The 1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 17th edition of the
European top-tier level professional
basketball
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club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called
EuroLeague). The
Final
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was held at the
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu is an indoor sporting arena located in Nantes, France. Built in 1973, the seating capacity of the arena is for 5,500 people. It is currently home to the HBC Nantes handball team.
The arena hosted the 1974 European ...
, in
Nantes
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,
France
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, on April 3, 1974. It was won by
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
, who defeated
Ignis Varese
Pallacanestro Varese, also called by its current sponsor's name, the Openjobmetis Varese, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Varese, Lombardy. Founded in 1945, the team plays in the Italian first division LBA.
For past club spo ...
in the finals, by a result of 84–82. This was the 5th consecutive final for
Varese
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It is the ca ...
, and the first of three consecutive finals played between these two teams.
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
*FIBA
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cancelled this match and declared Union Wienerberger winner.
**This match played as a single game in Belgrade.
Second round
;Automatically qualified to the group stage:
*
Ignis Varese
Pallacanestro Varese, also called by its current sponsor's name, the Openjobmetis Varese, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Varese, Lombardy. Founded in 1945, the team plays in the Italian first division LBA.
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(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.
Semifinals
Final
April 3,
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu is an indoor sporting arena located in Nantes, France. Built in 1973, the seating capacity of the arena is for 5,500 people. It is currently home to the HBC Nantes handball team.
The arena hosted the 1974 European ...
,
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
Awards
FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer
*
Dino Meneghin
Dino Meneghin (, ; born 18 January 1950) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He is widely considered to be the best Italian player ever, as well as one of Europe's all-time greats. A 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall center, Meneghi ...
(
Ignis Varese
Pallacanestro Varese, also called by its current sponsor's name, the Openjobmetis Varese, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Varese, Lombardy. Founded in 1945, the team plays in the Italian first division LBA.
For past club spo ...
)
References
External links
1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup
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EuroLeague seasons
FIBA
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word ''amateur'' from its nam ...