Surf Wiki
Save to docs
sports

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup

FieldValue
title1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup
leagueFIBA European Champions Cup
sportBasketball
finalsFinals
finals_link1960 FIBA European Champions Cup Finals
finals_champURS Rīgas ASK
finals_runner-upURS Dinamo Tbilisi
seasonslistnamesFIBA European Champions Cup
prevseason_link1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup
prevseason_year1958–59
nextseason_year1960–61
nextseason_link1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup

| finals_runner-up = URS Dinamo Tbilisi

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.

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

|}

*****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

|}

;Automatically qualified to the quarter finals:

  • URS Rīgas ASK (title holder)

Quarterfinals

|}

Semifinals

|}

Finals

|}

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

Vere Park during that Final

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

1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions
URS
**Rīgas ASK**
**3rd Title**

Awards

[[EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer|FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer]]

  • URS Jānis Krūmiņš (URS Rīgas ASK)

References

References

  1. {{usurped
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1959–60-in-european-basketball euroleague-seasons
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report