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
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	CSKA Moscow
Runners-up	Real Madrid

Competition system

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Landlust	124–166	Wisła Kraków	67–76	57–90
Darüşşafaka	147–149	Honvéd	67–76	80–73
Vorwärts Leipzig	91–152	CSKA Moscow	51–82	40–70
Celtic	75–226	Alsace de Bagnolet	44–101	31–115
Maccabi Tel Aviv	118–131	AŠK Olimpija	46–60	72–71
Stade Français Genève	104–133	Alemannia Aachen	45–60	59–73
Alliance Sports Casablanca	60–110*	Simmenthal Milano	60–110
Benfica	108–207	Real Madrid	61–97	47–110
KFUM Söder	125–145	Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	59–73	66–72
Antwerpse	131–169	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	74–81	57–88
SISU	98–134	Etzella	55–72	43–62

*series decided over one game in Casablanca.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Levski-Spartak	104–177	CSKA Moscow	55–83	49–94
Honvéd	137–126	Steaua București	74–73	63–53
Alsace de Bagnolet	174–189	AŠK Olimpija	80–61	94–128
Alemannia Aachen	120–145	Simmenthal Milano	67–69	53–76
Panathinaikos	133–187	Real Madrid	73–97	60–90
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	142–172	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	83–87	59–85
Etzella	105–198	Wisła Kraków	52–83	53–115

Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals

• Dinamo Tbilisi (title holder)

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AŠK Olimpija	158–162	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	86–83	72–79
Honvéd	170–170*	Real Madrid	101–96	69–74
Dinamo Tbilisi	139–138	Simmenthal Milano	65–70	74–68
Wisła Kraków	122–152	CSKA Moscow	75–72	47–80

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

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak ZJŠ Brno	146–150	Real Madrid	79–60	67–90
Dinamo Tbilisi	137–155	CSKA Moscow	59–76	78–79

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Real Madrid	240–259	CSKA Moscow	86–69	74–91	80–99*

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

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

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

1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
CSKA Moscow 2nd Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

• Emiliano Rodríguez ( Real Madrid)

External links

• 1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup
• 1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
• 1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup
• Champions Cup 1962–63 Line-ups and Stats