1979–80 FIBA Korać Cup

The 1979–80 FIBA Korać Cup was the ninth edition of FIBA's Korać Cup basketball competition. The Italian Arrigoni Rieti defeated the Yugoslav Cibona in the final on March 26, 1980 in Liège, Belgium. Arrigoni Rieti's victory ended four years of consecutive wins by Yugoslav teams.

1979–80 FIBA Korać Cup
League	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Arrigoni Rieti
Runners-up	Cibona
FIBA Korać Cup seasons
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Miñón Valladolid	203–149	Sangalhos	110–71	93–78
Sporting	137–142	Bayreuth	66–59	71–83
Verviers-Pepinster	119–140	Antonini Siena	63–78	56–62
Ionikos Nikaias	196–199	Nyon	113–104	83–95
Hapoel Haifa	161–163	Jollycolombani Forlì	95–84	66–79
Maximarkt Wels	160–167	Vasas	77–75	83–92
FC Mulhouse	172–176	Team Fiat Stars	96–97	76–79
Karşıyaka	131–151	CEP Fleurus	58–69	73–82
Soleuvre	158–220	Wolfenbüttel	88–96	70–124

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dalkeith Saints	167–233	Miñón Valladolid	86–115	81–118
Bayreuth	140–187	Antonini Siena	64–103	76–84
Nyon	198–218	ASPO Tours	102–111	96–107
Cotonificio	218–156	Sunderland Sunblest	120–81	98–75
Hapoel Tel Aviv	166–165	Radnički Belgrade	86–82	80–83
Jollycolombani Forlì	149–155	Orthez	76–68	73–87
Vasas	136–150	Joventut Freixenet	78–71	58–79
Team Fiat Stars	150–158	Superga Mestre	86–79	64–79
CEP Fleurus	174–195	Borac Čačak	89–84	85–111
Ziraat Fakültesi	129–255	Cibona	67–120	62–135
AEK	154–174	Wolfenbüttel	80–77	74–97
Tofaş	171–164	Éveil Monceau	99–75	72–89

Automatically qualified to round of 16

•   Arrigoni Rieti
•   Jugoplastika
•   Olympiacos
•   Standard Liège

Round of 16

Key to colors

Top place in each group advance to semifinals

Group A Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1.   Cibona 6 11 5 1 576 531 +45 2.   Cotonificio 6 10 4 2 547 524 +23 3.   Orthez 6 9 3 3 513 507 +6 4.   Wolfenbüttel 6 6 0 6 466 540 −74

Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1.   Arrigoni Rieti 6 12 6 0 568 477 +91 2.   Olympiacos 6 9 3 3 501 459 +42 3.   Joventut Freixenet 6 9 3 3 487 462 +25 4.   Tofaş 6 6 0 6 425 583 −158

Group C Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1.   Hapoel Tel Aviv 6 9 3 3 549 524 +25 2.   Antonini Siena 6 9 3 3 533 518 +15 3.   Borac Čačak 6 9 3 3 542 547 −5 4.   ASPO Tours 6 9 3 3 550 585 −35

Group D Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1.   Jugoplastika 6 12 6 0 590 527 +63 2.   Superga Mestre 6 9 3 3 530 540 −10 3.   Miñón Valladolid 6 8 2 4 586 607 −21 4.   Standard Liège 6 7 1 5 551 583 −32

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hapoel Tel Aviv	161–172	Cibona	81–80	80–92
Arrigoni Rieti	183–179	Jugoplastika	86–75	97–104

Final

March 26, Country Hall du Sart Tilman, Liège

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Arrigoni Rieti	76–71	Cibona

1979–80 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
Arrigoni Rieti 1st title

External links

• 1979–80 FIBA Korać Cup @ linguasport.com
• 1979–80 FIBA Korać Cup