The 1990/91 EuroLeague season brought together 27 teams, and it was the final season run under the original FIBA European Champions Cup format that featured only national champions of the European basketball leagues. The following season, EuroLeague saw an expasion.
The reigning champions, KK Split (formerly Jugoplastika) were able to win their third consecutive EuroLeague title, completing a three-peat and repeating the ASK Rīga success. Split’s leading players were the main stars of the Final Four stage, as Toni Kukoc won the Final Four MVP award, while his teammate – Zoran Savic won the Finals MVP award, scoring 27 points against the Spanish side – Barcelona BC.
Split’s road to the final was a rocky one. The Yugoslav side lost 7 games on the way to the title, finishing second behind the Barcelona in the 1/4 Finals group stage. In the Final Four stage, the Split players stepped up, winning the semifinals game against Victoria Pesaro 93-87. In the Final, Split showed some stellar defense, limiting Barcelona’s leading players to very humble numbers on the boxscore. Zoran Savic, on contrary, was unstoppable, leading his team to a 70-65 win.
Individually, the most impressive player of the season was the Greek legend – Nikos Galis. The 34-year-old Aris guard finished season with 506 points in 16 games, averaging 31.6 points per game, and winning the Top Scorer award. Unfortunately, his individual brilliance did not bring the Greek side much success and they finished 5th in the group stage.
1990/91 EUROLEAGUE CHAMPIONS
Team
KK Split
NAT
G
18
W
11
L
7
1990/91 EUROLEAGUE FINALS MVP
Team
Player
Zoran Savic
Age
25
G
17
PPG
15.5
PTS
263
1990/91 EUROLEAGUE FINAL FOUR MVP
Team
Player
Toni Kukoc
Age
23
G
17
PPG
17.6
PTS
299
1990/91 EUROLEAGUE TOP SCORER
Team
Player
Nikos Galis
Age
34
G
16
PPG
31.6
PTS
506
FINAL FOUR
1990/91 EUROLEAGUE FINALS
GM1
70
65
AGG.
70
65
KK SPLIT
BARCELONA BC
GAME 1 BOXSCORE
TEAM
TEAM
PLAYER
Zoran Savic
Avie Lester
Toni Kukoc
Zoran Sretenovic
Luka Pavicevic
Velimir Perasovic
Žan Tabak
Aramis Naglic
PLAYER
Jose Ortiz
Steve Trumbo
Lisard Gonzalez
Jose A. Monteiro
Juan A. San Epifano
Audie Norris
Nacho Solozabal
Jose Luis Galilea
POINTS
27
11
8
7
7
6
2
2
91
POINTS
12
12
9
9
8
8
7
0
83
3RD PLACE GAME
GM1
83
81
AGG.
83
81
MACCABI TEL AVIV
VICTORIA PESARO
SEMIFINALS
GM1
93
87
AGG.
93
87
KK SPLIT
VICTORIA PESARO
GM1
101
67
AGG.
101
67
BARCELONA BC
MACCABI TEL AVIV
1/4 FINALS GROUP STAGE
BARCELONA BC
KK SPLIT
VICTORIA PESARO
MACCABI TEL AVIV
ARIS BC
BAYER 04 BC
GUILDFORD KINGS
LIMOGES CSP
W
11
9
8
8
7
6
4
3
L
3
5
6
6
7
8
10
11
PD
+128
+34
+28
+61
-10
-58
-80
-103
PTS
25
23
22
22
21
20
18
17
GROUP STAGE GAMES
ROUND 1 GAMES
SCO
86
66
KK SPLIT
VICTORIA PESARO
SCO
100
93
BARCELONA BC
BAYER 04 BC
SCO
100
93
MACCABI TEL AVIV
LIMOGES CSP
SCO
103
90
ARIS BC
GUILDFORD KINGS
ROUND 2 GAMES
SCO
89
87
KK SPLIT
GUILDFORD KINGS
SCO
92
64
BARCELONA BC
ARIS BC
SCO
98
86
VICTORIA PESARO
MACCABI TEL AVIV
SCO
100
88
BAYER 04 BC
LIMOGES CSP
ROUND 3 GAMES
SCO
91
87
BARCELONA BC
KK SPLIT
SCO
80
62
MACCABI TEL AVIV
GUILDFORD KINGS
SCO
93
73
VICTORIA PESARO
LIMOGES CSP
SCO
98
89
BAYER 04 BC
ARIS BC
ROUND 4 GAMES
SCO
92
71
ARIS BC
KK SPLIT
SCO
88
71
LIMOGES CSP
GUILDFORD KINGS
SCO
112
99
VICTORIA PESARO
BAYER 04 BC
SCO
89
64
BARCELONA BC
MACCABI TEL AVIV
ROUND 5 GAMES
SCO
85
84
KK SPLIT
BAYER 04 BC
SCO
82
77
GUILDFORD KINGS
VICTORIA PESARO
SCO
84
76
BARCELONA BC
LIMOGES CSP
SCO
93
81
ARIS BC
MACCABI TEL AVIV
ROUND 6 GAMES
SCO
72
70
MACCABI TEL AVIV
KK SPLIT
SCO
93
83
BAYER 04 BC
GUILDFORD KINGS
SCO
93
89
VICTORIA PESARO
BARCELONA BC
SCO
108
88
ARIS BC
LIMOGES CSP
ROUND 7 GAMES
SCO
84
73
KK SPLIT
LIMOGES SCP
SCO
102
101
BAYER 04 BC
MACCABI TEL AVIV
SCO
88
81
BARCELONA BC
GUILDFORD KINGS
SCO
96
95
ARIS BC
VICTORIA PESARO
ROUND 8 GAMES
SCO
106
105
KK SPLIT
VICTORIA PESARO
SCO
114
95
MACCABI TEL AVIV
LIMOGES CSP
SCO
96
67
BARCELONA BC
BAYER 04 BC
SCO
97
96
GUILDFORD KINGS
ARIS BC
ROUND 9 GAMES
SCO
91
72
KK SPLIT
GUILDFORD KINGS
SCO
112
101
BAYER 04 BC
LIMOGES CSP
SCO
110
93
BARCELONA BC
ARIS BC
SCO
93
87
VICTORIA PESARO
MACCABI TEL AVIV
ROUND 10 GAMES
SCO
133
117
ARIS BC
BAYER 04 BC
SCO
110
92
LIMOGES CSP
VICTORIA PESARO
SCO
92
85
BARCELONA BC
KK SPLIT
SCO
64
62
GUILDFORD KINGS
MACCABI TEL AVIV
ROUND 11 GAMES
SCO
93
63
KK SPLIT
ARIS BC
SCO
78
68
MACCABI TEL AVIV
BARCELONA BC
SCO
111
102
VICTORIA PESARO
BAYER 04 BC
SCO
96
77
GUILDFORD KINGS
LIMOGES CSP
ROUND 12 GAMES
SCO
103
87
KK SPLIT
BAYER 04 BC
SCO
101
89
MACCABI TEL AVIV
ARIS BC
SCO
97
85
VICTORIA PESARO
GUILDFORD KINGS
SCO
104
95
LIMOGES CSP
BARCELONA BC
ROUND 13 GAMES
SCO
106
98
ARIS BC
LIMOGES CSP
SCO
103
65
MACCABI TEL AVIV
KK SPLIT
SCO
100
87
VICTORIA PESARO
BARCELONA BC
SCO
98
95
BAYER 04 BC
GUILDFORD KINGS
ROUND 14 GAMES
SCO
92
88
KK SPLIT
LIMOGES CSP
SCO
95
83
MACCABI TEL AVIV
BAYER 04 BC
SCO
93
89
VICTORIA PESARO
ARIS BC
SCO
82
76
BARCELONA BC
GUILDFORD KINGS
ROUND OF 16
GM1
97
86
GM2
101
70
AGG.
198
156
KK SPLIT
GALATASARAY
GM1
113
73
GM2
117
77
AGG.
230
150
BARCELONA BC
US HIEFENECH
GM1
116
92
GM2
140
91
AGG.
256
183
ARIS BC
SAAB UU
GM1
103
88
GM2
85
94
AGG.
188
182
BAYER 04 BC
RACING MECHELEN
GM1
93
77
GM2
72
74
AGG.
165
151
GUILSFORD KINGS
CSKA MOSCOW
GM1
114
102
GM2
88
73
AGG.
202
175
VICTORIA PESARO
ZTE HERAKLITH
GM1
105
90
GM2
119
99
AGG.
224
189
LIMOGES CSP
CSKA SOFIA
GM1
88
91
GM2
92
77
AGG.
180
168
MACCABI TEL AVIV
SCANIA SODERTALJE
FIRST ROUND
GM1
92
95
GM2
107
74
AGG.
199
169
MACCABI TEL AVIV
PULLY BASKET
GM1
85
87
GM2
110
74
AGG.
195
159
BAYER 04 BC
SL BENFICA
GM1
109
86
GM2
107
77
AGG.
216
163
RACING MECHELEN
LECH POZNAN
GM1
91
38
GM2
104
61
AGG.
195
99
CSKA MOSCOW
STEAUA BUCURESTI
GM1
107
76
GM2
99
91
AGG.
206
167
ZTE HERAKLITH
KLOSTERNEUBURG
GM1
94
82
GM2
68
59
AGG.
161
141
SCANIA SODERTALJE
SPARTAK ZJŠ BRNO
GM1
118
120
GM2
108
84
AGG.
226
204
SAAB UU
KR REYKJAVIK
GM1
108
103
GM2
140
90
AGG.
248
193
GALATASARAY
KB VLLAZNIA
GM1
70
66
GM2
94
89
AGG.
164
155
CSKA SOFIA
ENAD
GM1
92
96
GM2
98
84
AGG.
190
180
US HIEFENECH
WISSENSCHAFT
GM1
84
79
GM2
72
62
AGG.
156
141
GUILSFORD KINGS
BV DEN HELDER
1990/91 EUROLEAGUE TOP 50 BEST SCORERS LIST
The best scorers of the 1990/91 EuroLeague season are ranked based on the total points scored by a player throughout the season. The totality gives a better insight on the value of the player than the scoring averages.
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
Team
Player
Nikos Galis
Kannard Johnson
Michael Brooks
Clinton Wheeler
Brad Sellers
Alan Cunningham
Velimir Perasovic
Doron Jamchi
Stephane Ostrowski
Darren Daye
Donald Royal
Walter Magnifico
Toni Kukoc
Darwin Cook
Jose Ortiz
Audie Norris
Panagiotis GIannakis
Zoran Savic
Martin Clark
Alton Byrd
Juan A. San Epifano
LaVon Mercer
Henning Harnisch
Richard Dacoury
Aramis Naglic
John Johnson
Steve Trumbo
Goran Sobin
Christian Welp
Andrea Gracis
Nadav Henefeld
Lorenzo Duncan
Nacho Solozabal
Jose A. Monteiro
Ario Costa
Ed Horton
Don Collins
Trevor Gordon
Moti Daniel
Guy Goodes
Alessandro Boni
Giovanni Grattoni
Willie Sims
Valery Demory
Lisard Gonzalez
Martin Henlan
Zoran Sretenovic
Bill Varner
Jose Waitman
Jari Raitanen
G
16
17
16
16
16
18
18
20
15
17
20
17
17
18
18
17
16
17
16
18
13
20
16
13
18
16
18
15
16
17
20
14
17
16
18
20
12
16
19
20
17
18
19
16
17
14
17
4
4
4
PPG
31.6
23.1
23.7
22.6
22.2
18.8
18.3
16.5
21.4
18.4
15.7
18.2
17.6
16.6
16.4
16.1
17.0
15.5
16.1
14.1
19.3
12.4
14.3
17.2
12.3
13.8
11.4
13.2
12.4
11.4
9.3
12.9
10.6
10.8
9.6
8.6
13.8
10.4
7.8
7.2
8.1
7.3
6.7
7.8
7.2
8.4
6.9
29.0
28.8
28.5
PTS
506
393
379
362
355
338
330
329
321
313
313
310
299
298
295
273
272
263
257
253
251
248
229
224
221
220
205
198
198
194
186
181
181
173
172
172
166
166
149
144
137
131
127
125
122
118
118
116
115
114
1990/91 EUROLEAGUE BEST OFFENSIVE TEAMS
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Team
SAAB UU
KR REYKJAVIK
GALATASARAY
RACING MECHELEN
ARIS BC
KB VLLAZNIA
BAYER 04 BC
ZTE HERAKLITH
VICTORIA PESARO
BARCELONA BC
LIMOGES CSP
WISSENSCHAFT
CSKA SOFIA
MACCABI TEL AVIV
KK SPLIT
CSKA MOSCOW
PULLY BASKET
US HIEFENECH
KLOSTERNEUBURG
SCANIA SODERTALJE
LECH POZNAN
GUILDFORD KINGS
SL BENFICA
ENAD
SPARTAK ZJŠ BRNO
BV DEN HELDER
STEAUA BUCURESTI
G
4
2
4
4
16
2
18
5
18
18
16
2
4
20
18
4
4
2
2
4
2
18
2
2
2
2
2
PTS
409
204
404
398
1570
193
1717
381
1688
1672
1475
180
353
1753
1569
346
340
169
167
330
163
1462
159
155
141
141
99
PPG
102.3
102.0
101.0
99.5
98.1
96.5
95.4
95.3
93.7
92.9
92.2
90.0
88.3
87.7
87.1
86.5
85.0
84.5
83.5
82.5
81.5
81.2
79.5
77.5
70.5
70.5
49.5
1990/91 EUROLEAGUE BEST DEFENSIVE TEAMS
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Team
CSKA MOSCOW
BV DEN HELDER
BARCELONA BC
SCANIA SODERTALJE
SPARTAK ZJŠ BRNO
ENAD
KK SPLIT
GUILDFORD KINGS
MACCABI TEL AVIV
RACING MECHELEN
VICTORIA PESARO
ZTE HERAKLITH
ARIS BC
CSKA SOFIA
WISSENSCHAFT
BAYER 04 BC
LIMOGES CSP
SL BENFICA
STEAUA BUCURESTI
GALATASARAY
PULLY BASKET
US HIEFENECH
KLOSTERNEUBURG
LECH POZNAN
KR REYKJAVIK
SAAB UU
KB VLLAZNIA
G
4
2
18
4
2
2
18
18
20
4
18
4
16
4
2
18
16
2
2
4
2
4
2
2
2
4
2
PTS
264
156
1435
321
162
164
1482
1513
1682
351
1641
369
1507
379
190
1733
1543
195
195
391
199
410
206
216
226
460
248
PPG
66.0
78.0
79.7
80.3
81.0
82.0
82.3
84.1
84.1
87.8
91.2
92.3
94.2
94.8
95.0
96.3
96.4
97.5
97.5
97.8
99.5
102.5
103.0
108.0
113.0
115.0
124.0
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