Korać Cup 1979/80

Korać Cup 1979/80
Duration		October 31, 1979 to March 25, 1980
Order of execution		9th season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		28
Play-offs
master		AMG Sebastiani Rieti
Runner-up		KK Cibona Zagreb
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The 1979/80 season was the 9th season of the Korać Cup held by FIBA Europe .

AMG Sebastiani Rieti from Italy won the title .

mode

28 teams from 13 nations took part. After the qualifying round, 24 teams played an elimination round. The winners of these games qualified for the group stage, which consisted of four groups of four teams each. The first in each group reached the semi-finals, followed by the final. The winners of the pairings in round 1 and in the semi-finals were determined in the first and second leg. The final was played in one game at a neutral location.

Qualifying round

	total		First leg	Return leg
CB Miñón Valladolid	203 : 149	Sanghalhos DC	110 : 71	93 : 78
AO Sporting Athens	137: 142	BG Bayreuth	66 : 59	71: 83
RBC Verviers-Pepinster	196: 199	BBC Nyon	113 : 104	83: 95
Hapoel Haifa	161: 163	Jollycolombani Libertas Forlì	95 : 84	66: 79
ABC Maximarkt Wels	188: 205	GM Vasas Budapest	77 : 75	83: 92
FC Mulhouse Basket	172: 176	Team Fiat Stars Coventry	96: 97	76: 79
Karşıyaka SK	141: 151	CEP Fleurus	58: 69	73: 82
AS Soleuvre	158: 220	MTV Wolfenbüttel	88: 96	70: 124

Attendees

Attendees
country	number	Teams
Italy	4th	Antonini Mens Sana Basket	AMG Sebastiani Rieti	Jollycolombani Libertas Forlì	Superga Pallacanestro Mestre
Yugoslavia	4th	KK Radnički Belgrade	KK Borac Čačak	KK Jugoplastika Split	KK Cibona Zagreb
Belgium	3	CEP Fleurus	Standard Liege BC	Èveil Monceau
Spain	3	CB Cotonificio Badalona	Joventut de Badalona	CB Miñón Valladolid
BR Germany	2	BG Bayreuth	MTV Wolfenbüttel
England	2	Team Fiat Stars Coventry	Sunblest EPAB Sunderland
France	2	EB Orthez	ASPO Tours
Greece	2	Ionikos Nikea	Olympiacos Piraeus
Turkey	2	Tofaş SK	Ziraat Fakanschesi Ankara
Israel	1	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Scotland	1	Dalkeith Saints BC
Switzerland	1	BBC Nyon
Hungary	1	GM Vasas SC

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Dalkeith Saints BC	167: 233	CB Miñón Valladolid	86: 115	81: 118
BG Bayreuth	140: 187	Antonini Mens Sana Basket	64: 103	76: 84
BBC Nyon	198: 218	ASPO Tours	102: 111	96: 107
CB Cotonificio Badalona	218 : 156	Sunblest EPAB Sunderland	120 : 81	98 : 75
Hapoel Tel Aviv	166 : 165	KK Radnički Belgrade	86 : 82	80: 83
Jollycolombani Libertas Forli	149: 155	EB Orthez	76 : 68	73: 87
GM Vasas SC	136: 150	Joventut de Badalona	78 : 71	58: 79
Team Fiat Stars Coventry	150: 158	Superga Pallacanestro Mestre	86 : 79	64: 79
CEP Fleurus	174: 195	KK Borac Čačak	89 : 84	85: 111
Ziraat Fakanschesi Ankara	129: 255	KK Cibona Zagreb	67: 120	62: 135
AEK Athens	154: 174	MTV Wolfenbüttel	80 : 77	74: 97
Tofaş SK	171 : 164	Èveil Monceau	99 : 75	72: 89

• Also qualified for the group stage ( bye ): KK Jugoplastika Split , AMG Sebastiani Rieti , Standard Lüttich BC , Olympiakós SFP Piraeus

Group stage

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. KK Cibona Zagreb	6th	5	1	576	531
2. CB Cotonificio Badalona	6th	4th	2	547	524
3. EB Orthez	6th	3	3	513	507
4. MTV Wolfenbüttel	6th	0	6th	466	540

	Zagreb	Badalona	Orthez	Wolfenbüttel
Zagreb	*	122 : 99	84 : 79	113 : 94
Badalona	100 : 87	*	101 : 94	81 : 64
Orthez	84: 88	87 : 75	*	88 : 81
Wolfenbüttel	75: 82	72: 93	80: 83	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. AMG Sebastiani Rieti	6th	6th	0	568	477
2. Olympiacos SFP Piraeus	6th	3	3	501	459
3. Joventut de Badalona	6th	3	3	487	462
4. Tofaş SK	6th	0	6th	425	583

	Rieti	Piraeus	Badalona	Tofaş
Rieti	*	83 : 72	84 : 78	115 : 83
Piraeus	93: 97 a.d.	*	86 : 69	94 : 49
Badalona	79: 91	76 : 65	*	104 : 65
Tofaş	72: 98	85: 91	71: 81	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Hapoel Tel Aviv	6th	3	3	549	524
2. Antonini Mens Sana	6th	3	3	533	518
3. KK Borac Čačak	6th	3	3	542	547
4. ASPO Tours	6th	3	3	550	585

	Tel Aviv	Mens Sana	Čačak	Tours
Tel Aviv	*	84 : 83	95 : 80	108 : 83
Mens Sana	92 : 85	*	82 : 64	95 : 85
Čačak	94 : 92	99 : 89	*	114 : 96
Tours	92 : 85	101 : 92	93 : 91	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. KK Jugoplastika Split	6th	6th	0	590	527
2. Superga Pallac. Mestre	6th	3	3	530	540
3. CB Miñon Valladolid	6th	2	4th	586	607
4. Standard Liege BC	6th	1	5	551	583

	Split	Mestre	Valladolid	Liege
Split	*	105 : 76	114 : 95	86 : 77
Mestre	78: 81	*	85 : 86	105 : 65
Valladolid	102: 103	92: 96 a.d.	*	122 : 111
Liege	99: 101	94 : 82	88: 89	*

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Hapoel Tel Aviv	161: 172	KK Cibona Zagreb	81 : 80	80: 92
AMG Sebastiani Rieti	183 : 179	KK Jugoplastika Split	86 : 75	97: 104

final

The final took place in Liège .

	Result
AMG Sebastiani Rieti	76 : 71	KK Cibona Zagreb

Web links

• History of the Korać Cup on fibaeurope.com
• Statistics for the 1979–80 season on linguasport.com