1980–81 FIBA Korać Cup

1980–81 FIBA Korać Cup
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Champions Joventut Freixenet
  Runners-up Carrera Venezia

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.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vasas 181–158 Karşıyaka 106–81 75–77
Hapoel Haifa 198–140 Panellinios 102–63 96–77
Ovaltine 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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 OT (92-92) Joventut Freixenet
1980–81 FIBA Korać Cup Champions

Joventut Freixenet
1st title