1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup

1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup FIBA European Champions Cup Basketball Finals 1960 FIBA European Champions Cup Finals URS 1955 Rīgas ASK (3rd title) URS 1955 Dinamo Tbilisi FIBA European Champions Cup 1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup 1958–59 1960–61 1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup 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 US Marocaine MAR 95–92 Académica de Coimbra POR 54–48 41–44 1 PAOK GRE old 121–159 CCA București ROM 1952 61–80 60–79 2 Wissenschaft DDR 125–188 Pantterit FIN 88–84 66–78 2 ITA 0–4* Union Babenberg AUT 0-2 0-2 2 USC Heidelberg FRG 90–113 Urania Genève Sport SWI 46-55 44-58 2 Sparta Bertrange LUX 92–137 Chorale Mulsant FRA 47-60 45-77 2 Fenerbahçe TUR 4–0** Maccabi Tel Aviv ISR 2-0 2-0 1 |} *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 Union Babenberg AUT 134–184 AŠK Olimpija YUG 83–84 51–100 2 Fenerbahçe TUR 116–139 Academic BUL 1946 61-69 55-70 2 Marocaine MAR 126–180 CF Barcelona ESP 1945 65–82 61–98 2 Pantterit FIN 162–184 Polonia Warszawa POL 84–88 78–96 2 Urania Genève Sport SWI 128–148 Slovan Orbis Praha TCH 54–62 74–80 2 Chorale Mulsant FRA 115–109 Antwerpse BEL 54-53 61-56 1 CCA București ROM 1952 155–173 Dinamo Tbilisi URS 1955 87–83 68–90 2 |} Automatically qualified to the quarter finals URS 1955 Rīgas ASK (title holder) Quarterfinals Dinamo Tbilisi URS 1955 145–136 Academic BUL 1946 76–64 69–72 1 CF Barcelona ESP 1945 105–114 Polonia Warszawa POL 64–65 41–49 2 AŠK Olimpija YUG 142–174 Rīgas ASK URS 1955 79–95 63–79 2 Chorale Mulsant FRA 120–124 Slovan Orbis Praha TCH 68-59 52-65 2 |} Semifinals Dinamo Tbilisi URS 1955 152–126 Polonia Warszawa POL 88–65 64–61 1 Rīgas ASK URS 1955 151–114 Slovan Orbis Praha TCH 82-55 69-59 1 |} Finals Dinamo Tbilisi URS 1955 113–130 Rīgas ASK URS 1955 51–61 62–69 2 |} 1st leg: Vere Park, Tbilisi, 10 May 1960Champions Cup 1959–60 Vere Park during that Final 2nd leg: Daugava Stadion, Rīga, 15 May 1960;Attendance:17,000 1959–60 FIBA European Champions CupChampionsURS 1955 100px Rīgas ASK 3rd Title Awards FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer URS 1955 Jānis Krūmiņš (URS 1955 Rīgas ASK) References External links 1959-60 FIBA European Champions Cup Review & Statistics 1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup 1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions Cup 1959–60 Line-ups and Stats FIBA Category:EuroLeague seasons