1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup

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.

1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup
League	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Birra Forst Cantù
Runners-up	Partizan

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

Season teams

Country Teams Clubs (ranking in 1972–73 national league) Belgium 4 Carad Bus Fruit Lier Standard Liège Maes Pils Italy 4 Innocenti Milano Birra Forst Cantù Snaidero Udine Mobilquattro Milano Yugoslavia 4 Partizan Borac Čačak AŠK Olimpija Jugoplastika France 3 Olympique Antibes ASVEL Denain Voltaire Spain 3 Juventud Schweppes CF Barcelona Kas Vitoria West Germany 3 1.FC Bamberg TuS 04 Leverkusen Wolfenbüttel Austria 2 Union Garant Ehgartner Soma Wien Greece 2 AEK YMCA Thessaloniki Israel 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Ramat Gan Luxembourg 2 T71 Dudelange Etzella Netherlands 2 Raak Punch EBBC Portugal 2 Coimbra Porto Switzerland 2 Federale Union Neuchâtel Bulgaria 1 Balkan Botevgrad England 1 Sutton & Crystal Palace

First round

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AŠK Olimpija	191–181	Maes Pils	90–85	101–96
CF Barcelona	196–119	T71 Dudelange	110–55	86–64
Porto	109–190	Juventud Schweppes	61–83	48–107
Snaidero Udine	161–147	Raak Punch	87–71	74–76
Standard Liège	167-168	AEK	94-76	73-92
Innocenti Milano	161-139	Union Garant Ehgartner	86-76	75-63
1.FC Bamberg	147-182	Mobilquattro Milano	58-79	89-103
Balkan Botevgrad	164-166	Jugoplastika	91-62	73-104
YMCA Thessaloniki	140-167	Partizan	77-79	63-88
Kas Vitoria	190–195	Olympique Antibes	109–103	81–92
Carad	146-170	ASVEL	72-86	74-84

Automatically qualified to round of 12

• Birra Forst Cantù (title holder)

Round of 12

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

Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Jugoplastika 2 4 2 0 374 354 +20 2. Snaidero Udine 2 3 1 1 326 301 +25 3. AEK 2 2 0 2 312 357 -45

Group C Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. ASVEL 2 3 1 1 300 291 +9 2. AŠK Olimpija 2 3 1 1 329 332 -3 3. Innocenti Milano 2 3 1 1 293 299 -6

Group D Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Partizan 2 4 2 0 331 311 +20 2. Juventud Schweppes 2 3 1 1 315 303 +12 3. Mobilquattro Milano 2 2 0 2 287 319 -32

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Birra Forst Cantù	175–162	ASVEL	99–68	76–94
Partizan	183–182	Jugoplastika	108–97	75-85

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Birra Forst Cantù	174–154	Partizan	99–86	75–68

1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
Birra Forst Cantù 2nd title

References

• Linguasport