The 1979–80

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was the fourteenth edition of

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's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club

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competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 30 October 1979, to 19 March 1980. It was contested by 22 teams, two more than in the previous edition.

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defeated the former champions,

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, in a final held in

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, winning the FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup for the second time.

Participants

First round

* Sporting withdrew before the first leg alleging that six of their players had been selected to join the Portuguese national team in a US Tour, and

received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

Second round

;Automatically qualified to the Quarter finals group stage: *

(title holder) * Parker Leiden *

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Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

March 19,

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References

External links

FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup 1979–80 linguasport.com
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FIBA Saporta Cup