1961–62 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup

The 1961–62 Women's Basketball European Cup[1] was the fourth edition of the competition. Daugava Riga won its third trophy in a row, beating SKA Leningrad in the final. It was the first time the final was played by two teams from the same championship; Daugava and SKA were respectively the champion and runner-up of the 1961 Soviet Championship.[2] This was unparalleled throughout the European Cup era.[3]

Austria, Hungary, Israel and Turkey took part in the competition for the first time. In addition Yugoslavia returned after a one-year absence. For the first time two African teams played the competition, as in addition to Morocco's Sportif Casablancais Portugal was represented by Benfica de Lubango from Portuguese Angola. Due to the increase in the number of contestants, the defending champion entered the competition in the quarter-finals instead of the semi-finals.

As the competition reached 16 teams the two qualifying rounds from the previous season were merged into a Round of 16. However, since Daugava Riga received a bye 15 teams were left to play seven ties, so a triangular was arranged between Benfica de Lubango, Medina La Coruña and Sportif Casablancais in La Coruña.[4]

Round of 16

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Daugava Riga Soviet UnionBye
Chemie Leipzig East Germany84 – 127Romania Rapid București51–6633–61
Slovan Orbis Prague Czechoslovakia119 – 99Hungary Meteor Budapest59–4360–56
TV Augsburg 1847 West Germany112 – 86Austria Nibelungen Wien61–4451–42
Medina La Coruña Spain
Sportif Casablancais Morocco
Medina La Coruña Spain
32 – 30
54 – 37
41 – 25
Portugal Benfica de Lubango
Portugal Benfica de Lubango
Morocco Sportif Casablancais
Radnički Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia151 – 37Turkey USK Ankara79–2172–16
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria129 – 44Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv84–3445–10
SKA Leningrad Soviet Union132 – 128Poland Academicki Warsaw62–5670–72

Quarter-finals

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Daugava Riga Soviet Union112 – 89Romania Rapid București51–2661–63
Slovan Orbis Prague Czechoslovakia170 – 76West Germany TV Augsburg 184786–3384–43
Radnički Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia138 – 54Spain Medina La Coruña81–3557–19
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria107 – 121Soviet Union SKA Leningrad61–6346–58

Semi-finals

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Daugava Riga Soviet Union124 – 98Czechoslovakia Slovan Orbis Prague72–4452–54
Radnički Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia101 – 129Soviet Union SKA Leningrad52–6949–60

Final

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Daugava Riga Soviet Union103 – 82Soviet Union SKA Leningrad55–3848–44

References

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