1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup

1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup
League FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport Basketball
Finals
Champions Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi
  Runners-up Spain Real Madrid

The 1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup season was the fifth season of FIBA European Champions Cup. 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.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Casablancais Morocco 84–166 Spain Real Madrid 46–84 38–82
Celtic Northern Ireland 122–226 Belgium Antwerpse 62-82 60-144
The Wolves Amsterdam Netherlands 87–113 France Alsace Bagnolet 40-52 47-61
Etzella Ettelbruck Luxembourg 110–149 West Germany Universität Heidelberg 51-66 59-83
Engelmann Wien Austria 141–185 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia AŠK Olimpija 77-99 64-86
SISU Copenhagen Denmark 90–156 Finland Helsingin Kisa-Toverit 57-70 33-86
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 166–130 Greece Panathinaikos 82-58 84-72
Wissenschaft Berlin East Germany 119–197 Hungary Honvéd 58-84 61-113
Benfica Portugal 97–174 Italy Ignis Varèse 49-73 48-101

Round of 16

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit Finland 145–179 Poland Legia Warsaw 65-86 80-93
Ignis Varèse Italy 144–163 Spain Real Madrid 82–80 62–83
Universität Heidelberg West Germany 139–192 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia AŠK Olimpija 81-95 58-97
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 139–140 Turkey Darüşşafaka 69-65 70-75
Honvéd Hungary 148–149 Czechoslovakia Iskra Svit 90-74 58-75
Steaua Bucureşti Romania 153–159 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 76-77 77-82
Antwerpse Belgium 137–127 France Alsace Bagnolet 87-61 50-66
Automatically qualified to the quarter finals

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSKA Moscow Soviet Union 140–110 Czechoslovakia Iskra Svit 85-53 55-57
Darüşşafaka Turkey 116–164 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 67-80 49-84
Antwerpse Belgium 143–173 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia AŠK Olimpija 87-83 56-90
Legia Warsaw Poland 144–162 Spain Real Madrid 73–62 71–100

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSKA Moscow Soviet Union 137–152 Soviet Union Dinamo Tbilisi 71-75 66-77
AŠK Olimpija Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 158–160 Spain Real Madrid 105–91 53–69

Final

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union 90–83 Spain Real Madrid

Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva, Switzerland. Attendance:4,000[1]
29 June 1962

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

Dynamo after the Final

Match Fact File

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