1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup was the thirteenth installment of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Sportska Dvorana Skenderija, in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, on April 4, 1970. It was won by Ignis Varese, who defeated CSKA Moscow, by a result of 79–74.

1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup
LeagueFIBA European Champions Cup
SportBasketball
Final
ChampionsItaly Ignis Varese
  Runners-upSoviet Union CSKA Moscow
FIBA European Champions Cup seasons

Competition system

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  • 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 eight teams qualified for 1/4 Finals were divided into two groups of four. Every team played against the other three 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 the group stage, the following criteria were 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 qualified for 1/2 Finals. The final was played at a predetermined venue.

First round

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Partizani Tirana 141–165 Dinamo București65–7076–95
Boroughmuir 204–267 Racing Bell Mechelen84–123120–144
Union Radès Transport 0–4* ASVEL0–20–2
Sporting 108–226 Real Madrid52–9856–128
Osnabrück 133–180 Honvéd74–8859–92
Sparta Bertrange 176–241 Crvena zvezda92–11284–129
Engelmann Wien 149–144 Galatasaray100–7449–70
Punch Delft 158–159 Legia Warsaw74–8084–79
Helsingborg 138–142 Tapion Honka73–6765–75

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

Second round

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Dinamo București 146–182 Racing Bell Mechelen73–9573–87
Hapoel Tel Aviv 131–155 ASVEL70–6961–86
Real Madrid 163–161 Honvéd95–7668–85
Tapion Honka 114–187 Ignis Varese59–8855–99
Crvena zvezda 166–149 Panathinaikos91–6675–83
Slavia VŠ Praha 199–147 Engelmann Wien106–6893–79
Legia Warsaw 157–159 Academic91–8066–79
Automatically qualified to the group stage

Quarterfinals group stage

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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

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TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Real Madrid3521516501+15
2. Slavia VŠ Praha35214574570
3. Racing Bell Mechelen3412446440+6
4. Academic3412452473-21

Group B

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TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. CSKA Moscow3630540472+68
2. Ignis Varese3521485420+65
3. ASVEL3412448529-81
4. Crvena zvezda3303462514-52

Semifinals

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Real Madrid 159–198 Ignis Varese86–9073–108
Slavia VŠ Praha 154–220 CSKA Moscow79–10775–113

Final

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April 9, Sportska Dvorana Skenderija, Sarajevo

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


1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions

Ignis Varese
1st Title


Awards

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