| This is the First 2nd Level European Championship, replacing the qualification Tournaments for Eurobasket. |  | The best 4 teams: Israel, France, Greece and Turkey qualify to the main tournament Men 1973. |  | The best 8 teams from Eurobasket Men 1971 qualified automatically. Sweden and Switzelrnad withdrew before the draw. |   
| Final Group | w | l | pf | pa |  | 1. Israel | 5 | 0 | 409: | 380 |  | 2. France | 4 | 1 | 339: | 313 |  | 3. Greece | 3 | 2 | 371: | 352 |  | 4. Turkey | 1 | 4 | 367: | 384 |  | 5. West Germany | 1 | 4 | 372: | 390 |  | 6. East Germany | 1 | 4 | 326: | 365 |   
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| Team | Isra | Fran | Gree | Turk | WeGe | EaGe |  | Israel | ---- | 75:71 | 75:73 | 88:83 | 84:73 | 87:80 |  | France |   | ---- | 61:57 | 71:60 | 71:68 | 65:53 |  | Greece |   |   | ---- | 84:81 | 81:77 | 76:58 |  | Turkey |   |   |   | ---- |   | 82:78 |  | West Germany |   |   |   |   | ---- | 76:72 |  | East Germany |   |   |   | 63:61 |   | ---- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  | 16.05 |   Israel | 84-73 |   West Germany | 28-33 |  | 16.05 |   Greece | 76-58 |   East Germany | 36-28 |  | 16.05 |   France | 71-60 |   Turkey | 36-32 |  | 17.05 |   West Germany | 76-72 |   East Germany | 39-44 |  | 17.05 |   Israel | 88-83 |   Turkey | 54-44 |  | 17.05 |   France | 61-57 |   Greece | 37-31 |  | 18.05 |   France | 71-68 |   West Germany | 43-34 |  | 18.05 |   East Germany | 63-61 |   Turkey | 30-27 |  | 18.05 |   Israel | 75-73 |   Greece | 44-34 |   
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| Group A | w | l | pf | pa |  | 1. Israel | 5 | 1 | 529: | 439 |  | 2. France | 5 | 1 | 412: | 351 |  | 3. East Germany | 4 | 2 | 461: | 376 |  | 4. Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 427: | 393 |  | 5. Austria | 2 | 4 | 434: | 428 |  | 6. Denmark | 1 | 5 | 362: | 474 |  | 7. Scotland | 0 | 6 | 392: | 556 |   
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| Team | Isra | Fran | EaGe | Neth | Aust | Denm | Scot |  | Israel | ----- | 75:71 | 87:80 |   | 89:78 | 85:62 | 126:77 |  | France |   | ----- | 65:53 | 60:52 | 57:50 | 77:55 | 82:66 |  | East Germany |   |   | ----- | 68:58 | 76:49 | 93:63 | 91:54 |  | Netherlands | 71:67 |   |   | ----- | 78:70 | 73:62 | 95:66 |  | Austria |   |   |   |   | ----- | 86:59 | 101:69 |  | Denmark |   |   |   |   |   | ----- | 61:60 |  | Scotland |   |   |   |   |   |   | ----- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at Wien (AUT) |  | 07.05 |   East Germany | 93-63 |   Denmark | 47-23 |  | 07.05 |   Israel | 75-71 |   France | 38-45 |  |  transferred to Final Group |  | 07.05 |   Austria | 101-69 |   Scotland | 51-39 |  | 08.05 |   Netherlands | 95-66 |   Scotland | 50-31 |  | 08.05 |   Israel | 87-80 |   East Germany | 48-44 |  |  transferred to Final Group |  | 08.05 |   Austria | 86-59 |   Denmark | 44-28 |  | 09.05 |   Netherlands | 73-62 |   Denmark | 37-30 |  | 09.05 |   France | 65-53 |   East Germany | 35-21 |  |  transferred to Final Group |  | 09.05 | Israel | 89-78 |   Austria | 48-45 |  | 11.05 |   Denmark | 61-60 |   Scotland | 37-19 |  | 11.05 |   Netherlands | 71-67 |   Israel | 30-26 |  | 11.05 |   France | 57-50 |   Austria | 28-29 |  | 12.05 |   Israel | 126-77 |   Scotland | 66-40 |  | 12.05 |   France | 60-52 |   Netherlands | 34-29 |  | 12.05 |   East Germany | 76-49 |   Austria | 35-26 |  | 13.05 |   France | 82-66 |   Scotland | 43-30 |  | 13.05 |   Israel | 85-62 |   Denmark | 53-31 |  | 13.05 |   East Germany | 68-58 |   Netherlands | 27-35 |  | 14.05 |   France | 77-55 |   Denmark | 37-24 |  | 14.05 |   East Germany | 91-54 |   Scotland | 44-26 |  | 14.05 |   Netherlands | 78-70 |   Austria | 39-33 |   
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| Group B | w | l | pf | pa |  | 1. Greece | 7 | 0 | 620: | 533 |  | 2. Turkey | 6 | 1 | 617: | 528 |  | 3. West Germany | 5 | 2 | 595: | 530 |  | 4. Belgium | 3 | 4 | 581: | 571 |  | 5. Hungary | 3 | 4 | 582: | 537 |  | 6. Finland | 2 | 5 | 568: | 626 |  | 7. England | 2 | 5 | 606: | 634 |  | 8. Portugal | 0 | 7 | 468: | 678 |  | -. Egypt |  DNS |   
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| Team | Gree | Turk | WeGe | Hung | Engl | Finl | Belg | Port |  | Greece | ----- | 84:81 | 81:77 | 86:79 | 88:81 | 112:83 | 73:67 | 96:65 |  | Turkey |   | ----- | 82:78 | 80:62 | 100:91 | 86:76 | 87:63 | 101:74 |  | West Germany |   |   | ----- | 75:67 | 95:88 | 92:75 | 83:81 | 95:56 |  | Hungary |   |   |   | ----- | 99:83 | 79:78 | 81:89 | 115:46 |  | England |   |   |   |   | ----- |   | 92:84 | 93:78 |  | Finland |   |   |   |   | 90:78 | ----- |   | 84:76 |  | Belgium |   |   |   |   |   | 103:82 | ----- | 94:73 |  | Portugal |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | ----- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  palyed at Szombathely (HUN) |  | 06.05 |   England | 92-84 |   Belgium | 45-45 |  | 06.05 |   Hungary | 115-46 |   Portugal | 61-26 |  | 06.05 |   Greece | 81-77 |   West Germany | 43-38 |  |  transferred to Final Group |  | 06.05 |   Turkey | 86-76 |   Finland | 43-31 |  | 07.05 |   Belgium | 94-73 |   Portugal | 40-38 |  | 07.05 |   Greece | 88-81 |   England | 49-41 |  | 07.05 |   Turkey | 80-62 |   Hungary | 38-27 |  | 07.05 |   West Germany | 92-75 |   Finland | 42-29 |  | 08.05 |   Turkey | 101-74 |   Portugal | 60-32 |  | 08.05 |   West Germany | 75-67 |   Hungary | 33-34 |  | 08.05 |   Greece | 73-67 |   Belgium | 27-32 |  | 08.05 |   Finland | 90-78 |   England | 45-46 |  | 10.05 |   Turkey | 87-63 |   Belgium | 43-35 |  | 10.05 |   Hungary | 99-83 |   England | 50-44 |  | 10.05 |   Greece | 112-83 |   Finland | 56-40 |  | 10.05 |   West Germany | 95-56 |   Portugal | 54-23 |  | 11.05 |   Belgium | 103-82 |   Finland | 57-30 |  | 11.05 |   England | 93-78 |   Portugal | 37-38 |  | 11.05 |   Turkey | 82-78 |   West Germany | 39-36 |  |  transferred to Final Group |  | 11.05 |   Greece | 86-79 |   Hungary | 48-44 |  | 13.05 |   Turkey | 100-91 |   England | 51-50 |  | 13.05 |   Hungary | 79-78 |   Finland | 37-44 |  | 13.05 |   Greece | 96-65 |   Portugal | 46-34 |  | 13.05 |   West Germany | 83-81 |   Belgium | 45-43 |  | 14.05 |   Finland | 84-76 |   Portugal | 39-32 |  | 14.05 |   West Germany | 95-88 |   England | 53-48 |  | 14.05 |   Greece | 84-81 |   Turkey | 41-40 |  |  transferred to Final Group |  | 14.05 |   Hungary | 81-89 |   Belgium | 49-46 |   
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