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
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ChampionsSoviet Union CSKA Moscow
  Runners-upSpain Real Madrid
FIBA European Champions Cup seasons

Competition system

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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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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

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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

Quarterfinals

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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 MadridHonvéd 77–65.

Semifinals

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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

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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[1]

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

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

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

Awards

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References

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