1974–75 FIBA Korać Cup

The 1974–75 FIBA Korać Cup was the fourth edition of FIBA's new competition, running from 5 November 1974 to 25 March 1975. It was contested by 42 teams, five more than in the previous edition.

1974–75 FIBA Korać Cup
League	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Birra Forst Cantù
Runners-up	CF Barcelona

Birra Forst Cantù defeated CF Barcelona in the final to become the competition's first and only three-peat champion.

Season teams

Country Teams Clubs (ranking in 1973–74 national league) France 8 Olympique Antibes ASVEL Caen Chorale Mulsant Monaco ASPO Tours JA Vichy Denain Voltaire Greece 4 YMCA Thessaloniki Panellinios Aris PAOK Italy 4 Innocenti Milano Birra Forst Cantù Brina Rieti IBP Stella Azzurra Belgium 3 Standard Liège Éveil Monceau Sunair Oostende Netherlands 3 Levi's Flamingo's Nationale-Nederlanden Donar Typsoos Lions Spain 3 CF Barcelona YMCA España Pineda West Germany 3 1.FC Bamberg USC München Wolfenbüttel Israel 2 Hapoel Gvat/Yagur Hapoel Ramat Gan Luxembourg 2 Standard Diekirch Etzella Soviet Union 2 Stroitel Dynamo Moscow Switzerland 2 Union Neuchâtel Vevey Yugoslavia 2 Bosna Partizan Bulgaria 1 Levski-Spartak Portugal 1 Porto Scotland 1 Paisley Turkey 1 Galatasaray

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
1.FC Bamberg	160–122	Standard Diekirch	82–56	78–66
USC München	139–193	Brina Rieti	86–101	53–92
Panellinios	135–147	Sunair Oostende	70–68	65–79
Union Neuchâtel	146–246	CF Barcelona	69–105	77–141
YMCA España	219–114	Paisley	123–53	96–61
YMCA Thessaloniki	153-160	Wolfenbüttel	73-69	80-91
Etzella	146–239	Nationale-Nederlanden Donar	78–110	68–129
Éveil Monceau	156–184	Levski-Spartak	99–108	57–76
Hapoel Gvat/Yagur	148–132	Galatasaray	84–64	64–68
Denain Voltaire	166–143	Pineda	83–58	83–85
Levi's Flamingo's	192–198	Monaco	105–107	87–91
Vevey	165-193	Partizan	85-91	80-102
Typsoos Lions	163-201	Bosna	81-79	82-122

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
1.FC Bamberg	141–198	ASPO Tours	72–77	69–121
Standard Liège	134–148	Brina Rieti	69–67	65–81
Sunair Oostende	159–158	Chorale Mulsant	81–79	78–79
CF Barcelona	171–101	FC Porto	88–36	83–65
Olympique Antibes	180–163	YMCA España	106–82	74–81
Wolfenbüttel	164–181	JA Vichy	102–86	62–95
Nationale-Nederlanden Donar	154–169	ASVEL	90–82	64–87
Levski-Spartak	124–120	Aris	60–37	64–83
Hapoel Gvat/Yagur	130–151	IBP Stella Azzurra	59–72	71–79
Denain Voltaire	170–174	Innocenti Milano	96–76	74–98
Monaco	194–186	Hapoel Ramat Gan	84–74	110–112
Partizan	187–169	Caen	100–79	87–90
PAOK	150-157	Bosna	77-74	73-83

Automatically qualified to the round of 16

• Birra Forst Cantù (title holder)
• Dynamo Moscow
• Stroitel

Round of 16

The round of 16 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. JA Vichy* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. Dynamo Moscow* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4. Stroitel* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Birra Forst Cantù qualifies directly for Semifinals after the withdrawal of the rest of participants in this group (JA Vichy, Dynamo Moscow and Stroitel).

Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Partizan 3 5 2 1 568 509 +59 2. Innocenti Milano 3 5 2 1 522 477 +45 3. ASPO Tours 3 5 2 1 528 494 +34 4. Sunair Oostende 3 3 0 3 440 578 -138

Group C Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Brina Rieti 3 6 3 0 480 443 +37 2. ASVEL 3 5 2 1 535 483 +52 3. Levski-Spartak 3 4 1 2 480 506 -26 4. Monaco 3 3 0 3 476 539 -63

Group D Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. CF Barcelona 3 6 3 0 527 473 +54 2. Bosna 3 5 2 1 491 494 -3 3. IBP Stella Azzurra 3 4 1 2 482 490 -8 4. Olympique Antibes 3 3 0 3 510 553 -43

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Partizan	168–172	Birra Forst Cantù	101–88	67–84
Brina Rieti	126–135	CF Barcelona	63–48	63-87

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CF Barcelona	154–181	Birra Forst Cantù	69–71	85–110

1974–75 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
Birra Forst Cantù 3rd title

References

• Linguasport