The 1973–74

FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA ...

was the eighth edition of

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's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club

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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.

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defeated Spartak ZJŠ Brno in the final, held in

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, to become the first

Yugoslav League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League (Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

team to win the competition, after unsuccessful appearances by

itself, and Jugoplastika, in the two previous finals. On the other hand, it was the last of three Czechoslovak League appearances in the final.List of finals
in FIBA Europe's website

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

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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.

Semifinals

Final

April 2, Palasport "Primo Carnera",

References

External links

FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1973–74 linguasport.com
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