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.
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
*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
Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage Gabetti Cantù (title holder) Parker Leiden FC Barcelona
Quarterfinals + Key to colors Top two places in each group advance to semifinals
Group A CAN LEI PAO CAE CAN100-86119-7996-81 LEI112-10895-86106-77 PAO103-10688-86107-84 CAE107-11281-9284-82 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 -81Group B VAR FCB ZAD ECZ VAR106-86120-92110-72 FCB70-68120-8692-69 ZAD67-8496-9092-82 ECZ69-8384-8994-85 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
Final March 19, Palasport di San Siro, Milan
1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions Emerson Varese 2nd title
References
External links
FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1979–80