1962 FIBA European Champions Cup Final

The 1962 FIBA European Champions Cup Final was a championship 1961–62 season EuroLeague Finals basketball game that was held in Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva, Switzerland, on the 29 June 1962, that saw Dinamo Tbilisi^[1] defeat Real Madrid, by a score 90-83,^[2] in front of 5,000 spectators,^[3] to claim its first, and to this day, only ever EuroLeague title. It was also the first title game that was ever decided by a single game that was played on a neutral court. Only one game on a neutral court was played, due to the unstable political situation that existed at the time.^[4]

Box score[]

29 June 1962 21:30

Dinamo Tbilisi	90–83	Real Madrid
Scoring by half: 38–36, 52–47
Pts: 17		Pts: Hightower 30

Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Erwin Kassai (HUN), Roger Weber (SWI)

Dinamo Tbilisi

Real Madrid

Starters: P PG 6 Guram Minashvili 6 SG 9 17 F 12 Vladimir Ugrekhelidze 14 C 7 3 C 10 6 Reserves: P C 5 Levan Moseshvili 3 F 8 0 F 13 14 C 14 Aleksandr Petrov 12 16 0 Head coach: Otar Korkiya

1961–62 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions Dinamo Tbilisi First title

Starters: P PG 8 5 SG 11 11 SF 10 Emiliano Rodríguez 21 C 12 Wayne Hightower 30 C 13 Stan Morrison 5 Reserves: P PG 6 0 F 7 Lolo Sainz 4 C 14 Lorenzo Alocén 0 Head coach: Pedro Ferrándiz

Awards[]

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer[]

• Wayne Hightower ( Real Madrid)

See also[]

• FIBA European Champions Cup 1961–62

References[]