1976–77 Yugoslav First Basketball League

1976–77 Yugoslav First Basketball League
1976–77 Yugoslav First Basketball League
League	Yugoslav First Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
1976–77
Season champions	Jugoplastika
Yugoslav First Basketball League seasons
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 33rd season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

Notable events

Dalipagić knocking out assistant coach Vlade Đurović

Week 13 of the league season, played on 15 January 1977, featured an ill-tempered contest at SC Šumice between the home team, OKK Beograd (playing under their sponsor's name, Beko), and cross-town visitors KK Partizan.^[1] Involved in a title chase, league-leaders Partizan (sharing a spot at the top of the table with KK Bosna, both with an 11–1 record) came to Šumice looking for an away win against mid-table opposition OKK Beograd with a 7–5 record.^[1] However, OKK managed an upset 89–85 win in a game that featured no shortage of physicality and verbal antagonism between the two sets of players and even respective coaching staffs.^[1]

The game-long duel between Partizan's star shooting guard Dragan Kićanović and OKK's Nikolić continued after the game as Kićanović punched Nikolić while the players were leaving the court, causing mass confrontation as players began pushing and shoving.^[1] Among the fracas, OKK's assistant coach Vlade Đurović aggressively ran up on Kićanović, seemingly in an effort of assaulting him in response for his earlier punch of Nikolić, at which point Kićanović's teammate Dražen Dalipagić got involved, punching, and effectively knocking out, Đurović who ended up on the floor.^[1]

Teams

SR Croatia

SR Serbia

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina

SR Macedonia

Rabotnički

SR Slovenia

Brest Olimpija

Classification

	Regular season ranking 1976-77	G	V	P	PF	PS	Pt
1.	Jugoplastika	26	23	3	2647	2252	46
2.	Bosna	26	23	3	2549	2257	46
3.	Partizan	26	22	4	2649	2456	44
4.	Cibona	26	16	10	2193	2186	32
5.	Beko Beograd	26	15	11	2478	2451	30
6.	Crvena Zvezda	26	15	11	2416	2267	30
7.	Radnički Belgrade	26	13	13	2401	2287	26
8.	Kvarner	26	12	14	2688	2697	24
9.	Metalac Valjevo	26	11	15	2199	2382	22
10.	Brest Olimpija	26	9	17	2445	2403	18
11.	Zadar	26	9	17	2219	2309	18
12.	Rabotnički	26	8	18	2268	2533	16
13.	Industromontaža	26	5	21	2152	2394	10
14.	Igman Ilidža	26	1	25	1911	2340	2

The winning roster of Jugoplastika:^[2]

Mlađan Tudor
Željko Jerkov
Slobodan Bjelajac
Branko Macura
Ratomir Tvrdić
Ivica Dukan
Damir Šolman
Duje Krstulović
Mirko Grgin
Mihajlo Manović
Mladen Bratić
Ivan Sunara
Deni Kuvačić

Coach: Petar Skansi

Results

Home \ Away	JUG	BOS	PAR	CIB	OKK	CZV	RAD	KVA	MET	OLI	ZAD	RAB	IND	IGM
Jugoplastika	—	85–100	117–98	101–77	94–78	90–85	90–85	126–104	89–79	99–91	94–77	105–83	107–78	103–66
Bosna	95–110	—	73–72	85–83	114–92	93–88	107–103	99–91	107–85	117–104	97–77	124–94	105–73	78–61
Partizan	94–92	89–91	—	104–101	140–111	91–85	100–98	118–108	100–87	117–106	110–107	111–105	103–98	133–97
Cibona	85–83	76–72	88–110	—	80–79	88–79	69–80	100–95	77–76	95–80	79–78	102–71	92–85	62–55
Beko Beograd	90–129	98–109	89–85	99–97	—	84–83	88–91	122–116	91–89	107–94	112–73	134–106	85–73	94–80
Crvena Zvezda	84–88	78–85	89–92	92–86	88–89	—	94–69	121–98	107–102	102–97	94–80	97–89	114–89	94–80
Radnički Belgrade	99–100	76–82	89–107	107–85	73–93	88–96	—	118–114	107–79	103–93	93–76	97–69	90–80	113–63
Kvarner	109–128	118–120	103–108	95–71	113–101	108–107	109–105	—	106–98	79–78	85–80	108–89	116–94	99–88
Metalac Valjevo	72–116	88–111	100–114	81–93	84–83	86–84	76–75	117–115	—	98–97	102–101	88–85	72–73	70–69
Olimpija	91–106	78–89	84–86	93–79	96–93	85–92	80–88	126–107	88–67	—	105–94	109–83	111–78	112–76
Zadar	88–89	88–83	87–92	74–77	95–83	77–96	75–73	111–114	77–78	85–84	—	98–89	93–87	84–64
Rabotnički	85–99	93–120	83–90	81–86	90–94	96–117	92–90	102–99	86–84	78–72	98–97	—	81–76	81–78
Industromontaža	87–102	80–101	95–96	76–83	77–86	76–80	90–93	89–86	71–72	95–85	76–93	101–103	—	83–74
Igman Ilidža	73–105	78–92	73–89	55–83	82–103	61–70	80–98	81–93	59–60	90–106	73–80	83–74	71–72	—

Source: Pearlbasket
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Due to a tie at the top between Jugoplastika and Bosna after the end of the regular season, the season champion was decided in a one-game playoff between the two teams at a neutral venue. The game was played in Belgrade's Hala Pionir.

Single-game title playoff

Hala Pionir, Belgrade

Jugoplastika vs Bosna: 98-96

Scoring leaders

Dražen Dalipagić (Partizan) - ___ points (34.8ppg)^[3]

Qualification in 1977-78 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup

Jugoplastika (champions)

FIBA Cup Winner's Cup

Kvarner (Cup finalist)

FIBA Korać Cup

Bosna (2nd)
Partizan (3rd)
Cibona (4th)
Beko Beograd (5th)

Basketball Cup

Bracket

Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Jugoplastika

92

Cibona

82

Jugoplastika

106

Borac Čačak

69

Borac Čačak

112

Brest Olimpija

101

Jugoplastika

94

Beko Belgrade

93

Ivangrad

88

Rabotnički

85

Ivangrad

81

Beko Belgrade

125

Beko Belgrade

96

Crvena zvezda

86

Jugoplastika

80

Kvarner

62

Elektrokosovo

88

Metalac

110

Metalac

77

Kvarner

81

Kvarner

104

Zadar

97

Kvarner

97

Bosna

96

Kombinat Zrenjanin

88

Željezničar Sarajevo

95

Željezničar Sarajevo

84

Bosna

93

Bosna

Maribor

^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Šibanja koja se pamte: Praja "zakucao" Đurovića". Sportska kupusara: Brišemo prašinu sa starih novina. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
^ "Yugoslav basketball league standings 1945-91". nsl.kosarka.co.yu. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
^ Martinović, Dragan (22 January 2017). "DRAŽEN PETROVIĆ ILI RADIVOJ KORAĆ?". Koš magazin. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
^ "Bnl viewer". istorijskenovine.unilib.rs. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
^ "Bnl viewer". istorijskenovine.unilib.rs. Retrieved 2024-02-26.

[Dalipagić-Djurovic-1] "Šibanja koja se pamte: Praja "zakucao" Đurovića". Sportska kupusara: Brišemo prašinu sa starih novina. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

[2] "Yugoslav basketball league standings 1945-91". nsl.kosarka.co.yu. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2019.

[3] Martinović, Dragan (22 January 2017). "DRAŽEN PETROVIĆ ILI RADIVOJ KORAĆ?". Koš magazin. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

[4] "Bnl viewer". istorijskenovine.unilib.rs. Retrieved 2024-02-26.

[5] "Bnl viewer". istorijskenovine.unilib.rs. Retrieved 2024-02-26.

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v t e Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League (1945–1992)
Clubs	Bosna Borac Čačak Budućnost Cibona Crvena zvezda Čelik Dalvin Dinamo Pančevo Eđšeg Igman IMT Industromontaža Ivangrad Jugoplastika Jugoslovenska armija Kvarner Lesonit Lokomotiva Rijeka Makedonija Maribor 66 Metalac Milicionar Mladost MZT Skopje Novi Zagreb OKK Beograd Olimpija Oriolik Partizan Proleter Zrenjanin Rabotnički Radnički Belgrade Slavija Sloboda Tuzla Sloboda Užice Sloga Slovan Spartak Subotica Šibenka Vojvodina Zadar Zastava Kragujevac Zorka Šabac Železničar Belgrade Željezničar Karlovac Željezničar Sarajevo ŽKK Ljubljana ŽKK Maribor
Seasons	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
Statistics	Scoring leaders Annual Career
Associated competitions	Clubs in international competitions First B Federal League