1990 European Promotion Cup for Men

1990 European Promotion Cup
for Men

Tournament details
Host country	Wales
City	Cardiff
Dates	12–16 December 1990
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iceland (2nd title)
Runners-up	Cyprus
Third place	Luxembourg
Official website
www.fibaeurope.com
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The 1990 European Promotion Cup for Men was the second edition of this tournament. It was hosted in Cardiff, Wales and Iceland won the tournament after beating Cyprus in the final game.^[1][2]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	3	3	0	286	201	+85	6	Semifinals		—	95–85		112–39
2	Luxembourg	3	2	1	266	208	+58	5				—	91–55
3	San Marino	3	1	2	198	230	−32	4	Classification games		77–79		—	66–60
4	Gibraltar	3	0	3	157	268	−111	3				58–90		—

Source: FIBA Archive

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	3	3	0	301	191	+110	6	Semifinals		—	95–79		92–48
2	Cyprus	3	2	1	276	236	+40	5				—	104–87	93–54
3	Malta	3	1	2	226	277	−51	4	Classification games		64–114		—	75–59
4	Wales (H)	3	0	3	161	260	−99	3						—

Source: FIBA Archive
(H) Hosts

Classification games

	5th–8th place semifinals				5th place match
	Gibraltar	77
	Malta	61
					Gibraltar	81
					San Marino	58
	San Marino	56
	Wales	53
					7th place match
					Malta	69
					Wales	64

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	Luxembourg	93
	Iceland	98
					Iceland	101
					Cyprus	93
	Ireland	74
	Cyprus	75
					3rd place match
					Luxembourg	75
					Ireland	70

Final

16 December 1990 16:30

Boxscore

Iceland	101–93	Cyprus
Scoring by half: 49–42, 52–51

Cardiff, Wales Referees: Erwin de Buck (BEL), Bart van de Graaf (NED)

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Iceland	5–0
	Cyprus	3–2
	Luxembourg	3–2
4	Ireland	3–2
5	Gibraltar	2–3
6	San Marino	2–3
7	Malta	2–3
8	Wales	0–5

References

1. 1990 European Promotion Cup for Men official website, www.fibaeurope.com
2. 1990 European Promotion Cup for Men, archive.fiba.com