1974–75 FIBA Korać Cup

The 1974–75 FIBA Korać Cup was the fourth edition of FIBA's new competition, running from 5 November 1974 to 25 March 1975. It was contested by 42 teams, five more than in the previous edition.

1974–75 FIBA Korać Cup
LeagueFIBA Korać Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
ChampionsItaly Birra Forst Cantù
  Runners-upSpain CF Barcelona
FIBA Korać Cup seasons

Birra Forst Cantù defeated CF Barcelona in the final to become the competition's first and only three-peat champion.

Season teams

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
1.FC Bamberg 160–122 Standard Diekirch82–5678–66
USC München 139–193 Brina Rieti86–10153–92
Panellinios 135–147 Sunair Oostende70–6865–79
Union Neuchâtel 146–246 CF Barcelona69–10577–141
YMCA España 219–114 Paisley123–5396–61
YMCA Thessaloniki 153–160 Wolfenbüttel73–6980–91
Etzella 146–239 Nationale-Nederlanden Donar78–11068–129
Éveil Monceau 156–184 Levski-Spartak99–10857–76
Hapoel Gvat/Yagur 148–132 Galatasaray84–6464–68
Denain Voltaire 166–143 Pineda83–5883–85
Levi's Flamingo's 192–198 Monaco105–10787–91
Vevey 165–193 Partizan85–9180–102
Typsoos Lions 164–201 Bosna81–7983–122

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
1.FC Bamberg 141–198 ASPO Tours72–7769–121
Standard Liège 134–148 Brina Rieti69–6765–81
Sunair Oostende 159–158 Chorale Mulsant81–7978–79
CF Barcelona 171–101 FC Porto88–3683–65
Olympique Antibes 180–163 YMCA España106–8274–81
Wolfenbüttel 164–181 JA Vichy102–8662–95
Nationale-Nederlanden Donar 154–169 ASVEL90–8264–87
Levski-Spartak 124–120 Aris60–3764–83
Hapoel Gvat/Yagur 130–151 IBP Stella Azzurra59–7271–79
Denain Voltaire 170–174 Innocenti Milano96–7674–98
Monaco 194–186 Hapoel Ramat Gan84–74110–112
Partizan 187–169 Caen100–7987–90
PAOK 150–157 Bosna77–7473–83
Automatically qualified to the round of 16

Round of 16

The round of 16 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

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Birra Forst Cantù0000000
2. JA Vichy*0000000
3. Dynamo Moscow*0000000
4. Stroitel*0000000

*Birra Forst Cantù qualifies directly for Semifinals after the withdrawal of the rest of participants in this group (JA Vichy, Dynamo Moscow and Stroitel).

Group B

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Partizan3521568509+59
2. Innocenti Milano3521522477+45
3. ASPO Tours3521528494+34
4. Sunair Oostende3303440578−138

Group C

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Brina Rieti3630480443+37
2. ASVEL3521535483+52
3. Levski-Spartak3412480506−26
4. Monaco3303476539−63

Group D

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. CF Barcelona3630527473+54
2. Bosna3521491494−3
3. IBP Stella Azzurra3412482490−8
4. Olympique Antibes3303510553−43

Semi finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Partizan 168–172 Birra Forst Cantù101–8867–84
Brina Rieti 126–135 CF Barcelona63–4863–87

Finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
CF Barcelona 154–181 Birra Forst Cantù69–7185–110
1974–75 FIBA Korać Cup Champions

Birra Forst Cantù
3rd title

References