# 1970–71 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1970–71 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 14th installment 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 8, 1971. It was won by CSKA Moscow, who defeated Ignis Varese, by a result of 67–53.

## Competition system

* 27 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 eight teams qualified for the Quarterfinals were divided into two groups of four. Every team played against the other three 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 the 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 |
| Etzella | 131–177 | TuS 04 Leverkusen | 72–99 | 59–78 |
| Jeunesse Sportivo Alep | 137–201 | Academic | 69–89 | 68–112 |
| Dinamo București | 195–157 | Union Firestone Ehgartner | 115–56 | 80–101 |
| İTÜ | -* | Partizani Tirana | | |
| Virum | 105–259 | Slavia VŠ Praha | 63–113 | 42–146 |
| Alvik | 132–217 | Real Madrid | 80–99 | 52–118 |
| Tapion Honka | 127–144 | Śląsk Wrocław | 66–66 | 61–78 |
| Fiat Stars | 0–4** | AŠK Olimpija | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| ÍR | 0–4** | Olympique Antibes | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| FUS | 124–179 | AEK | 80–84 | 44–95 |
| Benfica | 133–230 | Honvéd | 67–112 | 66–118 |
*FIBA cancelled this match and declared İTÜ winner as Partizani Tirana refused to play in Turkey due to an outbreak of cholera in this country.
**Fiat Stars and ÍR withdrew before the first leg, so AŠK Olimpija and Olympique Antibes received a forfeit (2–0) in both their games.

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ignis Varese | 162–119 | TuS 04 Leverkusen | 90–50 | 72–69 |
| Standard Liège | 169–160 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 107–86 | 62–74 |
| Academic | 176–146 | Dinamo București | 82–56 | 94–90 |
| İTÜ | 154–169 | Slavia VŠ Praha | 77–66 | 77–103 |
| Al-Zamalek | 127–174 | Real Madrid | 73–87 | 54–87 |
| Śląsk Wrocław | 154–163 | AŠK Olimpija | 60–74 | 94–89 |
| Olympique Antibes | 158–152 | AEK | 70–58 | 88–94 |
| CSKA Moscow | 195–139 | Honvéd | 102–72 | 93–67 |

## 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 3630515426+89 2. Slavia VŠ Praha 3521506508-2 3. AŠK Olimpija 3412451470-19 4. Olympique Antibes 3303461529-68 | Group B TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. CSKA Moscow 3630512417+95 2. Real Madrid 3521474433+41 3. Academic 3412509495+14 4. Standard Liège 3303442592-150 |

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ignis Varese | 148–133 | Real Madrid | 82–59 | 66–74 |
| Slavia VŠ Praha | 150–162 | CSKA Moscow | 83–68 | 67–94 |

## Final

April 8, Arena Deurne, Antwerp
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| CSKA Moscow | 67–53 | Ignis Varese |
* 1970–71 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
* CSKA Moscow 4th Title

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

* Sergei Belov ( CSKA Moscow)