1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 17th edition of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, in Nantes, France, on April 3, 1974. It was won by Real Madrid, who defeated Ignis Varese in the finals, by a result of 84–82. This was the 5th consecutive final for Varese, and the first of three consecutive finals played between these two teams.

1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup
LeagueFIBA European Champions Cup
SportBasketball
Final
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid
  Runners-upItaly Ignis Varese
FIBA European Champions Cup seasons

Competition system

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  • 26 teams (European national domestic league champions, plus the then current title holders), playing in a tournament system, played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
  • The 8 teams qualified for the Quarterfinals were divided into two groups of four. Every team played against the other three in its group in consecutive home-and-away matches, so that every two of these games counted as a single win or defeat (point difference being a decisive factor there). In case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used: 1) one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average; 3) individual wins and defeats.
  • The group winners and the runners-up of the Quarterfinal Group Stage qualified for the Semifinals. The final was played at a predetermined venue.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
USC Heidelberg   152-144   Lourenço Marques 85–65 67–79
Fribourg Olympic   127-209   Real Madrid 74–100 71–105
Csepel   129-135   Partizani Tirana 58–57 71–78
Wienerberger   -*   Al-Gezira
Levi's Flamingo's   255-144   Boroughmir 129–74 126–70
Solna   176-133   Epping Avenue 103–64 73–69
Radnički Belgrade   89-49**   Amicale 89–49
Academic   284-106   Renaissance Berkane 112–53 172–53
Turun NMKY   152-155   Dukla Olomouc 71–61 81–94
İTÜ   137-160   Ford Antwerpen 64–71 73–89
Wybrzeże Gdańsk   157-167   Panathinaikos 87–70 70–97

*FIBA cancelled this match and declared Union Wienerberger winner.

**This match played as a single game in Belgrade.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
USC Heidelberg   103-214   Real Madrid 54–94 48–120
Partizani Tirana   140-149   Wienerberger 72–71 68–78
Levi's Flamingo's   156-174   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 85–84 71–90
Solna   142-155   Radnički Belgrade 67–78 75–77
Academic   163-155   Dukla Olomouc 83–65 80–90
Ford Antwerpen   140-132   Dinamo București 75–65 65–67
Panathinaikos   156-182   Berck 99–80 57–102
Automatically qualified to the group stage

Quarterfinals group stage

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The quarterfinals 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 two places in each group advance to Semifinals

Group A

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Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1.   Ignis Varese 3 6 3 0 538 453 +85
2.   Berck 3 5 2 1 500 484 +16
3.   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 3 4 1 2 493 508 -15
4.   Ford Antwerpen 3 3 0 3 448 534 -86

Group B

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Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1.   Real Madrid 3 6 3 0 591 484 +107
2.   Radnički Belgrade 3 5 2 1 542 534 +8
3.   Wienerberger 3 4 1 2 487 517 -30
4.   Academic 3 3 0 3 525 610 -85

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ignis Varese   175–161   Radnički Belgrade 105–78 70–83
Real Madrid   194–148   Berck 99–67 95–81

Final

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April 3, Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Real Madrid   84–82   Ignis Varese


1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions
 
Real Madrid
5th Title

Awards

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References

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