Cup Winners' Cup 1973-74

Cup Winners’ Cup 1973-74

(From 17-10-1973 to 2-04-1974)

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· 24 teams (domestic Cup champions) playing knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decides the winner.

· The six teams qualified after the 1/8 Final round enter a 1/4 Final stage, divided into two groups of three. Every team plays against the other two 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 to decide the final standing: 1) one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average; 3) individual wins and defeats.

· The group winners and runners-up after the 1/4 Final stage qualify for a 1/2 Final knock-out round (X-pairings). The final is played at a predetermined venue.

FIRST ROUND

(17-10-1973 / 24-10-1973)

MTV Gießen (FRG) - Falcon BK [København] (DEN)

112-51 (46-27)

45-89 (24-35)

SECOND ROUND (7-11-1973 / 14-11-1973)
Saclà Pallacanestro Torino (ITA) - Pregassona Basket (SWI)	115-47 (58-27)	77-91 (38-55)
*Royal Molenbeek BC [Bruxelles] (BEL)* - IFK Helsingborg (SWE)	106-82 (51-36)	81-88 (44-43)
Embassy All-Stars [Bromley] (ENG) - TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno (CZE)	84-103 (34-43)	123-76 (63-36)
Paisley BC (SCO) - BBC Spartak Mamer (LUX)	51-64 (23-39)	105-93 (52-47)
Helsingin Kisa-Toverit (FIN) - CSA Steaua Bucureşti (ROM)	78-75 (41-34)	105-63 (57-28)
ATSV Mounier Wels (AUT) - Wydad AC [Casablanca] (MOR)	116-66 (58-35)	77-85 (38-41)
SL Benfica [Lisboa] (POR) - *CB Estudiantes [Madrid] (SPA)*	91-75 (42-30)	93-61 (44-24)
TED Ankara Kolejliler SK (TUR) - CHAMPION ISRAEL	2-0 (*)
WKS Śląsk Wrocław (POL) - BC Alsace de Bagnolet (FRA)	91-84 (50-44)	92-81 (51-37)
SK 17 Nëntori [Tiranë] (ALB) - *KK Crvena Zvezda [Beograd] (YUG)*	83-99 (45-55)	114-70 (59-30)
Soproni MAFC (HUN) - *Olympiakós SFP [Peiraiás] (GRE)*	67-67 (36-37)	70-56 (43-26)
MTV Gießen - *CSKA [Sofija] (BUL)*	75-74 (39-37)	93-81 (43-33)
* 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 SK a victory by forfeit (2-0).

1/8 FINAL (28-11-1973 / 5-12-1973)
TED Ankara Kolejliler SK - Saclà Pallacanestro Torino	43-79 (18-41)	89-51 (53-25)
Royal Molenbeek BC - TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno	94-96 (42-50)	114-83 (61-42)
BBC Spartak Mamer - CSA Steaua Bucureşti	77-108 (31-59)	117-77 (53-36)
ATSV Mounier Wels - CB Estudiantes	89-92 (41-47)	89-65 (34-33)
BC Alsace de Bagnolet - KK Crvena Zvezda	94-92 (49-45)	102-86 (56-36)
Olympiakós SFP - *CSKA [Sofija]*	67-59 (36-29)	79-69 (46-39)

1/4 FINAL GROUP STAGE

GROUP A
Competition Day 1 (9-01-1974) / Competition Day 2 (16-01-1974)
CSKA [Sofija] - KK Crvena Zvezda	88-81 (42-45)	80-72 (44-32)
Competition Day 3 (30-01-1974) / Competition Day 4 (6-02-1974)
Saclà Pallacanestro Torino - CSKA [Sofija]	75-59 (41-32)	75-83 (41-38)
Competition Day 5 (20-02-1974) / Competition Day 6 (27-02-1974)
KK Crvena Zvezda - Saclà Pallacanestro Torino	93-86 (46-38)	87-88 (51-49)
* Games played a day before the reference date for each competition day.

FINAL STANDING	P	W	L	F	A	Pts.
1. KK Crvena Zvezda	2	2	0	342	333	4
2. Saclà Pallacanestro Torino	2	1	1	331	315	3
3. CSKA [Sofija]	2	0	2	294	319	2

GROUP B
Competition Day 1 (9-01-1974) / Competition Day 2 (16-01-1974)
TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno - CSA Steaua Bucureşti	96-86 (54-35)	77-64 (43-33)
Competition Day 3 (30-01-1974) / Competition Day 4 (6-02-1974)
CB Estudiantes - TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno	74-72 (35-38)	117-93 (58-46)
Competition Day 5 (20-02-1974) / Competition Day 6 (27-02-1974)
CSA Steaua Bucureşti - CB Estudiantes	83-76 (36-37)	70-51 (32-25)
Runner-up Tie-Break (7-03-1974)
CB Estudiantes - CSA Steaua Bucureşti	79-62 (26-36) (a)
* Games played a day before the reference date for each competition day. (a) At the end of the group stage there was a triple tie in the final standing: TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno qualified first as the team with the best basket average, whereas CB Estudiantes and CSA Steaua Bucureşti had to play a tie-break in Rome (not included in the final classification) in order to decide the group’s runner-up.

FINAL STANDING	P	W	L	F	A	Pts.
1. TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno	2	1	1	349	330	3
2. CB Estudiantes	2	1	1	313	323	3
3. CSA Steaua Bucureşti	2	1	1	297	306	3

1/2 FINAL

(13-03-1974 / 20-03-1974)

2A-1B: Saclà Pallacanestro Torino - TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno

86-70 (34-34)

88-71 (42-38)

2B-1A: CB Estudiantes - KK Crvena Zvezda

74-79 (26-42)

104-85 (48-33)

FINAL
VENUE: Palasport “Primo Carnera” (Udine) DATE: 2-04-1974 (21:00 h) ATTENDANCE: 3.500 REFEREES: Willy Bestgen (FRG), Aldo Albanesi (ITA) FOULED OUT: xxx TOP SCORER: Dragan Kapičić (23)
	KK Crvena Zvezda - TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno
	86-75 (45-36)
KK Crvena Zvezda (coach: Aza Nikolić) Zoran Slavnić (20) Ljubodrag Simonović (19) Dragan Kapičić (23) Dragiša Vučinić (12) Radivoje Živković (8)		TJ Spartak ZJŠ Brno (coach: František Konvička) Jaroslav Beránek (8) Jiří Balaštík (9) Kamil Brabenec (14) Jan Bobrovský (20) Petr Novický (8)
Ivan Sarjanović (4) Goran Rakočević (-)		Jiří Pospíšil (6) Vojtěch Petr (10)
RESUMEN (SUMMARY) xxx.