1961-62 NLA season

The 1961-62 NLA season was the twenty-second season of the Nationalliga A.

Standings
No Championship Playoffs.

Relegation Playoff
HC Villars. the champion of the Nationalliga B, beat EHC Basle to earn a promotion to the Nationalliga A for 1962-63, Soon after, the league decided to expand to 10 teams so that EHC Basle and EHC Kloten, the Nationalliga B runner-up, were also allowed into the A league.