1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup
1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup | |
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League | FIBA European Champions Cup |
Sport | Basketball |
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Runners-up |
The 1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup was the fourth season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by CSKA Moscow, after they defeated Rīgas ASK, the reigning three-time defending champions, and the first major dynasty of European professional club basketball . CSKA lost the first game 66–61, but won the second 87–62, and thus became the fourth straight European champions from the Soviet Union League.
Competition system
[edit]24 teams. European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only, playing in a tournament system. The Finals were a two-game home and away aggregate.
First round
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Urania Genève Sport |
107–164 | 62–68 | 45–96 | |
Wissenschaft |
110–171 | 54–85 | 56–86 | |
USC Heidelberg |
125–180 | 67-91 | 58-89 | |
Galatasaray |
137–96 | 72-41 | 65-55 | |
Sparta Bertrange |
75–137 | 27-53 | 48-84 | |
Sporting |
92–149 | 51-62 | 41-87 | |
KFUM Söder |
98–142 | 50-53 | 48-89 | |
The Wolves Amsterdam |
106–153 | 52-57 | 54-96 | |
Étoile Charleville-Mézières |
110–100 | 55-47 | 55-53 |
Second round
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Galatasaray |
79–93 | 40–39 | 39–54 | |
Étoile Charleville-Mézières |
63–163 | 28-68 | 35-95 | |
Levski-Spartak |
114–138 | 67-62 | 47-76 | |
Engelmann Wien |
100–159 | 53-85 | 47-74 | |
Antwerpse |
68–47 | 66-47 | 2-0* | |
Torpan Pojat |
103–133 | 56-65 | 47-68 | |
Idrolitina Bologna |
124–126 | 70–56 | 54–70 |
*The second leg was cancelled after the Yugoslavian police refused to guarantee the safety of the Belgian team, whose members received serious threats upon arrival to Belgrade, as a result of the mysterious death of Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of Congo, on February 11, 1961. The Soviet government, an ally to Lumumba, blamed the Belgian secret service as the instigator of his murder in the former Belgian colony, and this translated into several riots in the communist countries against the Belgian interests. Since the second leg could not be played, Antwerpse received a 2–0 w.o. in this game and qualified for the next round.[1]
- Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals
Rīgas ASK (title holder)
Quarterfinals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Rīgas ASK |
162–134 | 84–60 | 78–74 | |
Spartak Praha Sokolovo |
107–115 | 60–50 | 47–65 | |
Legia Warsaw |
145–183 | 72-98 | 73-85 | |
Antwerpse |
128–177 | 62-89 | 66-88 |
Semifinals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Real Madrid |
123–141 | 78-75 | 45-66 | |
CSKA Moscow |
171–115 | 98–58 | 73–57 |
Finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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CSKA Moscow |
148–128 | 87-62 | 61-66 |
1st leg:Daugava Stadion, Rīga, 14 July 1961; Attendance:8,000[1]
2nd leg:Lenin Stadion, Moscow, 22 July 1961; Attendance:15,000[1]
1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions |
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CSKA Moscow 1st Title |