1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup

1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	CSKA Moscow
Runners-up	ASK Riga

The 1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup was the fourth season of the FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by CSKA Moscow, after the defeated ASK Riga, the reigning three time 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

24 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
Urania Genève Sport	107–164	Idrolitina Bologna	62–68	45–96
Wissenschaft	110–171	Levski-Spartak	54–85	56–86
Heidelberg	125–180	Legia Warsaw	67-91	58-89
Galatasaray	137–96	Olympiacos	72-41	65-55
Sparta Bertrange	75–137	Engelmann Wien	27-53	48-84
Sporting	92–149	Antwerpse	51-62	41-87
KFUM Söder	98–142	OKK Beograd	50-53	48-89
The Wolves Amsterdam	106–153	Spartak Praha Sokolovo	52-57	54-96
Étoile de Charleville-Mézières	110–100	Casablancais	55-47	55-53

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Galatasaray	79–93	Hapoel Tel Aviv	40–39	39–54
Étoile de Charleville-Mézières	63–163	CSKA Moscow	28-68	35-95
Levski-Spartak	114–138	Legia Warsaw	67-62	47-76
Engelmann Wien	100–159	Real Madrid	53-85	47-74
Antwerpse	68–47	OKK Beograd	66-47	2-0*
Torpan Pojat	103–133	Spartak Praha Sokolovo	56-65	47-68
Idrolitina Bologna	124–126	Steaua Bucureşti	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 couldn't 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

ASK Riga (title holder)

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASK Riga	162–134	Hapoel Tel Aviv	84–60	78–74
Spartak Praha Sokolovo	107–115	Steaua Bucureşti	60–50	47–65
Legia Warsaw	145–183	CSKA Moscow	72-98	73-85
Antwerpse	128–177	Real Madrid	62-89	66-88

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	123–141	ASK Riga	78-75	45-66
CSKA Moscow	171–115	Steaua Bucureşti	98–58	73–57

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSKA Moscow	148–128	ASK Riga	87-62	61-66

1st leg:Lenin Stadion, Moscow, 14 July 1961; Attendance:8,000^[1]

2nd leg:Daugava Stadion, Rīga, 22 July 1961; Attendance:15,000^[1]

1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
CSKA Moscow 1st Title

References

1 2 3 Champions Cup 1960–61

External links

European Cup 1960–61

CSKA Moscow 1960–61 Euroleague Champions

Volnov Zubkov Alachachian Bochkaryov Semyonov Travin Astakhov Kharitonov E.Karpov V.Kopilov P.Sirotinski V.Volkov Coach Alekseyev

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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