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1961–62 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup

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The 1961–62 Women's Basketball European Cup[1] 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.[2] This was unparalleled throughout the European Cup era.[3]

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.[4]

Round of 16

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Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Daugava Riga Soviet Union Bye
Chemie Leipzig East Germany 84 – 127 Romania Rapid București 51–66 33–61
Slovan Orbis Prague Czechoslovakia 119 – 99 Hungary Meteor Budapest 59–43 60–56
TV Augsburg 1847 West Germany 112 – 86 Austria Nibelungen Wien 61–44 51–42
Medina La Coruña Spain
Sportif Casablancais Morocco
Medina La Coruña Spain
32 – 30
54 – 37
41 – 25
Portugal Benfica de Lubango
Portugal Benfica de Lubango
Morocco Sportif Casablancais
Radnički Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 151 – 37 Turkey USK Ankara 79–21 72–16
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 129 – 44 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 84–34 45–10
SKA Leningrad Soviet Union 132 – 128 Poland Academicki Warsaw 62–56 70–72

Quarter-finals

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Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Daugava Riga Soviet Union 112 – 89 Romania Rapid București 51–26 61–63
Slovan Orbis Prague Czechoslovakia 170 – 76 West Germany TV Augsburg 1847 86–33 84–43
Radnički Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 138 – 54 Spain Medina La Coruña 81–35 57–19
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 107 – 121 Soviet Union SKA Leningrad 61–63 46–58

Semi-finals

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Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Daugava Riga Soviet Union 124 – 98 Czechoslovakia Slovan Orbis Prague 72–44 52–54
Radnički Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 101 – 129 Soviet Union SKA Leningrad 52–69 49–60

Final

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Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Daugava Riga Soviet Union 103 – 82 Soviet Union SKA Leningrad 55–38 48–44

References

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