1980–81 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1980–81 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the fifteenth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 7 October 1980, to 18 March 1981. It was contested by 20 teams, two less than in the previous edition.[1]

1980–81 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
LeagueFIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
Champions Squibb Cantù
  Runners-up FC Barcelona

Squibb Cantù defeated FC Barcelona, in the final held in Rome, winning the FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup for a (European record) fourth time.

Participants

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEL 134–202 Levski-Spartak 65–102 69-100
Sandvika 124–123 Peli-Karhut 60–60 64–63
Hapoel Ramat Gan 184–188 Parker Leiden 97–96 87–92
Olympiacos 125–138 Verviers-Pepinster 58–67 67–71
Union Récréation Alexandria 59–88 Moderne 59–86 0–2*
Klosterneuburg 152–146 Soproni MAFC 88–63 64–83
Valur 169–230 Cibona 79–110 90–120

*Union Récréation Alexandria withdrew before the second leg and Moderne received a forfeit (2-0).

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Levski-Spartak 155–157 Efes Pilsen 73–66 82-91
Sandvika 135–215 Žalgiris 68–101 67–114
Parker Leiden 176–143 Verviers-Pepinster 93–73 83–70
Doncaster Panthers 138–152 Moderne 78–66 60–86
Klosterneuburg 149–168 Cibona 74–84 75–84
Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

Quarterfinals
Key to colors
     Top two places in each group advance to semifinals

Group A

FCB VAR LEI EFE
FCB 76-68 105-90 104-66
VAR 102-88 92-74 88-69
LEI 76-97 85-84 91-72
EFE 66-100 74-84 86-90
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. FC Barcelona 61151570468+102
2. Turisanda Varese 61042518466+52
3. Parker Leiden 6933506536-30
4. Efes Pilsen 6606433557-124

Group B

CAN CIB MOD ŽAL
CAN 99-81 86-72 94-59
CIB 98-99 86-84 107-77
MOD 86-96 81-82 111-87
ŽAL 75-82 75-82 93-87
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Squibb Cantù 61260556471+85
2. Cibona 61042536515+21
3. Moderne 6715521530-9
4. Žalgiris 6715466563-97

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Barcelona 167–164 Cibona 92–85 75–79
Turisanda Varese 149–172 Squibb Cantù 84–94 65–78

Final

March 18, Palaeur, Rome

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Squibb Cantù 86–82 FC Barcelona
1980–81 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions

Squibb Cantù
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References
  1. "Saporta Cup (C2)". linguasport.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
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