1958–59 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup

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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

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