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EuroBasket 1991

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
City	Rome
Dates	24–29 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (5th title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
MVP	Toni Kukoč
Top scorer	Nikos Galis (32.4 points per game)
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The 1991 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1991, was the 27th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Italy between 24 and 29 June 1991. Eight national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The Palazzo dello Sport in Rome was the hosting venue of the tournament. Yugoslavia won its fifth FIBA European title by defeating hosts Italy with an 88–73 score in the final. Yugoslavia's Toni Kukoč was voted the tournament's MVP.

This was the first EuroBasket tournament in which currently active NBA players, that had also already played in an official NBA regular season game were allowed to participate, with Vlade Divac being the only NBA player in the tournament.

Venues

All games were played at the Palazzo dello Sport in Rome.

Rome	Palazzo dello Sport Capacity: 12,000 Opened in 1960

Qualification

Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Qualified through Qualifying Round	9 May 1989 – 5 December 1990	8	Bulgaria  Czechoslovakia  France  Greece  Italy  Poland  Spain  Yugoslavia

Squads

Format

• The teams were split in two groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals. The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff.
• The third and fourth teams from each group competed in another bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

Preliminary round

Group A

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	268	196	+72	6
Spain	3	2	1	234	236	−2	5
Poland	3	1	2	211	251	−40	4
Bulgaria	3	0	3	236	266	−30	3

Bulgaria	75–83	Poland
Scoring by half: 43–46, 32–37
Pts: Mladenov 18		Pts: Zelig 24

Yugoslavia	76–67	Spain
Scoring by half: 37–22, 39–45
Pts: Rađa 17		Pts: Martín Espina 18

Spain	94–93	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 43–51, 51–42
Pts: Villacampa 32		Pts: Mladenov 26

Yugoslavia	103–61	Poland
Scoring by half: 49–29, 54–32
Pts: Paspalj 21		Pts: Zelig 12

Poland	67–73	Spain
Scoring by half: 40–36, 27–37
Pts: Zelig 19		Pts: Martín Espina 23

Bulgaria	68–89	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 37–50, 31–39
Pts: Mladenov 15		Pts: Divac 20

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	259	224	+35	6
France	3	1	2	257	248	+9	4
Greece	3	1	2	278	286	−8	4
Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	283	319	−36	4

France	104–80	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 56–45, 48–35
Pts: Dacoury 25		Pts: Petruška 14

Greece	72–82	Italy
Scoring by half: 45–31, 27–51
Pts: Galis 19		Pts: Pittis 16

Greece	113–123 (OT)	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 57–48, 48–57 Overtime: 8–18
Pts: Galis 32		Pts: Svoboda 30

Italy	75–72	France
Scoring by half: 34–39, 41–33
Pts: Riva 18		Pts: Ostrowski 15

Greece	93–81	France
Scoring by half: 42–32, 51–49
Pts: Galis 39		Pts: Ostrowski 22

Italy	102–80	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 59–40, 43–40
Pts: Riva 21		Pts: Ježdík, Michalík 16

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	28 June – 18:30
	France	76
					29 June – 20:45
	Yugoslavia	97
					Yugoslavia	88
	28 June – 20:45
					Italy	73
	Italy	93
	Spain	90
					Third place
					29 June – 18:30
					France	83
					Spain	101

Semifinals

France	76–97	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 44–50, 32–47
Pts: Dacoury 17		Pts: Kukoč 24

Italy	93–90	Spain
Scoring by half: 50–51, 43–39
Pts: Gentile 23		Pts: San Epifanio 25

Third place

Spain	101–83	France
Scoring by half: 51–38, 50–45
Pts: Martín Espina 26		Pts: Ostrowski 19

Final

Italy	73–88	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 41–48, 32–40
Pts: Pessina 14		Pts: Rađa 23

5th to 8th place

	Classification round				Fifth place
	28 June – 14:30
	Greece	110
					29 June – 16:30
	Bulgaria	83
					Greece	95
	28 June – 16:30
					Czechoslovakia	79
	Czechoslovakia	85
	Poland	72
					Seventh place
					29 June – 14:30
					Bulgaria	86
					Poland	90

Greece	110–83	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 52–41, 58–42
Pts: Galis 35		Pts: Mladenov 20

Czechoslovakia	85–72	Poland
Scoring by half: 29–39, 56–33
Pts: Hrubý 24		Pts: Duda 21

Bulgaria	86–90	Poland
Scoring by half: 42–42, 44–48
Pts: Amiorkov 25		Pts: Zieliński 25

Greece	95–79	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 53–39, 42–40
Pts: Galis 37		Pts: Okáč 15

Awards

1991 FIBA EuroBasket champions
Yugoslavia 5th title

1991 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Toni Kukoč ( Yugoslavia)

All-Tournament Team
Nando Gentile
Nikos Galis
Toni Kukoč (MVP)
Antonio Martín Espina
Vlade Divac

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Yugoslavia	5–0
	Italy	4–1
	Spain	3–2
4	France	1–4
5	Greece	3–2
6	Czechoslovakia	2–3
7	Poland	2–3
8	Bulgaria	0–5

			4th
Yugoslavia Zoran Sretenović Velimir Perasović Aleksandar Đorđević Toni Kukoč Žarko Paspalj Jure Zdovc Predrag Danilović Zoran Jovanović Vlade Divac Arijan Komazec Dino Rađa Zoran Savić	Italy Alessandro Fantozzi Ferdinando Gentile Walter Magnifico Sandro Dell'Agnello Andrea Gracis Roberto Brunamonti Roberto Premier Riccardo Pittis Antonello Riva Davide Pessina Ario Costa Stefano Rusconi	Spain Jordi Villacampa Mike Hansen José Miguel Antúnez Rafael Jofresa Quique Andreu Manel Bosch Pep Cargol Fernando Arcega Juan Antonio Orenga Silvano Bustos Antonio Martín Espina Juan Antonio San Epifanio	France Frédéric Forte Valéry Demory Antoine Rigaudeau Richard Dacoury Philip Szanyiel Stéphane Ostrowski Hugues Occansey Didier Gadou Félix Courtinard Georges Adams Jim Deines Jim Bilba

References

1. Linguasport.com Tournament Team.

External links

• 1991 European Championship for Men archive.FIBA.com

• 1990–91 in Italian basketball
• 1990–91 in European basketball
• EuroBasket
• International basketball competitions hosted by Italy
• Basketball in Rome
• Sports competitions in Rome
• 1990s in Rome
• June 1991 sports events in Europe