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
League	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Squibb Cantù
Runners-up	FC Barcelona
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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

Country Teams Clubs   Italy 2 Squibb Cantù Turisanda Varese   Austria 1 Klosterneuburg   Belgium 1 Verviers-Pepinster   Bulgaria 1 Levski-Spartak   Cyprus 1 AEL   Egypt 1 Union Récréation Alexandria   England 1 Doncaster Panthers   Finland 1 Peli-Karhut   France 1 Moderne   Greece 1 Olympiacos   Hungary 1 Soproni MAFC   Iceland 1 Valur   Israel 1 Hapoel Ramat Gan   Netherlands 1 Parker Leiden   Norway 1 Sandvika   Soviet Union 1 Žalgiris   Spain 1 FC Barcelona   Turkey 1 Efes Pilsen   Yugoslavia 1 Cibona

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

•   Turisanda Varese (title holder)
•   Squibb Cantù
•   FC Barcelona

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 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1.   FC Barcelona 6 11 5 1 570 468 +102 2.   Turisanda Varese 6 10 4 2 518 466 +52 3.   Parker Leiden 6 9 3 3 506 536 -30 4.   Efes Pilsen 6 6 0 6 433 557 -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 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1.   Squibb Cantù 6 12 6 0 556 471 +85 2.   Cibona 6 10 4 2 536 515 +21 3.   Moderne 6 7 1 5 521 530 -9 4.   Žalgiris 6 7 1 5 466 563 -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 4th title

References

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

External links

• FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1980–81 linguasport.com
• FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1980–81