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1973 FIBA Korać Cup

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

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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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

Group A

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1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
Greece YMCA ThessalonikiBelgium Maes Pils 73–76 71–96 144–172
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia LokomotivaGreece YMCA Thessaloniki 81–61 73–68 154–129
Belgium Maes PilsSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Lokomotiva 115–92 82–87 197–179
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Belgium Maes Pils 2 4 2 0 369 323 +46
2. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Lokomotiva 2 3 1 1 333 326 +7
3. Greece YMCA Thessaloniki 2 2 0 2 273 326 −53

Group B

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1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
Spain CF BarcelonaLuxembourg Amicale 87–61 cancelled 87–61
Luxembourg AmicaleFrance Denain Voltaire 62–69 66–87 128–156
France Denain VoltaireSpain CF Barcelona 73–61 67–81 140–142
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Spain CF Barcelona 2 4 2 0 229 198 +31
2. France Denain Voltaire 2 3 1 1 293 270 +23
3. Luxembourg Amicale 2 2 0 2 189 243 −54

Group C

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1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
France BerckItaly Birra Forst Cantù 85–75 67–78 152–153
Belgium Standard LiègeFrance Berck 87–90 75–100 162–190
Italy Birra Forst CantùBelgium Standard Liège 90–56 106–93 196–149
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Italy Birra Forst Cantù 2 4 2 0 349 301 +48
2. France Berck 2 3 1 1 342 315 +27
3. Belgium Standard Liège 2 2 0 2 311 386 −75

Group D

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1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
West Germany WolfenbüttelSpain Filomatic Picadero 60–58 52–71 112–129
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Spain Filomatic Picadero 2 4 1 1 129 112 +17
2. West Germany Wolfenbüttel 2 2 1 1 112 129 −17
3. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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
Maes Pils Belgium 177–169 Spain CF Barcelona 99–87 78–82
Filomatic Picadero Spain 163–194 Italy Birra Forst Cantù 81–82 82–112

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Birra Forst Cantù Italy 191–169 Belgium Maes Pils 106–75 85–94
1973 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
Italy
Birra Forst Cantù
1st title

References

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