1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup
# 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.

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) | Clubs (ranking in 1972–73 national league) | Clubs (ranking in 1972–73 national league) | Clubs (ranking in 1972–73 national league) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Belgium | 4 | Carad | Bus Fruit Lier | Standard Liège | Maes Pils |
| Italy | 4 | Innocenti Milano | Birra Forst Cantù | Snaidero Udine | Mobilquattro Milano |
| Yugoslavia | 4 | Partizan | Borac Čačak | AŠK Olimpija | Jugoplastika |
| France | 3 | Olympique Antibes | ASVEL | Denain Voltaire |
| Spain | 3 | Juventud Schweppes | CF Barcelona | Kas Vitoria |
| West Germany | 3 | 1.FC Bamberg | TuS 04 Leverkusen | Wolfenbüttel |
| Austria | 2 | Union Garant Ehgartner | Soma Wien |
| Greece | 2 | AEK | YMCA Thessaloniki |
| Israel | 2 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Maccabi Ramat Gan |
| Luxembourg | 2 | T71 Dudelange | Etzella |
| Netherlands | 2 | Raak Punch | EBBC |
| Portugal | 2 | Coimbra | Porto |
| Switzerland | 2 | Federale | Union Neuchâtel |
| Bulgaria | 1 | Balkan Botevgrad |
| England | 1 | Sutton & Crystal Palace |

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg. | 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

| Team 1 | Agg. | 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

* 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 TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Birra Forst Cantù 2420393363+30 2. CF Barcelona 23113813810 3. Olympique Antibes 2202352382−30 | Group B TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Jugoplastika 2420374354+20 2. Snaidero Udine 2311326301+25 3. AEK 2202312357−45 |
| - | - |
| Group C TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. ASVEL 2311300291+9 2. AŠK Olimpija 2311329332−3 3. Innocenti Milano 2311293299−6 | Group D TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Partizan 2420331311+20 2. Juventud Schweppes 2311315303+12 3. Mobilquattro Milano 2202287319−32 |

## Semi finals

| Team 1 | Agg. | 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

| Team 1 | Agg. | 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
