1962–63 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup

The 1962–63 Women's Basketball European Cup was the fifth edition of the competition. It was won by Slavia Sofia, who defeated Slovan Orbis Prague in the final. Previously Slavia had beaten in the semifinals Daugava Riga, who had won the three previous competitions. This was Slavia's second and last European Cup title, and Daugava's only failure in its 1960-75 European Cup run.^[1]

For the first time the defending champions's national championship was not allowed a second spot, and a second team (eventual champion Slavia Sofia) was given a bye to the quarter-finals. Switzerland took part in the championship for the first time, while Israel, Morocco and Turkey retired and Yugoslavia didn't enter the competition, leaving it in 12 teams. Africa was still represented by Benfica de Lubango, from Portuguese Angola.^[2]

Qualification Round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
CREFF Madrid	Walkover	Sportif Casablancais	—	—

Round of 16

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slavia Sofia	Bye	—	—	—
Rotation Berlin	86 – 97	AZS Warsaw	42–37	44–60
Daugava Riga	Bye	—	—	—
Rapid București	Walkover	Hapoel Tel Aviv	—	—
Bern BC	67 – 95	TV Gross-Gerau	31–53	36–42
Nibelungen Wien	100 – 141	MTK Budapest	44–62	56–79
Benfica de Lubango	91 – 81	CREFF Madrid	55–38	36–43
Slovan Orbis Prague	Walkover	USK istanbul	—	—

Quarter-Finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
AZS Warsaw	99 – 120	Slavia Sofia	57–56	42–64
Daugava Riga	113 – 69	Rapid București	57–27	56–42
MTK Budapest	137 – 78	TV Gross-Gerau	79–37	58–41
Slovan Orbis Prague	168 – 62	Benfica de Lubango	87–32	81–30

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slavia Sofia	82 – 80	Daugava Riga	39–46	43–34
Slovan Orbis Prague	130 – 118	MTK Budapest	69–50	61–68

Final

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slovan Orbis Prague	106 – 112	Slavia Sofia	57–52	49–60

References