1990–91 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1990–91 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 34th season of the European top-tier level professional FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by POP 84, after they beat FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 70–65. It was their second championship triumph over the Spanish team, and their third straight championship overall. A feat previously achieved only by Rīgas ASK, who won the first three editions of the trophy. The culminating 1991 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four was held at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Bercy, Paris, on 16–18 April 1991. Toni Kukoč was named Final Four MVP for the second straight year.

1990–91 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Regular Season
Final Four
Champions	POP 84
Runners-up	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
Final Four MVP	Toni Kukoč (POP 84)

This season of the competition also marked an end to the era of European national domestic league champions only participation, as the next season 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 for the next season, and being called the FIBA European League (or shortened to FIBA EuroLeague) championship for men's clubs. A name the competition would keep for the next five editions of the competition.

Competition system

• 27 teams (European national domestic league champions only), playing in a tournament system, played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner.
• The eight remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered a 1/4 Final Group Stage, which was played as 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 after the 1/4 Final Group Stage qualified for the Final Stage (Final Four), which was played at a predetermined venue.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kingston	156–141	Commodore Den Helder	84–79	72–62
Steaua București	99–195	CSKA Moscow	38–91	61–104
Benfica	159–195	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	87–85	74–110
Lech Poznań	163–216	Maes Pils	86–109	77–107
ZTE Heraklith	206–167	Klosterneuburg	107–76	99–91
KR	204–226	Saab UU	120–118	84–108
Scania Södertälje	162–141	Zbrojovka Brno	94–82	68–59
Ideal Job Pully	169–199	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	95–92	74–107
Vllaznia	193–248	Galatasaray	103–108	90–140
ENAD	155–164	CSKA Sofia	66–70	89–94
AdW Berlin	180–190	Union Sportive Hiefenech	96–92	84–98

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kingston	165-151	CSKA Moscow	93–77	72–74
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	188–182	Maes Pils	103–88	85–94
ZTE Heraklith	175–202	Scavolini Pesaro	102–114	73–88
Saab UU	183–256	Aris	92–116	91–140
Scania Södertälje	168–180	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	91–88	77–92
Galatasaray	156–198	POP 84	86–97	70–101
CSKA Sofia	189–224	Limoges CSP	90–105	99–119
Union Sportive Hiefenech	150–230	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	73–113	77–117

Quarterfinal round

Key to colors

Top four places in the group advance to Final four

	Team	Pld	Pts	W	L	PF	PA
1.	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	14	25	11	3	1276	1148
2.	POP 84	14	23	9	5	1208	1174
3.	Scavolini Pesaro	14	22	8	6	1318	1290
4.	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	14	22	8	6	1224	1163
5.	Aris	14	21	7	7	1314	1324
6.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	14	20	6	8	1334	1392
7.	Kingston	14	18	4	10	1141	1221
8.	Limoges CSP	14	17	3	11	1251	1354

Final four

Main article: 1991 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four

Semifinals

April 16, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	101–67	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
POP 84	93–87	Scavolini Pesaro

3rd place game

April 18, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	83–81	Scavolini Pesaro

Final

April 18, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana	65–70	POP 84

1990–91 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
POP 84 3rd Title

Final standings

	Team
	POP 84
	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
	Scavolini Pesaro

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four MVP

• Toni Kukoč ( POP 84)

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

• Zoran Savić ( POP 84)

FIBA European Champions Cup All-Final Four Team

Season	Position	Player	Club	Ref.
1991	PG	José Antonio Montero	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
	SG	Velimir Perasović	POP 84
	SF	Toni Kukoč (MVP)	POP 84
	PF	Zoran Savić	POP 84
	C	Audie Norris	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana

External links

• 1990–91 FIBA European Champions Cup
• 1990–91 FIBA European Champions Cup
• Champions Cup 1990–91 Line-ups and Stats