1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup

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1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup
LeagueFIBA Korać Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
ChampionsItaly Birra Forst Cantù
  Runners-upSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
FIBA Korać Cup seasons

The 1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup was the third edition of FIBA's new competition, running from 6 November 1973 to 11 April 1974. It was contested by 37 teams, twenty-five more than in the previous edition.

Birra Forst Cantù defeated Partizan in the final to become the competition's first back-to-back champion.

Season teams[edit]

First round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Union Neuchâtel Switzerland 212–257 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia AŠK Olimpija 114–127 98–130
Etzella Luxembourg 145–228 Belgium Maes Pils 83–127 62–101
Coimbra Portugal 164–220 Spain CF Barcelona 81–103 83–117
Juventud Schweppes Spain 213–167 Switzerland Federale 105–69 108–98
TuS 04 Leverkusen West Germany 161–165 Italy Snaidero Udine 89–85 72–80
Raak Punch Netherlands 154–150 Belgium Bus Fruit Lier 80–76 74–74
Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel -* Greece AEK
Borac Čačak Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 155–176 Italy Innocenti Milano 79–80 76–96
1.FC Bamberg West Germany -* Israel Maccabi Ramat Gan
Denain Voltaire France 164–175 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika 83–81 81–94
YMCA Thessaloniki Greece 4–0** Austria Soma Wien 2–0 2–0
Wolfenbüttel West Germany 173–186 Spain Kas Vitoria 90–80 83–106
Sutton & Crystal Palace England 165–175 Belgium Carad 89–78 76–97
EBBC Netherlands 171–193 France ASVEL 85–101 86–92

*Originally, AEK and 1.FC Bamberg were drawn to play against the Israeli teams Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Ramat Gan, respectively, but FIBA cancelled these match-ups and declared the former clubs winners.

**Soma Wien withdrew before the first leg and HAN Thessaloniki received a forfeit (2–0) in both games.

Second round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AŠK Olimpija Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 191–181 Belgium Maes Pils 90–85 101–96
CF Barcelona Spain 196–119 Luxembourg T71 Dudelange 110–55 86–64
Porto Portugal 109–190 Spain Juventud Schweppes 61–83 48–107
Snaidero Udine Italy 161–147 Netherlands Raak Punch 87–71 74–76
Standard Liège Belgium 167–168 Greece AEK 94–76 73–92
Innocenti Milano Italy 161–139 Austria Union Garant Ehgartner 86–76 75–63
1.FC Bamberg West Germany 147–182 Italy Mobilquattro Milano 58–79 89–103
Balkan Botevgrad Bulgaria 164–166 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika 91–62 73–104
YMCA Thessaloniki Greece 140–167 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 77–79 63–88
Kas Vitoria Spain 190–195 France Olympique Antibes 109–103 81–92
Carad Belgium 146–170 France ASVEL 72–86 74–84
Automatically qualified to round of 12

Round of 12[edit]

The round of 12 were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.

Key to colors
     Top place in each group advance to semifinals

Group A[edit]

Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Italy Birra Forst Cantù 2 4 2 0 393 363 +30
2. Spain CF Barcelona 2 3 1 1 381 381 0
3. France Olympique Antibes 2 2 0 2 352 382 −30

Group B[edit]

Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika 2 4 2 0 374 354 +20
2. Italy Snaidero Udine 2 3 1 1 326 301 +25
3. Greece AEK 2 2 0 2 312 357 −45

Group C[edit]

Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. France ASVEL 2 3 1 1 300 291 +9
2. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia AŠK Olimpija 2 3 1 1 329 332 −3
3. Italy Innocenti Milano 2 3 1 1 293 299 −6

Group D[edit]

Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 2 4 2 0 331 311 +20
2. Spain Juventud Schweppes 2 3 1 1 315 303 +12
3. Italy Mobilquattro Milano 2 2 0 2 287 319 −32

Semi finals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Birra Forst Cantù Italy 175–162 France ASVEL 99–68 76–94
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 183–182 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika 108–97 75–85

Finals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Birra Forst Cantù Italy 174–154 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 99–86 75–68
1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
Italy
Birra Forst Cantù
2nd title

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