1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup

1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup
League FIBA European Champions Cup
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Final
Champions Italy Ignis Varèse
  Runners-up Soviet Union CSKA Moscow

The 1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup was the thirteenth installment of the European Champions Cup club competition, predecessor of the Euroleague. The Final was held at the Sportska Dvorana Skenderija in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia on April 4, 1970. It was won by Ignis Varèse who defeated CSKA Moscow by a result of 79–74.

Competition System

First Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Partizani Tirana Albania 141–165 Romania Dinamo București 65–70 76–95
Boroughmir Scotland 204–267 Belgium Bell Mechelen 84–123 120–144
Union Radès Transport Tunisia 0–4* France ASVEL 0–2 0–2
Sporting Portugal 108–226 Spain Real Madrid 52–98 56–128
Osnabrück West Germany 133–180 Hungary Honvéd 74–88 59–92
Sparta Bertrange Luxembourg 176–241 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena Zvezda 92–112 84–129
Engelmann Wien Austria 149–144 Turkey Galatasaray 100–74 49–70
Punch Delft Netherlands 158–159 Poland Legia Warsaw 74–80 84–79
Helsingborg Sweden 138–142 Finland Tapion Honka 73–67 65–75

*Union Radès Transport withdrew before the first leg and ASVEL received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

Round of 16

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dinamo București Romania 146–182 Belgium Bell Mechelen 73–95 73–87
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 131–155 France ASVEL 70–69 61–86
Real Madrid Spain 163–161 Hungary Honvéd 95–76 68–85
Tapion Honka Finland 114–187 Italy Ignis Varèse 59–88 55–99
Crvena Zvezda Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 166–149 Greece Panathinaikos 91–66 75–83
Slavia Prague Czechoslovakia 199–147 Austria Engelmann Wien 106–68 93–79
Legia Warsaw Poland 157–159 Bulgaria Academic 91–80 66–79
Automatically qualified to the group stage

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. Spain Real Madrid 3 5 2 1 516 501 +15
2. Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague 3 5 2 1 457 457 0
3. Belgium Bell Mechelen 3 4 1 2 446 440 +6
4. Bulgaria Academic 3 4 1 2 452 473 -21

Group B

Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 3 6 3 0 540 472 +68
2. Italy Ignis Varèse 3 5 2 1 485 420 +65
3. France ASVEL 3 4 1 2 448 529 -81
4. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena Zvezda 3 3 0 3 462 514 -52

Semi finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid Spain 164–193 Italy Ignis Varèse 86–90 78–103
Slavia Prague Czechoslovakia 154–220 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 79–107 75–113

Final

April 9, Sportska Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ignis Varèse Italy 79–74 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow
1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions
Italy
Ignis Varèse
1st Title

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