1973 FIBA Korać Cup

1973 FIBA Korać Cup FIBA Korać Cup Basketball Finals 1973 FIBA Korać Cup Finals ITA Birra Forst Cantù BEL Maes Pils FIBA Korać Cup 1972 FIBA Korać Cup 1972 1973–74 1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup The 1973 FIBA Korać Cup was the second edition of FIBA's competition, running from 9 January to 27 March 1973. It was contested by 12 teams, four more than in the previous edition. Birra Forst Cantù defeated Maes Pils in the final to become the competition's first Italian champion. Season teams Country Teams Clubs (ranking in 1971–72 national league) BEL Belgium 2 Maes Pils Standard Liège FRA France 2 Berck Denain Voltaire ESP 1945 Spain 2 CF Barcelona Filomatic Picadero YUG Yugoslavia 2 Lokomotiva Rabotnički GRE 1970 Greece 1 YMCA Thessaloniki ITA Italy 1 Birra Forst Cantù LUX Luxembourg 1 Amicale FRG West Germany 1 Wolfenbüttel 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 1st leg2nd legAgg.GRE 1970 YMCA Thessaloniki – BEL Maes Pils73–7671–96144–172YUG Lokomotiva – GRE 1970 YMCA Thessaloniki81–6173–68154–129BEL Maes Pils – YUG Lokomotiva115–9282–87197–179 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. BEL Maes Pils 2 4 2 0 369 323 +46 2. YUG Lokomotiva 2 3 1 1 333 326 +7 3. GRE 1970 YMCA Thessaloniki 2 2 0 2 273 326 −53Group B 1st leg2nd legAgg.ESP 1945 CF Barcelona – LUX Amicale87–61cancelled87–61LUX Amicale – FRA Denain Voltaire62–6966–87128–156FRA Denain Voltaire – ESP 1945 CF Barcelona73–6167–81140–142 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. ESP 1945 CF Barcelona 2 4 2 0 229 198 +31 2. FRA Denain Voltaire 2 3 1 1 293 270 +23 3. LUX Amicale 2 2 0 2 189 243 −54 Group C 1st leg2nd legAgg.FRA Berck – ITA Birra Forst Cantù85–7567–78152–153BEL Standard Liège – FRA Berck87–9075–100162–190ITA Birra Forst Cantù – BEL Standard Liège90–56106–93196–149 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. ITA Birra Forst Cantù 2 4 2 0 349 301 +48 2. FRA Berck 2 3 1 1 342 315 +27 3. BEL Standard Liège 2 2 0 2 311 386 −75Group D 1st leg2nd legAgg.FRG Wolfenbüttel – ESP 1945 Filomatic Picadero60–5852–71112–129 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. ESP 1945 Filomatic Picadero 2 4 1 1 129 112 +17 2. FRG Wolfenbüttel 2 2 1 1 112 129 −17 3. YUG Rabotnički* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Rabotnički originally drawn this group, withdrew before the competition. Semi finals Maes Pils BEL 177–169 CF Barcelona ESP 1945 99–87 78–82 1 Filomatic Picadero ESP 1945 163–194 Birra Forst Cantù ITA 81–82 82–112 2 |} Finals Birra Forst Cantù ITA 191–169 Maes Pils BEL 106–75 85–94 1 |} 1973 FIBA Korać Cup ChampionsITA 100px Birra Forst Cantù 1st title References Linguasport 1973 FIBA Korać Cup 1973 FIBA Korać Cup Category:FIBA Korać Cup Category:1973 in basketball