1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Crvena Zvezda
Runners-up	Spartak ZJŠ Brno

The 1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup was the eighth edition of FIBA's competition for European basketball national cup champions, running from October 1973 to 4 April 1974. It was contested by 25 teams, one less than in the previous edition.^[1]

Crvena Zvezda defeated Spartak ZJŠ Brno in the final, held in Udine, to become the first Yugoslav team to win the competition, after unsuccessful appearances by Crvena Zvezda itself and Jugoplastika Split in the two previous finals. On the other hand, it was the last of three Czechoslovak appearances in the final.^[2]

Participants

Country	Teams	Clubs
Albania	1	17 Nëntori Tirana
Austria	1	Mounier Wels
Belgium	1	Royal IV
Bulgaria	1	CSKA Sofia
Czechoslovakia	1	Spartak ZJŠ Brno
Denmark	1	Falcon
England	1	Embassy All Stars
Finland	1	Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
France	1	Alsace Bagnolet
Greece	1	Olympiacos
Hungary	1	Soproni MAFC
Israel	1	Beitar Jerusalem
Italy	1	Saclà Torino
Luxembourg	1	Sparta Bertrange
Morocco	1	Wydad Casablanca
Poland	1	Śląsk Wrocław
Portugal	1	Benfica
Romania	1	Steaua București
Scotland	1	Paisley
Spain	1	Estudiantes Monteverde
Sweden	1	Helsingborg
Switzerland	1	Pregassona
Turkey	1	TED Ankara Kolejliler
West Germany	1	Gießen 46ers
Yugoslavia	1	Crvena Zvezda

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gießen 46ers	201–96	Falcon	112–51	89–45

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Śląsk Wrocław	172–176	Alsace Bagnolet	91–84	81–92
17 Nëntori Tirana	163–213	Crvena Zvezda	93–99	70–114
Soproni MAFC	123–137	Olympiacos	67–67	56–70
Gießen 46ers	156–167	CSKA Sofia	75–74	81–93
TED Ankara Kolejliler	2–0*	Beitar Jerusalem	2-0
Saclà Torino	206–124	Pregassona	115-47	91-77
Mounier Wels	201–143	Wydad Casablanca	116-66	85-77
Benfica	152–168	Estudiantes Monteverde	91-75	61-93
Royal IV	194–163	Helsingborg	106-82	88-81
Embassy All Stars	160–226	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	84-103	76-123
Paisley	144–169	Sparta Bertrange	51-64	93-105
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit	141–180	Steaua București	78-75	63-105

*Originally, the Champion of the Israeli Cup was drawn to play against the Turkish Champion, but FIBA cancelled this match and awarded TED Ankara Kolejliler a victory by forfeit (2-0).

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alsace Bagnolet	180–194	Crvena Zvezda	94–92	86–102
Olympiacos	136–138	CSKA Sofia	67–59	69–79
TED Ankara Kolejliler	94–168	Saclà Torino	43-79	51-89
Mounier Wels	154–181	Estudiantes Monteverde	89-92	65-89
Royal IV	177–210	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	94-96	83-114
Sparta Bertrange	154–225	Steaua București	77-108	77-117

Quarter finals

The quarter finals 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 two places in each group advance to semi finals

Group A

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Crvena Zvezda	2	4	2	0	342	333	+9
2.	Saclà Torino	2	3	1	1	331	315	+16
3.	CSKA Sofia	2	2	0	2	294	319	-25

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSKA Sofia	160–161	Crvena Zvezda	88–81	72–80
Saclà Torino	158–134	CSKA Sofia	75–59	83–75
Crvena Zvezda	181–173	Saclà Torino	93-86	88-87

Group B

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	2	3	1	1	349	330	+19
2.	Estudiantes Monteverde	2	3	1	1	313	323	-10
3.	Steaua București	2	3	1	1	297	306	-9

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak ZJŠ Brno	160–163	Steaua București	96–86	64–77
Estudiantes Monteverde	167–189	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	74-72	93-117
Steaua București	134–146	Estudiantes Monteverde	83-76	51-70

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Estudiantes Monteverde	79–62*	Steaua București

*At the end of the group stage there was a triple tie in the final standing: Spartak ZJŠ Brno qualified first as the team with the best basket average, whereas Estudiantes Monteverde and Steaua București had to play a tie-break in Rome (not included in the final classification) in order to decide the group's runner-up.

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Estudiantes Monteverde	159–183	Crvena Zvezda	74-79	85-104
Saclà Torino	157–158	Spartak ZJŠ Brno	86–70	71–88

Final

April 2, Palasport "Primo Carnera", Udine

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Crvena Zvezda	86–75	Spartak ZJŠ Brno

1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Champions
Crvena Zvezda 1st title

References

↑ Results in todor66.com
↑ List of finals in FIBA Europe's website

Crvena Zvezda 1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Champions

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Saporta Cup seasons

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European Cup	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96

EuroCup	1996–97 1997–98

Saporta Cup	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

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