EuroBasket 1991


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

Qualification

CompetitionDateVacanciesQualified
Qualified through Qualifying Round9 May 19895 December 19908







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.

Awards

All-Tournament Team

Final standings

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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