# 1979–80 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.
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 | 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 |
*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

| 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 TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Gabetti Cantù 61151641568+73 2. Parker Leiden 61042577540+37 3. Panathinaikos 6824545574-29 4. Caen 6715514595-81 | 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 TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Emerson Varese 61151571456+115 2. FC Barcelona 61042547509+38 3. Zadar 6824518590-72 4. Eczacıbaşı 6715470551-81 |

## 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