The 1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup season was the fifth season of the European top-tier level professional

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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

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, by a result of 90–83, in

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, 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

Round of 16

;Automatically qualified to the quarter finals: *

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(title holder)

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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, Switzerland. Attendance:5,000
29 June 1962
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Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

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( Real Madrid)

References

External links

1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup

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EuroLeague seasons