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1960–61 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup

International basketball competition

The 1960–61 Women's Basketball European Cup was the third edition of the competition. 1960 champion Daugava Riga beat Czechoslovakia's Slovan Orbis Prague in the final, becoming the first team to successfully defend their title.

This edition marked the first appearance of Morocco, Portugal and Spain in the competition. Israel and Switzerland were scheduled to take part, but both teams retired before they could make their debut. Yugoslavia was a noted absence, while France's Paris UC also retired after beating the 1st Qualification Round.

This edition saw the first match between two team from the same nation in the history of the competition, with a Daugava Riga – USK Tartu tie in the semifinals. Daugava and Tartu were respectively the champion and runner-up of the 1960 Soviet Championship.

First Qualification round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Picadero JC ESP	69 – 80	MAR Casablanca SC	37–36	32–44
Academica Coimbra POR	39 – 144	FRA Paris UC	22–74	17–70

Second Qualification round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid București ROU	83 – 115	Poland Akademika Warsaw	39–38	44–77
Akademik Sofia BUL	Walkover	ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv	—	—
Casablanca SC MAR	Walkover	FRA Paris UC	—	—
Slovan Orbis Prague CSK	Walkover	SUI Schen	—	—

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Daugava Riga URS	Bye		—	—
USK Tartu URS	128 – 90	East Germany Chemie Halle	73–49	55–41
WBC Akademik Sofia BUL	137 – 136	POL Akademika Warsaw	77–69	60–67
Slovan Orbis Prague CSK	136 – 68	MAR Casablanca SC	80–42	56–26

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Daugava Riga URS	128 – 90	URS USK Tartu	73–49	55–41
Akademik Sofia BUL	124 – 129	CSK Slovan Orbis Prague	72–66	52–63

Final

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slovan Orbis Prague CSK	114 – 148	URS Daugava Riga	77–76 OT	37–72

References

[http://www.fibaeurope.com/pageID_jTRe3EbcGNM8Y9oOfvq6l1.compID_jr6ZiXqeGhMBtfq1yxqV83.season_1961.html 1960–61 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup]
[http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_Bikxq7pGHEYCicqC2ubhP0.html List of champions] in [[FIBA Europe]]'s website
[http://todor66.com/basketball/Eurocups/Women_CC_1961.html Results] in Todor66.com
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013108/http://womenbasket.ru/winners.php List of top-3 placed teams] in Womenbasket.ru

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