1974–75 FIBA European Champions Cup

1974-75 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Ignis Varèse
Runners-up	Real Madrid

The 1974–75 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 18th edition of the European Champions Cup club competition, predecessor of the Euroleague. The Final was held at the Arena Deurne in Antwerpen, Belgium on April 10, 1975. In a reprise of a previous year's final, Ignis Varèse defeated Real Madrid, by a result of 79–65.

Competition System

• 24 teams (domestic champions and title holder) playing knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decides the winner.
• The twelve teams qualified for the Quarterfinals are divided into two groups of six. Every team plays against the other five in its group in consecutive home-and-away matches, so that every two of these games count as a single win or defeat (point difference being a decisive factor here). In case of a tie between two or more teams after this group stage, the following criteria is 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 qualify for the Semifinals. The final is played at a predetermined venue.

First round

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

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wisła Kraków	173-180	Alvik	94–87	79–93
Hagen	168-184	Maes Pils Mechelen	85–81	83–103
Panathinaikos	156-203	Maccabi Elite	76–90	80–113
Partizani Tirana	0-4*	Balkan Botevgrad	0–2	0–2
Transol RZ	185-141	Muhafızgücü	96–65	89–76
Slavia Prague	201-155	Al-Zamalek	110–65	91–90
Sefra Wien	254-112	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

• Real Madrid (title holder)
• Ignis Varèse
• Berck
• Zadar
• CSKA Moscow

Quarter finals 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. Ignis Varèse 5 10 5 0 990 789 +121 2. Zadar 5 9 4 1 909 819 +90 3. Maes Pils Mechelen 5 8 3 2 895 879 +16 4. Sefra Wien 5 7 2 3 803 863 -60 5. Balkan Botevgrad 5 6 1 4 746 889 -143 6. Slavia Prague 5 5 0 5 771 875 -104

Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Real Madrid 4 8 4 0 833 649 +184 2. Berck 4 6 2 2 708 723 -15 3. Maccabi Elite 4 6 2 2 748 734 +14 4. Transol RZ 4 6 2 2 697 706 -9 5. Alvik 4 4 0 4 609 783 -174 6. 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.

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	239–199	Zadar	109–82	130–117
Berck	164–184	Ignis Varèse	85–86	79–98

Final

April 10, Arena Deurne, Antwerpen

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ignis Varèse	79–66	Real Madrid

1974-75 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
Ignis Varèse 4th Title

External links

• Champions Cup 1974–75