1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 17th edition of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called 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 Varese 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.

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

Competition system

• 26 teams (European national domestic league champions, plus the then current title holders), playing in a tournament system, played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
• The 8 teams qualified for the Quarterfinals were divided into two groups of four. Every team played against the other three in its group in consecutive home-and-away matches, so that every two of these games counted as a single win or defeat (point difference being a decisive factor there). In case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were 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 qualified for the Semifinals. The final was played at a predetermined venue.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USC 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
Wienerberger	-*	Al-Gezira
Levi's Flamingo's	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.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USC Heidelberg	103-214	Real Madrid	54–94	48–120
Partizani Tirana	140-149	Wienerberger	72–71	68–78
Levi's Flamingo's	156-174	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	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 Varese (title holder)

Quarterfinals 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 Varese 3 6 3 0 538 453 +85 2. Berck 3 5 2 1 500 484 +16 3. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 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. Wienerberger 3 4 1 2 487 517 -30 4. Academic 3 3 0 3 525 610 -85

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ignis Varese	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 Varese

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

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

• Dino Meneghin ( Ignis Varese)

External links

• 1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup
• 1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup
• Champions Cup 1973–74 Line-ups and Stats