1980–81 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1980–81 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the fifteenth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 7 October 1980, to 18 March 1981. It was contested by 20 teams, two less than in the previous edition.^[1]

1980–81 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
League	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Squibb Cantù
Runners-up	FC Barcelona

Squibb Cantù defeated FC Barcelona, in the final held in Rome, winning the FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup for a (European record) fourth time.

Participants

Country Teams Clubs Italy 2 Squibb Cantù Turisanda Varese Austria 1 Klosterneuburg Belgium 1 Verviers-Pepinster Bulgaria 1 Levski-Spartak Cyprus 1 AEL Egypt 1 Union Récréation Alexandria England 1 Doncaster Panthers Finland 1 Peli-Karhut France 1 Moderne Greece 1 Olympiacos Hungary 1 Soproni MAFC Iceland 1 Valur Israel 1 Hapoel Ramat Gan Netherlands 1 Parker Leiden Norway 1 Sandvika Soviet Union 1 Žalgiris Spain 1 FC Barcelona Turkey 1 Efes Pilsen Yugoslavia 1 Cibona

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEL	134–202	Levski-Spartak	65–102	69-100
Sandvika	124–123	Peli-Karhut	60–60	64–63
Hapoel Ramat Gan	184–188	Parker Leiden	97–96	87–92
Olympiacos	125–138	Verviers-Pepinster	58–67	67–71
Union Récréation Alexandria	59–88	Moderne	59–86	0–2*
Klosterneuburg	152–146	Soproni MAFC	88–63	64–83
Valur	169–230	Cibona	79–110	90–120

*Union Récréation Alexandria withdrew before the second leg and Moderne received a forfeit (2-0).

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Levski-Spartak	155–157	Efes Pilsen	73–66	82-91
Sandvika	135–215	Žalgiris	68–101	67–114
Parker Leiden	176–143	Verviers-Pepinster	93–73	83–70
Doncaster Panthers	138–152	Moderne	78–66	60–86
Klosterneuburg	149–168	Cibona	74–84	75–84

Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

• Turisanda Varese (title holder)
• Squibb Cantù
• FC Barcelona

Quarterfinals

Key to colors

Top two places in each group advance to semifinals

Group A FCB VAR LEI EFE FCB 76-68 105-90 104-66 VAR 102-88 92-74 88-69 LEI 76-97 85-84 91-72 EFE 66-100 74-84 86-90 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. FC Barcelona 6 11 5 1 570 468 +102 2. Turisanda Varese 6 10 4 2 518 466 +52 3. Parker Leiden 6 9 3 3 506 536 -30 4. Efes Pilsen 6 6 0 6 433 557 -124

Group B CAN CIB MOD ŽAL CAN 99-81 86-72 94-59 CIB 98-99 86-84 107-77 MOD 86-96 81-82 111-87 ŽAL 75-82 75-82 93-87 Team Pld Pts W L PF PA PD 1. Squibb Cantù 6 12 6 0 556 471 +85 2. Cibona 6 10 4 2 536 515 +21 3. Moderne 6 7 1 5 521 530 -9 4. Žalgiris 6 7 1 5 466 563 -97

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Barcelona	167–164	Cibona	92–85	75–79
Turisanda Varese	149–172	Squibb Cantù	84–94	65–78

Final

March 18, Palaeur, Rome

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Squibb Cantù	86–82	FC Barcelona

1980–81 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
Squibb Cantù 4th title