1980 in basketball

International competitions

Men's national teams

Senior

20 – 30 July: 1980 Olympic Tournament at Moscow, Soviet Union
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18 – 25 March: 1980 FIBA Americas Championship at San Juan, Puerto Rico
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22 – 28 March: FIBA Africa Championship 1980 at Rabat, Morocco
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Youth

22 – 30 August: 1980 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship at Celje, Yugoslavia
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Women's national teams

Senior

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

6 – 14 March: 1980 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship at Hungary
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Club competitions

Continental championships

Men

Region

Tournament

Champion

Runner-up

Final/Series result

1980 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

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 and AAU player
February 29 — Doug Kistler, American NBA player
April 22 — Decio Scuri, Italian Olympic coach and FIBA executive
May 5 — Stewart Way, American NCAA coach
May 23 — Terry Furlow, American NBA player
June 12 — Johnny Horan, American NBA and EPBL player
August 19 — Sadi Gülçelik, Turkish club and Olympic player
October 4 — Sihugo Green, American NBA player
October 27 — Art Hillhouse, American NBA player
November 14 — Johnny Horan, American NBA player
November 25 — Joe Cipriano, American college coach
November 27 — Ferenc Hepp, Hungarian FIBA executive
November 30 — Mieko Fukui, Japanese Olympic player
December 5 — Eddie Hickey, Hall of Fame American college coach
December 19 — Tarzan Cooper, American Hall of Fame player