In the summer of 1991, the EuroBasket is held in Rome, an event that would show us for the last time Yugoslavia as a unified country. The last competition in which Croats, Serbs, Montenegrins, Slovenes and Bosnians played under the same flag. The Balkans would win Gold after beating Italy 88-73
In 1991, the Cup Winners’ Cup final was held in Geneva, where Zaragoza, who were on the right track in the final, lost to PAOK (76-72), in a match where they were heavily influenced by the extra-sporting
The 1991 Korac was a final marked by the heart attack that took the life of coach Ignacio Pinedo in the first half of the first game. In sporting terms it was a very tight final, where in the first leg, Cantú won by two against a Real Madrid team paralysed by what happened to their coach, and in the second leg, an extra time was needed to decide the winner. Mannion was a nightmare for the Madrid defence
