1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
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ChampionsItaly Emerson Varese
  Runners-upItaly Gabetti Cantù

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]

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 Portugal 0–4* Italy Emerson Varese 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 Steinsel Luxembourg 174–204 Israel Hapoel Ramat Gan 91–105 83–99
Soproni 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
Union Récréation 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 Varese 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 Varese 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

Quarterfinals

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

Group A

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

Group B

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

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Parker Leiden Netherlands 174–184 Italy Emerson Varese 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 Varese Italy 90–88 Italy Gabetti Cantù
1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Italy
Emerson Varese
2nd title

References

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