1982–83 FIBA European Champions Cup

1982–83 FIBA European Champions Cup
1982–83 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Duration	October 6, 1982 - March 24, 1983
Final
Champions	Ford Cantù
Runners-up	Billy Milano
FIBA European Champions Cup seasons
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 26th season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Palais des Sports, in Grenoble, France, on March 24, 1983. Ford Cantù won their second title in a row, defeating another Italian club, Billy Milano, by a result of 69–68. In this season, FIBA reintroduced the preliminary knock-out rounds, which were abandoned after the 1975–76 season.

Competition system[edit]

Twenty-four 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 six remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered a Semifinal Group Stage, which was played as a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used:

number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams;
basket average between the teams;
general basket average within the group.

The winner and the runner-up of the Semifinal Group Stage qualified for the final, which was played at a predetermined venue.

First round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Murray Edinburgh	145-155	Fribourg Olympic	74–78	71–77
T71 Dudelange	97-203	Ford Cantù	51–99	46–104
Partizani Tirana	154-171	Honvéd	90–81	64–90
Union Récréation Alexandria	110-154	Cibona	58–65	52–89
Ammerud	123-222	Nationale-Nederlanden Donar	56–106	67–116
UBSC Wien	140-179	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	63–85	77–94
Sutton & Crystal Palace	173-171	Saturn Köln	75–74	98–97
Alvik	188-191	Real Madrid	93–99	95–92
Turun NMKY	167-149	VŠ Praha	90–63	77–86
BMS	140-238	CSKA Moscow	67–114	73–124
Panathinaikos	125-167	Moderne	58–55	67–112
Eczacıbaşı	154-190	Billy Milano	82–86	72–104

Second round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fribourg Olympic	154-220	Ford Cantù	75–112	79–108
Honvéd	187-209	Cibona	89–87	98–122
Nationale-Nederlanden Donar	144-157	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	76–69	68–88
Sutton & Crystal Palace	170-192	Real Madrid	89–81	81–111
Turun NMKY	163-220	CSKA Moscow	71-89	92–131
Moderne	143-171	Billy Milano	64–85	79–86

Semifinal group stage[edit]

Key to colors
	Top two places in the group advance to Final

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA
1.	Ford Cantù	10	17	7	3	856	762
2.	Billy Milano	10	17	7	3	796	766
3.	Real Madrid	10	16	6	4	901	853
4.	CSKA Moscow	10	15	5	5	849	856
5.	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	10	15	5	5	866	839
6.	Cibona	10	10	0	10	792	984