1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup explained

1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup
League:	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport:	Basketball
Finals:	Finals
Finals Link:	1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup Finals
Finals Champ:	Birra Forst Cantù
Finals Runner-Up:	Partizan
Seasonslistnames:	FIBA Korać Cup
Prevseason Link:	1973 FIBA Korać Cup
Prevseason Year:	1973
Nextseason Year:	1974–75
Nextseason Link:	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)
	4	Carad	Bus Fruit Lier	Standard Liège	Maes Pils
	4	Innocenti Milano	Birra Forst Cantù	Snaidero Udine	Mobilquattro Milano
	4	Partizan	Borac Čačak	AŠK Olimpija	Jugoplastika
	3	Olympique Antibes	ASVEL	Denain Voltaire
	3	Juventud Schweppes	CF Barcelona	Kas Vitoria
	3	1.FC Bamberg	TuS 04 Leverkusen	Wolfenbüttel
	2	Union Garant Ehgartner	Soma Wien
	2	AEK	YMCA Thessaloniki
	2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Maccabi Ramat Gan
	2	T71 Dudelange	Etzella
	2	Raak Punch	EBBC
	2	Coimbra
	2	Federale	Union Neuchâtel
	1	Balkan Botevgrad
	1	Sutton & Crystal Palace

First round

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

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

width=15	!	width=220	Team !	width=20	Pld !	width=20	Pts !	width=20	W !	width=20	L !	width=20	PF !	width=20	PA !	width=20	PD
1.	Birra Forst Cantù	2	4	2	0	393	363	+30
2.	CF Barcelona	2	3	1	1	381	381	0
3.	Olympique Antibes	2	2	0	2	352	382	−30

Group B

width=15	!	width=220	Team !	width=20	Pld !	width=20	Pts !	width=20	W !	width=20	L !	width=20	PF !	width=20	PA !	width=20	PD
1.	Jugoplastika	2	4	2	0	374	354	+20
2.	Snaidero Udine	2	3	1	1	326	301	+25
3.	AEK	2	2	0	2	312	357	−45

Group C

width=15	!	width=220	Team !	width=20	Pld !	width=20	Pts !	width=20	W !	width=20	L !	width=20	PF !	width=20	PA !	width=20	PD
1.	ASVEL	2	3	1	1	300	291	+9
2.	AŠK Olimpija	2	3	1	1	329	332	−3
3.	Innocenti Milano	2	3	1	1	293	299	−6

Group D

width=15	!	width=220	Team !	width=20	Pld !	width=20	Pts !	width=20	W !	width=20	L !	width=20	PF !	width=20	PA !	width=20	PD
1.	Partizan	2	4	2	0	331	311	+20
2.	Juventud Schweppes	2	3	1	1	315	303	+12
3.	Mobilquattro Milano	2	2	0	2	287	319	−32