The 1962–63 Women's basketball European Cup[1] 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.[2]

For the first time the defending champion'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.[3]

Qualification round

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
CREFF Madrid SpainWalkoverMorocco Sportif Casablancais

Round of 16

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Slavia Sofia BulgariaBye
Rotation Berlin East Germany86 – 97Poland AZS Warsaw42–3744–60
Daugava Riga Soviet UnionBye
Rapid București RomaniaWalkoverIsrael Hapoel Tel Aviv
Bern BC Switzerland67 – 95West Germany TV Gross-Gerau31–5336–42
Nibelungen Wien Austria100 – 141Hungary MTK Budapest44–6256–79
Benfica de Lubango Portugal91 – 81Spain CREFF Madrid55–3836–43
Slovan Orbis Prague CzechoslovakiaWalkoverTurkey USK istanbul

Quarter-finals

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
AZS Warsaw Poland99 – 120Bulgaria Slavia Sofia57–5642–64
Daugava Riga Soviet Union113 – 69Romania Rapid București57–2756–42
MTK Budapest Hungary137 – 78West Germany TV Gross-Gerau79–3758–41
Slovan Orbis Prague Czechoslovakia168 – 62Portugal Benfica de Lubango87–3281–30

Semifinals

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria82 – 80Soviet Union Daugava Riga39–4643–34
Slovan Orbis Prague Czechoslovakia130 – 118Hungary MTK Budapest69–5061–68

Final

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Slovan Orbis Prague Czechoslovakia106 – 112Bulgaria Slavia Sofia57–5249–60

References

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