1988–89 FIBA European Champions Cup

1988–89 FIBA European Champions Cup
LeagueFIBA European Champions Cup
SportBasketball
Regular Season
Final Four
Champions Jugoplastika
  Runners-up Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Final Four MVP Dino Rađa (Jugoplastika)

The 1988–89 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 32nd season of the European top-tier level professional FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague), which was won by Jugoplastika, after they beat Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 75-69. The culminating 1989 EuroLeague Final Four was held at Olympiahalle, Munich, West Germany, on 4–6 April 1989. Dino Rađja was named Final Four MVP.

Competition system

  • 27 teams (European national domestic league champions only), 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 remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered a 1/4 Final 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 to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group.
  • The top four teams after the 1/4 Final Group Stage qualified for the Final Stage (Final Four), which was played at a predetermined venue.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Partizani Tirana 180-176 ZTE 101–90 79–86
BMS 172-191 Sunair Oostende 86–97 86–94
Ovarense 227-151 Contern 113–64 114–87
AEL 143-230 Aris 67–115 76–115
KTP 217-173 Champel Genève 101–66 116–107
Eczacıbaşı 141-145 Zbrojovka Brno 79–66 62–79
Asker 155-234 Nashua EBBC 81–103 74–131
Klosterneuburg 155-156 Balkan Botevgrad 83–82 72–74


Round of 16

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Partizani Tirana 156-192 Scavolini Pesaro 72–84 84–108
Sunair Oostende 182-197 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 91–104 91–93
Ovarense 163-207 Jugoplastika 87–94 76–113
Södertälje 175-190 Aris 93–85 82–105
KTP 152-181 FC Barcelona 78–87 74–94
Zbrojovka Brno 141-240 Limoges CSP 87–111 54–129
Nashua EBBC 176-160 Saturn 77 Köln 90–87 86–73
Balkan Botevgrad 148-190 CSKA Moscow 80–103 68–87

Quarterfinal round

Key to colors
     Top four places in the group advance to Final four
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA
1. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 14 26 12 2 1314 1221
2. FC Barcelona 14 25 11 3 1207 1120
3. Jugoplastika 14 22 8 6 1205 1167
4. Aris 14 22 8 6 1269 1261
5. Limoges CSP 14 20 6 8 1269 1266
6. Scavolini Pesaro 14 19 5 9 1130 1174
7. CSKA Moscow 14 18 4 10 1156 1194
8. Nashua EBBC 14 16 2 12 1159 1306

Final four

Semifinals

April 4, Olympiahalle, Munich

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 99–86 Aris
FC Barcelona 77–87 Jugoplastika

3rd place game

April 6, Olympiahalle, Munich

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Aris 88–71 FC Barcelona

Final

April 6, Olympiahalle, Munich

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 69–75 Jugoplastika
1988–89 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions

Jugoplastika
1st Title

Final standings

Team
Jugoplastika
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
Aris
FC Barcelona

Awards

References