1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Sport	Basketball
Final
Champions	Emerson Varese
Runners-up	Gabetti Cantù
FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup seasons
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

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

Country Teams Clubs Italy 2 Emerson Varese Gabetti Cantù Belgium 1 Sunair Oostende Bulgaria 1 CSKA Sofia Cyprus 1 APOEL Egypt 1 Union Récréation Alexandria England 1 Doncaster Panthers Finland 1 Chatby KTP France 1 Caen Greece 1 Panathinaikos Hungary 1 Soproni MAFC Iceland 1 KR Israel 1 Hapoel Ramat Gan Luxembourg 1 Amicale Steinsel Netherlands 1 Parker Leiden Portugal 1 Sporting Romania 1 Steaua București Spain 1 FC Barcelona Sweden 1 KFUM Uppsala Switzerland 1 SAV MoMo Turkey 1 Eczacıbaşı Yugoslavia 1 Zadar

First round

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

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

• Gabetti Cantù (title holder)
• Parker Leiden
• FC Barcelona

Quarterfinals

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 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 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

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

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

External links

• FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1979–80 linguasport.com
• FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1979–80