1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup

The 1974–75 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 18th edition of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague).

The Final was held at the Arena Deurne, in Antwerp, Belgium, on April 10, 1975. In a reprise of a previous year's final, Ignis Varese defeated Real Madrid, by a result of 79–65.

1974–75 FIBA European Champions Cup
LeagueFIBA European Champions Cup
SportBasketball
Final
ChampionsItaly Ignis Varese
  Runners-upSpain Real Madrid
FIBA European Champions Cup seasons

Competition system

  • 24 teams (European national domestic league champions, plus the then current title holders), playing in a tournament system, played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
  • The twelve teams qualified for the Quarterfinals were divided into two groups of six. Every team played against the other five in its group in consecutive home-and-away matches, so that every two of these games counted as a single win or defeat (point difference being a decisive factor there). In case of a tie between two or more teams after this group stage, the following criteria were used: 1) one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average; 3) individual wins and defeats.
  • The group winners and the runners-up of the Quarterfinal Group Stage qualified for the Semifinals. The final was played at a predetermined venue.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Alvik 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  184–172 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Csepel 91–70 93–102
Honka Playboys 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  150–152 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  SSV Hagen 84–79 66–73
Fribourg Olympic 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  154–168 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Panathinaikos 76–89 78–99
Sparta Bertrange 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  159–193 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Partizani Tirana 89–103 70–90
Transol RZ 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  194–120 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Sutton & Crystal Palace 107–55 87–65

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Wisła Kraków 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  173–180 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Alvik 94–87 79–93
SSV Hagen 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  168–184 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Maes Pils 85–81 83–103
Panathinaikos 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  156–203 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 76–90 80–113
Partizani Tirana 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  0–4* 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Balkan Botevgrad 0–2 0–2
Transol RZ 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  185–141 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Muhafızgücü 96–65 89–76
Slavia VŠ Praha 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  201–155 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Al-Zamalek 110–65 91–90
Sefra Wien 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  254–112 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  KR 132–34 122–78

*Partizani Tirana withdrew before the first leg, so Balkan Botevgrad went through with a walkover.

    Automatically qualified to the group stage

Quarterfinals group stage

The quarterfinals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.

Key to colors
     Top two places in each group advance to Semifinals

Group A

Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Ignis Varese 5 10 5 0 990 789 +121
2. 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Zadar 5 9 4 1 909 819 +90
3. 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Maes Pils 5 8 3 2 895 879 +16
4. 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Sefra Wien 5 7 2 3 803 863 -60
5. 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Balkan Botevgrad 5 6 1 4 746 889 -143
6. 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Slavia VŠ Praha 5 5 0 5 771 875 -104

Group B

Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Real Madrid 4 8 4 0 833 649 +184
2. 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Berck 4 6 2 2 708 723 -15
3. 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 4 6 2 2 748 734 +14
4. 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Transol RZ 4 6 2 2 697 706 -9
5. 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Alvik 4 4 0 4 609 783 -174
6. 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  CSKA Moscow* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

*CSKA Moscow withdrew before the group stage for political reasons. Therefore, all the scheduled games of the Soviet team were considered forfeits (2–0) for their rivals, although they were not counted in the final standing of the group.

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  239–199 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Zadar 109–82 130–117
Berck 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  164–184 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Ignis Varese 85–86 79–98

Final

April 10, Arena Deurne, Antwerp

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ignis Varese 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  79–66 1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup  Real Madrid


1974–75 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions
1974–75 Fiba European Champions Cup 
Ignis Varese
4th Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

References

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