1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup

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.

1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup
LeagueFIBA European Champions Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
ChampionsSoviet Union CSKA Moscow
  Runners-upSoviet Union Rīgas ASK

Competition system

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
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Urania Genève Sport Switzerland 107–164 Italy Idrolitina Bologna 62–68 45–96
Wissenschaft East Germany 110–171 Bulgaria Levski-Spartak 54–85 56–86
USC Heidelberg West Germany 125–180 Poland Legia Warsaw 67-91 58-89
Galatasaray Turkey 137–96 Greece Olympiacos 72-41 65-55
Sparta Bertrange Luxembourg 75–137 Austria Engelmann Wien 27-53 48-84
Sporting Portugal 92–149 Belgium Antwerpse 51-62 41-87
KFUM Söder Sweden 98–142 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OKK Beograd 50-53 48-89
The Wolves Amsterdam Netherlands 106–153 Czechoslovakia Spartak Praha Sokolovo 52-57 54-96
Étoile Charleville-Mézières France 110–100 Morocco Casablancais 55-47 55-53

Second round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Galatasaray Turkey 79–93 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 40–39 39–54
Étoile Charleville-Mézières France 63–163 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 28-68 35-95
Levski-Spartak Bulgaria 114–138 Poland Legia Warsaw 67-62 47-76
Engelmann Wien Austria 100–159 Spain Real Madrid 53-85 47-74
Antwerpse Belgium 68–47 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OKK Beograd 66-47 2-0*
Torpan Pojat Finland 103–133 Czechoslovakia Spartak Praha Sokolovo 56-65 47-68
Idrolitina Bologna Italy 124–126 Romania CCA București 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

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rīgas ASK Soviet Union 162–134 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 84–60 78–74
Spartak Praha Sokolovo Czechoslovakia 107–115 Romania CCA București 60–50 47–65
Legia Warsaw Poland 145–183 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 72-98 73-85
Antwerpse Belgium 128–177 Spain Real Madrid 62-89 66-88

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid Spain 123–141 Soviet Union Rīgas ASK 78-75 45-66
CSKA Moscow Soviet Union 171–115 Romania CCA București 98–58 73–57

Finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSKA Moscow Soviet Union 148–128 Soviet Union Rīgas ASK 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
Soviet Union
CSKA Moscow
1st Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

References
  1. Champions Cup 1960–61
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