1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the fourteenth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic 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]

1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
LeagueFIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
SportBasketball
Final
Champions Emerson Varese
  Runners-up Gabetti Cantù

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

Participants

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sporting 0–4* Emerson Varese 0–2 0–2
KFUM Uppsala 190–177 SAV MoMo 93–67 97–110
KR 158–192 Caen 84–104 74–88
Amicale Steinsel 174–204 Hapoel Ramat Gan 91–105 83–99
Soproni MAFC 178–206 Zadar 104–109 74–97
APOEL 131–235 CSKA Sofia 69–111 62–124
Union Récréation Alexandria 143–213 Panathinaikos 68–104 75–109
Steaua București 150–153 Eczacıbaşı 71–67 79–86
Doncaster Panthers 149–173 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 Varese received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chatby KTP 159–229 Emerson Varese 79–105 80–124
KFUM Uppsala 158–168 Caen 73–86 85–82
Hapoel Ramat Gan 170–171 Zadar 80–75 90–96
CSKA Sofia 181–193 Panathinaikos 96–93 85–100
Eczacıbaşı 165–157 Sunair Oostende 88–78 77–79
Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

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

Group A

CAN LEI PAO CAE
CAN 100-86 119-79 96-81
LEI 112-108 95-86 106-77
PAO 103-106 88-86 107-84
CAE 107-112 81-92 84-82
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Gabetti Cantù 61151641568+73
2. Parker Leiden 61042577540+37
3. Panathinaikos 6824545574-29
4. Caen 6715514595-81

Group B

VAR FCB ZAD ECZ
VAR 106-86 120-92 110-72
FCB 70-68 120-86 92-69
ZAD 67-84 96-90 92-82
ECZ 69-83 84-89 94-85
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1. Emerson Varese 61151571456+115
2. FC Barcelona 61042547509+38
3. Zadar 6824518590-72
4. Eczacıbaşı 6715470551-81

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

Final

March 19, Palasport di San Siro, Milan

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Emerson Varese 90–88 Gabetti Cantù
1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions

Emerson Varese
2nd title

References
  1. "Saporta Cup (C2)". linguasport.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.