1991–92 FIBA European League explained

1991–92 FIBA European League
League:	FIBA European League
Sport:	Basketball
Season:	Regular Season
Mvp Link:	Euroleague MVP
Top Scorer:	Nikos Galis (Aris)
Top Scorer Link:	Alphonso Ford Trophy
Finals:	Final Four
Finals Link:	1992 FIBA European League Final Four
Finals Champ:	Partizan
Finals Runner-Up:	Montigalà Joventut
Final Four Mvp:	Sasha Danilović (Partizan)
Final Four Mvp Link:	Euroleague Final Four MVP
Seasonslistnames:	FIBA European League
Prevseason Link:	1990–91 FIBA European Champions Cup
Prevseason Year:	1990–91
Nextseason Year:	1992–93
Nextseason Link:	1992–93 FIBA European League

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

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Automatically qualified to the group stage:

• Slobodna Dalmacija (title holder)
• Montigalà Joventut
• Phonola Caserta
• 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.

Key to colors

Top four places in each group advance to Quarterfinals

Group A width=15 ! width=220 Team ! width=20 Pld ! width=20 Pts ! width=20 W ! width=20 L ! width=20 PF ! width=20 PA ! width=20 PD 1. Knorr Bologna 14 24 10 4 1229 1148 +81 2. FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 14 24 10 4 1205 1129 +76 3. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 14 24 10 4 1311 1254 +57 4. Cibona^* 14 23 9 5 1287 1232 +55 5. Slobodna Dalmacija^* 14 21 7 7 1271 1270 +1 6. Olympique Antibes 14 18 4 10 1291 1385 -94 7. Kalev 14 17 3 11 1281 1354 -73 8. Phonola Caserta 14 14 3 11 1185 1288 -103

Group B width=15 ! width=220 Team ! width=20 Pld ! width=20 Pts ! width=20 W ! width=20 L ! width=20 PF ! width=20 PA ! width=20 PD 1. Montigalà Joventut 14 25 11 3 1276 1114 +162 2. Estudiantes Caja Postal 14 24 10 4 1145 1096 +49 3. Philips Milano 14 24 10 4 1264 1161 +103 4. Partizan^* 14 23 9 5 1178 1077 +101 5. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14 21 7 7 1217 1154 +63 6. Maes Pils 14 18 4 10 1112 1230 -118 7. Aris 14 17 3 11 1139 1359 -220 8. Commodore Den Helder 14 16 2 12 1050 1190 -140

• ^* 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.

Quarterfinals

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

Final four

See 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|}

Final standings

width=25		width=220	Team
	Partizan
	Montigalà Joventut
	Philips Milano
	Estudiantes Argentaria

1992 FIBA European League All-Final Four Team

See main article: EuroLeague All-Final Four Team.

See also

• 1991-92 FIBA European Cup
• 1991-92 FIBA Korać Cup

External links

• 1991–92 FIBA European League
• 1991–92 FIBA European League