# 1981–82 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1981–82 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the sixteenth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 6 October 1981, to 16 March 1982. It was contested by 23 teams, three more than in the previous edition.
Cibona defeated Real Madrid, in the final held in Brussels, and won the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup for the first time in its history.

## Participants

| Country | Teams | Clubs |
| Belgium | 1 | Hellas Gent |
| Cyprus | 1 | AEL |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | Inter Slovnaft |
| Denmark | 1 | BMS |
| England | 1 | Sutton & Crystal Palace |
| Finland | 1 | Tampereen Pyrintö |
| France | 1 | Moderne |
| Greece | 1 | AEK |
| Hungary | 1 | Soproni MAFC |
| Iceland | 1 | Valur |
| Israel | 1 | Hapoel Ramat Gan |
| Italy | 1 | Sinudyne Bologna |
| Luxembourg | 1 | Soleuvre |
| Netherlands | 1 | Parker Leiden |
| Norway | 1 | Sandvika |
| Portugal | 1 | Benfica |
| Romania | 1 | Dinamo București |
| Soviet Union | 1 | Stroitel Kyiv |
| Spain | 1 | Real Madrid |
| Sweden | 1 | Korrugal Norrköpings UBF |
| Switzerland | 1 | Nyon |
| Turkey | 1 | Beşiktaş |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | Cibona |

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| BMS | 214–158 | Sandvika | 107–63 | 107-95 |
| Tampereen Pyrintö | 163–184 | Nyon | 79–87 | 84-97 |
| Sutton & Crystal Palace | 222–161 | Valur | 118–80 | 104-81 |
| Benfica | 162–184 | Hellas Gent | 81–83 | 81-101 |
| Korrugal Norrköpings | 171–191 | Moderne | 77–89 | 94–102 |
| Hapoel Ramat Gan | 4–0* | AEL | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Beşiktaş | 178–179 | Dinamo București | 98–98 | 80–81 |
| Soproni MAFC | 178–188 | AEK | 98–87 | 80–101 |
| Soleuvre | 107–201 | Parker Leiden | 57–94 | 50–107 |
*AEL withdrew before the first leg and Hapoel Ramat Gan received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| BMS | 149–267 | Real Madrid | 84–135 | 65-132 |
| Nyon | 182–188 | Sutton & Crystal Palace | 93–90 | 89-98 |
| Inter Slovnaft | 185–154 | Hellas Gent | 108–72 | 77-82 |
| Moderne | 159–171 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 74–88 | 85–83 |
| Dinamo București | 129–144 | Stroitel Kyiv | 70–76 | 59–68 |
| AEK | 145–181 | Parker Leiden | 78–79 | 67–102 |

### Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage

* Sinudyne Bologna
* Cibona

## Quarterfinals

Key to colors :
* Top two places in each group advance to semifinals
| Group A CIB SIN HRG SCP CIB 121-91 98-97 105-97 SIN 88-81 99-84 77-68 HRG 85-81 83-72 95-78 SCP 70-74 91-97 111-96 TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Cibona 61042560528+32 2. Sinudyne Bologna 61042524528-4 3. Hapoel Ramat Gan 6933540539+1 4. Sutton & Crystal Palace 6715515544-29 | Group B RMD STR LEI INT RMD 93-84 97-90 110-89 STR 77-78 74-66 104-80 LEI 90-98 69-72 86-83 INT 86-111 96-88 83-96 TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD 1. Real Madrid 61260588517+71 2. Stroitel Kyiv 6933500483+17 3. Parker Leiden 6824497507-10 4. Inter Slovnaft 6715517595-78 |

## Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sinudyne Bologna | 172–186 | Real Madrid | 78–79 | 94–107 |
| Stroitel Kyiv | 148–158 | Cibona | 82–66 | 66–92 |

## Final

March 16, Salle Henri Simonet, Brussels
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Cibona | 96–95 | Real Madrid |
* 1981–82 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Champions
* Cibona 1st title