1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup explained

1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
League:	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Sport:	Basketball
Finals:	Final
Finals Link:	1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Final
Finals Champ:	Emerson Varese
Finals Runner-Up:	Gabetti Cantù
Seasonslistnames:	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Prevseason Link:	1978–79 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Prevseason Year:	1978–79
Nextseason Year:	1980–81
Nextseason Link:	1980–81 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

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
	2	Emerson Varese	Gabetti Cantù
	1	Sunair Oostende
	1	CSKA Sofia
	1	APOEL
	1	Union Récréation Alexandria
	1	Doncaster Panthers
	1	Chatby KTP
	1	Caen
	1	Panathinaikos
	1	Soproni MAFC
	1	KR
	1	Hapoel Ramat Gan
	1	Amicale Steinsel
	1	Parker Leiden
	1	Sporting
	1	Steaua București
	1	FC Barcelona
	1	KFUM Uppsala
	1	SAV MoMo
	1	Eczacıbaşı
	1	Zadar

First round

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• 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

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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 width=15 ! width=220 Team ! width=20 Pld ! width=20 Pts ! width=20 W ! width=20 L ! width=20 PF ! width=20 PA ! width=20 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 width=15 ! width=220 Team ! width=20 Pld ! width=20 Pts ! width=20 W ! width=20 L ! width=20 PF ! width=20 PA ! width=20 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

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Final

March 19, Palasport di San Siro, Milan|}

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Saporta Cup (C2). linguasport.com. 2014-07-19.