# 1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup was the seventh season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Real Madrid, marking the first of the club's 10 EuroLeague championships in its history.
Real defeated Spartak ZJŠ Brno in the two-legged EuroLeague Final, after losing the first game in Brno, 110–99, and winning the second game at Madrid, 84–64.

## Competition system

23 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.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Wiener | 133–184 | Spartak ZJŠ Brno | 71–105 | 62–79 |
| AEK | 141–154 | Galatasaray | 73–66 | 68–88 |
| Stade Francais Geneva | 119–161 | Chemie Halle | 59–72 | 60–89 |
| Alvik | 147–173 | Legia Warsaw | 80–98 | 67–75 |
| Belfast Celtics | 119–209 | Real Madrid | 73–102 | 46–107 |
| Etzella | 114–145 | PUC | 57–73 | 57–72 |
| Academic | 141–149 | OKK Beograd | 61–68 | 80–81 |
| Alliance Casablanca | 116–177 | Antwerpse | 54–73 | 62–104 |

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Helsingin Kisa-Toverit | 139–129 | Chemie Halle | 75–64 | 64–65 |
| Antwerpse | 170–180 | Simmenthal Milano | 84–90 | 86–90 |
| Galatasaray | 131–131* | Steaua București | 69–51 | 62–80 |
| Benfica | 0–4** | Legia Warsaw | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Alemannia Aachen | 112–208 | Real Madrid | 69–93 | 43–115 |
| PUC | 63–105*** | OKK Beograd | 63–105 | |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 111–154 | Spartak ZJŠ Brno | 60–58 | 51–96 |
*Since the aggregate score after the two legs was tied, a tie-break was played in București on 19 January 1964: Steaua București – Galatasaray 57–56.
**Benfica withdrew before the first leg and Legia Warsaw received a forfeit (2–0) in both games.
***PUC could not travel to Belgrade to play the first leg after all fights to the Yugoslavian capital were cancelled due to adverse weather. Later, FIBA decided that this tie should be played as a single game in Paris (16 January 1964).

### Automatically qualified to the quarterfinals

* CSKA Moscow (title holder) withdrew before the competition. The "official" explanation given by the Soviet Basketball Federation was to prepare the Olympic Games.

## Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Steaua București | 169–196 | Spartak ZJŠ Brno | 94–92 | 75–104 |
| Simmenthal Milano | 186–167 | Helsingin Kisa-Toverit | 99–70 | 87–97 |
| Legia Warsaw | 176–194 | Real Madrid | 90–102 | 86–92 |

### Automatically qualified to the semifinals

* OKK Beograd

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| OKK Beograd | 178–179 | Spartak ZJŠ Brno | 103–94 | 75–85 |
| Simmenthal Milano | 160–178 | Real Madrid | 82–77 | 78–101 |

## Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Spartak ZJŠ Brno | 174–183 | Real Madrid | 110–99 | 64–84 |
First leg Brno Ice rink, Brno;Attendance 11,207, also mentioned as 12,000 or 14,000 (27 April 1964) Second leg Frontón Vista Alegre, Madrid;Attendance 2,500 (10 May 1964)
* 1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
* Real Madrid 1st Title

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

* Emiliano Rodríguez ( Real Madrid)