1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup
# 1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup was the sixth season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by CSKA Moscow, after they beat Real Madrid in a three-legged EuroLeague Finals, after the two first games ended with an aggregate two-legged tie. CSKA won the third and decisive game, by a score of 99–80, and thus won its second European Champions Cup.

## Competition system

26 teams. European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only, playing in a tournament system. The finals were a two-game home-and-away aggregate.

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Landlust | 124–166 | Wisła Kraków | 67–76 | 57–90 |
| Darüşşafaka | 147–149 | Honvéd | 67–76 | 80–73 |
| Vorwärts Leipzig | 91–152 | CSKA Moscow | 51–82 | 40–70 |
| Celtic | 75–126 | Alsace de Bagnolet | 44–101 | 31–115 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 118–131 | AŠK Olimpija | 46–60 | 72–71 |
| Stade Français Genève | 104–133 | Alemannia Aachen | 45–60 | 59–73 |
| Alliance Sports Casablanca | 60–110* | Simmenthal Milano | 60–110 | |
| Benfica | 108–207 | Real Madrid | 61–97 | 47–110 |
| KFUM Söder | 125–145 | Helsingin Kisa-Toverit | 59–73 | 66–72 |
| Antwerpse | 131–169 | Spartak ZJŠ Brno | 74–81 | 57–88 |
| SISU | 98–134 | Etzella | 55–72 | 43–62 |

*series decided over one game in Casablanca.

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Levski-Spartak | 104–177 | CSKA Moscow | 55–83 | 49–94 |
| Honvéd | 137–126 | Steaua București | 74–73 | 63–53 |
| Alsace de Bagnolet | 174–189 | AŠK Olimpija | 80–61 | 94–128 |
| Alemannia Aachen | 120–145 | Simmenthal Milano | 67–69 | 53–76 |
| Panathinaikos | 133–187 | Real Madrid | 73–97 | 60–90 |
| Helsingin Kisa-Toverit | 142–172 | Spartak ZJŠ Brno | 83–87 | 59–85 |
| Etzella | 105–198 | Wisła Kraków | 52–83 | 53–115 |

### Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals

* Dinamo Tbilisi (title holder)

## Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AŠK Olimpija | 158–162 | Spartak ZJŠ Brno | 86–83 | 72–79 |
| Honvéd | 170–170* | Real Madrid | 101–96 | 69–74 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 139–138 | Simmenthal Milano | 65–70 | 74–68 |
| Wisła Kraków | 122–152 | CSKA Moscow | 75–72 | 47–80 |

*A tie-break was played in Madrid on 2 April 1963: Real Madrid – Honvéd 77–65.

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Spartak ZJŠ Brno | 146–150 | Real Madrid | 79–60 | 67–90 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 137–155 | CSKA Moscow | 59–76 | 78–79 |

## Finals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Real Madrid | 240–259 | CSKA Moscow | 86–69 | 74–91 | 80–99* |

First leg Fiesta Alegre fronton;Attendance 5,000, 23 July 1963

Second leg Lenin Palace of Sports;Attendance 20,000, 31 July 1963

*Third leg Lenin Palace of Sports;Attendance 20,000, 1 August 1963, Moscow, Soviet Union

* 1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
* CSKA Moscow 2nd Title

## Awards

### FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

* Emiliano Rodríguez ( Real Madrid)
