1973 FIBA Korać Cup

1973 FIBA Korać Cup
League	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Forst Cantù
Runners-up	Maes Pils

The 1973 FIBA Korać Cup was the second edition of FIBA's new competition, running from 9 January to 27 March 1973. It was contested by 12 teams, four more than in the previous edition.

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) Belgium 2 Maes Pils Standard Liège France 2 Berck Denain-Voltaire Spain 2 FC Barcelona Filomatic Picadero Yugoslavia 2 Lokomotiva Rabotnički Greece 1 YMCA Thessaloniki Italy 1 Forst Cantù Luxembourg 1 Amicale West Germany 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.

Group A Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg HAN Thessaloniki 144–172 Maes Pils Mechelen 73–76 71–96 Lokomotiva 144–172 HAN Thessaloniki 81–61 73–68 Maes Pils Mechelen 197–179 Lokomotiva 115–92 82–87 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Maes Pils Mechelen 2 4 2 0 369 323 +46 2. Lokomotiva 2 3 1 1 333 326 +7 3. HAN Thessaloniki 2 2 0 2 273 326 -53 Group B Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg FC Barcelona 87–61* Amicale 87–61 Amicale 128–156 Denain-Voltaire 62–69 66–87 Denain-Voltaire 140–142 FC Barcelona 73–61 67–81 *Match-up played as a single game in Barcelona. Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. FC 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 Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Berck 152–153 Forst Cantù 85–75 67-78 Standard Liège 162–190 Berck 87–90 75–100 Forst Cantù 196–149 Standard Liège 90–56 106–93 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. 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 Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Wolfenbüttel 112–129 Filomatic Picadero 60–58 52-71 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Maes Pils 177–169 FC Barcelona 99–87 78–82 Filomatic Picadero 163–194 Forst Cantù 81–82 82-112 Finals Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Forst Cantù 191–169 Maes Pils 106–75 85–94 1973 FIBA Korać Cup Champions Forst Cantù 1st title References Linguasport Forst Cantù 1973 FIBA Korać Cup Winners Marzorati Lienhard Recalcati Farina Beretta Della Fiori Vendemini Meneghel Tombolato Cattini Zonta Coach Taurisano Korać Cup seasons 1972 1973 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02