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was played over the 1961–62 season. There were five representative teams for some major European cities, three of which lost out in the first round. The final was the first European final to be contested between two clubs from the same country, namely Spain.

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7–3 over two legs, and also reached the next two finals in the competition.

Teams location

Bracket

First round

¹Inter Milan progressed to the Second round after winning a play-off match 5–3.

First leg

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Second leg

''Valencia won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Heart of Midlothian won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Inter Milan 4–4 1. FC Köln on aggregate.'' ''Internazionale won 5–3 in play-off.'' ---- ''Novi Sad XI won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''MTK won 13–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Leipzig XI won 6–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Espanyol won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Red Star won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Hibernian won 6–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sheffield Wednesday won 7–6 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Barcelona won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo Zagreb won 9–4 on aggregate.''

Second round

¹ MTK progressed to the quarter-finals after winning a play-off match 2–0.

First leg

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Second leg

''Valencia won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Inter Milan won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Novi Sad XI won 10–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Leipzig XI 3–3 MTK on aggregate.'' ''MTK won 2–0 in play-off.'' ---- ''Espanyol won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Red Star won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sheffield Wednesday won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Barcelona won 7–3 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Internazionale goalkeeper Lorenzo Buffon complained of an injury at halftime and was replaced by Ottavio Bugatti, substitutions were not officially allowed at the time.'' ''Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.''

First leg

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Second leg

''Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ''Barcelona advance to the Semi-Final''

Semifinals

First leg

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Second leg

''Valencia won 10–3 on aggregate.''

First leg

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Second leg

''Barcelona won 6–1 on aggregate.''

Final

First leg

Second leg

References

External links

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Seasons 1961-62 – results, protocols
* website eurocups-uefa.r
Fairs' Cup Seasons 1961-62 – results, protocols
* website Football Archiv

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