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

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 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 1st leg2nd legAgg. YMCA Thessaloniki – Maes Pils73–7671–96144–172 Lokomotiva – YMCA Thessaloniki81–6173–68154–129 Maes Pils – Lokomotiva115–9282–87197–179 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 −53Group B 1st leg2nd legAgg. CF Barcelona – Amicale87–61cancelled87–61 Amicale – Denain Voltaire62–6966–87128–156 Denain Voltaire – CF Barcelona73–6167–81140–142 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 1st leg2nd legAgg. Berck – Birra Forst Cantù85–7567–78152–153 Standard Liège – Berck87–9075–100162–190 Birra Forst Cantù – Standard Liège90–56106–93196–149 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 −75Group D 1st leg2nd legAgg. Wolfenbüttel – Filomatic Picadero60–5852–71112–129 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

Finals

1973 FIBA Korać Cup Champions Birra Forst Cantù 1st title

References

1973 FIBA Korać Cup