1945 Yugoslav First Basketball League

Yugoslav First Basketball League

Season| 1945
Number of games| 4
Number of teams| 5
Finals
Champions| Yugoslav Army
(1st title)
Runners-up| PR Serbia
Semifinalists| PR Croatia
Records
Highest scoring| PR Croatia 24–41 Yugoslav Army
Winning streak| 2 games
Yugoslav Army

1946 →

All statistics correct as of 24 April 2017.

The 1945 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the inaugural season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the top-tier level basketball competition in Yugoslavia. The league launched with 5 teams playing a single-elimination tournament held in Subotica, PR Serbia.[1] Teams participating in the season were selections of three Yugoslav constituent republics (PR Croatia, PR Macedonia, and PR Serbia), one autonomous province (AP Vojvodina), as well as the Yugoslav People's Army selection. The tournament concluded with the Yugoslav Army team defeating the Serbia team, 21–18, in the Final.

## Bracket[edit]

Source[1][2]

| Quarterfinals| | Semifinals| | Final

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| PR Croatia| 29

| PR Macedonia| 27 |

|  PR Croatia | 24

| | Yugoslav Army| 41 |

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| Yugoslav Army| 21

| |  PR Serbia | 18

| PR Serbia| 20

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| AP Vojvodina| 18 |

|  PR Serbia | w/o

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## Rosters[edit]

The following is a list of players and coached who played in the 1945 season.

Team  | Players  | Head coach  | Ref.

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Yugoslav Army | Strahinja Alagić, Luciano Dekleva, Pavle Kostić, Zlatko Kovačević, Mirko Marjanović, Božidar Munćan, Aleksandar Nikolić, Atilio Pikoli, Ratko Tijanić, Ratko Vlahović  | Ratko Vlahović  | [2]
PR Serbia  | Radomir Šaper, Svetislav Šaper, Nebojša Popović, Vasilije Stojković, Ivan Dimić, Miodrag Stefanović, Mile Nikolić  |  | [3]
PR Croatia  |  |  |
PR Macedonia  |  |  |
AP Vojvodina  |  |  |

## See also[edit]

* 1945 Yugoslav Women's Basketball League

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Košarkaška prvenstva Jugoslavije (1945-91) – prvi deo". strategija.org. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
2. ^ a b "Yugoslav First Basketball League Archive". Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
3. ^ Radomir Šaper: Kako se stvarala jugoslovenska košarka. Belgrade: Košarkaška fondacija. 2005. p. 10. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

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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
* Career
* Annual

Associated
competitions|

* Clubs in international competitions
* First B Federal League

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Yugoslav Army 1945 Yugoslav Basketball League Champions

* 4 Mirko Marjanović
* 9 Zlatko Kovačević
* 15 Božidar Munćan
* Atilio Pikoli
* Aleksandar Nikolić
* Ratko Vlahović
* Lučano Dekleva
* Ratko Tijanić
* Pavle Kostić
* Strahinja Alagić

* Head coach: Ratko Vlahović

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