The 1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup was the third edition of FIBA's new competition, running from 6 November 1973 to 11 April 1974. It was contested by 37 teams, twenty-five more than in the previous edition.

Birra Forst Cantù defeated Partizan in the final to become the competition's first back-to-back champion.

Season teams

Country Teams Clubs (ranking in 1972–73 national league) Belgium 4 Carad Bus Fruit Lier Standard Liège Maes Pils Italy 4 Innocenti Milano Birra Forst Cantù Snaidero Udine Mobilquattro Milano Yugoslavia 4 Partizan Borac Čačak AŠK Olimpija Jugoplastika France 3 Olympique Antibes ASVEL Denain Voltaire Spain 3 Juventud Schweppes CF Barcelona Kas Vitoria West Germany 3 1.FC Bamberg TuS 04 Leverkusen Wolfenbüttel Austria 2 Union Garant Ehgartner Soma Wien Greece 2 AEK YMCA Thessaloniki Israel 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Maccabi Ramat Gan Luxembourg 2 T71 Dudelange Etzella Netherlands 2 Raak Punch EBBC Portugal 2 Coimbra Porto Switzerland 2 Federale Union Neuchâtel Bulgaria 1 Balkan Botevgrad England 1 Sutton & Crystal Palace

First round

*Originally, AEK and 1.FC Bamberg were drawn to play against the Israeli teams Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Ramat Gan, respectively, but FIBA cancelled these match-ups and declared the former clubs winners.

**Soma Wien withdrew before the first leg and HAN Thessaloniki received a forfeit (2–0) in both games.

Second round

Automatically qualified to round of 12 Birra Forst Cantù (title holder)

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 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Birra Forst Cantù 2 4 2 0 393 363 +30 2. CF Barcelona 2 3 1 1 381 381 0 3. Olympique Antibes 2 2 0 2 352 382 −30Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Jugoplastika 2 4 2 0 374 354 +20 2. Snaidero Udine 2 3 1 1 326 301 +25 3. AEK 2 2 0 2 312 357 −45

Group C Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. ASVEL 2 3 1 1 300 291 +9 2. AŠK Olimpija 2 3 1 1 329 332 −3 3. Innocenti Milano 2 3 1 1 293 299 −6Group D Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Partizan 2 4 2 0 331 311 +20 2. Juventud Schweppes 2 3 1 1 315 303 +12 3. Mobilquattro Milano 2 2 0 2 287 319 −32

Semi finals

Finals

1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup Champions Birra Forst Cantù 2nd title

References

1973–74 FIBA Korać Cup