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
LeagueFIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
SportBasketball
Finals
ChampionsItaly Squibb Cantù
  Runners-upSpain FC Barcelona
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons

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

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First round

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AEL 134–202 Levski-Spartak65–10269-100
Sandvika 124–123 Peli-Karhut60–6064–63
Hapoel Ramat Gan 184–188 Parker Leiden97–9687–92
Olympiacos 125–138 Verviers-Pepinster58–6767–71
Union Récréation Alexandria 59–88 Moderne59–860–2*
Klosterneuburg 152–146 Soproni MAFC88–6364–83
Valur 169–230 Cibona79–11090–120

*Union Récréation Alexandria withdrew before the second leg and Moderne received a forfeit (2-0).

Second round

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Levski-Spartak 155–157 Efes Pilsen73–6682-91
Sandvika 135–215 Žalgiris68–10167–114
Parker Leiden 176–143 Verviers-Pepinster93–7383–70
Doncaster Panthers 138–152 Moderne78–6660–86
Klosterneuburg 149–168 Cibona74–8475–84
Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

Quarterfinals

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Key to colors
    Top two places in each group advance to semifinals

Group A

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FCB VAR LEI EFE
FCB76-68105-90104-66
VAR102-8892-7488-69
LEI76-9785-8491-72
EFE66-10074-8486-90
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. FC Barcelona61151570468+102
2. Turisanda Varese61042518466+52
3. Parker Leiden6933506536-30
4. Efes Pilsen6606433557-124

Group B

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CAN CIB MOD ŽAL
CAN99-8186-7294-59
CIB98-9986-84107-77
MOD86-9681-82111-87
ŽAL75-8275-8293-87
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Squibb Cantù61260556471+85
2. Cibona61042536515+21
3. Moderne6715521530-9
4. Žalgiris6715466563-97

Semifinals

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
FC Barcelona 167–164 Cibona92–8575–79
Turisanda Varese 149–172 Squibb Cantù84–9465–78

Final

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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

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