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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ChampionsSoviet Union Rīgas ASK
  Runners-upBulgaria Academic
FIBA European Champions Cup seasons

Competition system

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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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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References

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