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. 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.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Étoile de Charleville-Mézières	140–67	Barreirense	77–40	63–27
Sparta Bertrange	0–4*	Lech Poznań	0-2	0-2
Spartak ZJŠ Brno	188–125	Engelmann Wien	96-56	92-69
Steaua Bucureşti	147–124	Wissenschaft	81-59	66-65
Honvéd	4–0*	Sundbyberg	2-0	2-0
Urania Geneva	104–134	Real Madrid	58-63	46-71

*Sparta Bertrange and Sundbyberg withdrew before the competition due to financial problems, so Lech Poznań and Honvéd received a forfeit (2-0) in both games

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK	129–209	OKK Beograd	78–84	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

External links

• European Cup 1958–59