This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

1981 FIBA Club World Cup
League	FIBA Club World Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals champions	Real Madrid
Runners-up	Sírio
FIBA Intercontinental Cup seasons
← 1980 FIBA Intercontinental Cup 1982 FIBA Intercontinental Cup →

The 1981 FIBA Club World Cup was the 15th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup for men's basketball clubs. It was the first edition of the competition that was held under the name of FIBA Club World Cup. It took place at São Paulo, Brazil.

Participants

Continent	Teams	Clubs
South America	4	Ferro Carril Oeste	Sírio	Guaiqueríes de Margarita	Atlética Francana
Europe	2	Maccabi Elite	Real Madrid
Africa	1	ASFA
Asia	1	Bayi Rockets
North America	1	Clemson Tigers
Oceania	1	St. Kilda Saints

Sources[edit]

1981 edition

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA
1.	Real Madrid	4	8	4	0	416	360
2.	Sírio	4	7	3	1	435	369
3.	Clemson Tigers	4	6	2	2	416	406
4.	Bayi Rockets	4	5	1	3	352	429
5.	Guaiqueríes de Margarita	4	4	0	4	397	452

Day 1, June 26, 1981

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid	115–109	Clemson Tigers
Bayi Rockets	82–114	Sírio

Day 2, June 27, 1981

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid	107–71	Bayi Rockets
Guaiqueríes de Margarita	100–131	Sírio

Day 3, June 28, 1981

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Clemson Tigers	101–91	Bayi Rockets
Guaiqueríes de Margarita	92–102	Real Madrid

Day 4, June 29, 1981

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Clemson Tigers	111–98	Guaiqueríes de Margarita
Sírio	88–92	Real Madrid

Day 5, June 30, 1981

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bayi Rockets	108–107	Guaiqueríes de Margarita
Sírio	102–95	Clemson Tigers

Group B[edit]

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA
1.	Atlética Francana	4	8	4	0	365	306
2.	Ferro Carril Oeste	4	7	3	1	363	320
3.	St. Kilda Saints	4	6	2	2	367	381
4.	Maccabi Elite	4	5	1	3	372	348
5.	ASFA	4	4	0	4	235	387

Day 1, June 26, 1981

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Maccabi Elite	96–63	ASFA
Atlética Francana	90–75	Ferro Carril Oeste

Day 2, June 27, 1981

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Maccabi Elite	82–87	Atlética Francana
St. Kilda Saints	86–100	Ferro Carril Oeste

Day 3, June 28, 1981

Team 1	Score	Team 2
ASFA	60–89	Atlética Francana
St. Kilda Saints	100–97	Maccabi Elite

Day 4, June 29, 1981

Team 1	Score	Team 2
ASFA	65–112	St. Kilda Saints
Ferro Carril Oeste	98–97	Maccabi Elite

Day 5, June 30, 1981

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Atlética Francana	99–89	St. Kilda Saints
Ferro Carril Oeste	90–47	ASFA

Places 7–10[edit]

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA
7.	Maccabi Elite	3	5	2	1	299	246
8.	Guaiqueríes de Margarita	3	5	2	1	284	259
9.	Bayi Rockets	3	5	2	1	288	284
10.	ASFA	3	3	0	3	188	270

Note: The individual scores in the League stage are accumulated.

Day 1, July 2, 1981

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Guaiqueríes de Margarita	82–57	ASFA
Bayi Rockets	88–109	Maccabi Elite

Day 2, July 3, 1981

Team 1	Score	Team 2
ASFA	68–92	Bayi Rockets
Guaiqueríes de Margarita	95–94	Maccabi Elite

Places 1–6[edit]

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA
1.	Real Madrid	5	10	5	0	561	460
2.	Sírio	5	9	4	1	484	458
3.	Clemson Tigers	5	8	3	2	507	506
4.	Atlética Francana	5	7	2	3	411	441
5.	Ferro Carril Oeste	5	6	1	4	464	490
6.	St. Kilda Saints	5	5	0	5	487	559

Note: The individual scores in the League stage are accumulated.

Day 1, July 2, 1981

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid	115–100	Ferro Carril Oeste
Clemson Tigers	111–107	St. Kilda Saints
Sírio	87–77	Atlética Francana

Day 2, July 3, 1981

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ferro Carril Oeste	97–103	Clemson Tigers
Real Madrid	101–60	Atlética Francana
Sírio	111–102	St. Kilda Saints

Day 3, July 4, 1981

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Atlética Francana	85–89	Clemson Tigers
Real Madrid	138–103	St. Kilda Saints
Sírio	96–92	Ferro Carril Oeste

3rd place game[edit]

July 5, 1981

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Clemson Tigers	79–73	Atlética Francana

Final[edit]

July 5, 1981

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid	109–83	Sírio

1981 Intercontinental Champions
Real Madrid 4th title

Final standings[edit]

	Team
	Real Madrid
	Sírio
	Clemson Tigers
4.	Atlética Francana
5.	Ferro Carril Oeste
6.	St. Kilda Saints
7.	Maccabi Elite
8.	Guaiqueríes de Margarita
9.	Bayi Rockets
10.	ASFA

External links[edit]

1981 World Cup for Champion Clubs

v t e FIBA Intercontinental Cup
FIBA Intercontinental Cup	1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1996 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 (Tenerife) 2023 (Singapore)
FIBA Club World Cup	1981 1985 1986 1987
Special editions	1965 (test tournament) 1972 (national teams)
Awards	MVP
Records and statistics	Finals Participants