1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup

1973-74 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Real Madrid
Runners-up	Ignis Varèse

The 1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 17th edition of the European Champions Cup club competition, predecessor of the Euroleague. The Final was held at the Palais des Sports de Beaulieu in Nantes, France on April 3, 1974. It was won by Real Madrid who defeated Ignis Varèse in the finals, by a result of 84–82. This was the 5th consecutive final for Varese, and the first of three consecutive finals played between these two teams.

Competition System

• 26 teams (domestic champions and title holder) playing knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decides the winner.
• The 8 teams qualified for the Quarterfinals are divided into two groups of four. Every team plays against the other three in its group in consecutive home-and-away matches, so that every two of these games count as a single win or defeat (point difference being a decisive factor here). In case of a tie between two or more teams after this group stage, the following criteria is used: 1) one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average; 3) individual wins and defeats.
• The group winners and the runners-up of the Quarterfinal Group Stage qualify for the Semifinals. The final is played at a predetermined venue.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Heidelberg	152-144	Lourenço Marques	85–65	67–79
Fribourg Olympic	127-209	Real Madrid	74–100	71–105
Csepel	129-135	Partizani Tirana	58–57	71–78
Union Wienerberger	-*	Al-Gezira
Levi's Flamingo's Haarlem	255-144	Boroughmir	129–74	126–70
Solna	176-133	Epping Avenue	103–64	73–69
Radnički Belgrade	89-49**	Amicale	89–49
Academic	284-106	Renaissance Berkane	112–53	172–53
Turun NMKY	152-155	Dukla Olomouc	71–61	81–94
İTÜ	137-160	Ford Antwerpen	64–71	73–89
Wybrzeże Gdańsk	157-167	Panathinaikos	87–70	70–97

*FIBA cancelled this match and declared Union Wienerberger winner.

**This match played as a single game in Belgrade.

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Heidelberg	103-214	Real Madrid	54–94	48–120
Partizani Tirana	140-149	Union Wienerberger	72–71	68–78
Levi's Flamingo's Haarlem	156-174	Maccabi Elite	85–84	71–90
Solna	142-155	Radnički Belgrade	67–78	75–77
Academic	163-155	Dukla Olomouc	83–65	80–90
Ford Antwerpen	140-132	Dinamo București	75–65	65–67
Panathinaikos	156-182	Berck	99–80	57–102

Automatically qualified to the group stage

• Ignis Varèse (title holder)

Quarter finals group stage

The quarterfinals 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 Semifinals

Group A Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Ignis Varèse 3 6 3 0 538 453 +85 2. Berck 3 5 2 1 500 484 +16 3. Maccabi Elite 3 4 1 2 493 508 -15 4. Ford Antwerpen 3 3 0 3 448 534 -86

Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Real Madrid 3 6 3 0 591 484 +107 2. Radnički Belgrade 3 5 2 1 542 534 +8 3. Union Wienerberger 3 4 1 2 487 517 -30 4. Academic 3 3 0 3 525 610 -85

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ignis Varèse	175–161	Radnički Belgrade	105–78	70–83
Real Madrid	194–148	Berck	99–67	95–81

Final

April 3, Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid	84–82	Ignis Varèse

1973-74 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
Real Madrid 5th Title

External links

• Champions Cup 1973–74