1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

1973-74 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Crvena Zvezda
Runners-up	Zbrojovka Brno

The 1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup was the eighth edition of FIBA's competition for European basketball national cup champions, running from October 1973 to 4 April 1974. It was contested by 25 teams, one less than in the previous edition.^[1]

Crvena Zvezda defeated Zbrojovka Brno in the final, held in Udine, to become the first Yugoslav team to win the competition, after unsuccessful appearances by Crvena Zvezda itself and Jugoplastika Split in the two previous finals. On the other hand, it was the last of three Czechoslovak appearances in the final.^[2]

Participants

Country Teams Clubs Albania 1 17 Nëntori Tirana Austria 1 Mounier Wels Belgium 1 Royal IV Bulgaria 1 CSKA Sofia Czechoslovakia 1 Zbrojovka Brno Denmark 1 Falcon England 1 Embassy All Stars Finland 1 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit France 1 Alsace Bagnolet Greece 1 Olympiacos Hungary 1 Soproni MAFC Israel 1 Beitar Jerusalem Italy 1 Saclà Torino Luxembourg 1 Sparta Bertrange Morocco 1 Wydad Casablanca Poland 1 Śląsk Wrocław Portugal 1 Benfica Romania 1 Steaua București Scotland 1 Paisley Spain 1 Estudiantes Monteverde Sweden 1 Helsingborg Switzerland 1 Pregassona Turkey 1 TED Ankara Kolejliler West Germany 1 Gießen 46ers Yugoslavia 1 Crvena Zvezda

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gießen 46ers	201–96	Falcon	112–51	89–45

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Śląsk Wrocław	172–176	Alsace Bagnolet	91–84	81–92
17 Nëntori Tirana	163–213	Crvena Zvezda	93–99	70–114
Soproni MAFC	123–137	Olympiacos	67–67	56–70
Gießen 46ers	156–167	CSKA Sofia	75–74	81–93
TED Ankara Kolejliler	2–0*	Beitar Jerusalem	2-0
Saclà Torino	206–124	Pregassona	115-47	91-77
Mounier Wels	201–143	Wydad Casablanca	116-66	85-77
Benfica	152–168	Estudiantes Monteverde	91-75	61-93
Royal IV	194–163	Helsingborg	106-82	88-81
Embassy All Stars	160–226	Zbrojovka Brno	84-103	76-123
Paisley	144–169	Sparta Bertrange	51-64	93-105
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	141–180	Steaua București	78-75	63-105

*Originally, the Champion of the Israeli Cup was drawn to play against the Turkish Champion, but FIBA cancelled this match and awarded TED Ankara Kolejliler a victory by forfeit (2-0).

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alsace Bagnolet	180–194	Crvena Zvezda	94–92	86–102
Olympiacos	136–138	CSKA Sofia	67–59	69–79
TED Ankara Kolejliler	94–168	Saclà Torino	43-79	51-89
Mounier Wels	154–181	Estudiantes Monteverde	89-92	65-89
Royal IV	177–210	Zbrojovka Brno	94-96	83-114
Sparta Bertrange	154–225	Steaua București	77-108	77-117

Quarter finals

The quarter finals were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.

Group A Main article: 1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Qf Group A Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Crvena Zvezda 2 4 2 0 342 333 +9 2. Saclà Torino 2 3 1 1 331 315 +16 3. CSKA Sofia 2 2 0 2 294 319 -25

Group B Main article: 1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Qf Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Zbrojovka Brno 2 3 1 1 349 330 +19 2. Estudiantes Monteverde 2 3 1 1 313 323 -10 3. Steaua București 2 3 1 1 297 306 -9

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Estudiantes Monteverde	159–183	Crvena Zvezda	74-79	85-104
Saclà Torino	157–158	Zbrojovka Brno	86–70	71–88

Final

April 2, Palasport "Primo Carnera", Udine

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Crvena Zvezda	86–75	Zbrojovka Brno

1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Champions
Crvena Zvezda 1st title

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