# 1980 in basketball

The following are the basketball events of the year 1980 throughout the world.

## International competitions
### Men's national teams
#### Senior

* 20 – 30 July: 1980 Olympic Tournament at Moscow, Soviet Union
** Yugoslavia
** Italy
** Soviet Union
* 18 – 25 March: 1980 FIBA Americas Championship at San Juan, Puerto Rico
** Puerto Rico
** Canada
** Argentina
* 22 – 28 March: FIBA Africa Championship 1980 at Rabat, Morocco
** Senegal
** Ivory Coast
** Morocco

#### Youth

* 22 – 30 August: 1980 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship at Celje, Yugoslavia
** Soviet Union
** Yugoslavia
** Bulgaria

### Women's national teams
#### Senior

* 20 – 30 July: 1980 Olympic Tournament at Moscow, Soviet Union
** Soviet Union
** Bulgaria
** Yugoslavia
* 13 – 21 September: 1980 FIBA Asia Championship at Hong Kong
** South Korea
** China
** Japan
* 19 – 28 September: 1980 EuroBasket at Yugoslavia
** Soviet Union
** Poland
** Yugoslavia

#### Youth

* 6 – 14 March: 1980 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship at Hungary
** Soviet Union
** Italy
** Bulgaria

## Club competitions
### Continental championships

Men
| Region | Tournament | Champion | Runner-up | Final/Series result |
| FIBA | 1980 FIBA Intercontinental Cup | Maccabi Tel Aviv | AA Francana | — |
| FIBA Americas | 1980 Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes | AA Francana | E.C. Sírio | — |
| FIBA Europe | 1979–80 FIBA European Champions Cup | Real Madrid | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 89–85 |
| FIBA Europe | 1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup | Emerson Varese | Gabetti Cantù | 90–88 |
| FIBA Europe | 1979–80 FIBA Korać Cup | Sebastiani Rieti | Cibona Zagreb | 76–71 |
Women
| Region | Tournament | Champion | Runner-up | Final/Series result |
| FIBA Europe | 1979–80 FIBA European Champions Cup | Sisport Fiat Turin | Minyor Pernik | 75–66 |
| FIBA Europe | 1979–80 Ronchetti Cup | Montmontaža Zagreb | DFS Maritza Plovdiv | 82–76 |

### Domestic championships

| Country/Region | Tournament | Champion | Runner-up | Final/Series result | Regular season MVP | Finals MVP |
| Albania | 1980 Albanian Basketball League | Partizani Tirana | – | – | – | – |
| Albania | 1980 Albanian Basketball Cup | Partizani Tirana | – | – | – | – |
| Algeria | Algerian Basketball Championship | Darak El-Watani | – | – | – | – |
| Algeria | Algerian Basketball Cup | Darak El-Watani | CS DNC Alger | 88–78 | – | – |
| Angola | BAI Basket | Desportivo da TAAG | – | – | – | – |
| Australia | 1980 National Basketball League | St Kilda Saints | West Adelaide Bearcats | 113–88 | Mike Jones | – |
| Belgium | 1980 Belgian Basketball League | Racing Club Mechelen | – | – | – | – |
| Belgium | 1979–80 Belgian Basketball Cup | SFX Verviers | Sunair Oostende | 73–72 | – | – |
| Brazil | Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete | Franca B.C. | – | – | – | – |
| Bulgaria | 1979–80 National Basketball League | CSKA Sofia | – | – | – | – |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian Cup | CSKA Sofia | – | – | – | – |
| Cyprus | 1979–80 Cyprus Division 1 | AEL Limassol | – | – | – | – |
| Cyprus | 1980 Cypriot Basketball Cup | AEL Limassol | – | – | – | – |
| Czechoslovakia | 1979–80 Czechoslovak Basketball League | Inter Slovnaft | – | – | – | – |
| Finland | 1979–80 Korisliiga | Pantterit | – | – | – | – |
| Finland | 1980 Finnish Basketball Cup | Torpan Pojat | – | – | – | – |
| Greece | 1979–80 A National Category | Panathinaikos | – | – | – | – |
| Greece | 1980 Greek Basketball Cup | Olympiacos | A.E.K. Athens | 85–80 | – | – |
| Iceland | 1979–80 Premier League | Valur | – | – | – | – |
| Israel | 1979–80 Israeli Basketball Premier League | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Tel Aviv | – | – | – |
| Israel | 1979–80 Israeli Basketball State Cup | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 105–87 | – | – |
| Italy | 1979–80 Lega Basket Serie A | Sinudyne Bologna | Gabetti Cantù | 2–0 | – | – |
| Luxembourg | 1979–80 Diekirch League | BBC Amicale Steinsel | – | – | – | – |
| Netherlands | 1979–80 Eredivisie | Nashua Den Bosch | Parker Leiden | 2–0 | Kees Akerboom, Sr. | – |
| Netherlands | 1979–80 NBB-Beker | PSV Almonte Eindhoven | – | – | – | – |
| Paraguay | 1980 Paraguayan Metropolitan Basketball League | Olimpia | – | – | – | – |
| Poland | 1979–80 Polish Basketball League | Śląsk Wrocław | – | – | – | – |
| Poland | 1979–80 Polish Cup | Śląsk Wrocław | – | – | – | – |
| Portugal | 1979–80 Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol | F.C. Porto | – | – | – | – |
| Puerto Rico | 1979–80 Baloncesto Superior Nacional | Mets de Guaynabo | Piratas de Quebradillas | – | – | – |
| Romania | 1979–80 Liga Națională | Steaua București | – | – | – | – |
| Soviet Union | 1979–80 Soviet Union National League | CSKA Moscow | – | – | – | – |
| Spain | 1979–80 Liga Española de Baloncesto | Real Madrid | FC Barcelona | – | – | – |
| Spain | 1979–80 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto | FC Barcelona | Real Madrid | 106–90 | – | – | – |
| Switzerland | 1979–80 Ligue Nationale de Basket | AS Viganello | – | – | – | – |
| Tunisia | 1979–80 Tunisian Division I | Espérance Sportive de Tunis | – | – | – | – |
| Tunisia | 1979–80 Tunisian Basketball Cup | Stade Nabeulien | – | – | – | – |
| Turkey | 1979–80 Turkish Basketball League | Eczacıbaşı | Efes Pilsen | – | – | – |
| United States | 1979–80 Continental Basketball Association | Anchorage Northern Knights | Rochester Zeniths | 4–0 | – | – |
| United States | 1979–80 National Basketball Association | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4–2 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Magic Johnson |
| Philippines | 1980 PBA Open Conference | U/Tex Wranglers Crispa Redmanizers Nicholas Stoodley | Toyota Tamaraws Toyota Tamaraws Toyota Tamaraws | – | Philip Cezar | – |
| Philippines | 1980 PBA All-Filipino Conference | Crispa Redmanizers | Toyota Tamaraws | – | – | – |
| Venezuela | 1980 Liga Profesional de Baloncesto | Guaiqueríes de Margarita | Retadores de Caracas | 4–3 | – | – |
| West Germany | 1979–80 Basketball Bundesliga | ASC 1846 Göttingen | – | – | – | – |
| West Germany | 1980 German Basketball Cup | BSC Saturn 1977 Köln | – | – | – | – |
| Yugoslavia | 1979–80 Yugoslav First Federal League | Bosna | – | – | – | – |
| Yugoslavia | 1979–80 Yugoslav Basketball Cup | Cibona Zagreb | Bosna | 68–62 | – | – |

## Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductions

* Lester Harrison, contributor
* Jerry Lucas, player
* Oscar Robertson, player
* Everett Shelton, coach
* Dallas Shirley, referee
* Jerry West, player

## Births

* February 28 — Tayshaun Prince
* March 13 — Caron Butler
* March 15 — Yannick Gagneur
* March 16 — Felipe Reyes
* April 15 — Raül López
* April 23 — Rohanee Cox
* April 30 — Luis Scola
* May 30 — Ilona Korstin
* June 7 — Berni Rodríguez
* June 9 — Udonis Haslem
* June 13 — Juan Carlos Navarro
* June 14 — Elena Karpova
* June 21 — Richard Jefferson
* June 21 — Federico Kammerichs
* July 6 — Pau Gasol
* July 9 — Svetlana Abrosimova
* August 1 — Asjha Jones
* September 12 — Yao Ming
* October 16 — Sue Bird
* December 16 — Natalie Porter
* December 17 — Suzy Batkovic

## Deaths

* February 5 — Skinny Johnson, American Hall of Fame college (Kansas) and AAU player (born 1911)
* February 29 — Doug Kistler, American NBA player (born 1938)
* April 22 — Decio Scuri, Italian Olympic coach and FIBA executive (born March 18)
* May 5 — Stewart Way, American NCAA coach (born 1911)
* May 23 — Terry Furlow, American NBA player (born 1954)
* June 12 — Johnny Horan, American NBA and EPBL player (born 1916)
* August 19 — Sadi Gülçelik, Turkish club and Olympic player (born 1930)
* October 4 — Sihugo Green, American NBA player (born 1933)
* October 27 — Art Hillhouse, American NBA player (born 1916)
* November 14 — Johnny Horan, American NBA player (born 1932)
* November 25 — Joe Cipriano, American college coach (Idaho, Nebraska) (born 1931)
* November 27 — Ferenc Hepp, Hungarian FIBA executive (born 1909)
* November 30 — Mieko Fukui, Japanese Olympic player (born 1956)
* December 5 — Eddie Hickey, Hall of Fame American college coach (Creighton, Saint Louis, Marquette) (born 1902)
* December 19 — Tarzan Cooper, American Hall of Fame player (New York Renaissance) (born 1907)