1961–62 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
The 1961–62 Women's Basketball European Cup 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.[1] This was unparalleled throughout the European Cup era.[2]
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.[3]
Round of 16
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Daugava Riga | Bye | — | — | — |
Chemie Leipzig | 84 – 127 | Rapid București | 51–66 | 33–61 |
Slovan Orbis Prague | 119 – 99 | Meteor Budapest | 59–43 | 60–56 |
TV Augsburg 1847 | 112 – 86 | Nibelungen Wien | 61–44 | 51–42 |
Medina La Coruña Sportif Casablancais Medina La Coruña | 32 – 30 54 – 37 41 – 25 | Benfica de Lubango Benfica de Lubango Sportif Casablancais | — | — |
Radnički Beograd | 151 – 37 | USK Ankara | 79–21 | 72–16 |
Slavia Sofia | 129 – 44 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 84–34 | 45–10 |
SKA Leningrad | 132 – 128 | Academicki Warsaw | 62–56 | 70–72 |
Quarter-finals
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Daugava Riga | 112 – 89 | Rapid București | 51–26 | 61–63 |
Slovan Orbis Prague | 170 – 76 | TV Augsburg 1847 | 86–33 | 84–43 |
Radnički Beograd | 138 – 54 | Medina La Coruña | 81–35 | 57–19 |
Slavia Sofia | 107 – 121 | SKA Leningrad | 61–63 | 46–58 |
Semi-finals
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Daugava Riga | 124 – 98 | Slovan Orbis Prague | 72–44 | 52–54 |
Radnički Beograd | 101 – 129 | SKA Leningrad | 52–69 | 49–60 |
Final
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Daugava Riga | 103 – 82 | SKA Leningrad | 55–38 | 48–44 |
References
- List of Top 3 placed teams in Womenbasketball.ru
- List of finals in FIBA Europe's website
- Results in Todor66.com