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Sports season
The 1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the eighth edition of FIBA 's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic 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 League team to win the competition, after unsuccessful appearances by Crvena zvezda itself, and Jugoplastika , in the two previous finals. On the other hand, it was the last of three Czechoslovak League appearances in the final.[ 2]
Participants
Preliminary round
First round
* 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
Quarterfinals
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
Semifinals
Final
April 2, Palasport "Primo Carnera" , Udine
1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Crvena zvezda 1st title
References
External links
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup FIBA European Cup FIBA EuroCup FIBA Saporta Cup