1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup explained

1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup
League:FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport:Basketball
Finals:Finals
Finals Link:1963 FIBA European Champions Cup Finals
Finals Champ: CSKA Moscow
Finals Runner-Up: Real Madrid
Seasonslistnames:FIBA European Champions Cup
Prevseason Link:1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup
Prevseason Year:1961–62
Nextseason Year:1963–64
Nextseason Link:1963–64 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.

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

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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

First leg Fiesta Alegre fronton;Attendance 5,000, 23 July 1963[1]

Second leg Lenin Palace of Sports;Attendance 20,000, 31 July 1963[1]

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c1/C1_63.htm Champions Cup 1962–63