1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup

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:
 * CSKA Moscow (title holder)

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

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

Dynamo after the Final

Match Fact File

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

 * 🇺🇸 Wayne Hightower (🇪🇸 Real Madrid)