1973 FIBA Korać Cup explained

1973 FIBA Korać Cup
League:	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport:	Basketball
Finals:	Finals
Finals Link:	1973 FIBA Korać Cup Finals
Finals Champ:	Birra Forst Cantù
Finals Runner-Up:	Maes Pils
Seasonslistnames:	FIBA Korać Cup
Prevseason Link:	1972 FIBA Korać Cup
Prevseason Year:	1972
Nextseason Year:	1973–74
Nextseason Link:	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)
	2	Maes Pils	Standard Liège
	2	Berck	Denain Voltaire
	2	CF Barcelona	Filomatic Picadero
	2	Lokomotiva	Rabotnički
	1	YMCA Thessaloniki
	1	Birra Forst Cantù
	1	Amicale
	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 leg	2nd leg	Agg.
YMCA Thessaloniki – Maes Pils	73–76	71–96	144–172
Lokomotiva – YMCA Thessaloniki	81–61	73–68	154–129
Maes Pils – Lokomotiva	115–92	82–87	197–179

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.	Maes Pils	2	4	2	0	369	323	+46
2.	Lokomotiva	2	3	1	1	333	326	+7
3.	YMCA Thessaloniki	2	2	0	2	273	326	−53

Group B

	1st leg	2nd leg	Agg.
CF Barcelona – Amicale	87–61	cancelled	87–61
Amicale – Denain Voltaire	62–69	66–87	128–156
Denain Voltaire – CF Barcelona	73–61	67–81	140–142

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.	CF Barcelona	2	4	2	0	229	198	+31
2.	Denain Voltaire	2	3	1	1	293	270	+23
3.	Amicale	2	2	0	2	189	243	−54

Group C

	1st leg	2nd leg	Agg.
Berck – Birra Forst Cantù	85–75	67–78	152–153
Standard Liège – Berck	87–90	75–100	162–190
Birra Forst Cantù – Standard Liège	90–56	106–93	196–149

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	349	301	+48
2.	Berck	2	3	1	1	342	315	+27
3.	Standard Liège	2	2	0	2	311	386	−75

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.	Filomatic Picadero	2	4	1	1	129	112	+17
2.	Wolfenbüttel	2	2	1	1	112	129	−17
3.	Rabotnički*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rabotnički originally drawn this group, withdrew before the competition.