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1958 FIBA European Champions Cup
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| nextseason | [1958–59](1958-59-fiba-european-champions-cup) | |||
| title | 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup | |||
| season | 1958 | |||
| champions | URS Rīgas ASK (1st title) | |||
| runners_up | BUL Academic | |||
| teams | 23 | |||
| MVP | MVP_link = | MVP_n = | ||
| finals_MVP | Jānis Krūmiņš (ASK) 22.5 PPG | finals_MVP_link = | finals_MVP_n = | |
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| top_scorer | Viktor Radev (Academic) | ppg = 251 points | ppg_n = | |
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The 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup was the inaugural season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Rīgas ASK, after they won both EuroLeague Finals games against Academic. Previously, they had not played the semifinals, as Real Madrid was not allowed to travel to Soviet Riga by the Francoist authorities. The first game was held on February 22, 1958, in Brussels, Belgium, where Belgian League champion Royal IV, defeated the Luxembourger League champions, Etzella Ettelbruck, by a score of 82–43. The most notable contributors to Riga's first title included center Jānis Krūmiņš and head coach Alexander Gomelsky.
Competition system
23 teams. European national domestic league champions only, playing in a tournament system. The Finals were a two-game home and away aggregate.
Preliminary round
Group A (Northeast Europe)
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Group B (Central Europe)
First round
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*****Series decided over one game played in Switzerland.
Second round
The winners of the three pairs in Group B played against each other, in a tournament held in Milan, in order to determine the two clubs that would progress to the Quarterfinals
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| Eliminated |
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Group C (Southeast Europe)
First round
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*Union Beirut withdrew
Second round
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Third round
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Group D (Southwest Europe)
First round
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Second round
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Knockout stage
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| RD1-seed1 = | RD1-team1 =ROU CCA București | RD1-score1-1 =64 | RD1-score1-2 =78 | RD1-seed2 = | RD1-team2 =BUL Academic | RD1-score2-1 =73 | RD1-score2-2 =77 | RD1-seed3 = | RD1-team3 =ITA Simmenthal Milano | RD1-score3-1 =80 | RD1-score3-2 =85 | RD1-seed4 = | RD1-team4 = HUN Honvéd | RD1-score4-1 =72 | RD1-score4-2 =95 | RD1-seed5 = | RD1-team5 =ESP Real Madrid | RD1-score5-1 =78 | RD1-score5-2 =43 | RD1-seed6 = | RD1-team6 =BEL Royal IV | RD1-score6-1 =59 | RD1-score6-2 =57 | RD1-seed7 = | RD1-team7 =URS Rīgas ASK | RD1-score7-1 =93 | RD1-score7-2 =61 | RD1-seed8 = | RD1-team8 =POL Legia Warsaw | RD1-score8-1 =59 | RD1-score8-2 =63 | RD2-seed1 = | RD2-team1 =BUL Academic | RD2-score1-1 =89 | RD2-score1-2 =76 | RD2-seed2 = | RD2-team2 =HUN Honvéd | RD2-score2-1 =87 | RD2-score2-2 =64 | RD2-seed3 = | RD2-team3 =ESP Real Madrid | RD2-score3-1 =0 | RD2-score3-2 =0 | RD2-seed4 = | RD2-team4 =URS Rīgas ASK | RD2-score4-1 =2 | RD2-score4-2 =2 | RD3-seed1 = | RD3-team1 =BUL Academic | RD3-score1-1 =81 | RD3-score1-2 =71 | RD3-seed2 = | RD3-team2 =URS Rīgas ASK | RD3-score2-1 =86 | RD3-score2-2 =84
Quarterfinals
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*****The result of the game between the two clubs in the tournament of the 1st Round's Group B was used as a result for the 1st leg.
Semifinals
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*****Real Madrid withdrew as they were not allowed to travel to the Soviet Union.
Finals
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| 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup | |
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| Champions | |
| URS | |
| **Rīgas ASK** | |
| **1st Title** |
Awards
[[EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer|FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer]]
- URS Jānis Krūmiņš (URS Rīgas ASK)
References
References
- [http://www.euroleague.net/history/50-years/the-archive/i/25072/1609/item February 22, 1958: The day it all started]
- [https://archiv.ucl.cas.cz/getimg?path=RudePravo/1958/4/14/4.png ORBIS Postupuje]
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