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.

1973 FIBA Korać Cup
LeagueFIBA Korać Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
ChampionsItaly Birra Forst Cantù
  Runners-upBelgium Maes Pils
FIBA Korać Cup seasons

Birra Forst Cantù defeated Maes Pils in the final to become the competition's first Italian champion.

Season teams edit

Round of 12 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit