1970–71 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1970–71 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 14th installment of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Arena Deurne, in Antwerp, Belgium, on April 8, 1971. It was won by CSKA Moscow, who defeated Ignis Varese, by a result of 67–53.

1970–71 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	CSKA Moscow
Runners-up	Ignis Varese

Competition system

• 27 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 the Quarterfinals 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: 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 qualified for the Semifinals. The final was played at a predetermined venue.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Etzella	131–177	TuS 04 Leverkusen	72–99	59–78
Jeunesse Sportivo Alep	137–201	Academic	69–89	68–112
Dinamo București	195–157	Union Firestone Ehgartner	115–56	80–101
İTÜ	-*	Partizani Tirana
Virum	105–259	Slavia VŠ Praha	63–113	42–146
Alvik	132–217	Real Madrid	80–99	52–118
Tapion Honka	127–144	Śląsk Wrocław	66–66	61–78
Fiat Stars	0–4**	AŠK Olimpija	0–2	0–2
ÍR	0–4**	Olympique Antibes	0–2	0–2
FUS	124–179	AEK	80–84	44–95
Benfica	133–230	Honvéd	67–112	66–118

*FIBA cancelled this match and declared İTÜ winner as Partizani Tirana refused to play in Turkey due to an outbreak of cholera in this country.

**Fiat Stars and ÍR withdrew before the first leg, so AŠK Olimpija and Olympique Antibes received a forfeit (2–0) in both their games.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ignis Varese	162–119	TuS 04 Leverkusen	90–50	72–69
Standard Liège	169–160	Maccabi Tel Aviv	107–86	62–74
Academic	176–146	Dinamo București	82–56	94–90
İTÜ	154–169	Slavia VŠ Praha	77–66	77–103
Al-Zamalek	127–174	Real Madrid	73–87	54–87
Śląsk Wrocław	154–163	AŠK Olimpija	60–74	94–89
Olympique Antibes	158–152	AEK	70–58	88–94
CSKA Moscow	195–139	Honvéd	102–72	93–67

Quarterfinals 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 Varese 3 6 3 0 515 426 +89 2. Slavia VŠ Praha 3 5 2 1 506 508 -2 3. AŠK Olimpija 3 4 1 2 451 470 -19 4. Olympique Antibes 3 3 0 3 461 529 -68

Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. CSKA Moscow 3 6 3 0 512 417 +95 2. Real Madrid 3 5 2 1 474 433 +41 3. Academic 3 4 1 2 509 495 +14 4. Standard Liège 3 3 0 3 442 592 -150

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ignis Varese	148–133	Real Madrid	82–59	66–74
Slavia VŠ Praha	150–162	CSKA Moscow	83–68	67–94

Final

April 8, Arena Deurne, Antwerp

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CSKA Moscow	67–53	Ignis Varese

1970–71 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
CSKA Moscow 4th Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

• Sergei Belov ( CSKA Moscow)