International competitions

Men's national teams

Senior

*20 – 30 July: 1980 Olympic Tournament at Moscow, Soviet Union ** ** ** *18 – 25 March: 1980 FIBA Americas Championship at

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Youth

*22 – 30 August:

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Women's national teams

Senior

*20 – 30 July: 1980 Olympic Tournament at Moscow, Soviet Union ** ** ** *13 – 21 September: 1980 FIBA Asia Championship at Hong Kong ** ** ** *19 – 28 September: 1980 EuroBasket at

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Youth

*6 – 14 March: 1980 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship at Hungary1980 European Championship for Cadettes
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Club competitions

Continental championships

Men Women

Domestic championships

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductions

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Births

*February 28 —

Tayshaun Prince Tayshaun Durell Prince (born February 28, 1980) is an American professional basketball executive and former player. The small forward graduated from Dominguez High School before playing college basketball for the University of Kentucky. He was ...

*March 13 —

Caron Butler James Caron Butler (born March 13, 1980) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). During a 14-year career he played for the Miami Hea ...

*March 15 — Yannick Gagneur *March 16 —

Felipe Reyes Felipe Reyes Cabanás (born March 16, 1980) is a Spanish former professional basketball player. He represented the senior Spain national team. Standing at a height of 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) tall, and weighing 104 kg (229 lbs.), he pla ...

*April 15 — Raül López *April 23 — Rohanee Cox *April 30 —

Luis Scola Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa (born April 30, 1980) is an Argentine former professional basketball player and current executive who currently serves as the chief executive officer for the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) team Pallacanestro Varese. ...

*May 30 —

Ilona Korstin Ilona Kalyuvna Korstin (russian: Илона Кальювна Корстин; born May 30, 1980) is a retired Russian basketball forward of Estonian origin, who competed for her native Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics ...

*June 7 — Berni Rodríguez *June 9 —

Udonis Haslem Udonis Johneal Haslem ( born June 9, 1980) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Florida Gators, where he was a key member of four NCA ...

*June 13 — Juan Carlos Navarro *June 14 —

Elena Karpova Elena Viktorovna Karpova (russian: Елена Викторовна Карпова) (born 14 June 1980 in Leningrad) is a Russian basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing o ...

*June 21 —

Richard Jefferson Richard Allen Jefferson Jr. (born June 21, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on ESPN. He played college basketball with the Arizona Wildcats. Jefferson was drafted in the first round of the 200 ...

*June 21 —

Federico Kammerichs Guillermo Federico Kammerichs (born June 21, 1980) is a former Argentine professional basketball player, who last played with Unión de Goya. At 6 ft 8 in (2.05 m) tall and 245 lbs. (111 kg) in weight, he could play at the small f ...

*July 6 —

Pau Gasol Pau Gasol Sáez (, ; born July 6, 1980) is a Spanish former professional basketball player. He was a six-time NBA All-Star and a four-time All-NBA team selection, twice on the second team and twice on the third team. Gasol won two NBA champion ...

*July 9 —

Svetlana Abrosimova Svetlana Olegovna Abrosimova (russian: Светлана Олеговна Абросимова, born 9 July 1980) is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She most recently played for th ...

*August 1 —

Asjha Jones Asjha Takera Jones (born August 1, 1980) is a former American professional women's basketball power forward and coach who is now on the staff of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In 2019, she became the fir ...

*September 12 —

Yao Ming Yao Ming (; born September 12, 1980) is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Associat ...

*October 16 —

Sue Bird Suzanne Brigit Bird (born October 16, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who played her entire career with the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association ( WNBA) Bird was drafted by the Storm first over ...

*December 16 — Natalie Porter *December 17 —

Suzy Batkovic Suzy Batkovic (born 17 December 1980 in Lambton, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian professional basketball player and politician. Suzy played her junior basketball with the Port Hunter Basketball Club in Newcastle. She has played bas ...

Deaths

*February 5 — Skinny Johnson, American

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) and AAU player (born 1911) *February 29 — Doug Kistler, American NBA player (born 1938) *April 22 —

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, Italian Olympic coach and FIBA executive (born March 18) *May 5 — Stewart Way, American NCAA coach (born 1911) *May 23 —

Terry Furlow Terry L. Furlow (October 18, 1954 – May 23, 1980) was an American basketball player. Amateur career Furlow was a 6-foot-4-inch (1.93 m) shooting guard from Flint, Michigan who played high school basketball at Flint Northern High School. With ...

, American NBA player (born 1954) *June 12 — Johnny Horan, American NBA and EPBL player (born 1916) *August 19 — Sadi Gülçelik, Turkish club and Olympic player (born 1930) *October 4 —

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, American NBA player (born 1933) *October 27 —

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, American NBA player (born 1916) *November 14 — Johnny Horan, American NBA player (born 1932) *November 25 —

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) (born 1931) *November 27 — Ferenc Hepp, Hungarian FIBA executive (born 1909) *November 30 —

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, Japanese Olympic player (born 1956) *December 5 —

Eddie Hickey Edgar S. Hickey (December 20, 1902 – December 5, 1980) was an American basketball and football coach. He coached basketball at his alma mater of Creighton University (1935–1943, 1946–1947), St. Louis University (1947–1958) and Marquette ...

, Hall of Fame American college coach ( Creighton, Saint Louis, Marquette) (born 1902) *December 19 — Tarzan Cooper, American Hall of Fame player (

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References

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International competitions

Men's national teams

Senior

Youth

Women's national teams

Senior

Youth

Club competitions

Continental championships

Domestic championships

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductions

Births

Deaths

See also

References