1977–78 Yugoslav First Basketball League

Sports season

1977–78 Yugoslav First Basketball League

League| Yugoslav First Basketball League
Sport| Basketball
1977-78
Season champions|  Bosna
Yugoslav First Basketball League seasons

← 1976–77

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The 1977–78 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 34th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

## Teams[edit]

SR Serbia

* Beko Beograd
* Borac Čačak
* Crvena Zvezda
* Metalac Valjevo
* Partizan
* Radnički Belgrade

SR Croatia

* Cibona
* Dalvin
* Kvarner
* Jugoplastika
* Zadar

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Bosna

SR Macedonia

* Rabotnički

SR Slovenia

* Brest Olimpija

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## Classification[edit]

| Regular season ranking 1977-78 | G | V | P | PF | PS | Pt

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1. | Bosna | 26 | 23 | 3 | 2669 | 2391 | 46
2. | Partizan | 26 | 21 | 5 | 2872 | 2641 | 42
3. | Jugoplastika | 26 | 19 | 7 | 2566 | 2298 | 38
4. | Brest Olimpija | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2544 | 2368 | 36
5. | Cibona | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2444 | 2355 | 28
6. | Zadar | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2553 | 2515 | 26
7. | Radnički Belgrade | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2478 | 2509 | 26
8. | Crvena Zvezda | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2396 | 2452 | 24
9. | Metalac Valjevo | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2271 | 2262 | 22
10. | Borac Čačak | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2636 | 2767 | 22
11. | Kvarner | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2392 | 2436 | 22
12. | Beko Beograd | 26 | 9 | 17 | 2409 | 2553 | 18
13. | Rabotnički | 26 | 6 | 20 | 2309 | 2460 | 12
14. | Dalvin | 26 | 1 | 25 | 2281 | 2813 | 2

The winning roster of Bosna:[1]

* Rođeni Krvavac
* Anto Đogić
* Predrag Benaček
* Boško Bosiočić
* Nihad Izić
* Ratko Radovanović
* Mladen Ostojić
* Žarko Varajić
* Mirza Delibašić
* Dragan Zrno
* Sabit Hadžić
* Svetislav Pešić
* Sabahudin Bilalović
* Sulejman Duraković

Coach:  Bogdan Tanjević

## Results[edit]

Home \ Away  | BOS | PAR | JUG | OLI | CIB | ZAD | RAD | CZV | MET | BOR | KVA | OKK | RAB | DAL

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Bosna | -- | 102–107  | 92–84  | 122–104  | 90–92  | 93–87  | 110–88  | 99–88  | 88–73  | 119–107  | 114–89  | 84–77  | 107–83  | 106–95
Partizan | 102–109  | -- | 96–99  | 103–100  | 114–100  | 117–100  | 99–97  | 96–93  | 97–94  | 121–97  | 114–99  | 116–98  | 115–104  | 125–95
Jugoplastika | 108–114  | 77–74  | -- | 83–81  | 105–91  | 110–97  | 104–90  | 107–92  | 77–74  | 128–79  | 95–76  | 110–85  | 97–90  | 113–77
Olimpija | 80–76  | 92–96  | 83–80  | -- | 93–85  | 106–97  | 109–88  | 101–77  | 84–71  | 103–90  | 102–95  | 89–69  | 93–80  | 123–96
Cibona | 89–92  | 107–108  | 93–92  | 106–97  | -- | 100–85  | 94–82  | 100–78  | 94–82  | 111–93  | 121–96  | 102–82  | 87–89  | 90–83
Zadar | 101–107  | 106–108  | 110–85  | 95–91  | 88–74  | -- | 90–96  | 119–101  | 105–87  | 89–86  | 97–92  | 134–108  | 83–81  | 109–74
Radnički Belgrade | 104–116  | 111–132[2] | 90–98  | 101–100  | 75–87  | 101–110  | -- | 92–97  | 98–89  | 84–81  | 93–91  | 107–94  | 101–85  | 101–79
Crvena Zvezda | 92–102  | 90–113  | 82–97  | 84–89  | 88–86  | 95–89  | 89–91  | -- | 83–82  | 101–87  | 89–80  | 85–82  | 94–86  | 116–93
Metalac Valjevo | 81–86  | 99–103  | 67–73  | 84–96  | 96–77  | 104–91  | 95–99  | 81–80  | -- | 103–79  | 82–80  | 83–91  | 95–66  | 101–81
Borac Čačak | 101–118  | 116–128  | 116–114  | 126–102  | 121–109  | 116–112  | 97–95  | 120–114  | 100–92  | -- | 110–96  | 99–101  | 115–104  | 128–106
Kvarner | 100–103  | 128–116  | 93–92  | 90–103  | 88–87  | 100–86  | 78–80  | 81–82  | 86–96  | 104–90  | -- | 83–79  | 77–70  | 105–89
Beko Beograd | 92–102  | 107–122  | 89–102  | 94–108  | 82–81  | 100–110  | 102–100  | 91–104  | 96–97  | 116–89  | 84–85  | -- | 89–84  | 119–102
Rabotnički | 84–105  | 131–128  | 91–115  | 85–96  | 72–93  | 100–76  | 89–90  | 96–92  | 73–74  | 103–94  | 83–84  | 85–88  | -- | 106–82
Dalvin | 83–113  | 90–122  | 76–121  | 95–118  | 84–88  | 83–87  | 94–124  | 92–110  | 79–89  | 94–99  | 79–116  | 90–94  | 90–89  | --

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

## Scoring leaders[edit]

1. Dragan Kićanović (Partizan) - 894 points (34.4 ppg)
2. Dražen Dalipagić (Partizan) - 875 points (33.7 ppg)
3. Branko Skroče (Zadar) - 779 points (30.0 ppg)
4. Branko Kovačević (Metalac Valjevo) - 717 points (27.6 ppg)
5. Mirza Delibašić (Bosna) - 694 points (26.7 ppg)[3]

## Qualification in 1978-79 season European competitions[edit]

FIBA European Champions Cup

* Bosna (champions)

FIBA Cup Winners' Cup

* Radnički Belgrade (Cup finalist)

FIBA Korać Cup

* Partizan (2nd)
* Jugoplastika (3rd)
* Brest Olimpija (4th)
* Cibona (5th)

* v
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* 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
* Career
* Annual

Associated
competitions|

* Clubs in international competitions
* First B Federal League

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Basketball in Yugoslavia

* Basketball Federation
* Yugoslav clubs in international competitions

National teams|

| Men|

* Yugoslavia
* U19
* U18
* U16
* University

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Women|

* Yugoslavia
* U19
* U18
* U16
* University

League competitions|

| Men|

* First Federal League
* First B Federal League

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Women|

* First Women's League
* Second Women's League

Cup competitions|

| Men|

* Yugoslav Cup

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Women|

* Yugoslav Cup

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Yugoslav basketball league standings 1945-91". nsl.kosarka.co.yu. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
2. ^ "Partizanopedia". partizanopedia.rs. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
3. ^ reference

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