1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup

1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup FIBA Korać Cup Basketball Finals 1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup Finals ITA Birra Forst Cantù YUG Partizan FIBA Korać Cup 1973 FIBA Korać Cup 1973 1974–75 1974–75 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. Birra Forst Cantù defeated Partizan in the final to become the competition's first back-to-back champion. Season teams Country Teams Clubs (ranking in 1972–73 national league) BEL Belgium 4 Carad Bus Fruit Lier Standard Liège Maes Pils ITA Italy 4 Innocenti Milano Birra Forst Cantù Snaidero Udine Mobilquattro Milano YUG Yugoslavia 4 Partizan Borac Čačak AŠK Olimpija Jugoplastika FRA France 3 Olympique Antibes ASVEL Denain Voltaire ESP 1945 Spain 3 Juventud Schweppes CF Barcelona Kas Vitoria FRG West Germany 3 1.FC Bamberg TuS 04 Leverkusen Wolfenbüttel AUT Austria 2 Union Garant Ehgartner Soma Wien GRE 1970 Greece 2 AEK YMCA Thessaloniki ISR Israel 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Ramat Gan LUX Luxembourg 2 T71 Dudelange Etzella NED Netherlands 2 Raak Punch EBBC POR Portugal 2 Coimbra Porto SWI Switzerland 2 Federale Union Neuchâtel BUL 1971 Bulgaria 1 Balkan Botevgrad ENG England 1 Sutton & Crystal Palace First round Union Neuchâtel SWI 212–257 AŠK Olimpija YUG 114–127 98–130 2 Etzella LUX 145–228 Maes Pils BEL 83–127 62–101 2 Coimbra POR 164–220 CF Barcelona ESP 1945 81–103 83–117 2 Juventud Schweppes ESP 1945 213–167 Federale SWI 105–69 108–98 1 TuS 04 Leverkusen FRG 161–165 Snaidero Udine ITA 89–85 72–80 2 Raak Punch NED 154–150 Bus Fruit Lier BEL 80–76 74–74 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR -* AEK GRE 1970 2 Borac Čačak YUG 155–176 Innocenti Milano ITA 79–80 76–96 2 1.FC Bamberg FRG -* Maccabi Ramat Gan ISR 1 Denain Voltaire FRA 164–175 Jugoplastika YUG 83–81 81–94 2 YMCA Thessaloniki GRE 1970 4–0** Soma Wien AUT 2–0 2–0 1 Wolfenbüttel FRG 173–186 Kas Vitoria ESP 1945 90–80 83–106 2 Sutton & Crystal Palace ENG 165–175 Carad BEL 89–78 76–97 2 EBBC NED 171–193 ASVEL FRA 85–101 86–92 2 |} *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 AŠK Olimpija YUG 191–181 Maes Pils BEL 90–85 101–96 1 CF Barcelona ESP 1945 196–119 T71 Dudelange LUX 110–55 86–64 1 Porto POR 109–190 Juventud Schweppes ESP 1945 61–83 48–107 2 Snaidero Udine ITA 161–147 Raak Punch NED 87–71 74–76 1 Standard Liège BEL 167–168 AEK GRE 1970 94–76 73–92 2 Innocenti Milano ITA 161–139 Union Garant Ehgartner AUT 86–76 75–63 1 1.FC Bamberg FRG 147–182 Mobilquattro Milano ITA 58–79 89–103 2 Balkan Botevgrad BUL 1971 164–166 Jugoplastika YUG 91–62 73–104 2 YMCA Thessaloniki GRE 1970 140–167 Partizan YUG 77–79 63–88 2 Kas Vitoria ESP 1945 190–195 Olympique Antibes FRA 109–103 81–92 2 Carad BEL 146–170 ASVEL FRA 72–86 74–84 2 |} Automatically qualified to round of 12 ITA Birra Forst Cantù (title holder) 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 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. ITA Birra Forst Cantù 2 4 2 0 393 363 +30 2. ESP 1945 CF Barcelona 2 3 1 1 381 381 0 3. FRA Olympique Antibes 2 2 0 2 352 382 −30Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. YUG Jugoplastika 2 4 2 0 374 354 +20 2. ITA Snaidero Udine 2 3 1 1 326 301 +25 3. GRE 1970 AEK 2 2 0 2 312 357 −45 Group C Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. FRA ASVEL 2 3 1 1 300 291 +9 2. YUG AŠK Olimpija 2 3 1 1 329 332 −3 3. ITA Innocenti Milano 2 3 1 1 293 299 −6Group D Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. YUG Partizan 2 4 2 0 331 311 +20 2. ESP 1945 Juventud Schweppes 2 3 1 1 315 303 +12 3. ITA Mobilquattro Milano 2 2 0 2 287 319 −32 Semi finals Birra Forst Cantù ITA 175–162 ASVEL FRA 99–68 76–94 1 Partizan YUG 183–182 Jugoplastika YUG 108–97 75–85 1 |} Finals Birra Forst Cantù ITA 174–154 Partizan YUG 99–86 75–68 1 |} 1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup ChampionsITA 100px Birra Forst Cantù 2nd title References Linguasport 1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup 1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup Category:1973 in basketball Category:1974 in basketball Category:FIBA Korać Cup