The 1964/65 EuroLeague season brought together 25 teams. It had some memorable highlights of the individual brilliance of OKK Beograd’s superstar – Radivoj Korac, who scored 99 points in a single game against the Swedish side – Alvik. The Yugoslav forward set an eternal EuroLeague record that is very unlikely to ever be broken.
Korac confidently won the Top Scorer award, scoring 328 points in 6 games, and averaging 54.7 points per game. His amazing scoring averages this season is another record that will likely stand forever. However, the individual brilliance wasn’t enough for OKK Beograd to win the EuroLeague title. The Yugoslavs were able to reach the semifinals stage where they narrowly lost to the eventual champions – Real Madrid. Korac averaged 39.5 points per game in these series, but the Spanish team once again proved that team effort is more important than one’s record-breaking performances.
Eventually, the Spanish team was able to defend it’s 1964 title after battling the Soviet League champions CSKA Moscow in the EuroLeague Finals. The CSKA won the first game in Moscow 88-81, led by Gennady Volnov, who scored 22 points. In the second game, Real made a comeback, playing very efficiently on the defensive side, and locking down the leading CSKA players. Led by the Finals MVP – Clifford Luyk, Real won the home game 76-62 and secured its second consecutive EuroLeague title.
1964/65 EUROLEAGUE CHAMPIONS
Team
Real Madrid
NAT
G
8
W
6
L
2
1964/65 EUROLEAGUE FINALS MVP
Team
Player
Clifford Luyk
Age
24
G
8
PPG
20.0
PTS
160
1964/65 EUROLEAGUE TOP SCORER
1964/65 EUROLEAGUE FINALS
GM1
81
88
GM2
76
62
AGG.
157
150
REAL MADRID
CSKA MOSCOW
GAME 1 BOXSCORE
TEAM
TEAM
PLAYER
Gennady Volnov
Aleksandr Travin
Yury Korneev
Jaak Lipso
Oleg Borodin
Anatoly Astakhov
Armenak Alachachian
Viktor Zubkov
PLAYER
Clifford Luyk
Bob Burgess
Emiliano Rodriguez
Lolo Sainz
Julio Descartin
Carlos Sevillano
Jim Scott
Jose Ramon Durand
POINTS
22
15
14
11
10
8
6
2
88
POINTS
30
17
11
9
8
4
2
0
81
GAME 2 BOXSCORE
TEAM
TEAM
PLAYER
Emiliano Rodriguez
Clifford Luyk
Bob Burgess
Lolo Sainz
Miguel Gonzalez
Carlos Sevillano
Julio Descartin
PLAYER
Yury Korneev
Gennady Chechuro
Anatoly Astakhov
Gennady Volnov
Oleg Borodin
Jaak Lipso
Armenak Alachachian
Anatoly Astakhov
Viktor Zubkov
Aleksandr Travin
POINTS
24
18
16
9
7
1
1
76
POINTS
11
10
8
8
7
6
6
6
0
0
62
SEMIFINALS
GM1
84
61
GM2
96
113
AGG.
180
174
REAL MADRID
OKK BEOGRAD
GM1
58
57
GM2
69
67
AGG.
127
124
CSKA MOSCOW
IGNIS VARESE
1/4 FINALS
GM1
83
65
GM2
84
65
AGG.
167
130
REAL MADRID
ASVEL BASKET
GM1
78
85
GM2
101
84
AGG.
179
169
OKK BEOGRAD
AEK ATHENS
GM1
90
84
GM2
67
72
AGG.
157
156
IGNIS VARESE
SPARTAK BRNO
GM1
68
62
GM2
94
60
AGG.
162
122
CSKA MOSCOW
WISLA KRAKOW
SECOND ROUND
GM1
109
100
GM2
97
51
AGG.
206
151
REAL MADRID
HELSINGIN KT
GM1
61
79
GM2
82
54
AGG.
143
133
WISLA KRAKOW
LOKOMOTIV SOFIA
GM1
83
52
GM2
85
59
AGG.
172
142
SPARTAK BRNO
CHEMIE HALLE
GM1
136
90
GM2
155
57
AGG.
291
147
OKK BEOGRAD
ALVIK BK
GM1
72
71
GM2
85
70
AGG.
157
141
AEK ATHENS
ANTWERPSE BC
GM1
74
42
GM2
84
19
AGG.
158
61
ASVEL BASKET
IR REYKJAVIK
GM1
74
84
GM2
67
56
AGG.
141
140
IGNIS VARESE
HONVED BUDAPEST
FIRST ROUND
GM1
127
53
GM2
78
62
AGG.
205
115
HELSINGIN KT
GLADSAXE BK
GM1
70
53
GM2
91
73
AGG.
161
126
LOKOMOTIV SOFIA
GALATASARAY
GM1
63
76
GM2
72
59
GM2
63
59
AGG.
198
194
CHEMIE HALLE
WIENER SK
GM1
84
82
GM2
73
65
AGG.
155
149
ALVIK BK
WOLVES AMSTERDAM
GM1
67
74
GM2
64
53
AGG.
131
127
AEK ATHENS
MACCABI TEL AVIV
GM1
80
52
GM2
99
52
AGG.
179
104
ANTWERPSE BC
BBC ETZELLA
GM1
99
76
GM2
112
58
AGG.
211
134
IGNIS VARESE
AS FAR
GM1
70
51
GM2
83
66
AGG.
153
117
HONVED BUDAPEST
ALEMANNIA AACHEN
GM1
74
66
GM2
91
40
AGG.
158
61
ASVEL BASKET
CENTRAL YMCA
GM1
71
17
GM2
63
47
AGG.
134
64
IR REYKJAVIK
CELTIC BELFAST
1964/65 EUROLEAGUE TOP 50 BEST SCORERS LIST
The best scorers of the 1964/65 EuroLeague season are ranked based on the total points scored by a player throughout the season. The totality gives a better insight on the value of the player than the scoring averages.
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
Team
Player
Radivoj Korač
Tony Gennari
Emiliano Rodriguez
Clifford Luyk
Georgios Amerikanos
Bob Burgess
Giovanni Gavagnin
František Konvička
Georgios Trontzos
Trajko Rajkovic
Miodrag Nikolic
Jörgen Hansson
Jan Bobrovsky
Bohdan Likszo
Giambattista Cescutti
Gennady Volnov
Emile Van den Broeck
Ulf Lindelof
Sauro Bufalini
Yury Korneev
Lolo Sainz
William Gates
Christos Zoupas
Kari Liimo
Carlos Sevillano
Jef Eygel
Aleksandr Travin
Jaak Lipso
Viktor Radev
Birgir Jakobsson
Ottorino Flaborea
Volkhard Uhlig
Martti Liimo
Janos Bencze
Massimo Villetti
Stelios Vasiliadis
Czeslaw Malec
Anders Grönlund
Wieslaw Langiewicz
Vladimir Pištelak
Kaj Håkansson
Gilbert Lamothe
Ton Boot
Anatoly Astakhov
Armand Posing
Miguel Gonzalez
Otto Temesvari
Henri Grange
Tani Cohen-Mintz
Raimo Vartia
G
6
8
8
8
6
8
8
4
6
6
4
4
4
4
8
6
4
4
6
6
8
4
6
3
7
4
6
6
3
4
8
3
3
4
7
6
4
4
3
4
4
3
2
5
2
6
3
3
2
3
PPG
54.7
22.0
20.5
20.0
24.8
16.8
12.9
25.5
17.0
17.0
24.3
23.7
21.0
20.3
10.1
13.3
19.5
18.5
9.3
12.2
9.1
17.0
11.3
22.0
9.1
15.5
10.3
10.2
20.0
14.5
7.3
18.3
18.0
13.3
7.6
8.7
12.5
12.5
16.3
12.3
12.0
15.7
23.0
9.2
22.0
7.0
13.7
13.7
20.0
13.3
PTS
328
176
164
160
149
134
103
102
102
102
97
95
84
81
81
80
77
74
74
73
73
68
68
66
64
62
62
61
60
58
58
55
54
53
53
52
50
50
49
49
48
47
46
46
44
42
41
41
40
40
1964/65 EUROLEAGUE BEST OFFENSIVE TEAMS
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Team
OKK BEOGRAD
HELSINGIN KT
REAL MADRID
ANTWERPSE BC
SPARTAK BRNO
AEK ATHENS
ASVEL BASKET
ALVIK BK
WOLVES AMSTERDAM
LOKOMOTIV SOFIA
HONVED BUDAPEST
CSKA MOSCOW
IGNIS VARESE
CHEMIE HALLE
AS FAR
WISLA KRAKOW
WIENER SK
MACCABI TEL AVIV
GALATASARAY
ALEMANNIA AACHEN
GLADSAXE BK
CENTRAL YMCA
BBC ETZELLA
IR REYKJAVIK
CELTIC BELFAST
G
6
4
8
4
4
6
6
4
2
4
4
6
8
5
2
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
2
PTS
644
356
710
320
311
457
453
302
149
294
293
439
575
340
134
265
194
127
126
117
115
106
104
195
64
PPG
107.3
89.0
88.8
80.0
77.8
76.2
75.5
75.5
74.5
73.5
73.3
73.2
71.9
68.0
67.0
66.3
64.7
63.5
63.0
58.5
57.5
53.0
52.0
48.8
32.0
1964/65 EUROLEAGUE BEST DEFENSIVE TEAMS
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Team
IR REYKJAVIK
ASVEL BASKET
HONVED BUDAPEST
ANTWERPSE BC
MACCABI TEL AVIV
WIENER SK
CELTIC BELFAST
CSKA MOSCOW
LOKOMOTIV SOFIA
IGNIS VARESE
CHEMIE HALLE
WISLA KRAKOW
AEK ATHENS
SPARTAK BRNO
WOLVES AMSTERDAM
REAL MADRID
ALEMANNIA AACHEN
HENSINGIN KT
GALATASARAY
CENTRAL YMCA
OKK BEOGRAD
BBC ETZELLA
GLADSAXE BK
AS FAR
ALVIK BK
G
4
6
4
4
2
3
2
6
4
8
5
4
6
4
2
8
2
4
2
2
6
2
2
2
4
PTS
222
334
258
261
131
198
134
403
269
557
349
295
447
299
155
605
153
321
161
165
496
179
205
211
440
PPG
55.5
55.7
64.5
65.3
65.5
66.0
67.0
67.2
67.3
69.6
69.8
73.8
74.5
74.8
75.5
75.6
76.5
80.3
80.5
82.5
82.7
89.5
102.5
105.5
110.0
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