 - 160 OKK Beograd 75-73 74-87
Gezira Sporting Club 65 - 69 Academic Sofia 65-69 *

*Gezira Sporting Club withdrew after the 1st leg.

Semi finals

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

Finals

1st leg:Daugava Stadion, Rīga, 26 June 1959;Attendance:17,000[1]
2nd leg:Vasil Levski, Sofija, 28 June 1959;Attendance:20,000[1]

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASK Riga 148 - 125 Academic Sofia 79-58 69-67
FIBA European Champions Cup 1958-59 Champions

ASK Riga
Second title

References

  1. ^ a b Champions Cup 1958-59

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