1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup

1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup FIBA European Champions Cup Basketball Finals 1962 FIBA European Champions Cup Final URS 1955 Dinamo Tbilisi (1st title) ESP 1945 Real Madrid FIBA European Champions Cup 1960–61 FIBA European Champions Cup 1960–61 1962–63 1962–63 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 Casablancais MAR 84–166 Real Madrid ESP 1945 46–84 38–82 2 Celtic NIR 122–226 Antwerpse BEL 62-82 60-144 2 The Wolves Amsterdam NED 87–113 Alsace de Bagnolet FRA 40-52 47-61 2 Etzella LUX 110–149 USC Heidelberg FRG 51-66 59-83 2 Engelmann Wien AUT 141–185 AŠK Olimpija YUG 77-99 64-86 2 SISU DEN 90–156 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit FIN 57-70 33-86 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR 166–130 Panathinaikos GRE old 82-58 84-72 1 Wissenschaft Berlin DDR 119–197 Honvéd HUN 58-84 61-113 2 Benfica POR 97–174 Ignis Varese ITA 49-73 48-101 2 |} Round of 16 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit FIN 145–179 Legia Warsaw POL 65-86 80-93 2 Ignis Varese ITA 144–163 Real Madrid ESP 1945 82–80 62–83 2 USC Heidelberg FRG 139–192 AŠK Olimpija YUG 81-95 58-97 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR 139–140 Darüşşafaka TUR 69-65 70-75 2 Honvéd HUN 148–149 Iskra Svit CSK 90-74 58-75 2 Steaua București ROM 1952 153–159 Dinamo Tbilisi URS 1955 76-77 77-82 2 Antwerpse BEL 137–127 Alsace de Bagnolet FRA 87-61 50-66 1 |} Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals URS 1955 CSKA Moscow (title holder) Quarterfinals CSKA Moscow URS 1955 140–110 Iskra Svit CSK 85-53 55-57 1 Darüşşafaka TUR 116–164 Dinamo Tbilisi URS 1955 67-80 49-84 2 Antwerpse BEL 143–173 AŠK Olimpija YUG 87-83 56-90 2 Legia Warsaw POL 144–162 Real Madrid ESP 1945 73–62 71–100 2 |} Semifinals CSKA Moscow URS 1955 137–152 Dinamo Tbilisi URS 1955 71-75 66-77 2 AŠK Olimpija YUG 158–160 Real Madrid ESP 1945 105–91 53–69 2 |} Final 1962 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Dinamo Tbilisi URS 1955 90–83 Real Madrid ESP 1945 90–83 1 |} Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva, Switzerland. Attendance:5,000http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c1/C1_62.htm Champions Cup 1961–62 2009-04-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20100225055711/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c1/C1_62.htm 2010-02-25 usurped 29 June 1962 1961–62 FIBA European Champions CupChampionsURS 1955 100px Dinamo Tbilisi 1st Title Dynamo after the Final Match Fact File https://web.archive.org/web/20200705052653/http://ovaluri.qaflan.net/krivi_olimpshi/Zanzalaki/GNV_EN.pdf 2020-07-05 Awards FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer USA Wayne Hightower (ESP 1945 Real Madrid) References External links 1961-62 FIBA European Champions Cup Review & Statistics 1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup 1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023611/http://sathanasias.bravepages.com/b-res/b-1962-results.html#FIBA%20Champions'%20Cup 2016-03-04 1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions Cup 1961–62 Line-ups and Stats FIBA Category:EuroLeague seasons