1980–81 FIBA Korać Cup

The 1980–81 FIBA Korać Cup was the tenth edition of FIBA's Korać Cup basketball competition. The Spanish Joventut Freixenet defeated the Italian Carrera Venezia in the final on March 19, 1981 in Barcelona, Spain. This was the first edition of the competition to feature a champion team outside of Italy or Yugoslavia.

1980–81 FIBA Korać Cup
League	FIBA Korać Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Joventut Freixenet
Runners-up	Carrera Venezia
FIBA Korać Cup seasons
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vasas	181–158	Karşıyaka	106–81	75–77
Hapoel Haifa	198–140	Panellinios	102–63	96–77
Ovaltime Hemel Hempstead	200–203	Inmobanco	89–98	111–105
Mess	164–205	Anderlecht	86–108	78–97
Hapoel Tel Aviv	174–159	CEP Fleurus	84–72	90–87
Stade Français	219–170	Sparta Bertrange	112–70	107–100

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vasas	174–187	Aris	90–97	84–90
Hapoel Haifa	184–203	Carrera Venezia	95–103	89–100
Orthez	185–154	Inmobanco	99–71	86–83
Anderlecht	161–148	Cotonificio	94–71	67–77
İstanbul Bankası Yenişehir	132–236	Hapoel Tel Aviv	68–109	64–127
Beşiktaş	145–184	Zadar	81–96	64–88
Slavia VŠ Praha	154–163	Sunair Oostende	90–84	64–79
Zbrojovka Brno	169–151	Stade Français	95–75	74–76
Caen	161–182	Partizan	83–84	78–98
AEK	159–162	Standard Liège	78–80	81–82
Crvena zvezda	157–132	Sporting	85–63	72–69

Automatically qualified to round of 16

•   Ferrarelle Rieti (title holder)
•   Jugoplastika
•   Dynamo Moscow
•   Joventut Freixenet
•   ASVEL

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.   Crvena zvezda 6 10 4 2 581 536 +45 2.   Ferrarelle Rieti 6 10 4 2 528 510 +18 3.   Anderlecht 6 8 2 4 495 523 −28 4.   Hapoel Tel Aviv 6 8 2 4 542 577 −35

Group B Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1.   Joventut Freixenet 6 10 4 2 459 458 +1 2.   Partizan 6 9 3 3 550 509 +41 3.   Sunair Oostende 6 9 3 3 492 526 −34 4.   ASVEL 6 8 2 4 506 514 −8

Group C Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1.   Carrera Venezia 6 12 6 0 609 534 +75 2.   Zbrojovka Brno 6 8 2 4 587 582 +5 3.   Jugoplastika 6 8 2 4 576 588 −12 4.   Aris 6 8 2 4 527 595 −68

Group D Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1.   Dynamo Moscow 6 11 5 1 640 614 +26 2.   Orthez 6 10 4 2 604 586 +18 3.   Zadar 6 8 2 4 615 611 +4 4.   Standard Liège 6 7 1 5 547 595 −48

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Joventut Freixenet	191–158	Crvena zvezda	109–85	82–73
Carrera Venezia	220–208	Dynamo Moscow	119–104	101–104

Final

March 19, Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Carrera Venezia	104–105	Joventut Freixenet

1980–81 FIBA Korać Cup Champions
Joventut Freixenet 1st title

External links

• 1980–81 FIBA Korać Cup @ linguasport.com
• 1980–81 FIBA Korać Cup