1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup was third season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Rīgas ASK for the third straight time, an accomplishment only achieved again by Jugoplastika in the late 1980s, 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.

1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup
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Finals
Champions Rīgas ASK
  Runners-up Dinamo Tbilisi

Competition system

21 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marocaine 95–92 Coimbra 54–48 41–44
PAOK 121–159 CCA București 61–80 60–79
Wissenschaft 125–188 Pantterit 88–84 66–78
0–4* Union Babenberg 0-2 0-2
USC Heidelberg 90–113 Urania Genève Sport 46-55 44-58
Sparta Bertrange 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 Academic 61-69 55-70
Marocaine 126–180 CF Barcelona 65–82 61–98
Pantterit 162–184 Polonia Warszawa 84–88 78–96
Urania Genève Sport 128–148 Slovan Orbis Praha 54–62 74–80
Chorale Mulsant 115–109 Antwerpse 54-53 61-56
CCA București 155–173 Dinamo Tbilisi 87–83 68–90
Automatically qualified to the quarter finals

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi 145–136 Academic 76–64 69–72
CF Barcelona 105–114 Polonia Warszawa 64–65 41–49
AŠK Olimpija 142–174 Rīgas ASK 79–95 63–79
Chorale Mulsant 120–124 Slovan Orbis Praha 68-59 52-65

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

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

1st leg: Vere Park, Tbilisi, 10 May 1960[1]

Vere Park during that Final

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

1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions

Rīgas ASK
3rd Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

References
  1. Champions Cup 1959–60
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