1980–81 IIHF European Cup

The 1980–81 European Cup was the 16th edition of the European Cup, IIHF's premier European club ice hockey tournament. The season started on October 9, 1980, and finished on August 9, 1981.

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

First round

Team #1ScoreTeam #2Flyers Heerenveen 12–1, 11–2 Levski-Spartak SofiaVojens IK 3–10, 2–11 Zaglebie SosnowiecDynamo Berlin 13–4, 10–2 HC Steaua BucureștiEC KAC 2–3, 1–4 HC GherdëinaCHH Txuri Urdin 2–2, 2–10 ASG Tours

EHC Arosa, HK Olimpija Ljubljana, Mannheimer ERC : bye

Second round

Team #1ScoreTeam #2Flyers Heerenveen 5–6, 5–3 EHC ArosaZaglebie Sosnowiec 6–3, 1–6 Dynamo BerlinHC Gherdëina 1–1, 3–8 HK Olimpija LjubljanaASG Tours 5–6, 2–9 Mannheimer ERC

HIFK, Brynäs IF, Poldi Kladno, CSKA Moscow : bye

Third round

Team #1ScoreTeam #2HK Olimpija Ljubljana 2–5, 2–12 Poldi KladnoDynamo Berlin 2–3, 3–6 HIFKMannheimer ERC 3–6, 4–5 Brynäs IFFlyers Heerenveen 0–11, 1–9 CSKA Moscow

Final Group (Urtijëi, Italy)

Team #1ScoreTeam #2HIFK 5–4 Poldi KladnoCSKA Moscow 10–1 Brynäs IFCSKA Moscow 6–0 HIFK Poldi Kladno 4–2 Brynäs IFHIFK 3–3 Brynäs IFCSKA Moscow 12–2 Poldi Kladno

Final group standings

RankTeamPoints 1 CSKA Moscow 6 2 HIFK 3 3 Poldi Kladno 2 4 Brynäs IF 1

References Season 1981