1961–62 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup

International basketball competition The 1961–62 Women's Basketball European Cup1961–62 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup was the fourth edition of the competition. Daugava Riga won its third trophy in a row, beating SKA Leningrad in the final. It was the first time the final was played by two teams from the same championship; Daugava and SKA were respectively the champion and runner-up of the 1961 Soviet Championship.List of Top 3 placed teams in Womenbasketball.ru This was unparalleled throughout the European Cup era.List of finals in FIBA Europe's website Austria, Hungary, Israel and Turkey took part in the competition for the first time. In addition Yugoslavia returned after a one-year absence. For the first time two African teams played the competition, as in addition to Morocco's Sportif Casablancais Portugal was represented by Benfica de Lubango from Portuguese Angola. Due to the increase in the number of contestants, the defending champion entered the competition in the quarter-finals instead of the semi-finals. As the competition reached 16 teams the two qualifying rounds from the previous season were merged into a Round of 16. However, since Daugava Riga received a bye 15 teams were left to play seven ties, so a triangular was arranged between Benfica de Lubango, Medina La Coruña and Sportif Casablancais in La Coruña.Results in Todor66.com Round of 16 Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd legDaugava Riga URS 1955 Bye — — —Chemie Leipzig GDR 84 – 127 ROU 1952 Rapid București 51–66 33–61Slovan Orbis Prague CSK 119 – 99 HUN Meteor Budapest 59–43 60–56TV Augsburg 1847 FRG 112 – 86 AUT Nibelungen Wien 61–44 51–42Medina La Coruña ESP 1945Sportif Casablancais MARMedina La Coruña ESP 1945 32 – 3054 – 3741 – 25 POR Benfica de LubangoPOR Benfica de LubangoMAR Sportif Casablancais — —Radnički Beograd YUG 151 – 37 TUR USK Ankara 79–21 72–16Slavia Sofia BUL 1946 129 – 44 ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv 84–34 45–10SKA Leningrad URS 1955 132 – 128 POL Academicki Warsaw 62–56 70–72 Quarter-finals Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd legDaugava Riga URS 1955 112 – 89 ROU 1952 Rapid București 51–26 61–63Slovan Orbis Prague CSK 170 – 76 FRG TV Augsburg 1847 86–33 84–43Radnički Beograd YUG 138 – 54 ESP 1945 Medina La Coruña81–35 57–19Slavia Sofia BUL 1946 107 – 121 URS 1955 SKA Leningrad 61–63 46–58 Semi-finals Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd legDaugava Riga URS 1955 124 – 98 CSK Slovan Orbis Prague 72–44 52–54 Radnički Beograd YUG 101 – 129 URS 1955 SKA Leningrad 52–69 49–60 Final Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd legDaugava Riga URS 1955 103 – 82 URS 1955 SKA Leningrad 55–38 48–44 References Champions Cup European European Category:EuroLeague Women seasons