1979–80 FIBA European Champions Cup
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Final
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid
  Runners-upIsrael Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

The 1979–80 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 23rd season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Deutschlandhalle, in West Berlin, on March 27, 1980. Real Madrid defeated Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv, by a result of 89–95.

Competition system

  • 22 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 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 6 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.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bosna 4731387335+52
2.Bulgaria Levski-Spartak 4731374340+34
3.Egypt Zamalek SC 4404309395-86

Group B

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Italy Sinudyne Bologna 4840364263+101
2.Czechoslovakia Inter Slovnaft 4622374344+30
3.Luxembourg Sparta Bertrange 4404255386-131

Group C

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Spain Real Madrid 61260695484+211
2.England Sutton & Crystal Palace 61042566532+34
3.West Germany TuS 04 Leverkusen 6824543561-18
4.Denmark Stevnsgade 6606366593-227

Group D

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 61151588429+159
2.Romania Dinamo București 6933482461+21
3.Greece Aris 6933504518-14
4.Turkey Efes Pilsen 6715398564-166

Group E

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 61151632514+118
2.Albania Partizani Tirana 61042563578-15
3.Hungary Honvéd 6824576581-5
4.Syria Al-Ittihad Aleppo 6715494592-98

Group F

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Netherlands Nashua EBBC 6933523450+73
2.Austria UBSC Wien 6933524545-21
3.France Moderne 6933514538-24
4.Belgium Fresh Air 6933540568-28

Semifinals group stage

Key to colors
     Top two places in the group advance to Final
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.Israel Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 101773878814+64
2.Spain Real Madrid 101773950888+62
3.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bosna 101664868867+1
4.Italy Sinudyne Bologna 101555831841-10
5.Netherlands Nashua EBBC 101446786775+11
6.Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 101119810938-128

Final

March 27, Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Israel 85–89 Spain Real Madrid


1979–80 FIBA European Champions Cup
Champions
Spain
Real Madrid
7th Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

References

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