1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

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

*

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

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

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

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

External links

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

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