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1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup

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title1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup
leagueFIBA European Champions Cup
sportBasketball
finalsFinals
finals_link1962 FIBA European Champions Cup Final
finals_champURS Dinamo Tbilisi
finals_runner-upESP Real Madrid
seasonslistnamesFIBA European Champions Cup
prevseason_link1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup
prevseason_year1960–61
nextseason_year1962–63
nextseason_link1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup

| finals_runner-up = ESP Real Madrid The 1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup season 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, in Geneva, Switzerland. For the first time, only one finals game was played, on a neutral court, due to the unstable political situation at the time.

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

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Round of 16

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;Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals:

  • URS CSKA Moscow (title holder)

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Main article: 1962 FIBA European Champions Cup Final

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Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva, Switzerland. Attendance:5,000

29 June 1962

1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions
URS
**Dinamo Tbilisi**
**1st Title**

Dynamo after the Final

Match Fact File

Awards

[[EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer|FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer]]

  • USA Wayne Hightower (ESP Real Madrid)

References

References

  1. "Champions Cup 1961–62".
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