Sport Basketball Runners-up ASK Riga | Champions CSKA Moscow | |
League FIBA European Champions Cup | ||
The 1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup was the fourth season of the FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by CSKA Moscow, after the defeated ASK Riga, the reigning three time 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.
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Competition system
24 teams. European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only. The Finals were a two game home and away aggregate.
Second round
*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 couldn't be played, Antwerpse received a 2-0 w.o. in this game and qualified for the next round.
Finals
1st leg:Lenin Stadion, Moscow, 14 July 1961; Attendance:8,000
2nd leg:Daugava Stadion, Rīga, 22 July 1961; Attendance:15,000