1984–85 FIBA European Champions Cup

1984–85 FIBA European Champions Cup
1984–85 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Duration	September 21, 1984 - April 3, 1985
Final
Champions	Cibona
Runners-up	Real Madrid
FIBA European Champions Cup seasons
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 28th season of the FIBA European Champions Cup club competition (now called EuroLeague). It was the first season of the competition that included the 3 point field goal. The Final was held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus,^[1]^[2]^[3] Greece, on April 3, 1985. Cibona won its first title, defeating Spanish side, Real Madrid, by a result of 87–78.

Competition system

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

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Achilleas Kaimakli	99-286	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	43–143	56–143

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSKA Sofia	170-180	Cibona	97–91	73–89
NMKY Helsinki	170-167	Nashua EBBC	87–81	83–86
Klosterneuburg	132-195	Real Madrid	63–103	69–92
Partizani Tirana	164-181	Vevey	87–79	77–102
Steaua București	191-245	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	103–114	88–131
Sunair Oostende	165-159	Murray Edinburgh	76–80	89–79
T71 Dudelange	114-320	CSKA Moscow	60–161	54–159
Solent Stars	198-225	Limoges CSP	101–114	97–111
SISU	147-287	Banco di Roma	87–146	60–141
Efes Pilsen	157-134	Rudá hvězda Pardubice	80–62	77–72
Honvéd	170-190	Granarolo Bologna	93–94	77–96
Lech Poznań	173-179	Panathinaikos	86–83	87–96

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
NMKY Helsinki	178-190	Cibona	83–88	95–102
Vevey	153-163	Real Madrid	74–84	79–79
Sunair Oostende	165-212	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	90–80	75–132
CSKA Moscow	182-162	Limoges CSP	101–93	81–69
Efes Pilsen	130-163	Banco di Roma	75-73	55–90
Panathinaikos	155-183	Granarolo Bologna	88–85	67–98

Semifinal group stage

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

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA
1.	Cibona	10	17	7	3	881	826
2.	Real Madrid	10	17	7	3	933	874
3.	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	10	16	6	4	861	878
4.	CSKA Moscow	10	14	4	6	823	819
5.	Banco di Roma	10	14	4	6	840	882
6.	Granarolo Bologna	10	12	2	8	840	899