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

Competition system

• 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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Partizani Tirana	141–165	Dinamo București	65–70	76–95
Boroughmuir	204–267	Racing 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.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo București	146–182	Racing 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 Varese	59–88	55–99
Crvena zvezda	166–149	Panathinaikos	91–66	75–83
Slavia VŠ Praha	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)

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. Real Madrid 3 5 2 1 516 501 +15 2. Slavia VŠ Praha 3 5 2 1 457 457 0 3. Racing 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 Varese 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

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	159–198	Ignis Varese	86–90	73–108
Slavia VŠ Praha	154–220	CSKA Moscow	79–107	75–113

Final

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

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

• Sergei Belov ( CSKA Moscow)

External links

• 1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup
• 1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup^[usurped]
• Final Game Details^[usurped]
• Final Game Details
• Champions Cup 1969–70 Line-ups and Stats