The 1964–65 FIBA European Champions Cup was the eighth season of the European top-tier level professional

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club competition

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(now called

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). It was won by

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, for the second straight time. Real defeated

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in the two-legged

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, after losing the first game in

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, 88–81, and winning the second game at

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, 62–76. During the season,

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, a member of the Yugoslav League club

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, set the

's all-time single-game scoring record, including all games played since

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, when he scored 99 points in a game versus the Swedish League club Alviks.101 Greats: Radivoj Korac.
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Competition system

25 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

*After a 135 aggregate drew, a third decisive game was held in which

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won 59–63.

Second round

;Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals: *

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

First leg

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;Attendance 15,000 (8 April 1965)
Second leg Frontón Vista Alegre,

;Attendance 3,000 (13 April 1965)

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

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References

External links

1964–65 FIBA European Champions Cup
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Radivoj Korac's 99 points101 Greats: Radivoj Korac
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