1973 FIBA Korać Cup

1973 FIBA Korać Cup
LeagueFIBA Korać Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
Champions Birra Forst Cantù
  Runners-up Maes Pils

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

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
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA 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
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA 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
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA 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

1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
Wolfenbüttel – Filomatic Picadero 60–58 52–71 112–129
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA 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.

Semi finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Maes Pils 177–169 CF Barcelona 99–87 78–82
Filomatic Picadero 163–194 Birra Forst Cantù 81–82 82–112

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Birra Forst Cantù 191–169 Maes Pils 106–75 85–94
1973 FIBA Korać Cup Champions

Birra Forst Cantù
1st title

References

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