1960–61 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup

The 1960–61 Women's Basketball European Cup[1] was the third edition of the competition. 1960 champion Daugava Riga beat Czechoslovakia's Slovan Orbis Prague in the final, becoming the first team to successfully defend their title.[2]

This edition marked the first appearance of Morocco, Portugal and Spain in the competition. Israel and Switzerland were scheduled to take part, but both teams retired before they could make their debut. Yugoslavia was a noted absence, while France's Paris UC also retired after beating the 1st Qualification Round.[3]

This edition saw the first match between two team from the same nation in the history of the competition, with a Daugava Riga USK Tartu tie in the semifinals. Daugava and Tartu were respectively the champion and runner-up of the 1960 Soviet Championship.[4]

First Qualification round

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Picadero JC Spain69 – 80Morocco Casablanca SC37–3632–44
Academica Coimbra Portugal39 – 144France Paris UC22–7417–70

Second Qualification round

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Rapid București Romania83 – 115Poland Akademika Warsaw39–3844–77
Akademik Sofia BulgariaWalkoverIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv
Casablanca SC MoroccoWalkoverFrance Paris UC
Slovan Orbis Prague CzechoslovakiaWalkoverSwitzerland Schen

Quarter-finals

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Daugava Riga Soviet UnionBye
USK Tartu Soviet Union128 – 90East Germany Chemie Halle73–4955–41
WBC Akademik Sofia Bulgaria137 – 136Poland Akademika Warsaw77–6960–67
Slovan Orbis Prague Czechoslovakia136 – 68Morocco Casablanca SC80–4256–26

Semi-finals

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Daugava Riga Soviet Union128 – 90Soviet Union USK Tartu73–4955–41
Akademik Sofia Bulgaria124 – 129Czechoslovakia Slovan Orbis Prague72–6652–63

Final

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Slovan Orbis Prague Czechoslovakia110 – 148Soviet Union Daugava Riga77–76 OT37–72

References

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