IIHF European Cup 1980

The 1979-1980 European Cup was the fifteenth edition of the European Cup, IIHF's premier European club ice hockey tournament. The season started on October 11, 1979, and finished on August 24, 1980.

The tournament was won by CSKA Moscow, who won the final group.

First round

Team #1 Score Team #2
Levski-Spartak Sofia Bulgaria 5–2, 1–1 Hungary Ferencvárosi TC
Dynamo Berlin East Germany 14–2, 9–2 Denmark Vojens IK
HC Bolzano Italy 5–7, 6–2 Austria EC KAC
HC Chamonix France 12–4, 8–0 Spain Casco Viejo Bilbao

West Germany Kölner EC, Switzerland SC Bern, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia HK Olimpija Ljubljana, Netherlands Flyers Heerenveen  : bye

Second round

Team #1 Score Team #2
Kölner EC West Germany 9–6, 8–4 Italy HC Bolzano
SC Bern Switzerland 2–9, 5–5 East Germany Dynamo Berlin
HK Olimpija Ljubljana Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 8–5, 11–6 Bulgaria Levski-Spartak Sofia
Flyers Heerenveen Netherlands 9–2, 8–3 France HC Chamonix

Finland Tappara, Sweden Modo, Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava, Soviet Union CSKA Moscow  : bye

Third round

Team #1 Score Team #2
HK Olimpija Ljubljana Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–7, 2–13 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow
Dynamo Berlin East Germany 5–5, 4–8 Sweden Modo
Flyers Heerenveen Netherlands 1–11, 9–6 Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava
Kölner EC West Germany 5–6, 6–10 Finland Tappara

Final Group

(Innsbruck, Austria)

Team #1 Score Team #2
CSKA Moscow Soviet Union 8–0 Finland Tappara
Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia 8–4 Sweden Modo
Tappara Finland 10–2 Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava
CSKA Moscow Soviet Union 7–1 Sweden Modo
Tappara Finland 13–3 Sweden Modo
CSKA Moscow Soviet Union 11–1 Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava

Final group standings

Rank Team Points
1 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 6
2 Finland Tappara 4
3 Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava 2
4 Sweden Modo 0

References