1964–65 FIBA European Champions Cup explained

1964–65 FIBA European Champions Cup
League:FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport:Basketball
Top Scorer: Radivoj Korać 54.8
Finals:Finals
Finals Link:1965 FIBA European Champions Cup Finals
Finals Champ: Real Madrid
Finals Runner-Up: CSKA Moscow
Seasonslistnames:FIBA European Champions Cup
Prevseason Link:1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup
Prevseason Year:1963–64
Nextseason Year:1965–66
Nextseason Link:1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1964–65 FIBA European Champions Cup was the eighth season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Real Madrid, for the second straight time. Real defeated CSKA Moscow in the two-legged EuroLeague Finals, after losing the first game in Moscow, 88–81, and winning the second game at Madrid, 62–76.

During the season, Radivoj Korać, a member of the Yugoslav League club OKK Beograd, set the EuroLeague's all-time single-game scoring record, including all games played since 1958, when he scored 99 points in a game versus the Swedish League club Alviks.[1] [2]

Competition system

25 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

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Second round

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Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals:

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Finals

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First leg Palace of Sports, Moscow;Attendance 15,000[3] (8 April 1965)[3] [4]

Second leg Frontón Vista Alegre, Madrid;Attendance 3,000[3] (13 April 1965)[3] [4]

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.euroleague.net/features/voices/2010-2011/vladimir-stankovic/i/81292/radivoj-korac-s-99-points Radivoj Korac's 99 points.
  2. https://www.euroleague.net/news/i/apm96o4nqtxlakh6/101-greats-radivoj-korac 101 Greats: Radivoj Korac.
  3. http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c1/C1_65.htm Champions Cup 1964–65
  4. Web site: 8 EUROLIGAS BALONCESTO (6 SUBCAMPEÓN) (EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS CUP) . 28 September 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170128171457/http://www.galeon.com/realmadridbasket/euroleague.htm . 28 January 2017 . dead .