The 1973 World Cup took place 22–25 November at the Club de Golf Nueva Andalucía in Marbella, Spain.

Team Czechoslovakia of Jiri Dvorak and Jaromir Fuchs were notified but withdrew from the tournament before it began.

Also before the tournament began, notable player withdrawals were Peter Thomson, selected to the Australian team, replaced by Errol Hardvigsen, Peter Oosterhuis, selected to the English team, replaced by Peter Wilcock, Terry Kendall, selected to the New Zealand team, replaced by Simon Owen and Brian Huggett, selected to the Welsh team, replaced by David Vaughan.

The individual competition for the International Trophy, was won by Miller, three strokes ahead of Player.

This list of players is incomplete (a) denotes amateur Team International Trophy Sources:[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]