1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup

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1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	CSKA Moscow
Runners-up	Rīgas ASK
FIBA European Champions Cup seasons
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Urania Genève Sport	107–164	Idrolitina Bologna	62–68	45–96
Wissenschaft	110–171	Levski-Spartak	54–85	56–86
USC Heidelberg	125–180	Legia Warsaw	67-91	58-89
Galatasaray	137–96	Olympiacos	72-41	65-55
Sparta Bertrange	75–137	Engelmann Wien	27-53	48-84
Sporting	92–149	Antwerpse	51-62	41-87
KFUM Söder	98–142	OKK Beograd	50-53	48-89
The Wolves Amsterdam	106–153	Spartak Praha Sokolovo	52-57	54-96
Étoile Charleville-Mézières	110–100	Casablancais	55-47	55-53

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Galatasaray	79–93	Hapoel Tel Aviv	40–39	39–54
Étoile Charleville-Mézières	63–163	CSKA Moscow	28-68	35-95
Levski-Spartak	114–138	Legia Warsaw	67-62	47-76
Engelmann Wien	100–159	Real Madrid	53-85	47-74
Antwerpse	68–47	OKK Beograd	66-47	2-0*
Torpan Pojat	103–133	Spartak Praha Sokolovo	56-65	47-68
Idrolitina Bologna	124–126	CCA București	70–56	54–70

*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

Rīgas ASK (title holder)

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rīgas ASK	162–134	Hapoel Tel Aviv	84–60	78–74
Spartak Praha Sokolovo	107–115	CCA București	60–50	47–65
Legia Warsaw	145–183	CSKA Moscow	72-98	73-85
Antwerpse	128–177	Real Madrid	62-89	66-88

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	123–141	Rīgas ASK	78-75	45-66
CSKA Moscow	171–115	CCA București	98–58	73–57

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSKA Moscow	148–128	Rīgas ASK	87-62	61-66

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
CSKA Moscow 1st Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

Viktor Zubkov ( CSKA Moscow)

References

^ Champions Cup 1960–61

External links

v t e CSKA Moscow 1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup champions
Volnov Zubkov Alachachian Bochkaryov Semyonov Travin Astakhov Kharitonov E.Karpov V.Kopilov P.Sirotinski V.Volkov Coach Alekseev

FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague Basketball

FIBA European Champions Cup era, 1958–2001
Seasons	1958 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Finals	1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

EuroLeague Basketball era, 2000–present
Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024

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Awards	European Triple Crown EuroLeague Awards FIBA SuproLeague Awards FIBA Europe All-Star Game FIBA EuroStars All-Final Four Team EuroLeague MVP Final Four MVP EuroLeague Legends 50 Greatest Contributors 2000–2010 All-Decade Team 2010–2020 All-Decade Team
Statistics	Finals Final Four Arenas Team records and statistics EuroLeague records Final Four records Season stats leaders Individual highs Performance Index Rating Career stats leaders Rosters of finalists European club pyramid European club rankings

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