1980–81 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
# 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.

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 | 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. | 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. | 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 TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. FC Barcelona 61151570468+102 2. Turisanda Varese 61042518466+52 3. Parker Leiden 6933506536-30 4. Efes Pilsen 6606433557-124 | 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 TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Squibb Cantù 61260556471+85 2. Cibona 61042536515+21 3. Moderne 6715521530-9 4. Žalgiris 6715466563-97 |
| - | - |

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg. | 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
