1973 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

1973 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
League FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Sport Basketball
Finals champions Italy Ignis Varèse
  Runners-up Brazil Sírio

The 1973 FIBA Intercontinental Cup William Jones was the 6th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup for men's basketball clubs. It took place at Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo. From the FIBA European Champions Cup participated Ignis Varèse and Jugoplastika Split, from the South American Club Championship participated Sírio and Vaqueros de Bayamón, and from the NABL participated the Lexington Marathon Oilers.

Participants

Continent Teams Clubs
Europe 2 Italy Ignis Varèse Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika Split
North America 2 United States Lexington Marathon Oilers Puerto Rico Vaqueros de Bayamón
South America 1 Brazil Sírio

League stage

Day 1, May 1 1973

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ignis Varèse Italy 94–66 Puerto Rico Vaqueros de Bayamón
Sírio Brazil 96–75 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika Split

Day 2, May 2 1973

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Lexington Marathon Oilers United States 93–103 Brazil Sírio
Jugoplastika Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 76–84 Puerto Rico Vaqueros de Bayamón

Day 3, May 3 1973

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ignis Varèse Italy 92–78 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika Split
Vaqueros de Bayamón Puerto Rico 80–76 United States Lexington Marathon Oilers

Day 4, May 4, 1973

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Sírio Brazil 89–92 Puerto Rico Vaqueros de Bayamón
Lexington Marathon Oilers United States 89–104 Italy Ignis Varèse

Day 5, May 5, 1973

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Jugoplastika Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 102–84 United States Lexington Marathon Oilers
Sírio Brazil 81–74 Italy Ignis Varèse

Final standings

Team Pld Pts W L PF PA
1. Italy Ignis Varèse 4 6 3 1 364 314
2. Brazil Sírio 4 6 3 1 369 334
3. Puerto Rico Vaqueros de Bayamón 4 6 3 1 322 335
4. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika Split 4 2 1 3 331 356
5. United States Lexington Marathon Oilers 4 0 0 4 342 389
1973 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champions
Italy
Ignis Varèse
3rd title

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