1958 FIBA European Champions Cup

Season| 1958
Number of teams| 23
Finals
Champions|  Rīgas ASK (1st title)
Runners-up|  Academic

1958–59 →

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.

## 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

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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

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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

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Simmenthal Milano | 65 – 47  |  Slovan Orbis Praha
Slovan Orbis Praha | 52–61  |  Honvéd
Simmenthal Milano | 80–72  |  Honvéd
Key to colors  | Qualified to Quarter-finals

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| Eliminated
Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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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

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Jeunesse Sportivo Alep | –*  |  Union Beirut  | –  | –

*Union Beirut withdrew

#### Second round[edit]

Team 1  | Agg. | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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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

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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

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Royal IV | 145–79  |  Etzella | 82–43  | 63–36

#### Second round[edit]

Team 1  | Agg. | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Royal IV | 174–127  |  ASVEL | 81–51  | 93–76
Barreirense | 90–154  |  Real Madrid | 51–68  | 40–86

## Quarterfinals[edit]

Team 1  | Agg. | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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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

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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

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Rīgas ASK | 170–152  |  Academic | 86–81  | 84–71
1958 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions

Rīgas ASK
1st Title

## Awards[edit]

### FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer[edit]

* Jānis Krūmiņš ( Rīgas ASK)

## References[edit]

1. ^ February 22, 1958: The day it all started
2. ^ ORBIS Postupuje
3. ^ Champions Cup 1958

## External links[edit]

* 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup
* 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup Archived 2017-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
* 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup
* Champions Cup 1958 Line-ups and Stats
* 1958 EuroLeague Retrospective and Stats Archived 2022-08-26 at the Wayback Machine

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Rīgas ASK 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup champions

* Krūmiņš
* G. Muižnieks
* Valdmanis
* V. Muižnieks
* Kalniņš
* Dāvids
* Gulbis
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* Coach: Gomelsky

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