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1991–92 FIBA European League


FieldValue
title1991–92 FIBA European League
leagueFIBA European League
sportBasketball
seasonRegular Season
MVP_linkEuroleague MVP
top_scorerGRE Nikos Galis (Aris)
top_scorer_linkAlphonso Ford Trophy
finalsFinal Four
finals_link1992 FIBA European League Final Four
finals_champYUG Partizan
finals_runner-upESP Montigalà Joventut
final_four_MVPYUG Sasha Danilović (Partizan)
final_four_MVP_linkEuroleague Final Four MVP
seasonslistnamesFIBA European League
prevseason_link1990–91 FIBA European Champions Cup
prevseason_year1990–91
nextseason_year1992–93
nextseason_link1992–93 FIBA European League

| finals_runner-up = ESP Montigalà Joventut The 1991–92 FIBA European League, also shortened to 1991–92 FIBA EuroLeague, was the 35th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). The competition's Final Four was held at the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. It was won by Partizan, who defeated Montigalà Joventut, by a result of 71–70.

This season of the competition also marked an end to the era of European national domestic league champions only participation, as it featured an expanded competition, that included national domestic league champions, the current league title holders, and some other teams from the most important national domestic leagues. That also was in accordance with the league being renamed, and being called the FIBA European League (or shortened to FIBA EuroLeague) championship for men's clubs. This was because the new competition format was closer to a true European League in style. It was a name the competition would keep for the next four editions of the competition as well.

Competition system

  • 33 teams (the cup title holder, national domestic league champions, and a variable number of other clubs from the most important national domestic leagues) played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
  • The sixteen remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered the Regular Season Group Stage, divided into two groups of eight teams, playing a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group.
  • The top four teams from each group after the Regular Season Group Stage qualified for a Quarterfinal Playoff (X-pairings, best of 3 games).
  • The four winners of the Quarterfinal Playoff qualified for the Final Stage (Final Four), which was played at a predetermined venue.

First round

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Second round

|} ;Automatically qualified to the group stage:

  • CRO Slobodna Dalmacija (title holder)
  • ESP Montigalà Joventut
  • ITA Phonola Caserta
  • ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

Regular season

The Regular Season begins on October 31.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
  4. Points scored during the regular season.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.
Top four places in each group advance to Quarterfinals
TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.ITA Knorr Bologna14**24**10412291148
2.ESP FC Barcelona Banca Catalana14**24**10412051129
3.ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv14**24**10413111254
4.CRO Cibona*14**23**9512871232
5.CRO Slobodna Dalmacija*14**21**7712711270
6.FRA Olympique Antibes14**18**41012911385
7.EST Kalev**14**17**31112811354
8.ITA Phonola Caserta14**14**31111851288

Group B

TeamPldPtsWLPFPAPD
1.ESP Montigalà Joventut14**25**11312761114
2.ESP Estudiantes Caja Postal14**24**10411451096
3.ITA Philips Milano14**24**10412641161
4.YUG Partizan*14**23**9511781077
5.GER Bayer 04 Leverkusen14**21**7712171154
6.BEL Maes Pils14**18**41011121230
7.GRE Aris14**17**31111391359
8.NED Commodore Den Helder14**16**21210501190

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    • Due to ongoing Yugoslav Wars, the three former Yugoslavian teams were forced to play all their home games outside their countries. All of them chose cities in Spain as the substitute home courts: eventual winner Partizan played in Fuenlabrada, title holder Slobodna Dalmacija in A Coruña and Cibona in Puerto Real.

** Kalev played in the tournament as USSR League 1990-1991 champion.

Quarterfinals

Seeded teams played games 2 and 3 at home. |}

Final four

Main article: 1992 FIBA European League Final Four

Semifinals

April 14, Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul |}

3rd place game

April 16, Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul |}

Final

April 16, Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul |}

1991–92 FIBA European League
Champions
YUG
**Partizan**
**1st Title**

Final standings

Team
[[File:Coppa_del_Campionato_di_Pallacanestro.png15px]]
[[File:Silver_medal_europe.svg15px]]
[[File:Bronze_medal_europe.svg15px]]

Awards

AwardPlayerClubRef.
Season Top ScorerGRE Nikos GalisGRE Aris
Final Four MVPYUG Sasha DanilovićYUG Partizan
Finals Top ScorerYUG Sasha DanilovićYUG Partizan

1992 FIBA European League All-Final Four Team

Main article: EuroLeague All-Final Four Team

PositionPlayerClubRef.
Point guardYUG Aleksandar DjordjevicYUG Partizan
Shooting guardYUG Predrag Danilović (MVP)YUG Partizan
Small forwardESP Jordi VillacampaESP Montigalà Joventut
Power forwardUSA Harold PressleyESP Montigalà Joventut
CenterYUG Slaviša KoprivicaYUG Partizan

References

References

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