1980 in basketball

none December 2014 1980 International competitions Men's national teams Senior 20 – 30 July: 1980 Olympic Tournament at Moscow, Soviet Union1980 Olympic Games: Tournament for Men, FIBA Archive. YUG ITA URS 18 – 25 March: 1980 FIBA Americas Championship at San Juan, Puerto Rico1980 American Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA Archive. PUR CAN ARG alt 22 – 28 March: FIBA Africa Championship 1980 at Rabat, Morocco1980 African Championship for Men, FIBA Archive. SEN CIV MAR Youth 22 – 30 August: 1980 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship at Celje, Yugoslavia1980 European Championship for Junior Men, FIBA Archive. URS YUG BUL 1971 Women's national teams Senior 20 – 30 July: 1980 Olympic Tournament at Moscow, Soviet Union1980 Olympic Games: Tournament for Women, FIBA Archive. URS BUL 1971 YUG 13 – 21 September: 1980 FIBA Asia Championship at Hong Kong1980 Asian Championship for Women, FIBA Archive. KOR CHN JPN 19 – 28 September: 1980 EuroBasket at Yugoslavia1980 European Championship for Women, FIBA Archive. URS POL YUG Youth 6 – 14 March: 1980 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship at Hungary1980 European Championship for Cadettes, FIBA Archive. URS ITA BUL 1971 Club competitions Continental championships Men RegionTournamentChampionRunner-upFinal/Series result FIBA 1980 FIBA Intercontinental Cup ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv BRA 1968 AA Francana— FIBA Americas 1980 Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes BRA 1968 AA Francana BRA 1968 E.C. Sírio—FIBA Europe 1979–80 FIBA European Champions Cup ESP civil Real Madrid ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv89–85 1979–80 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup ITA Emerson Varese ITA Gabetti Cantù90–88 1979–80 FIBA Korać Cup ITA Sebastiani Rieti YUG Cibona Zagreb76–71 Women RegionTournamentChampionRunner-upFinal/Series resultFIBA Europe 1979–80 FIBA European Champions Cup ITA Sisport Fiat Turin BUL 1971 Minyor Pernik75–66 1979–80 Ronchetti Cup YUG Montmontaža Zagreb BUL 1971 DFS Maritza Plovdiv82–76 Domestic championships Country/RegionTournamentChampionRunner-upFinal/Series resultRegular season MVPFinals MVPALB Albania1980 Albanian Basketball LeaguePartizani Tirana–1980 Albanian Basketball CupPartizani Tirana–ALG AlgeriaAlgerian Basketball ChampionshipDarak El-Watani–Algerian Basketball CupDarak El-WataniCS DNC Alger88–78–ANG AngolaBAI BasketDesportivo da TAAG–AUS Australia1980 National Basketball LeagueSt Kilda SaintsWest Adelaide Bearcats113–88Mike Jones–BEL Belgium1980 Belgian Basketball LeagueRacing Club Mechelen–1979–80 Belgian Basketball CupSFX VerviersSunair Oostende73–72–BRA 1968 BrazilCampeonato Brasileiro de BasqueteFranca B.C.–BUL 1971 Bulgaria1979–80 National Basketball LeagueCSKA Sofia–Bulgarian CupCSKA Sofia–CYP Cyprus1979–80 Cyprus Division 1AEL Limassol–1980 Cypriot Basketball CupAEL Limassol–TCH Czechoslovakia1979–80 Czechoslovak Basketball LeagueInter Slovnaft–FIN Finland1979–80 KorisliigaPantterit–1980 Finnish Basketball CupTorpan Pojat–GRE Greece1979–80 A National CategoryPanathinaikos–1980 Greek Basketball CupOlympiacosA.E.K. Athens85–80–Iceland1979–80 Premier LeagueValur–ISR Israel1979–80 Israeli Basketball Premier LeagueMaccabi Tel AvivHapoel Tel Aviv–1979–80 Israeli Basketball State CupMaccabi Tel AvivHapoel Ramat Gan105–87–ITA Italy1979–80 Lega Basket Serie ASinudyne BolognaGabetti Cantù2–0–LUX Luxembourg1979–80 Diekirch LeagueBBC Amicale Steinsel–NED Netherlands1979–80 EredivisieNashua Den BoschParker Leiden2–0Kees Akerboom, Sr.–1979–80 NBB-BekerPSV Almonte Eindhoven–PAR 1954 Paraguay1980 Paraguayan Metropolitan Basketball LeagueOlimpia–POL Poland1979–80 Polish Basketball LeagueŚląsk Wrocław–1979–80 Polish CupŚląsk Wrocław–POR Portugal1979–80 Liga Portuguesa de BasquetebolF.C. Porto–PUR Puerto Rico1979–80 Baloncesto Superior NacionalMets de GuaynaboPiratas de Quebradillas–ROU 1965 Romania1979–80 Liga NaționalăSteaua București–URS Soviet Union1979–80 Soviet Union National LeagueCSKA Moscow–ESP civil Spain1979–80 Liga Española de BaloncestoReal MadridFC Barcelona–1979–80 Copa del Rey de BaloncestoFC BarcelonaReal Madrid106–90–SUI Switzerland1979–80 Ligue Nationale de BasketAS Viganello–TUN Tunisia1979–80 Tunisian Division IEspérance Sportive de Tunis–1979–80 Tunisian Basketball CupStade Nabeulien–TUR Turkey1979–80 Turkish Basketball LeagueEczacıbaşıEfes Pilsen–United States1979–80 Continental Basketball AssociationAnchorage Northern KnightsRochester Zeniths4–0–1979–80 National Basketball AssociationLos Angeles LakersPhiladelphia 76ers4–2Kareem Abdul-JabbarMagic JohnsonPHI 1936 Philippines1980 PBA Open ConferenceU/Tex WranglersCrispa RedmanizersNicholas StoodleyToyota TamarawsToyota TamarawsToyota Tamaraws–Philip Cezar–1980 PBA All-Filipino ConferenceCrispa RedmanizersToyota Tamaraws–VEN 1930 Venezuela1980 Liga Profesional de BaloncestoGuaiqueríes de MargaritaRetadores de Caracas4–3–FRG West Germany1979–80 Basketball BundesligaASC 1846 Göttingen–1980 German Basketball CupBSC Saturn 1977 Köln–YUG Yugoslavia1979–80 Yugoslav First Federal LeagueBosna–1979–80 Yugoslav Basketball CupCibona ZagrebBosna68–62– Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductions Lester Harrison, contributor Jerry Lucas, player Oscar Robertson, player Everett Shelton, coach Dallas Shirley, referee Jerry West, player Births February 28 — Tayshaun Prince March 13 — Caron Butler March 15 — Yannick Gagneur March 16 — Felipe Reyes April 15 — Raül López April 23 — Rohanee Cox April 30 — Luis Scola May 30 — Ilona Korstin June 7 — Berni Rodríguez June 9 — Udonis Haslem June 13 — Juan Carlos Navarro June 14 — Elena Karpova June 21 — Richard Jefferson June 21 — Federico Kammerichs July 6 — Pau Gasol July 9 — Svetlana Abrosimova August 1 — Asjha Jones September 12 — Yao Ming October 16 — Sue Bird December 16 — Natalie Porter December 17 — Suzy Batkovic Deaths February 5 — Skinny Johnson, American Hall of Fame college (Kansas) and AAU player (born 1911) February 29 — Doug Kistler, American NBA player (born 1938) April 22 — Decio Scuri, Italian Olympic coach and FIBA executive (born March 18) May 5 — Stewart Way, American NCAA coach (born 1911) May 23 — Terry Furlow, 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 — Sihugo Green, American NBA player (born 1933) October 27 — Art Hillhouse, American NBA player (born 1916) November 14 — Johnny Horan, American NBA player (born 1932) November 25 — Joe Cipriano, American college coach (Idaho, Nebraska) (born 1931) November 27 — Ferenc Hepp, Hungarian FIBA executive (born 1909) November 30 — Mieko Fukui, Japanese Olympic player (born 1956) December 5 — Eddie Hickey, Hall of Fame American college coach (Creighton, Saint Louis, Marquette) (born 1902) December 19 — Tarzan Cooper, American Hall of Fame player (New York Renaissance) (born 1907) See also Sports 1980 in sports References