1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup

1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	ASK Riga
Runners-up	Academic

The 1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup' was the second season of the FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by ASK Riga 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.

Competition system

21 teams. European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only. The Finals were a two game home and away aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Étoile de 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
Steaua Bucureşti	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

Team 1	Agg.	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 de 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	Steaua Bucureşti	86-52	80-81

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

Automatically qualified to the quarter finals

ASK Riga (title holder)

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Antwerpse	141–194	Lech Poznań	80–89	61–105
ASK Riga	159–142	Honvéd	79–54	80–88
Étoile de 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

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

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASK Riga	148–125	Academic	79–58	69–67

1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
ASK Riga 2nd Title

References

External links

European Cup 1958–59

ASK Riga 1958–59 Euroleague Champions

Krūmiņš G. Muižnieks Valdmanis V. Muižnieks Kalniņš Dāvids Gulbis Hehts Jankovskis Kalherts Leončiks Vērītis Coach: Gomelsky

FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague

FIBA European Champions Cup era, 1958–2001

Seasons	1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01

Finals	1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Euroleague Basketball era, 2000–present

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

General information

History	Euroleague Basketball Tournament history EuroLeague American Tour EuroLeague TV NBA vs. EuroLeague Next Generation Tournament

Awards	EuroLeague Basketball Awards FIBA SuproLeague Awards FIBA All-Star Games FIBA EuroStars All-Final Four Team Final Four MVP EuroLeague Legends 50 Greatest Contributors 2001–10 All-Decade Team

Statistics	Finals Final Four Arenas Team records and statistics EuroLeague records Final Four records Individual statistics Individual highs Performance Index Rating Career stats leaders Rosters of finalists EuroLeague clubs performance comparison European club pyramid National league rankings

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