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 #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Daugava Riga Bye
Chemie Leipzig 84 – 127 Rapid București51–6633–61
Slovan Orbis Prague 119 – 99 Meteor Budapest59–4360–56
TV Augsburg 1847 112 – 86 Nibelungen Wien61–4451–42
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 Ankara79–2172–16
Slavia Sofia 129 – 44 Hapoel Tel Aviv84–3445–10
SKA Leningrad 132 – 128 Academicki Warsaw62–5670–72

Quarter-finals

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Daugava Riga 112 – 89 Rapid București51–2661–63
Slovan Orbis Prague 170 – 76 TV Augsburg 184786–3384–43
Radnički Beograd 138 – 54 Medina La Coruña81–3557–19
Slavia Sofia 107 – 121 SKA Leningrad61–6346–58

Semi-finals

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Daugava Riga 124 – 98 Slovan Orbis Prague72–4452–54
Radnički Beograd 101 – 129 SKA Leningrad52–6949–60

Final

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Daugava Riga 103 – 82 SKA Leningrad55–3848–44

References

  1. List of Top 3 placed teams in Womenbasketball.ru
  2. List of finals in FIBA Europe's website
  3. Results in Todor66.com
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