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Sports season
The 1961β62 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 90β83, 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
Round of 16
Automatically qualified to the quarter-finals
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Patinoire des Vernets ,
Geneva ,
Switzerland . Attendance:5,000
[1]
29 June 1962
1961β62 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
Dinamo Tbilisi 1st Title
Dynamo after the Final
Match Fact File
Awards
References
External links
FIBA European Champions Cup era, 1958β2001
Seasons Finals
Euroleague Basketball era, 2000βpresent
Seasons Finals
General information
History Awards Statistics