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
ChampionsItaly Birra Forst Cantù
  Runners-upSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
FIBA Korać Cup seasons

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

Season teams

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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