1974–75 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1974–75 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 18th edition of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Arena Deurne, in Antwerp, Belgium, on April 10, 1975. In a reprise of a previous year's final, Ignis Varese defeated Real Madrid, by a result of 79–65.

1974–75 FIBA European Champions Cup
LeagueFIBA European Champions Cup
SportBasketball
Final
ChampionsItaly Ignis Varese
  Runners-upSpain Real Madrid
FIBA European Champions Cup seasons

Competition system

  • 24 teams (European national domestic league champions, plus the then current title holders), playing in a tournament system, played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
  • The twelve teams qualified for the Quarterfinals were divided into two groups of six. Every team played against the other five in its group in consecutive home-and-away matches, so that every two of these games counted as a single win or defeat (point difference being a decisive factor there). In case of a tie between two or more teams after this group stage, the following criteria were used: 1) one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average; 3) individual wins and defeats.
  • The group winners and the runners-up of the Quarterfinal Group Stage qualified for the Semifinals. The final was played at a predetermined venue.

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Alvik 184–172 Csepel91–7093–102
Honka Playboys 150–152 SSV Hagen84–7966–73
Fribourg Olympic 154–168 Panathinaikos76–8978–99
Sparta Bertrange 159–193 Partizani Tirana89–10370–90
Transol RZ 194–120 Sutton & Crystal Palace107–5587–65

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Wisła Kraków 173–180 Alvik94–8779–93
SSV Hagen 168–184 Maes Pils85–8183–103
Panathinaikos 156–203 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv76–9080–113
Partizani Tirana 0–4* Balkan Botevgrad0–20–2
Transol RZ 185–141 Muhafızgücü96–6589–76
Slavia VŠ Praha 201–155 Al-Zamalek110–6591–90
Sefra Wien 254–112 KR132–34122–78

*Partizani Tirana withdrew before the first leg, so Balkan Botevgrad went through with a walkover.

Automatically qualified to the group stage

Quarterfinals group stage

The quarterfinals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.

Key to colors
    Top two places in each group advance to Semifinals

Group A

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Ignis Varese51050990789+121
2. Zadar5941909819+90
3. Maes Pils5832895879+16
4. Sefra Wien5723803863-60
5. Balkan Botevgrad5614746889-143
6. Slavia VŠ Praha5505771875-104

Group B

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Real Madrid4840833649+184
2. Berck4622708723-15
3. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv4622748734+14
4. Transol RZ4622697706-9
5. Alvik4404609783-174
6. CSKA Moscow*0000000

*CSKA Moscow withdrew before the group stage for political reasons. Therefore, all the scheduled games of the Soviet team were considered forfeits (2–0) for their rivals, although they were not counted in the final standing of the group.

Semifinals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Real Madrid 239–199 Zadar109–82130–117
Berck 164–184 Ignis Varese85–8679–98

Final

April 10, Arena Deurne, Antwerp

Team 1 Score Team 2
Ignis Varese 79–66 Real Madrid


1974–75 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions

Ignis Varese
4th Title

Awards

References