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| title                     = 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup
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| season                    = 1958
| champions                 = {{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Rīgas ASK]] (1st title)
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The '''1958 FIBA European Champions Cup''' was the inaugural season of the [[European professional club basketball system|European top-tier level]] professional [[basketball]] club competition '''[[Euroleague|FIBA European Champions Cup]]''' (now called [[EuroLeague]]). It was won by [[Rīgas ASK]], after they won both [[EuroLeague Finals]] games against [[PBC Academic|Academic]]. Previously, they had not played the semifinals, as [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]] was not allowed to travel to [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Riga]] by the [[Spain under Franco|Francoist]] authorities. The first game was held on February 22, 1958, in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]], where [[Basketball League Belgium Division I|Belgian League]] champion [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Royal IV]], defeated the [[Total League|Luxembourger League]] champions, [[BBC Etzella Ettelbruck|Etzella Ettelbruck]], by a score of 82–43.<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/history/50-years/the-archive/i/25072/1609/item February 22, 1958: The day it all started]</ref> The most notable contributors to Riga's first title included [[center (basketball)|center]] [[Jānis Krūmiņš]] and [[basketball coach|head coach]] [[Alexander Gomelsky]].

==Competition system==
23 teams. European national domestic league champions only, playing in a [[tournament|tournament system]]. The Finals were a two-game home and away aggregate.

==Preliminary round==

=== Group A (Northeast Europe)===
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Rīgas ASK]]|URS|var1=1955|176–112|[[:it:Wissenschaft Berlin|Wissenschaft Berlin]]|DDR|var2=1949|85–56|91–56|winner=1}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Pantterit]]|FIN|131–133|[[Legia Warsaw (basketball)|Legia Warsaw]]|POL|64–62|67–71|winner=2}}
|}

===Group B (Central Europe)===

====First round====
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[:it:Jonction|Jonction]]|SWI|54–84*<ref>[http://archiv.ucl.cas.cz/getimg?path=RudePravo/1958/4/14/4.png ORBIS Postupuje]</ref>|[[Slovan Orbis BK|Slovan Orbis]]|TCH|54–84||winner=2}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[:it:Union Babenberg|Union Babenberg]]|AUT|98–191|[[Budapesti Honvéd SE (men's basketball)|Honvéd]]|HUN|55–83|43-108|winner=2}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano|Simmenthal Milano]]|ITA|205–89|[[The Wolves Amsterdam]]|NED|115–47|90-42|winner=1}}
|}

<small>'''*'''Series decided over one game played in Switzerland.</small>

====Second round====
The winners of the three pairs in Group B played against each other, in a tournament held in Milan, in order to determine the two clubs that would progress to the Quarterfinals

{{OneLegStart}}
{{OneLegResult|[[Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano|Simmenthal Milano]]|ITA|65 – 47|[[Slovan Orbis Praha BK|Slovan Orbis Praha]]|TCH|winner=1}}
{{OneLegResult|[[Slovan Orbis Praha BK|Slovan Orbis Praha]]|TCH|52–61|[[Budapesti Honvéd SE (men's basketball)|Honvéd]]|HUN|winner=2}}
{{OneLegResult|[[Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano|Simmenthal Milano]]|ITA|80–72|[[Budapesti Honvéd SE (men's basketball)|Honvéd]]|HUN|winner=1}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Key to colors
|-
| style="background: #ccffcc;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|Qualified to [[Quarter-finals]]
|-
| style="background: #ffcccc;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|Eliminated
|}

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{{Bs cl2 team|t={{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano|Simmenthal Milano]] |w=2 |l=0 |pf=145 |pa=119|bc= #ccffcc}}
{{Bs cl2 team|t={{flagicon|HUN}} [[Budapesti Honvéd SE (men's basketball)|Honvéd]] |w=1 |l=1 |pf=133 |pa=132|bc= #ccffcc}}
{{Bs cl2 team|t={{flagicon|TCH}} [[Slovan Orbis Praha BK|Slovan Orbis Praha]] |w=0 |l=2 |pf=99 |pa=126|bc= #ffcccc}}
|}

===Group C (Southeast Europe)===

====First round====
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Jeunesse Sportivo Alep]]|SYR|var1=1932|–*|Union Beirut|LBN|–|–|winner=1}}
|}

<small>*Union Beirut withdrew</small>

====Second round====
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Panellinios B.C.|Panellinios]]|GRE|var1=old|132–138|[[CSA Steaua București (basketball)|CCA București]]|ROM|var2=1952|60–63|72–75|winner=2}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Modaspor (basketball)|Modaspor]]|TUR|112–160|[[KK Olimpija|AŠK Olimpija]]|YUG|67–74|45–86|winner=2}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[PBC Academic|Academic]]|BUL|var1=1946|157–101|[[Jeunesse Sportivo Alep]]|SYR|var2=1932|84–58|73–43|winner=1}}
|}

====Third round====
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[PBC Academic|Academic]]|BUL|var1=1946|161–144|[[KK Olimpija|AŠK Olimpija]]|YUG|81–80|80–64|winner=1}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[CSA Steaua București (basketball)|CCA București]]|ROM|var1=1952|147–126|[[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]|ISR|84–65|63–61|winner=1}}
|}

===Group D (Southwest Europe)===

====First round====
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Royal IV]]|BEL|145–79|[[BBC Etzella|Etzella]]|LUX|82–43|63–36|winner=1}}
|}

====Second round====
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Royal IV]]|BEL|174–127|[[ASVEL Basket|ASVEL]]|FRA|81–51|93–76|winner=1}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Barreirense Basket|Barreirense]]|POR|90–154|[[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]]|ESP|var2=1945|51–68|40–86|winner=2}}
|}
== Knockout stage ==
{{8TeamBracket-2Leg
| RD1 = Quarterfinals
| RD2 = Semifinals
| RD3 = Final
| legs = 2 
| aggregate = score
| seeds = no
| boldwinner = high
| score-width = 30

| RD1-seed1   =
| RD1-team1   ={{Flagicon|ROU}} [[CSA Steaua București (basketball)|CCA București]]
| RD1-score1-1  =64
| RD1-score1-2  =78
| RD1-seed2   =
| RD1-team2   ={{Flagicon|BUL}} [[PBC Lukoil Academic|Academic]]
| RD1-score2-1  =73
| RD1-score2-2  =77
| RD1-seed3   =
| RD1-team3   ={{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano|Simmenthal Milano]]
| RD1-score3-1  =80
| RD1-score3-2  =85
| RD1-seed4   = 
| RD1-team4   = {{Flagicon|HUN}} [[Budapesti Honvéd (basketball)|Honvéd]]
| RD1-score4-1  =72
| RD1-score4-2  =95
| RD1-seed5   =
| RD1-team5   ={{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]]
| RD1-score5-1  =78
| RD1-score5-2  =43
| RD1-seed6   =
| RD1-team6   ={{Flagicon|BEL}} [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Royal IV]]
| RD1-score6-1  =59
| RD1-score6-2  =57
| RD1-seed7   =
| RD1-team7   ={{Flagicon|URS}} [[Rīgas ASK]]
| RD1-score7-1  =93
| RD1-score7-2  =61
| RD1-seed8   =
| RD1-team8   ={{Flagicon|POL}} [[Legia Warsaw (basketball)|Legia Warsaw]]
| RD1-score8-1  =59
| RD1-score8-2  =63
<!-- Semifinals -->
| RD2-seed1   =
| RD2-team1   ={{Flagicon|BUL}} [[PBC Lukoil Academic|Academic]]
| RD2-score1-1  =89
| RD2-score1-2  =76
| RD2-seed2   =
| RD2-team2   ={{Flagicon|HUN}} [[Budapesti Honvéd (basketball)|Honvéd]]
| RD2-score2-1  =87
| RD2-score2-2  =64
| RD2-seed3   =
| RD2-team3   ={{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]]
| RD2-score3-1  =0
| RD2-score3-2  =0
| RD2-seed4   =
| RD2-team4   ={{Flagicon|URS}} [[Rīgas ASK]]
| RD2-score4-1  =2
| RD2-score4-2  =2
<!-- Final -->
| RD3-seed1   =
| RD3-team1   ={{Flagicon|BUL}} [[PBC Lukoil Academic|Academic]]
| RD3-score1-1  =81
| RD3-score1-2  =71
| RD3-seed2   =
| RD3-team2   ={{Flagicon|URS}} [[Rīgas ASK]]
| RD3-score2-1  =86
| RD3-score2-2  =84
}}
===Quarterfinals===
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[CSA Steaua București (basketball)|CCA București]]|ROM|var1=1952|142–150|[[PBC Lukoil Academic|Academic]]|BUL|var2=1946|64–73|78–77|winner=2}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano|Simmenthal Milano]]|ITA|165–167|[[Budapesti Honvéd (basketball)|Honvéd]]|HUN|80–72*|85–95|winner=2}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]]|ESP|var1=1945|121–116|[[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Royal IV]]|BEL|78–59|43–57|winner=1}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Rīgas ASK]]|URS|var1=1955|154–122|[[Legia Warsaw (basketball)|Legia Warsaw]]|POL|93–59|61–63|winner=1}}
|}

<small>'''*'''The result of the game between the two clubs in the tournament of the 1st Round's Group B was used as a result for the 1st leg.</small>

===Semifinals===
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Budapesti Honvéd (basketball)|Honvéd]]|HUN|151–165|[[PBC Academic|Academic]]|BUL|var2=1946|87–89|64–76|winner=2}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Rīgas ASK]]|URS|var1=1955| – * |[[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]]|ESP|var2=1945|||winner=1}}
|}

<small>'''*'''Real Madrid withdrew as they were not allowed to travel to the [[Soviet Union]].<ref name="Champions Cup 1958">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220328105446/http://www.linguasport.com:80/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c1/C1_58.htm Champions Cup 1958]}}</ref></small>

===Finals===
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|[[Rīgas ASK]]|URS|var1=1955|170–152|[[PBC Academic|Academic]]|BUL|var2=1946|86–81|84–71|winner=1}}
|}

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
!1958 FIBA European Champions Cup<br>Champions
|-
||{{flagicon|URS|1955|size=100px}} <br /> '''[[Rīgas ASK]]''' <br /> '''1st Title'''
|}

==Awards==
===[[EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer|FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer]]===
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Jānis Krūmiņš]] ({{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Rīgas ASK]])

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.fibaeurope.com/pageID_DzSpICIYIPoSLB9FW6ZQt0.compID_,Uz02qBnJiADOq5VntEf53.season_1958.html 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup]
* [http://sathanasias.bravepages.com/b-res/b-1958-results.html#FIBA%20Champions'%20Cup 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321083258/http://sathanasias.bravepages.com/b-res/b-1958-results.html#FIBA%20Champions'%20Cup |date=2017-03-21 }}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220328105446/http://www.linguasport.com:80/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c1/C1_58.htm 1958 FIBA European Champions Cup]}}
* [http://pearlbasket.altervista.org/CC58.htm Champions Cup 1958 Line-ups and Stats]
* [https://medium.com/@depecheblog/euroleague-retrospective-the-inaugural-1958-season-introduced-the-european-version-of-george-mikan-313e0c09a758 1958 EuroLeague Retrospective and Stats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826174844/https://medium.com/@depecheblog/euroleague-retrospective-the-inaugural-1958-season-introduced-the-european-version-of-george-mikan-313e0c09a758 |date=2022-08-26 }}

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