1980–81 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1980–81 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 24th season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Hall Rhénus, in Strasbourg, France, on March 26, 1981. In a tightly contested game, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv defeated Sinudyne Bologna, by a result of 80–79.

1980–81 FIBA European Champions Cup
LeagueFIBA European Champions Cup
SportBasketball
DurationOctober 8, 1980 - March 26, 1981
Final
ChampionsIsrael Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
  Runners-upItaly Sinudyne Bologna

Competition system
  • Twenty-four teams (European national domestic league champions, plus the then current title holders), playing in a tournament system, entered a Quarterfinals group stage, divided into six groups that played in a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used to decide the final classification:
  1. number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams;
  2. basket average between the teams;
  3. general basket average within the group.
  • The six group winners of the Quarterfinals group stage advanced to the Semifinals group stage, which was played as a single group under the same round-robin rules.
  • The group winner and the runner-up of the Semifinals group stage qualified for the final, which was played at a predetermined venue.

Quarterfinals group stage
Key to colors
     Top place in each group advance to Semifinal group stage

Group A

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Spain Real Madrid 61260682452+230
2.Switzerland Viganello 6933545561-16
3.Egypt Zamalek SC 6824463618-155
4.Portugal FC Porto 6715483542-59

Group B

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 61042531471+60
2.France ASPO Tours 6933528522+6
3.Greece Panathinaikos 6933519543-24
4.England Sutton & Crystal Palace 6824524566-42

Group C

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bosna 61151614475+139
2.Hungary Honvéd 61042587517+70
3.Austria UBSC Wien 6933558501+57
4.Denmark Stevnsgade 6606382648-266

Group D

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Italy Sinudyne Bologna 61260594461+133
2.Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 6824525538-13
3.Turkey Eczacıbaşı 6824493533-40
4.Albania Partizani Tirana 6824499579-80

Group E

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Netherlands Nashua EBBC 61151574466+108
2.Scotland Murray Edinburgh 61042467478-11
3.Czechoslovakia Inter Slovnaft 6933504524-20
4.Sweden Hageby 6606491568-77

Group F

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 61260554442+112
2.Belgium Maes Pils 6933472509-37
3.Poland Śląsk Wrocław 6824542557-15
4.Finland Pantterit 6715469529-60

Semifinals group stage
Key to colors
     Top two places in the group advance to Final
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Italy Sinudyne Bologna 101773864837+27
2.Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 101664903880+23
3.Netherlands Nashua EBBC 101555902901+1
4.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bosna 101446926946-20
5.Spain Real Madrid 101446912895+17
6.Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 101446813861-48

Final

March 26, Hall Rhénus, Strasbourg

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Sinudyne Bologna Italy 79–80 Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv


1980–81 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions
Israel
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
2nd Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

References
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