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(Top) 1 Venues 2 Qualification 3 Squads 4 Format 5 Preliminary round 5.1 Group A 5.2 Group B 6 Knockout stage 6.1 Championship bracket 6.1.1 Semifinals 6.1.2 Third place 6.1.3 Final 6.2 5th to 8th place 7 Awards 8 Final standings 9 References 10 External links

EuroBasket 1991

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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)
← 1989 1993 →

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 SportinRome 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[edit]

All games were played at the Palazzo dello SportinRome.

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

Qualification[edit]

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

Squads[edit]

Format[edit]

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[edit]

	Qualified for the semifinals

Group A[edit]

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

24 June
14:30

Bulgaria	75–83	Poland
Scoring by half: 43–46, 32–37
Pts: Mladenov18		Pts: Zelig24

Yugoslavia	76–67	Spain
Scoring by half: 37–22, 39–45
Pts: Rađa17		Pts: Martín Espina18

Spain	94–93	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 43–51, 51–42
Pts: Villacampa32		Pts: Mladenov26

Yugoslavia	103–61	Poland
Scoring by half: 49–29, 54–32
Pts: Paspalj21		Pts: Zelig12