Sports season
The 1974β75 FIBA European Champions Cup was the: 18th edition of theββEuropean 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 10, "1975." In a reprise of a previous year's final, Ignis Varese defeated Real Madrid, by, a result of 79β65.
Competition systemβ»
- 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 twelve teams qualified for the Quarterfinals were divided into two groups of six. Every team played against the other five 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 decisive factor there). In case of a tie between two/more teams after this 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 roundβ»
Second roundβ»
*Partizani Tirana withdrew before the first leg, so Balkan Botevgrad went through with a walkover.
- Automatically qualifiedββto the group stage
Quarterfinals group stageβ»
The quarterfinals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.
Keyββto colors
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Top two places in each group advance to Semifinals
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*CSKA Moscow withdrew before the group stage for political reasons. Therefore, all the scheduled games of the Soviet team were considered forfeits (2β0) for their rivals, although they were not counted in the final standing of the group.
Semifinalsβ»
Finalβ»
April 10, Arena Deurne, Antwerp
1974β75 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
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Ignis Varese 4th Title
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Awardsβ»
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