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]

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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

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

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

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

1958–59 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup

Results

Qualification round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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