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1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup

FieldValue
title1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup
leagueFIBA European Champions Cup
sportBasketball
finalsFinals
finals_link1961 FIBA European Champions Cup Finals
finals_champURS CSKA Moscow
finals_runner-upURS Rīgas ASK
seasonslistnamesFIBA European Champions Cup
prevseason_link1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup
prevseason_year1959–60
nextseason_year1961–62
nextseason_link1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup

| finals_runner-up = URS Rīgas ASK The 1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup was the fourth season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by CSKA Moscow, after they defeated Rīgas ASK, the reigning three-time defending 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, playing in a tournament system. The Finals were a two-game home and away aggregate.

First round

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Second round

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*****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 could not be played, Antwerpse received a 2–0 w.o. in this game and qualified for the next round.

;Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals:

  • URS Rīgas ASK (title holder)

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Finals

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1st leg:Daugava Stadion, Rīga, 14 July 1961; Attendance:8,000

2nd leg:Lenin Stadion, Moscow, 22 July 1961; Attendance:15,000

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

Awards

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

  • URS Viktor Zubkov (URS CSKA Moscow)

References

References

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