FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1961/62

FIBA European Champion Clubs' Cup 1961/62
Duration		November 18, 1961 - June 29, 1962
Order of execution		5th season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		15 (24 with qualifying rounds)
Play-offs
master		BK Dinamo Tbilisi
Runner-up		real Madrid
Finals - MVP		Wayne Hightower (Real Madrid)
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The 1961/62 season was the 5th season of the European Cup of National Champions held by FIBA Europe , which is now known as the Euroleague .

The title was won for the first time by BK Dinamo Tiflis from the Soviet Union .

mode

The 14 champions of the respective national league, as well as the defending champion, took part in the final round. First a qualification was played. The winners of the pairings were determined in the first and second leg. The decisive factor was the overall basket ratio in both games. The winners of the pairings in the second round, in the quarter-finals and in the semi-finals were also determined in the first and second leg. The final was played in one game in Geneva.

1st round (qualification)

	total		First leg	Return leg
Benfica Lisbon	97: 174	Ignis Pallacanestro Varese	49: 73	48: 101
CS Casablancais Casablanca	84: 166	real Madrid	46: 84	38: 82
Celtic BC Belfast	122: 226	Antwerp BC	62: 82	60: 144
Wolves Amsterdam	87: 113	BC Alsace de Bagnolet	40: 52	47: 61
BBC Etzella	110: 149	USC Heidelberg	51: 66	59: 83
EK Engelmann Vienna	141: 185	AŠK Olimpija Ljubljana	77: 99	64: 86
SISU Copenhagen	90: 156	Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	57: 70	33: 86
Hapoel Tel Aviv	166 : 130	Panathinaikos Athens	82 : 58	84 : 72
HSG Science Berlin	119: 197	Honvéd Budapest	58: 84	61: 113

Participants in the final round

Attendees
country	number	Teams
Soviet Union	2	BK Dinamo Tbilisi	CSKA Moscow
Belgium	1	Antwerp BC
BR Germany	1	USC Heidelberg
Finland	1	Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
France	1	BC Alsace de Bagnolet
Israel	1	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Italy	1	Ignis Pallacanestro Varese
Yugoslavia	1	AŠK Olimpija Ljubljana
Poland	1	Legia Warsaw
Romania	1	CSA Steaua Bucharest
Spain	1	real Madrid
Czechoslovakia	1	TJ Iskra Svit
Turkey	1	Darüşşafaka SK Istanbul
Hungary	1	Honvéd Budapest

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ignis Pallacanestro Varese	144: 163	real Madrid	82 : 80	62: 83
Antwerp BC	142 : 121	BC Alsace de Bagnolet	87 : 61	55: 60
USC Heidelberg	139: 192	AŠK Olimpija Ljubljana	81: 95	58: 97
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	145: 179	Legia Warsaw	65: 86	80: 93
Hapoel Tel Aviv	139: 140	Darüşşafaka SK Istanbul	69 : 65	70: 75
Honvéd Budapest	148: 149	TJ Iskra Svit	90 : 74	58: 75
CSA Steaua Bucharest	153: 159	BK Dinamo Tbilisi	76: 77	77: 82

• Bye as defending champion : CSKA Moscow

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
CSKA Moscow	140 : 110	TJ Iskra Svit	85 : 53	55: 57
Darüşşafaka SK Istanbul	116: 164	BK Dinamo Tbilisi	67: 80	49: 84
Antwerp BC	143: 173	AŠK Olimpija Ljubljana	87 : 83	56: 90
Legia Warsaw	144: 162	real Madrid	73 : 62	71: 100

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
CSKA Moscow	137: 152	BK Dinamo Tbilisi	71: 75	66: 77
AŠK Olimpija Ljubljana	158: 160	real Madrid	105 : 91	53: 69

final

The final took place in Geneva . *

	Result
BK Dinamo Tbilisi	90 : 83	real Madrid

^* The Spanish government banned both the Madrilenians from leaving the Soviet Union and the Dinamo players from entering Spain, which is why the winner was finally determined in Geneva.

Web links

• History of the European championship on fibaeurope.com
• Statistics for the 1961/62 season on linguasport.com