The 1970/71 EuroLeague season brought together 24 teams, including the 1970 season champions – Ignis Varese. This season once again saw Ignis and the Soviet side, CSKA Moscow battling for the EuroLeague title in the Final. Unlike a year earlier, the CSKA team was able to display a stellar defensive efforts and win its fourth EuroLeague title.
The CSKA team had a well-balanced team, and on its way to the Final, the Soviet side was led by scoring by Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Sergey Belov, and Vladimir Ilyuk. However, in the Final against Ignis, the star of the game and the eventual Finals MVP was the 27-year-old combo guard Sergey Belov, who scored 24 points in a 67-53 win. Ignis leading scorers – John Fultz and Manuel Raga scored just 25 points combined. Throughout the 1970/71 season, Belov scored 152 points in 11 games, averaging 14.0 points per game.
The Top Scorer title was won the future legend of the Czechoslovak basketball – the 27-year-old Slavia VŠ Praha center Jiri Zidek. He helped Slavia to reach the semi-finals stage by scoring 305 points in 12 games, averaging 25.4 points per game. It was his second and final Top Scorer title in his career. Zidek won it the first time back in 1966.
1970/71 EUROLEAGUE CHAMPIONS
Team
CSKA Moscow
NAT
G
11
W
9
L
2
1970/71 EUROLEAGUE FINALS MVP
1970/71 EUROLEAGUE TOP SCORER
1970/71 EUROLEAGUE FINALS
GM1
67
53
AGG.
67
53
CSKA MOSCOW
IGNIS VARESE
GAME 1 BOXSCORE
TEAM
TEAM
PLAYER
Sergey Belov
Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Evgeny Kovalenko
Vladimir Ilyuk
Ivan Edeshko
Vadim Kapranov
Nikolay Kovyrkin
Aleksandr Kulkov
Nikolay Gilgner
PLAYER
John Fultz
Dino Meneghin
Ottorino Flaborea
Iwan Bisson
Dodo Rusconi
Aldo Ossola
Manuel Raga
Paolo Vittori
POINTS
24
14
6
6
5
4
4
4
0
67
POINTS
22
8
6
4
4
4
3
2
53
SEMIFINALS
GM1
68
83
GM1
94
67
AGG.
162
150
CSKA MOSCOW
SLAVIA VŠ PRAHA
GM1
83
59
GM2
66
74
AGG.
148
133
IGNIS VARESE
REAL MADRID
1/4 FINALS GROUP STAGE
GROUP A
IGNIS VARESE
SLAVIA VŠ PRAHA
AŠK OLIMPIJA
OLYMPIQUE ANTIBES
W
3
2
1
0
L
0
1
2
3
PD
+89
-2
-19
-68
PTS
56
5
4
3
GROUP A GAMES
GM1
89
72
GM2
94
74
AGG.
149
146
IGNIS VARESE
SLAVIA VŠ PRAHA
GM1
89
81
GM2
67
74
AGG.
156
155
AŠK OLIMPIJA
OLYMPIQUE ANTIBES
GM1
81
70
GM2
95
65
AGG.
176
135
IGNIS VARESE
OLYMPIQUE ANTIBES
GM1
58
76
GM2
101
78
AGG.
159
154
SLAVIA VŠ PRAHA
AŠK OLIMPIJA
GM1
85
68
GM2
73
71
AGG.
158
139
IGNIS VARESE
AŠK OLIMPIJA
GM1
97
91
GM2
100
80
AGG.
197
171
SLAVIA VŠ PRAHA
OLYMPIQUE ANTIBES
GROUP B
CSKA MOSCOW
REAL MADRID
ACADEMIC
STANDARD LIEGE
W
3
2
1
0
L
0
1
2
3
PD
+91
+41
+14
-150
PTS
6
5
4
3
GROUP B GAMES
GM1
95
57
GM2
107
99
AGG.
202
156
ACADEMIC
STANDARD LIEGE
GM1
73
66
GM2
60
58
AGG.
133
124
CSKA MOSCOW
REAL MADRID
GM1
103
71
GM2
79
79
AGG.
182
150
REAL MADRID
STANDARD LIEGE
GM1
95
74
GM2
78
81
AGG.
173
155
CSKA MOSCOW
ACADEMIC
GM1
100
79
GM2
66
73
AGG.
166
152
REAL MADRID
ACADEMIC
GM1
97
66
GM2
111
70
AGG.
218
136
CSKA MOSCOW
STANDARD LIEGE
SECOND ROUND
GM1
102
72
GM2
93
67
AGG.
195
139
CSKA MOSCOW
HONVED BUDAPEST
GM1
70
58
GM2
93
67
AGG.
156
155
OLYMPIQUE ANTIBES
AEK ATHENS
GM1
74
60
GM2
89
94
AGG.
163
154
AŠK OLIMPIJA
SLASK WROCLAW
GM1
87
73
GM2
87
54
AGG.
174
127
REAL MADRID
AL-ZAMALEK
GM1
66
77
GM2
103
77
AGG.
169
154
SLAVIA VŠ PRAHA
ISTANBUL TU
GM1
82
56
GM2
94
90
AGG.
176
146
ACADEMIC
DINAMO BUCURESTI
GM1
107
86
GM2
62
74
AGG.
169
160
STANDARD LIEGE
MACCABI TEL AVIV
GM1
90
50
GM2
72
69
AGG.
162
119
IGNIS VARESE
BAYER LEVERKUSEN
FIRST ROUND
GM1
99
80
GM2
118
52
AGG.
217
132
REAL MADRID
ALVIK BC
GM1
113
63
GM2
146
42
AGG.
259
105
SLAVIA VŠ PRAHA
VIRUM BK
GM1
112
67
GM2
118
66
AGG.
230
133
HONVED BUDAPEST
SL BENFICA
GM1
84
80
GM2
95
44
AGG.
179
124
AEK ATHENS
FUS RABAT
GM1
66
66
GM2
78
61
AGG.
144
127
SLASK WROCLAW
TAPION HONKA
GM1
115
56
GM2
80
101
AGG.
195
157
DINAMO BUCURESTI
UNION KUENRING
GM1
89
69
GM2
112
68
AGG.
201
137
ACADEMIC
SPORTIVO ALEPPO
GM1
99
72
GM2
78
59
AGG.
177
131
BAYER LEVERKUSEN
BBC ETZELLA
1970/71 EUROLEAGUE TOP 50 BEST SCORERS LIST
The best scorers of the 1970/71 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
Jiri Zidek
Manuel Raga
John Fultz
Wayne Brabender
Jean-Claude Bonato
Clifford Luyk
Willy Steveniers
Vinko Jelovac
A. Zarmukhamedov
Ottorino Flaborea
Jim Signorile
Sergei Belov
Atanas Golomeev
Jiri Zedniček
Vladimir Ilyuk
Aljoša Žorga
Lloyd Kerr
Karel Baroch
Dino Meneghin
Jacques Cachemire
Guido Scholiers
Ivan Edeshko
Jiri Ammer
Robert Mifka
Henry Fields
Rumen Pejchev
Vladimir Andreev
Rene Guerin
Georgios Trontzos
Radu Diaconescu
C. Dragomirescu
Carmelo Cabrera
Evgeny Kovalenko
Iwan Bisson
Borut Bassin
Gregorz Korcz
Nikolay Kovyrkin
Thanasis Christoforou
Valer Banna
Emiliano Rodriguez
Ollie Johnson
Mieczyslaw Lopatka
Bronislav Sako
Dan Rodriguez
Vicente Ramos
Jiri Ružička
Szabolcs Hody
Jiri Konopasek
Cristobal Rodriguez
Georges Schraepen
G
12
11
11
12
8
11
8
7
11
11
11
11
10
11
11
10
7
9
11
7
8
10
10
11
8
6
8
8
10
4
4
12
4
11
8
4
10
4
4
9
5
4
10
6
11
8
4
9
10
8
PPG
25.4
18.5
18.3
16.5
24.0
17.4
23.8
24.7
14.5
14.4
14.1
14.0
25.7
14.6
12.2
16.0
17.0
11.9
9.5
14.4
12.5
9.9
9.0
8.7
12.0
15.0
11.1
11.1
21.5
20.0
20.0
6.4
8.4
6.8
9.4
18.8
7.4
18.5
18.0
7.7
13.8
17.0
6.7
8.4
5.9
8.1
15.5
6.7
5.8
7.0
PTS
305
204
201
198
192
191
190
173
159
158
155
154
154
146
135
128
119
107
105
101
100
99
99
96
96
90
89
89
86
80
80
77
76
75
75
75
74
74
72
69
69
68
67
67
65
65
62
60
58
56
1970/71 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
Team
HONVED BUDAPESTI
SLAVIA VŠ PRAHA
ACADEMIC
DINAMO BUCURESTI
CSKA MOSCOW
REAL MADRID
AEK ATHENS
MACCABI TEL AVIV
IGNIS VARESE
UNION KUENRING
OLYMPIQUE ANTIBES
ISTANBUL TU
AŠK OLIMPIJA
STANDARD LIEGE
SLASK WROCLAW
BAYER LEVERKUSEN
SPORTIVO ALEPPO
SL BENFICA
ALVIK BC
BBC ETZELLA
AL-ZAMALEK
TAPION HONKA
FUS RABAT
VIRUM BK
G
4
12
10
4
11
12
4
2
11
2
8
2
8
8
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
PTS
369
1084
886
341
936
998
331
160
878
157
619
154
614
611
298
296
137
133
132
131
127
127
124
105
PPG
92.3
90.3
88.6
85.3
85.1
83.2
82.8
80.0
79.8
78.5
77.4
77.0
76.8
76.4
74.5
74.0
68.5
66.5
66.0
65.5
63.5
63.5
62.0
52.5
1970/71 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
Team
CSKA MOSCOW
REAL MADRID
IGNIS VARESE
AEK ATHENS
TAPION HONKA
SLASK WROCLAW
BAYER LEVERKUSEN
SLAVIA VŠ PRAHA
ACADEMIC
AŠK OLIMPIJA
HONVED BUDAPESTI
DINAMO BUCURESTI
ISTANBUL TU
MACCABI TEL AVIV
OLYMPIQUE ANTIBES
Al-ZAMALEK
BBC ETZELLA
FUS RABAT
STANDARD LIEGE
UNION KUENRING
SPORTIVO ALEPPO
ALVIK BC
SL BENFICA
VIRUM BK
G
11
12
11
4
2
4
4
12
10
8
4
4
2
2
8
2
2
2
8
2
2
2
2
2
PTS
759
840
774
282
144
290
293
929
778
624
328
333
169
169
681
174
177
179
752
195
201
217
230
259
PPG
69.0
70.0
70.4
70.5
72.0
72.5
73.3
77.4
77.8
78.0
82.0
83.3
84.5
84.5
85.1
87.0
88.5
89.5
94.0
97.5
100.5
108.5
115.0
129.5