1973 FIBA Korać Cup From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Sports season1973 FIBA Korać CupLeagueFIBA Korać CupSportBasketballFinalsChampions Birra Forst Cantù Runners-up Maes PilsFIBA Korać Cup seasons← 19721973–74 → 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[edit] Country Teams Clubs (ranking in 1971–72 national league) Belgium 2 Maes Pils Standard Liège France 2 Berck Denain Voltaire Spain 2 CF Barcelona Filomatic Picadero Yugoslavia 2 Lokomotiva Rabotnički Greece 1 YMCA Thessaloniki Italy 1 Birra Forst Cantù Luxembourg 1 Amicale West Germany 1 Wolfenbüttel 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] Linguasport 1973 FIBA Korać Cup 1973 FIBA Korać Cup vteBirra Forst Cantù 1973 FIBA Korać Cup champions Marzorati Lienhard Recalcati Farina Beretta Della Fiori Vendemini Meneghel Tombolato Cattini Zonta Coach Taurisano vteFIBA Korać Cup seasons FIBA Korać Cup Finals FIBA Europe All-Star Game 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