1973 FIBA Korać Cup

Sports season

1973 FIBA Korać Cup

League| FIBA Korać Cup
Sport| Basketball
Finals
Champions|  Birra Forst Cantù
Runners-up|  Maes Pils
FIBA Korać Cup seasons

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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

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| Country | Teams | Clubs (ranking in 1971–72 national league)

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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

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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

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### Group A

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|  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg  | Agg.

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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

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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

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|  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg  | Agg.

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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

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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

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|  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg  | Agg.

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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

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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

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|  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg  | Agg.

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Wolfenbüttel –  Filomatic Picadero | 60–58  | 52–71 | 112–129
| Team | Pld | Pts | W | L | PF | PA | PD

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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

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Maes Pils | 177–169  |  CF Barcelona | 99–87  | 78–82
Filomatic Picadero | 163–194  |  Birra Forst Cantù | 81–82  | 82–112

## Finals

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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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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