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1964–65 FIBA European Champions Cup
LeagueFIBA European Champions Cup
SportBasketball
Top scorerSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoj Korać 54.8
Finals
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid
  Runners-upSoviet Union CSKA Moscow
FIBA European Champions Cup seasons

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

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ÍR Iceland134–64Northern Ireland Celtic71–1763–47
Central YMCA England106–165France ASVEL66–7440–91
Alemannia Aachen West Germany117–153Hungary Honvéd51–7066–83
ASFAR Morocco134–211Italy Ignis Varese76–9958–112
Etzella Luxembourg104–179Belgium Antwerpse52–8052–99
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel127–131Greece AEK74–6753–64
Alvik Sweden155–149Netherlands The Wolves Amsterdam82–8473–65
Wiener Austria135–135*East Germany Chemie Halle76–6359–72
Galatasaray Turkey126–161Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia53–7073–91
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit Finland205–115Denmark Gladsaxe Efterslægten127–5378–62

*After a 135 aggregate drew, a third decisive game was held in which Chemie Halle won 59–63.

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Honvéd Hungary140–141Italy Ignis Varese84–7456–67
ÍR Iceland61–158France ASVEL42–7419–84
Antwerpse Belgium141–157Greece AEK71–7270–85
Alvik Sweden147–291Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OKK Beograd90–13657–155
Chemie Halle East Germany142–155Czechoslovakia Spartak ZJŠ Brno76–8266–73
Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria133–143Poland Wisła Kraków79–6154–82
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit Finland151–206Spain Real Madrid100–10951–97
Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit's Kari Liimo against Real Madrid

Quarterfinals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ASVEL France130–167Spain Real Madrid65–8365–84
AEK Greece169–179Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OKK Beograd85–7884–101
Ignis Varese Italy157–156Czechoslovakia Spartak ZJŠ Brno90–8467–72
Wisła Kraków Poland122–162Soviet Union CSKA Moscow62–6860–94

Semifinals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Real Madrid Spain180–174Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OKK Beograd84–6196–113
Ignis Varese Italy124–127Soviet Union CSKA Moscow57–5867–69

Finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
CSKA Moscow Soviet Union150–157Spain Real Madrid88–8162–76

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]

1964–65 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions
Spain
Real Madrid
2nd Title

Awards

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