1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

1979-80 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
League FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup
Sport Basketball
Finals
Champions Italy Emerson Varèse
  Runners-up Italy Gabetti Cantù

The 1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup was the fourteenth edition of FIBA's competition for European basketball national cup champions, running from 30 October 1979 to 19 March 1980. It was contested by 22 teams, two more than in the previous edition.[1]

Emerson Varèse defeated the former champions Gabetti Cantù in a final held in Milan winning the European Cup Winner's Cup for the second time.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sporting Portugal 0–4* Italy Emerson Varèse 0–2 0–2
KFUM Uppsala Sweden 190–177 Switzerland SAV MoMo 93–67 97–110
KR Iceland 158–192 France Caen 84–104 74–88
Amicale Luxembourg 174–204 Israel Hapoel Ramat Gan 91–105 83–99
MAFC Hungary 178–206 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zadar 104–109 74–97
APOEL Cyprus 131–235 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 69–111 62–124
UR Alexandria Egypt 143–213 Greece Panathinaikos 68–104 75–109
Steaua București Romania 150–153 Turkey Eczacıbaşı 71–67 79–86
Doncaster Panthers England 149–173 Belgium Sunair Oostende 67–73 82–100

*Sporting withdrew before the first leg alleging that six of their players had been selected to join the Portuguese national team in a US Tour, and Emerson Varèse received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chatby KTP Finland 159–229 Italy Emerson Varèse 79–105 80–124
KFUM Uppsala Sweden 158–168 France Caen 73–86 85–82
Hapoel Ramat Gan Israel 170–171 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zadar 80–75 90–96
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 181–193 Greece Panathinaikos 96–93 85–100
Eczacıbaşı Turkey 165–157 Belgium Sunair Oostende 88–78 77–79
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. Italy Gabetti Cantù 6 11 5 1 641 568 +73
2. Netherlands Parker Leiden 6 10 4 2 577 540 +37
3. Greece Panathinaikos 6 8 2 4 545 574 -29
4. France Caen 6 7 1 5 514 595 -81

Group B

Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1. Italy Emerson Varèse 6 11 5 1 571 456 +115
2. Spain FC Barcelona 6 10 4 2 547 509 +38
3. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zadar 6 8 2 4 518 590 -72
4. Turkey Eczacıbaşı 6 7 1 5 470 551 -81

Semi finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Parker Leiden Netherlands 174–184 Italy Emerson Varèse 87–89 87–95
FC Barcelona Spain 166–171 Italy Gabetti Cantù 92–93 74–78

Final

March 19, Palasport di San Siro, Milan

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Emerson Varèse Italy 90–88 Italy Gabetti Cantù
1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup Champions
Italy
Emerson Varèse
2nd title

References

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