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1980–81 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Squibb Cantù
Runners-up	FC Barcelona
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons
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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.

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

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.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

• Turisanda Varese (title holder)
• Squibb Cantù
• FC Barcelona

Quarterfinals

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. Retrieved 2014-07-19.

External links

• FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1980–81 linguasport.com
• FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1980–81

• 1980–81 in European basketball
• FIBA Saporta Cup