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
*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
Automatically qualified to the quarter finals Rīgas ASK (title holder)
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
1st leg: Vere Park, Tbilisi, 10 May 1960
Vere Park during that Final
2nd leg: Daugava Stadion, Rīga, 15 May 1960;Attendance:17,000
1959–60 FIBA European Champions CupChampions Rīgas ASK 3rd Title
Awards FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer Jānis Krūmiņš ( Rīgas ASK)
References
External links 1959-60 FIBA European Champions Cup Review & Statistics 1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions Cup 1959–60 Line-ups and Stats