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
*Union Récréation Alexandria withdrew before the second leg and Moderne received a forfeit (2-0).
Second round
Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage Turisanda Varese (title holder) Squibb Cantù FC Barcelona
Quarterfinals + Key to colors Top two places in each group advance to semifinals
Group A FCB VAR LEI EFE FCB76-68105-90104-66 VAR102-8892-7488-69 LEI76-9785-8491-72 EFE66-10074-8486-90 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 -124Group B CAN CIB MOD ŽAL CAN99-8186-7294-59 CIB98-9986-84107-77 MOD86-9681-82111-87 ŽAL75-8275-8293-87 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
Final March 18, Palaeur, Rome
1980–81 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions Squibb Cantù 4th title
References
External links
FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1980–81