FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1960/61

FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1960/61
Duration		November 29, 1960 - July 22, 1961
Order of execution		4th season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		15 (24 with qualifying rounds)
Play-offs
master		CSKA Moscow
Runner-up		ASK Riga
Finals - MVP		Viktor Zubkov (CSKA Moscow)
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The season 1960/61 was the fourth season of the FIBA Europe discharged European Cup champion , who today as Euro League operates.

CSKA Moscow won the title for the first time from the Soviet Union .

mode

The 14 champions of the respective national league, as well as the defending champion, took part in the final round. First a qualification was played. The winners of the pairings were determined in the first and second leg. The decisive factor was the overall basket ratio in both games. The winners of the pairings in the second round, in the quarter-finals, in the semi-finals and in the final were also determined in the two-legged matches.

1st round (qualification)

	total		First leg	Return leg
Étoile de Charleville	110 : 100	CS Casablancais Casablana	55 : 47	55 : 53
Urania GS Geneva	107: 164	Idrolitina Virtus Bologna	62: 68	45: 96
HSG Science Berlin	110: 171	BK Spartak Sofia	54: 85	56: 86
USC Heidelberg	115: 180	Legia Warsaw	67: 91	48: 89
Galatasaray Istanbul	137 : 96	Olympiacos Piraeus	72 : 41	65 : 55
Ro'de Le'w Kayl	75: 137	EK Engelmann Vienna	27: 53	48: 84
Antwerp BC	149 : 92	Benfica Lisbon	87 : 41	62 : 51
KFUM Söder IK	98: 146	OKK Belgrade	50: 53	48: 93
Wolves Amsterdam	106: 153	TJ Spartak Sokolovo Prague	52: 57	54: 96

Participants in the final round

Attendees
country	number	Teams
Soviet Union	2	ASK Riga	CSKA Moscow
Belgium	1	Antwerp BC
Bulgaria	1	BK Spartak Sofia
Finland	1	Torpan Pojat Helsinki
France	1	Étoile de Charleville
Israel	1	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Italy	1	Idrolitina Virtus Bologna
Yugoslavia	1	OKK Belgrade
Austria	1	EK Engelmann Vienna
Poland	1	Legia Warsaw
Romania	1	CCA Bucharest
Spain	1	real Madrid
Czechoslovakia	1	TJ Spartak Sokolovo Prague
Turkey	1	Galatasaray Istanbul

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Étoile de Charleville	63: 163	CSKA Moscow	28: 68	35: 95
Idrolitina Virtus Bologna	104: 106	CCA Bucharest	70 : 56	54: 70
Legia Warsaw	138 : 114	BK Spartak Sofia	76 : 47	62: 67
Galatasaray Istanbul	79: 93	Hapoel Tel Aviv	40 : 39	39: 54
EK Engelmann Vienna	100: 159	real Madrid	53: 85	47: 74
Antwerp BC	68 : 47	OKK Belgrade	66 : 47	2 : 0 *
Torpan Pojat Helsinki	103: 133	TJ Spartak Sokolovo Prague	56: 65	47: 68

^* As the Yugoslav police were unable to guarantee safety for the Belgian players as a result of protests following the violent death of Patrice Lumumba , the game was canceled and the score was 2-0 for Antwerp.

• Bye as defending champion : ASK Riga

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
ASK Riga	162 : 134	Hapoel Tel Aviv	84 : 60	78 : 74 '
TJ Spartak Skolovo Prague	107: 115	CCA Bucharest	60 : 50	47: 65
Legia Warsaw	145: 183	CSKA Moscow	72: 98	73: 85
Antwerp BC	128: 177	real Madrid	62: 89	66: 88

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
real Madrid	123: 141	ASK Riga	78 : 75	45: 66
CSKA Moscow	171 : 115	CCA Bucharest	98 : 58	73 : 57

final

	total		First leg	Return leg
ASK Riga	128: 148	CSKA Moscow	62: 87	66 : 61

Web links

• History of the European championship on fibaeurope.com
• Statistics for the 1960/61 season on linguasport.com