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EuroBasket 1991
International basketball event
International basketball event
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | EuroBasket 1991 |
| other_titles | Campionato europeo maschile di pallacanestro 1991 |
| image | EuroBasket 1991.png |
| city | Rome |
| country | Italy |
| dates | 24–29 June |
| num_teams | 8 |
| venues | 1 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion | Yugoslavia |
| count | 5 |
| second | Italy |
| third | Spain |
| fourth | France |
| fourth-flagvar | 1974 |
| mvp | YUG Toni Kukoč |
| top_scorer | GRE Nikos Galis |
| (32.6 points per game) | |
| prevseason | 1989 |
| nextseason | 1993 |
| fourth-flagvar = 1974 (32.6 points per game) 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.
| {{Location map+ | Italy | border = | caption = | float = center | width = 300 | Italy | lat_deg=41 | lat_min=54 | lon_deg=12 | lon_min=30 | position = top | label=Rome}} | Palazzo dello Sport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity: 12,000 | |||||||||||||
| Opened in 1960 |
Qualification
Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 1991 qualification
| Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualified through Qualifying Round | 9 May 1989 – 5 December 1990 | 8 | |
Squads
Main article: EuroBasket 1991 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
| Qualified for the semifinals |
|---|
Group A
:Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Championship bracket
|28 June – 18:30||76||97 |28 June – 20:45||93||90 |29 June – 20:45||88||73 |29 June – 18:30||83||101
Semifinals
Third place
Final
Arbitri: Costas Rigas (GRE), Richard Steeves (CAN)
5th to 8th place
|28 June – 14:30||110||83 |28 June – 16:30||85||72 |29 June – 16:30||95||79 |29 June – 14:30||86||90
Awards
| 1991 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Toni Kukoč (YUG Yugoslavia) |
|---|
| All-Tournament Team |
|---|
| ITA Nando Gentile |
| GRE Nikos Galis |
| YUG Toni Kukoč (MVP) |
| ESP Antonio Martín Espina |
| YUG Vlade Divac |
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 5–0 | ||
| 4–1 | ||
| 3–2 | ||
| 4 | 1–4 | |
| 5 | 3–2 | |
| 6 | 2–3 | |
| 7 | 2–3 | |
| 8 | 0–5 |
| ** Zoran Sretenović | |
|---|---|
| Velimir Perasović | |
| Aleksandar Đorđević | |
| Toni Kukoč | |
| Žarko Paspalj | |
| Jure Zdovc | |
| Predrag Danilović | |
| Zoran Jovanović | |
| Vlade Divac | |
| Arijan Komazec | |
| Dino Rađa | |
| Zoran Savić** | 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 | 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 | 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
References
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