1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup

1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Ignis Varèse
Runners-up	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

• 24 teams (domestic champions plus title holder) playing knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decides the winner.
• The eight teams qualified for 1/4 Finals are divided into two groups of four. Every team plays against the other three 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 to decide the final standing: 1) one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average; 3) individual wins and defeats.
• The group winners and runners-up of the 1/4 Final round qualify for 1/2 Finals. The final is played at a predetermined venue.

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Partizani Tirana	141–165	Dinamo București	65–70	76–95
Boroughmir	204–267	Bell Mechelen	84–123	120–144
Union Radès Transport	0–4*	ASVEL	0–2	0–2
Sporting	108–226	Real Madrid	52–98	56–128
Osnabrück	133–180	Honvéd	74–88	59–92
Sparta Bertrange	176–241	Crvena Zvezda	92–112	84–129
Engelmann Wien	149–144	Galatasaray	100–74	49–70
Punch Delft	158–159	Legia Warsaw	74–80	84–79
Helsingborg	138–142	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	146–182	Bell Mechelen	73–95	73–87
Hapoel Tel Aviv	131–155	ASVEL	70–69	61–86
Real Madrid	163–161	Honvéd	95–76	68–85
Tapion Honka	114–187	Ignis Varèse	59–88	55–99
Crvena Zvezda	166–149	Panathinaikos	91–66	75–83
Slavia Prague	199–147	Engelmann Wien	106–68	93–79
Legia Warsaw	157–159	Academic	91–80	66–79

Automatically qualified to the group stage

• CSKA Moscow (title holder)

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

Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. CSKA Moscow 3 6 3 0 540 472 +68 2. Ignis Varèse 3 5 2 1 485 420 +65 3. ASVEL 3 4 1 2 448 529 -81 4. Crvena Zvezda 3 3 0 3 462 514 -52

Semi finals

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

Final

April 9, Sportska Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ignis Varèse	79–74	CSKA Moscow

1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
Ignis Varèse 1st Title

External links

• Champions Cup 1969–70
• Final game details
• Final game details