Basketball competitions taking place in 1981
Winners of major team competitions 1980–1981
Men
Intercontinental Cup : Real Madrid Europe West Germany : Saturn Cologne East Germany : BSG AdW Berlin Belgium : Sunair Oostende Bulgaria : Levski Sofia European Champions Cup : Maccabi Tel Aviv Cup Winners' Cup : Pallacanestro Cantù Korać Cup : Joventut Badalona Spain : FC Barcelona France : ASVEL Basket Greece : Panathinaikos Iceland : UMFN Njardvík Israel : Maccabi Tel Aviv Italy : Pallacanestro Cantù Netherlands : Nashua Poland : Śląsk Wrocław Switzerland : Fribourg Olympic Czechoslovakia : USK Praha Turkey : Eczacibasi USSR : CSKA Moscow Yugoslavia : Partizan BelgradeAmericas CBA : Rochester Zeniths South American Championships : Ferro Carril Oeste NBA : Boston Celtics NCAA : Indiana Hoosiers Venezuela : Guaiqueríes de MargaritaAfrica, Asia, Oceania Angola : CD 1° de Agosto Australia : Launceston Casino City FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup : AS Forces Armées Tunisia : Étoile sportive du Sahel
Women Europe West Germany : DJK Agon 08 Düsseldorf European Champions Cup : TTT Riga Ronchetti Cup : Spartak Moscow Spain : Club Comansi Barcelona France : Clermont UC Italy : Pagnossin Treviso Poland : Wisła Kraków Czechoslovakia : Sparta Prague USSR : TTT RigaAfrica, Asia, Oceania Senegal : ASCC BOPP
Player awards (NBA)
Regular season MVP Julius Erving, Philadelphia 76ers
NBA Finals MVP Cedric Maxwell, Boston Celtics
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1981: Tom Barlow Arad McCutchan Ferenc Hepp J. Walter Kennedy
Deaths January 1 — Matt Vaniel, American professional player (born 1919) January 5 — Joe Dolhon, American professional player (born 1927) January 9 — Tommy Byrnes, American professional player (born 1923) January 10 — Chink Crossin, American professional player (born 1923) January 22 — Russ Wilkins, American professional player (born 1923) January 31 — Dick Edwards, American college coach (born 1930) February 7 — Connie Kunzmann, American professional player (born 1956) February 26 — Bud Lindberg, American professional player (born 1909) April 3 — Willis Young, American professional player (born 1911) June 7 — Ian Watson, Australian Olympic player (born 1949) June 20 — Rock Norman, American college coach (born 1892) June 23 — Lou Spicer, American professional player (born 1922) July 3 — Artūras Andrulis, Lithuanian national team player (born 1922) July 25 — Bobby Anet, college All-American and national champion (Oregon) (born 1917) August 6 — Jack Harvey, college All-American and AAU player (born 1918) September 4 — Carl Knowles, American Olympic gold medalist (1936) (born 1910) September 10 — John Lance, American college coach (born 1897) September 16 — John Azary, American college and professional player (born 1929) November 8 — George Nostrand, American professional player (born 1924)
See also 1981 in sports
References