# 1974–75 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1974–75 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 18th edition of the European 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 79–65.

## 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 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 a decisive factor there). In case of a tie between two or 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 round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Alvik | 184–172 | Csepel | 91–70 | 93–102 |
| Honka Playboys | 150–152 | SSV Hagen | 84–79 | 66–73 |
| Fribourg Olympic | 154–168 | Panathinaikos | 76–89 | 78–99 |
| Sparta Bertrange | 159–193 | Partizani Tirana | 89–103 | 70–90 |
| Transol RZ | 194–120 | Sutton & Crystal Palace | 107–55 | 87–65 |

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Wisła Kraków | 173–180 | Alvik | 94–87 | 79–93 |
| SSV Hagen | 168–184 | Maes Pils | 85–81 | 83–103 |
| Panathinaikos | 156–203 | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | 76–90 | 80–113 |
| Partizani Tirana | 0–4* | Balkan Botevgrad | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Transol RZ | 185–141 | Muhafızgücü | 96–65 | 89–76 |
| Slavia VŠ Praha | 201–155 | Al-Zamalek | 110–65 | 91–90 |
| Sefra Wien | 254–112 | KR | 132–34 | 122–78 |
*Partizani Tirana withdrew before the first leg, so Balkan Botevgrad went through with a walkover.

### Automatically qualified to the group stage

* Real Madrid (title holder)
* Ignis Varese
* Berck
* Zadar
* CSKA Moscow

## 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. Ignis Varese 51050990789+121 2. Zadar 5941909819+90 3. Maes Pils 5832895879+16 4. Sefra Wien 5723803863-60 5. Balkan Botevgrad 5614746889-143 6. Slavia VŠ Praha 5505771875-104 | Group B TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Real Madrid 4840833649+184 2. Berck 4622708723-15 3. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 4622748734+14 4. Transol RZ 4622697706-9 5. Alvik 4404609783-174 6. CSKA Moscow* 0000000 |
*CSKA Moscow withdrew before the group stage for political reasons. Therefore, all the scheduled games of the Soviet team were considered forfeits (2–0) for their rivals, although they were not counted in the final standing of the group.

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Real Madrid | 239–199 | Zadar | 109–82 | 130–117 |
| Berck | 164–184 | Ignis Varese | 85–86 | 79–98 |

## Final

April 10, Arena Deurne, Antwerp
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Ignis Varese | 79–66 | Real Madrid |
* 1974–75 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
* Ignis Varese 4th Title

## Awards
### FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

* Bob Morse ( Ignis Varese)