1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup
# 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.

## 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. | 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. | 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 TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Real Madrid 3521516501+15 2. Slavia VŠ Praha 35214574570 3. Racing Bell Mechelen 3412446440+6 4. Academic 3412452473-21 | Group B TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. CSKA Moscow 3630540472+68 2. Ignis Varese 3521485420+65 3. ASVEL 3412448529-81 4. Crvena zvezda 3303462514-52 |
| - | - |

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg. | 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)
