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1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup

The1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cupseason was the fifth season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Dinamo Tbilisi, after they beat Real Madrid, in the first ever single game EuroLeague Final, by a result of 90–83, inGeneva, Switzerland. For the first time, only one finals game was played, on a neutral court, due to the unstable political situation at the time.

1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup
League FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport Basketball
Finals
Champions Soviet UnionDinamo Tbilisi
  Runners-up SpainReal Madrid

Competition system

European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only, playing in a tournament system. The Final was a single game, played on a neutral court.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CasablancaisMorocco 84–166 SpainReal Madrid 46–84 38–82
Celtic 122–226 BelgiumAntwerpse 62-82 60-144
The Wolves AmsterdamNetherlands 87–113 FranceAlsace de Bagnolet 40-52 47-61
EtzellaLuxembourg 110–149 USC Heidelberg 51-66 59-83
Engelmann WienAustria 141–185 Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaAŠK Olimpija 77-99 64-86
SISUDenmark 90–156 FinlandHelsingin Kisa-Toverit 57-70 33-86
Hapoel Tel Aviv 166–130 GreecePanathinaikos 82-58 84-72
Wissenschaft BerlinEast Germany 119–197 HungaryHonvéd 58-84 61-113
Benfica 97–174 ItalyIgnis Varese 49-73 48-101

Round of 16

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Helsingin Kisa-ToveritFinland 145–179 PolandLegia Warsaw 65-86 80-93
Ignis VareseItaly 144–163 SpainReal Madrid 82–80 62–83
USC HeidelbergWest Germany 139–192 AŠK Olimpija 81-95 58-97
Hapoel Tel Aviv 139–140 TurkeyDarüşşafaka 69-65 70-75
HonvédHungary 148–149 CzechoslovakiaIskra Svit 90-74 58-75
Steaua Bucureşti 153–159 Soviet UnionDinamo Tbilisi 76-77 77-82
AntwerpseBelgium 137–127 FranceAlsace de Bagnolet 87-61 50-66
Automatically qualified to the quarter finals
  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x|Soviet Union|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] CSKA Moscow (title holder)

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSKA MoscowSoviet Union 140–110 CzechoslovakiaIskra Svit 85-53 55-57
Darüşşafaka 116–164 Soviet UnionDinamo Tbilisi 67-80 49-84
AntwerpseBelgium 143–173 Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaAŠK Olimpija 87-83 56-90
Legia WarsawPoland 144–162 SpainReal Madrid 73–62 71–100

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSKA MoscowSoviet Union 137–152 Soviet UnionDinamo Tbilisi 71-75 66-77
AŠK OlimpijaSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 158–160 SpainReal Madrid 105–91 53–69

Final

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Dinamo TbilisiSoviet Union 90–83 SpainReal Madrid

Patinoire des Vernets,Geneva, Switzerland. Attendance:5,000[1]29 June 1962

1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions
Soviet Union
Dinamo Tbilisi
1st Title

Dynamo after the Final[5]

Match Fact File[6]

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x|United States|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Wayne Hightower ([[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x|Spain|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] Real Madrid)

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