1980–81 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

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

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]

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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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. Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved 2014-07-19.