1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup

1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	ASK Riga
Runners-up	Dinamo Tbilisi

The 1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup was third season of the FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by ASK Riga for the third straight time, an accomplishment only achieved again by Jugoplastika Split in the late 80's, in 1989–1991. In the EuroLeague Finals, Riga defeated the Soviet Union League club, Dinamo Tbilisi, in both final games (51–61 & 62–69). Riga defeated Slovan Orbis Prague in the semifinals, and AŠK Olimpija in the quarterfinals.

Competition system

21 teams. European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only. The Finals were a two game home and away aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Marocaine	95–92	Coimbra	54–48	41–44
PAOK	121–159	Steaua Bucureşti	61–80	60–79
Wissenschaft	125–188	Pantterit	88–84	66–78
	0–4*	Union Babenberg	0-2	0-2
Heidelberg	90–113	Urania Genève Sport	46-55	44-58
Rou'de Le'w Kayl	92–137	Chorale Mulsant	47-60	45-77
Fenerbahçe	4–0**	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2-0	2-0

*Originally, the Champion of the Italian League was drawn to play against the Austrian champion, but the former was Simmenthal Milano, who was banned in European competition. Since the Italian Federation refused to name another entrant in Champions Cup, Union Babenberg received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

**Maccabi Tel Aviv withdrew before the competition due to internal problems and Fenerbahçe received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Union Babenberg	134–184	AŠK Olimpija	83–84	51–100
Fenerbahçe	116–139	Akademik	61-69	55-70
Marocaine	126–180	FC Barcelona	65–82	61–98
Pantterit	162–184	Polonia Warsaw	84–88	78–96
Urania Genève Sport	128–148	Slovan Orbis	54–62	74–80
Chorale Mulsant	115–109	Antwerpse	54-53	61-56
Steaua Bucureşti	155–173	Dinamo Tbilisi	87–83	68–90

Automatically qualified to the quarter finals

ASK Riga (title holder)

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi	141–136	Akademik	76–64	69–72
FC Barcelona	105–114	Polonia Warsaw	64–65	41–49
AŠK Olimpija	142–174	ASK Riga	79–95	63–79
Chorale Mulsant	120–124	Slovan Orbis	68-59	52-65

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi	152–126	Polonia Warsaw	88–65	64–61
ASK Riga	151–114	Slovan Orbis	82-55	69-59

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi	113–130	ASK Riga	51–61	62–69

1st leg:Dinamo Stadion, Tbilisi, 10 May 1960^[1]

2nd leg:Daugava Stadion, Rīga, 15 May 1960;Attendance:17,000^[1]

1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
ASK Riga 3rd Title

References

1 2 Champions Cup 1959–60

External links

Cup European Cup 1959–60

ASK Riga 1959–60 Euroleague Champions

Krūmiņš G. Muižnieks Valdmanis V. Muižnieks Kalniņš Bergs Dāvids Gulbis Hehts Jankovskis Leončiks Vērītis Coach: Gomelsky

FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague

FIBA European Champions Cup era, 1958–2001

Seasons	1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01

Finals	1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Euroleague Basketball era, 2000–present

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

General information

History	Euroleague Basketball Tournament history EuroLeague American Tour EuroLeague TV NBA vs. EuroLeague Next Generation Tournament

Awards	EuroLeague Basketball Awards FIBA SuproLeague Awards FIBA All-Star Games FIBA EuroStars All-Final Four Team Final Four MVP EuroLeague Legends 50 Greatest Contributors 2001–10 All-Decade Team

Statistics	Finals Final Four Arenas Team records and statistics EuroLeague records Final Four records Individual statistics Individual highs Performance Index Rating Career stats leaders Rosters of finalists EuroLeague clubs performance comparison European club pyramid National league rankings

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