1983 FIBA European Champions Cup Final
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| Date | 24 March 1983 | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Palais des Sports, Grenoble, France | ||||||||||
| Referees | Yvan Mainini, Lubomir Kotleba | ||||||||||
| Attendance | 12,000 | ||||||||||
The 1983 FIBA European Champions Cup Final was contested on 24 March 1983 at the Palais des Sports in Grenoble, France. It served as the decisive match of the 1982–83 FIBA European Champions Cup, the top-tier European club basketball competition (now known as the EuroLeague). Italian team Ford Cantù narrowly defeated fellow Italian side Billy Milano 69–68 to claim their second consecutive European Champions Cup title. The game featured a closely fought contest with scoring split 29–22 in the first half and 40–46 in the second, and saw Antonello Riva of Cantù leading all scorers with 20 points. The victory cemented Cantù’s position among Europe’s elite clubs during the early 1980s.
Match details
24 March 1983
20:30 |
| Ford Cantù | 69–68 | Billy Milano |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–22, 40–46 | ||
| Pts: Riva 20[1] | Pts: Gianelli 18 | |
| 1982–83 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions |
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| Ford Cantù 2nd Title |