1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup

1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup
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Champions Real Madrid
  Runners-up Ignis Varese

The 1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 17th edition of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, in Nantes, France, on April 3, 1974. It was won by Real Madrid, who defeated Ignis Varese in the finals, by a result of 84–82. This was the 5th consecutive final for Varese, and the first of three consecutive finals played between these two teams.

Competition system

  • 26 teams (European national domestic league champions, plus the then current title holders), playing in a tournament system, played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
  • The 8 teams qualified for the Quarterfinals were divided into two groups of four. Every team played against the other three in its group in consecutive home-and-away matches, so that every two of these games counted as a single win or defeat (point difference being a decisive factor there). In case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used: 1) one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average; 3) individual wins and defeats.
  • The group winners and the runners-up of the Quarterfinal Group Stage qualified for the Semifinals. The final was played at a predetermined venue.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
USC Heidelberg 152-144 Lourenço Marques 85–65 67–79
Fribourg Olympic 127-209 Real Madrid 74–100 71–105
Csepel 129-135 Partizani Tirana 58–57 71–78
Wienerberger -* Al-Gezira
Levi's Flamingo's 255-144 Boroughmir 129–74 126–70
Solna 176-133 Epping Avenue 103–64 73–69
Radnički Belgrade 89-49** Amicale 89–49
Academic 284-106 Renaissance Berkane 112–53 172–53
Turun NMKY 152-155 Dukla Olomouc 71–61 81–94
İTÜ 137-160 Ford Antwerpen 64–71 73–89
Wybrzeże Gdańsk 157-167 Panathinaikos 87–70 70–97

*FIBA cancelled this match and declared Union Wienerberger winner.

**This match played as a single game in Belgrade.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
USC Heidelberg 103-214 Real Madrid 54–94 48–120
Partizani Tirana 140-149 Wienerberger 72–71 68–78
Levi's Flamingo's 156-174 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 85–84 71–90
Solna 142-155 Radnički Belgrade 67–78 75–77
Academic 163-155 Dukla Olomouc 83–65 80–90
Ford Antwerpen 140-132 Dinamo București 75–65 65–67
Panathinaikos 156-182 Berck 99–80 57–102
Automatically qualified to the group stage

Quarterfinals group stage

The quarterfinals 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 two places in each group advance to Semifinals

Group A

Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Ignis Varese 3 6 3 0 538 453 +85
2. Berck 3 5 2 1 500 484 +16
3. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 3 4 1 2 493 508 -15
4. Ford Antwerpen 3 3 0 3 448 534 -86

Group B

Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Real Madrid 3 6 3 0 591 484 +107
2. Radnički Belgrade 3 5 2 1 542 534 +8
3. Wienerberger 3 4 1 2 487 517 -30
4. Academic 3 3 0 3 525 610 -85

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ignis Varese 175–161 Radnički Belgrade 105–78 70–83
Real Madrid 194–148 Berck 99–67 95–81

Final

April 3, Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Real Madrid 84–82 Ignis Varese


1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions

Real Madrid
5th Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

References

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