# 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.

## 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 TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Ignis Varese 3630538453+85 2. Berck 3521500484+16 3. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 3412493508-15 4. Ford Antwerpen 3303448534-86 | Group B TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Real Madrid 3630591484+107 2. Radnički Belgrade 3521542534+8 3. Wienerberger 3412487517-30 4. Academic 3303525610-85 |

## 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)