European Cup of Cup Winners (1980-1981)

Final (March 18, Palaeur, Rome): Squibb Cantù - FC Barcelona 86-82

Winner: Squibb Cantù (Italy): Pierluigi Marzorati, Antonello Riva, Bruce Flowers, Tom Boswell, Terry Stotts, Renzo Bariviera, Renzo Tombolato, Denis Innocentin, Giorgio Cattini, Umberto Cappelletti, Eugenio Masolo, Antonio Sala, Giuseppe Bosa, Valerio Fumagalli (Coach: Valerio Bianchini)

Runner-up: FC Barcelona (Spain): Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Chicho Sibilio, Nacho Solozabal, Jeff Ruland, Mike Phillips, Joan "Chichi" Creus, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Pedro Cesar Ansa, Manuel "Manolo" Flores, Javier Puig, Juan Ramón Fernández, Joan Pages, Carlos Farfan, Miguel Tarin (Coach: Antoni Serra)

Semifinals
FC Barcelona - Cibona 92-85 and 75-79
Turisanda Varèse - Squibb Cantù 84-94 and 65-78

Automatically qualified to the Quarterfinals group stage: Turisanda Varèse (title holder), Squibb Cantù and FC Barcelona
Quarterfinals
Group A
1. FC Barcelona 5-1
2. Turisanda Varèse 4-2
3. Parker Leiden 3-3
4. Efes Pilsen 0-6
Group B
1. Squibb Cantù 6-0
2. Cibona 4-2
3. Moderne 1-5
4. Žalgiris 1-5

Second Round
Levski-Spartak - Efes Pilsen 73-66 and 82-91
Sandvika - Žalgiris 68-101 and 67-114
Parker Leiden - Verviers-Pepinster 93-73 and 83-70
Doncaster Panthers - Moderne 78-66 and 60-86
Klosterneuburg - Cibona 74-84 and 75-84

First Round
AEL - Levski-Spartak 65-102 and 69-100
Sandvika - Peli-Karhut 60-60 and 64-63
Hapoel Ramat Gan - Parker Leiden 97-96 and 87-92
Olympiacos - Verviers-Pepinster 58-67 and 67-71
Union Récréation Alexandria - Moderne 59-86 and 0-2 (Union Récréation Alexandria withdrew before the second leg and Moderne received a forfeit (2-0))
Klosterneuburg - Soproni MAFC 88-63 and 64-83
Valur - Cibona 79-110 and 90-120