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
LeagueFIBA Korać Cup
SportBasketball
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

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

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

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Birra Forst Cantù 2420393363+30
2. CF Barcelona 23113813810
3. Olympique Antibes 2202352382-30

Group B

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Jugoplastika 2420374354+20
2. Snaidero Udine 2311326301+25
3. AEK 2202312357-45

Group C

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. ASVEL 2311300291+9
2. AŠK Olimpija 2311329332-3
3. Innocenti Milano 2311293299-6

Group D

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Partizan 2420331311+20
2. Juventud Schweppes 2311315303+12
3. Mobilquattro Milano 2202287319-32

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
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