1980–81 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

1980–81 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Squibb Cantù
Runners-up	FC Barcelona

The 1980–81 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup was the fifteenth edition of FIBA's competition for European basketball national 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 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

Quarter finals

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

Group A

	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

	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

Semi finals

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 Winner's Cup Champions
Squibb Cantù 4th title

References

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

Saporta Cup seasons

Cup Winner's Cup	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91

European Cup	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96

EuroCup	1996–97 1997–98

Saporta Cup	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

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