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
ChampionsItaly Emerson Varese
  Runners-upItaly Gabetti Cantù
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons

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 edit

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 edit

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

Group A edit

  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
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1.   Gabetti Cantù 6 11 5 1 641 568 +73
2.   Parker Leiden 6 10 4 2 577 540 +37
3.   Panathinaikos 6 8 2 4 545 574 -29
4.   Caen 6 7 1 5 514 595 -81

Group B edit

  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
Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD
1.   Emerson Varese 6 11 5 1 571 456 +115
2.   FC Barcelona 6 10 4 2 547 509 +38
3.   Zadar 6 8 2 4 518 590 -72
4.   Eczacıbaşı 6 7 1 5 470 551 -81

Semifinals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 edit

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 edit

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

External links edit