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

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  • 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Alvik   184–172   Csepel 91–70 93–102
Honka Playboys   150–152   SSV Hagen 84–79 66–73
Fribourg Olympic   154–168   Panathinaikos 76–89 78–99
Sparta Bertrange   159–193   Partizani Tirana 89–103 70–90
Transol RZ   194–120   Sutton & Crystal Palace 107–55 87–65

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Wisła Kraków   173–180   Alvik 94–87 79–93
SSV Hagen   168–184   Maes Pils 85–81 83–103
Panathinaikos   156–203   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 76–90 80–113
Partizani Tirana   0–4*   Balkan Botevgrad 0–2 0–2
Transol RZ   185–141   Muhafızgücü 96–65 89–76
Slavia VŠ Praha   201–155   Al-Zamalek 110–65 91–90
Sefra Wien   254–112   KR 132–34 122–78

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

Automatically qualified to the group stage

Quarterfinals group stage

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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

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Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1.   Ignis Varese 5 10 5 0 990 789 +121
2.   Zadar 5 9 4 1 909 819 +90
3.   Maes Pils 5 8 3 2 895 879 +16
4.   Sefra Wien 5 7 2 3 803 863 -60
5.   Balkan Botevgrad 5 6 1 4 746 889 -143
6.   Slavia VŠ Praha 5 5 0 5 771 875 -104

Group B

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Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1.   Real Madrid 4 8 4 0 833 649 +184
2.   Berck 4 6 2 2 708 723 -15
3.   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 4 6 2 2 748 734 +14
4.   Transol RZ 4 6 2 2 697 706 -9
5.   Alvik 4 4 0 4 609 783 -174
6.   CSKA Moscow* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

*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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid   239–199   Zadar 109–82 130–117
Berck   164–184   Ignis Varese 85–86 79–98

Final

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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

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References

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