Korać Cup 1980/81

Korać Cup 1980/81
Duration		October 8, 1980 to March 19, 1981
Order of execution		10th season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		27
Play-offs
master		Joventut de Badalona
Runner-up		Carrera Venezia Mestre
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The 1980/81 season was the 10th season of the Korać Cup held by FIBA Europe .

Joventut de Badalona from Spain won the title .

mode

27 teams from 11 nations took part. After the qualifying round, 22 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
GM Vasas Budapest	181 : 156	Karşıyaka SK	106 : 81	75: 77
Hapoel Haifa	198 : 140	Panellinios Athens	102 : 63	96 : 77
Ovaltine Hempstead BC	200: 203	CB Inmobanco Madrid	89: 98	111 : 105
BC Mess Mondercange	164: 205	RSC Anderlecht	86: 108	78: 97
Hapoel Tel Aviv	174 : 159	CEP Fleurus	84 : 72	90 : 87
Stade Français Paris	219 : 170	BBC Sparta Bertrange	112 : 70	107 : 100

Attendees

Attendees
country	number	Teams
France	4th	Caen BC	ASVEL Basket Lyon	EB Orthez	Stade Français Paris
Yugoslavia	4th	KK Red Star Belgrade	KK Partizan Belgrade	KK Jugoplastika Split	KK Zadar
Belgium	3	RSC Anderlecht	Standard Liege BC	BC Ostend
Greece	3	AEK Athens	AO Sporting Athens	Aris Thessaloniki
Spain	3	CB Cotonificio Badalona	Joventut de Badalona	CB Inmobanco Madrid
Israel	2	Hapoel Haifa	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Italy	2	Carrera Venezia Mestre	AMG Sebastiani Rieti
Turkey	2	Yenişehir SK Ankara	Beşiktaş JK Istanbul
Czechoslovakia	2	TJ Zbrojovka Brno	TJ Slavia Prague
Hungary	1	GM Vasas SC
Soviet Union	1	MBK Dynamo Moscow

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
GM Vasas SC	174: 187	Aris Thessaloniki	90: 97	84: 90
Hapoel Haifa	184: 203	Carrera Venezia Mestre	95: 103	89: 100
EB Orthez	182 : 157	CB Inmobanco Madrid	99 : 71	83: 86
RSC Anderlecht	161 : 145	CB Cotonificio Badalona	94 : 71	67: 77
Yenişehir SK Ankara	132: 236	Hapoel Tel Aviv	68: 109	64: 127
Beşiktaş JK Istanbul	145: 184	KK Zadar	81: 96	64: 88
TJ Slavia Prague	154: 163	BC Ostend	90 : 84	64: 79
TJ Zbrojovka Brno	169 : 151	Stade Français Paris	95 : 75	74: 76
Caen BC	160: 182	KK Partizan Belgrade	83: 84	78: 98
AEK Athens	159: 162	Standard Liege BC	78: 80	81: 82
KK Red Star Belgrade	157 : 132	AO Sporting Athens	85 : 63	72 : 69

• Also qualified for the group stage as defending champion : AMG Sebastiani Rieti , as well as bye : Jugoplastika Split , MBK Dynamo Moscow , ASVEL Basket Lyon , Joventut de Badalona

Group stage

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. KK Red Star Belgrade	6th	4th	2	581	536
2. AMG Sebastiani Rieti	6th	4th	2	528	510
3rd RSC Anderlecht	6th	2	4th	495	523
4. Hapoel Tel Aviv	6th	2	4th	542	577

	Belgrade	Rieti	Anderlecht	Tel Aviv
Belgrade	*	93 : 80	91 : 90	128 : 102
Rieti	92 : 88	*	105 : 80	84 : 80
Anderlecht	79: 86	72 : 71	*	88 : 80
Tel Aviv	96 : 92	94: 99	90 : 86	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Joventut de Badalona	6th	4th	2	459	458
2. KK Partizan Belgrade	6th	3	3	550	509
3rd BC Ostend	6th	3	3	492	526
4. ASVEL Basket Lyon	6th	2	4th	506	514

	Badalona	Belgrade	East End	Lyon
Badalona	*	67 : 63	96 : 68	67 : 65
Belgrade	104 : 87	*	112 : 94	116 : 89
East End	82 : 64	76 : 74 a.d.	*	80 : 74
Lyon	76: 78	96 : 81	106 : 92	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Carrera Venezia Mestre	6th	6th	0	609	534
2. TJ Zbrojovka Brno	6th	2	4th	587	582
3. KK Jugoplastika Split	6th	2	4th	576	588
4. Aris Thessaloniki	6th	2	4th	527	595

	Mestre	Brno	Split	Thessaloniki
Mestre	*	90 : 77	107 : 100	115 : 78
Brno	109: 110 a.d.	*	90: 96	114 : 83
Split	85: 101	102: 110	*	110 : 93
Thessaloniki	85: 86	101 : 87	87 : 83	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Dynamo Moscow	6th	5	1	640	614
2. EB Orthez	6th	4th	2	604	586
3. KK Zadar	6th	2	4th	615	611
4. Standard Liege BC	6th	1	5	547	595

	Moscow	Orthez	Zadar	Liege
Moscow	*	117 : 112	102 : 98	100 : 85
Orthez	111 : 109	*	92 : 91	98 : 80
Zadar	111: 114	104 : 103	*	120 : 99
Liege	97: 98	85: 88	101 : 91	*

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Joventut de Badalona	191 : 158	KK Red Star Belgrade	109 : 85	82 : 73
Carrera Venezia Mestre	220 : 208	Dynamo Moscow	119 : 104	101: 104

final

The final took place in Barcelona .

	Result
Joventut de Badalona	105 : 104 a.d.	Carrera Venezia Mestre

Web links

• History of the Korać Cup on fibaeurope.com
• Statistics for the 1980–81 season on linguasport.com