The 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup was the inaugural season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Rīgas ASK, after they won both EuroLeague Finals games against Academic. Previously, they had not played the semifinals, as Real Madrid was not allowed to travel to Soviet Riga by the Francoist authorities. The first game was held on February 22, 1958, in Brussels, Belgium, where Belgian League champion Royal IV, defeated the Luxembourger League champions, Etzella Ettelbruck, by a score of 82–43.[1] The most notable contributors to Riga's first title included center Jānis Krūmiņš and head coach Alexander Gomelsky.
| 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup | |
|---|---|
| Season | 1958 |
| Number of teams | 23 |
| Finals | |
| Champions |  Rīgas ASK (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Academic |
1958–59 → | |
Competition system edit
23 teams. European national domestic league champions only, playing in a tournament system. The Finals were a two-game home and away aggregate.
Preliminary round edit
Group A (Northeast Europe) edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rīgas ASK
|
176–112 |  Wissenschaft Berlin
|
85–56 | 91–56 |
Pantterit 
|
131–133 |  Legia Warsaw
|
64–62 | 67–71 |
Group B (Central Europe) edit
First round edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jonction 
|
54–84*[2] |  Slovan Orbis
|
54–84 | |
Union Babenberg 
|
98–191 |  Honvéd
|
55–83 | 43-108 |
Simmenthal Milano 
|
205–89 |  The Wolves Amsterdam
|
115–47 | 90-42 |
*Series decided over one game played in Switzerland.
Second round edit
The winners of the three pairs in Group B played against each other, in a tournament held in Milan, in order to determine the two clubs that would progress to the Quarterfinals
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Simmenthal Milano
|
65 – 47 | Slovan Orbis Praha
|
| Slovan Orbis Praha
|
52–61 | Honvéd
|
| Simmenthal Milano
|
80–72 | Honvéd
|
| Qualified to Quarter-finals | |
| Eliminated |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simmenthal Milano
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 145 | 119 | +26 | 4 |
| Honvéd
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 133 | 132 | +1 | 3 |
| Slovan Orbis Praha
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 126 | −27 | 2 |
Group C (Southeast Europe) edit
First round edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeunesse Sportivo Alep 
|
–* |  Union Beirut
|
– | – |
*Union Beirut withdrew
Second round edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Panellinios 
|
132–138 |  CCA București
|
60–63 | 72–75 |
Modaspor 
|
112–160 |  AŠK Olimpija
|
67–74 | 45–86 |
| Academic
|
157–101 | Jeunesse Sportivo Alep
|
84–58 | 73–43 |
Third round edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic
|
161–144 | AŠK Olimpija
|
81–80 | 80–64 |
| CCA București
|
147–126 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv
|
84–65 | 63–61 |
Group D (Southwest Europe) edit
First round edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Royal IV 
|
145–79 |  Etzella
|
82–43 | 63–36 |
Second round edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal IV
|
174–127 |  ASVEL
|
81–51 | 93–76 |
Barreirense 
|
90–154 |  Real Madrid
|
51–68 | 40–86 |
Knockout stage edit
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
 CCA București
| 64 | 78 | 142 | ||||||||||||||
| Academic
| 73 | 77 | 150 | ||||||||||||||
| Academic
| 89 | 76 | 165 | ||||||||||||||
| Honvéd
| 87 | 64 | 151 | ||||||||||||||
| Simmenthal Milano
| 80 | 85 | 165 | ||||||||||||||
| Honvéd
| 72 | 95 | 167 | ||||||||||||||
| Academic
| 81 | 71 | 152 | ||||||||||||||
| Rīgas ASK
| 86 | 84 | 170 | ||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid
| 78 | 43 | 121 | ||||||||||||||
| Royal IV
| 59 | 57 | 116 | ||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rīgas ASK
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Rīgas ASK
| 93 | 61 | 154 | ||||||||||||||
| Legia Warsaw
| 59 | 63 | 122 | ||||||||||||||
Quarterfinals edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCA București
|
142–150 | Academic
|
64–73 | 78–77 |
| Simmenthal Milano
|
165–167 | Honvéd
|
80–72* | 85–95 |
| Real Madrid
|
121–116 | Royal IV
|
78–59 | 43–57 |
| Rīgas ASK
|
154–122 | Legia Warsaw
|
93–59 | 61–63 |
*The result of the game between the two clubs in the tournament of the 1st Round's Group B was used as a result for the 1st leg.
Semifinals edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honvéd
|
151–165 | Academic
|
87–89 | 64–76 |
| Rīgas ASK
|
– * | Real Madrid
|
*Real Madrid withdrew as they were not allowed to travel to the Soviet Union.[3]
Finals edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rīgas ASK
|
170–152 | Academic
|
86–81 | 84–71 |
| 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions |
|---|
 Rīgas ASK 1st Title |
