1958–59 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup

The 1958–59 European Cup*1958–59 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup was the inaugural edition of the premier European women's basketball competition for clubs. Nine teams took part in the competition, representing Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, East Germany, West Germany, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.[1]

It was the first of three editions won by Bulgarian teams, as Slavia Sofia defeated Dynamo Moscow in a two-legged final to bring the first ever European Cup to the Balkans.[2]

Results edit

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
        
  AS Montferrandaise 109
  HTV Heidelberg 69
  AS Montferrandaise 67
  Spartak Sokolovo Prague 84
 
 
  Spartak Sokolovo Prague 105
  Slavia Sofia 137
 
 
  Constructorul Bucharest 88
  Slavia Sofia 135
 
 
  Slavia Sofia 97
  Dynamo Moscow 84
 
 
  Dynamo Moscow 144
  AZS Warsaw 119
 
 
  Dynamo Moscow 106
  Crvena Zvezda Belgrade 67
  Wissenschaft Berlin (w/o)
  MTK Budapest
  Wissenschaft Berlin 77
  Crvena Zvezda Belgrade 99
 
 

Qualification round edit

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
AS Montferrandaise   109 – 69   HTV Heidelberg 54–37 55–32
Eissenschaft Berlin   Walkover   MTK Budapest

Quarterfinals edit

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Constructorul București   88 – 135   Slavia Sofia 46–60 42–75
AS Montferrandaise   67 – 84   Spartak Sokolovo Prague 37–34 30–50
Wissenschaft Berlin   77 – 99   Crvena zvezda 31–33 46–66
Dynamo Moscow   144 – 119   AZS Warsaw 73–65 71–54

Semifinals edit

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spartak Sokolovo Prague   105 – 137   Slavia Sofia 60–77 45–60
Dynamo Moscow   106 – 67   Crvena zvezda 58–33 48–34

Final edit

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slavia Sofia   97 – 84   Dynamo Moscow 63–40 34–44

References edit

  1. ^ Results in Todor66 competition results archive
  2. ^ List of finals in FIBA Europe's website