Korać Cup 1973/74

Korać Cup 1973/74
Duration		November 6, 1973 to April 11, 1974
Order of execution		3rd season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		34
Play-offs
master		Birra Forest Cantù
Runner-up		KK Partizan Belgrade
← Korać Cup 1973 Korać Cup 1974/75 →
↑ FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1973/74

The 1973/74 season was the third season of the Korać Cup held by FIBA Europe .

As in the previous year, the title was won by Birra Forst Cantù from Italy .

mode

34 teams from 14 nations took part. At first, 22 teams played in the first round to get into the next round. The winners of these duels, as well as the three clubs with bye tickets, met eight seeded clubs in round 2. The winners of these games qualified for the group stage. The group stage consisted of four groups with three teams each. The first in each group reached the semi-finals, followed by the final. The winners of the pairings in the group stage were determined in the first and second leg. The overall result of both games was decisive. Whoever decided this was awarded the victory. The winners of the pairings in round 1, round 2 and in the semi-finals, as well as in the final, were also determined in the return game.

Attendees

Attendees
country	number	Teams
Belgium	4th	SCA Carad Brugge	Bus Fruit Lier	Standard BC Liege	Maes Pils Mechelen
Italy	4th	Birra Forest Cantù	Innocenti Milano	Snaidero Udine	Mobilquattro Milano
Yugoslavia	4th	KK Partizan Belgrade	KK Borac Čačak	AŠK Olimpija Ljubljana	Jugoplastika Split
BR Germany	3	1. FC Bamberg	TuS 04 Leverkusen	MTV Wolfenbüttel
France	3	Olympique d'Antibes	ASVEL Basket Lyon	ASC Denain-Voltaire
Spain	3	Joventut de Badalona	FC Barcelona	SD KAS Bilbao
Greece	2	AEK Athens	CAN Thessaloniki
Luxembourg	2	T71 Dudelange	BBC Etzella
Netherlands	2	DSBV Raak-Punch	EBBC Den Bosch
Portugal	2	Académica de Coimbra	FC Porto
Switzerland	2	Federale Lugano	Neuchâtel Sports
Bulgaria	1	Balkans Botevgrad
England	1	Sutton & Crystal Palace
Austria	1	Union Garant Vienna

• The two Israeli clubs Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Ramat-Gan BC were originally also in the field of participants, but were excluded by FIBA ​​due to the unsafe situation in the country due to the Yom Kippur War .
• ABC Soma Vienna withdrew participation voluntarily.

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Neuchâtel Sports	212: 257	AŠK Olimpija Ljubljana	114: 127	130 : 98
BBC Etzella	145: 228	Maes Pils Mechelen	83: 127	62: 101
Académica de Coimbra	164: 218	FC Barcelona	81: 103	83: 117
Joventut de Badalona	213 : 167	Federale Lugano	105 : 69	108 : 98
TuS 04 Leverkusen	161: 165	Snaidero Udine	89 : 85	72: 80
DSBV Raak-Punch	154 : 150	Bus Fruit Lier	80 : 76	74:74
Borac Čačak	155: 176	Innocenti Milano	79: 80	76: 96
ASC Denain-Voltaire	164: 175	Jugoplastika Split	83 : 81	81: 94
MTV Wolfenbüttel	173: 186	SD KAS Bilbao	90 : 80	83: 106
Sutton & Crystal Palace	165: 175	SCA Carad Brugge	89 : 78	76: 97
EBBC Den Bosch	171: 193	ASVEL Basket Lyon	85: 101	86: 92
AEK Athens		bye
1. FC Bamberg		bye
CAN Thessaloniki		bye

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
AŠK Olimpija Ljubljana	191 : 181	Maes Pils Mechelen	90 : 85	101 : 96
FC Barcelona	196 : 119	T71 Dudelange	110 : 55	86 : 64
FC Porto	109: 190	Joventut de Badalona	61: 83	48: 107
Snaidero Udine	161 : 147	DSBV Raak-Punch	87 : 71	74: 76
Standard Liege BC	167: 168	AEK Athens	94 : 76	73: 92
Innocenti Milano	161 : 139	Union Garant Vienna	86 : 76	75 : 63
1. FC Bamberg	137: 182	Mobilquattro Milano	58: 79	89: 103
Balkans Botevgrad	164: 166	Jugoplastika Split	91 : 62	73: 104
CAN Thessaloniki	140: 167	Partizan Belgrade	77: 79	63: 88
SD KAS Bilbao	190: 195	Olympique d'Antibes	109 : 103	81: 92
SCA Carad Brugge	146: 170	ASVEL Basket Lyon	72: 86	74: 84

• Also set for the group stage as defending champion: Birra Forst Cantù

Group stage

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Birra Forest Cantù	2	2	0	393	363
2. FC Barcelona	2	1	1	381	381
3. Olympique d'Antibes	2	0	2	352	382

	Cantù	Barcelona	Antibes
Cantu	*	108 : 84	107 : 77
Barcelona	106 : 94	*	98 : 87
Antibes	96 : 84	92: 97	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Jugoplastika Split	2	2	0	374	354
2. Snaidero Udine	2	1	1	326	301
3. AEK Athens	2	0	2	312	357

	Split	Udine	Athens
Split	*	101 : 86	97 : 73
Udine	73: 83	*	96 : 64
Athens	112 : 103	63 : 61	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-	TieBreak
1. ASVEL Basket Lyon	2	1	1	300	291	105
2. AŠK Olimpija	2	1	1	329	332	96
3. Innocenti Milano	2	1	1	293	299

	Lyon	Ljubljana	Milano
Lyon	*	100 : 85	59: 64
Ljubljana	72: 73	*	83 : 59
Milano	68: 70	100 : 89	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Partizan Belgrade	2	2	0	331	311
2. Joventut de Badalona	2	1	1	315	303
3. Mobilquattro Milano	2	0	2	287	319

	Belgrade	Badalona	Milano
Belgrade	*	82 : 75	84 : 64
Badalona	87 : 83	*	85 : 58
Milano	85 : 82	80 : 68	*

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Birra Forest Cantù	175 : 162	ASVEL Basket Lyon	99 : 68	76: 94
Partizan Belgrade	183 : 182	Jugoplastika Split	108 : 97	75: 85

final

	total		First leg	Return leg
Birra Forest Cantù	174 : 154	Partizan Belgrade	99 : 86	75 : 68

Web links

• History of the Korać Cup on fibaeurope.com
• Statistics for the 1973–74 season on linguasport.com