1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup was the sixth season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by CSKA Moscow, after they beat Real Madrid in a three-legged EuroLeague Finals, after the two first games ended with an aggregate two-legged tie. CSKA won the third and decisive game, by a score of 99–80, and thus won its second European Champions Cup.

1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup
LeagueFIBA European Champions Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
ChampionsSoviet Union CSKA Moscow
  Runners-upSpain Real Madrid
FIBA European Champions Cup seasons

Competition system

edit

26 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

edit
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Landlust 124–166 Wisła Kraków67–7657–90
Darüşşafaka 147–149 Honvéd67–7680–73
Vorwärts Leipzig 91–152 CSKA Moscow51–8240–70
Celtic 75–226 Alsace de Bagnolet44–10131–115
Maccabi Tel Aviv 118–131 AŠK Olimpija46–6072–71
Stade Français Genève 104–133 Alemannia Aachen45–6059–73
Alliance Sports Casablanca 60–110* Simmenthal Milano60–110
Benfica 108–207 Real Madrid61–9747–110
KFUM Söder 125–145 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit59–7366–72
Antwerpse 131–169 Spartak ZJŠ Brno74–8157–88
SISU 98–134 Etzella55–7243–62

*series decided over one game in Casablanca.

Second round

edit
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Levski-Spartak 104–177 CSKA Moscow55–8349–94
Honvéd 137–126 Steaua București74–7363–53
Alsace de Bagnolet 174–189 AŠK Olimpija80–6194–128
Alemannia Aachen 120–145 Simmenthal Milano67–6953–76
Panathinaikos 133–187 Real Madrid73–9760–90
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit 142–172 Spartak ZJŠ Brno83–8759–85
Etzella 105–198 Wisła Kraków52–8353–115
Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals

Quarterfinals

edit
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AŠK Olimpija 158–162 Spartak ZJŠ Brno86–8372–79
Honvéd 170–170* Real Madrid101–9669–74
Dinamo Tbilisi 139–138 Simmenthal Milano65–7074–68
Wisła Kraków 122–152 CSKA Moscow75–7247–80

*A tie-break was played in Madrid on 2 April 1963: Real MadridHonvéd 77–65.

Semifinals

edit
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Spartak ZJŠ Brno 146–150 Real Madrid79–6067–90
Dinamo Tbilisi 137–155 CSKA Moscow59–7678–79

Finals

edit
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg
Real Madrid 240–259 CSKA Moscow86–6974–9180–99*

First leg Fiesta Alegre fronton;Attendance 5,000, 23 July 1963[1]

Second leg Lenin Palace of Sports;Attendance 20,000, 31 July 1963[1]

*Third leg Lenin Palace of Sports;Attendance 20,000, 1 August 1963, Moscow, Soviet Union[1]

1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions

CSKA Moscow
2nd Title

Awards

edit

References

edit
edit