1993–94 YUBA League

The 1993–94 YUBA League (Serbian Cyrillic: ЈУБА лига 1993/94.) was the second season of the YUBA League, the top-tier professional basketball league in Yugoslavia (later renamed to Serbia and Montenegro).

1993–94 YUBA League
League	YUBA League
Season	1993–94
Dates	25 September 1993 – 1 February 1994 (First stage)
Games played	32 each
Teams	12
Regular season
Top seed	Partizan, 27–5
Season MVP	Mileta Lisica
Finals
Champions	Crvena zvezda
Runners-up	Partizan
Statistical leaders
Points Slađan Stojković 28.0 Rebounds Milenko Topić 8.4 Assists Zoran Sretenović 2.9 Efficiency Željko Rebrača 0.77

Teams

A total of 12 teams participated in the 1993–94 YUBA League.^[1]

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for the 1993–94 YUBA League

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from the previous round
Regular season (12 teams)	10 highest-placed teams from the last season 2 highest-placed teams from the B League
Blue League (6 teams)		6 highest-placed teams from the Regular season
White League (6 teams)		6 lowest-placed teams from the Regular season
Playoffs (12 teams)	2 highest-placed teams from the YUBA B League	6 highest-placed teams from the Blue League 4 highest-placed teams from the White League

Venues and locations

Spartak

Iva

Profi Color

Belgrade

Metalac

Bobanik

Lovćen

Mornar

Budućnost

Belgrade clubs:

Crvena zvezda
InvestEksport
Partizan
Radnički Beograd

Location of clubs in the 1993–94 season

Club	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Big Enex Metalac	Valjevo	Valjevo Sports Hall	1,500
Bobanik	Kraljevo	Kraljevo Sports Hall	3,350
Budućnost Demetra	Podgorica	Morača Hall	4,300
Crvena zvezda	Belgrade	Pionir Hall	5,878
Iva Borovica	Šabac	Zorka Hall	2,300
Lovćen	Cetinje	Lovćen Sports Center	1,500
Mornar VOLI	Bar
OKK InvestEksport	Belgrade	SC Šumice	2,000
Partizan Sintelon	Belgrade	Pionir Hall	5,878
Profikolor	Pančevo
Radnički	Belgrade	SC Šumice	2,000
Spartak	Subotica	Dudova Šuma Hall	3,000

Personnel

Team	Head coach	Captain
Big Enex Metalac	Vojislav Kecojević
Bobanik	Gordan Marković / Srboljub Đorđević
Budućnost	Goran Bojanić
Crvena zvezda	Vladislav Lučić	Aleksandar Trifunović
InvestEksport	Rajko Žižić / Gordan Todorović
Iva Borovica	Milovan Stepandić	Mijailo Grušanović
Lovćen	Veselin Kašćelan
Mornar	Mihailo Pavićević	Dušan Pavlović
Partizan	Željko Lukajić
Profi Color	Janko Lukovski
Radnički	Slobodan Ivković
Spartak	Goran Mijović / Zoran Kovačević	Slobodan Jaramazović

First stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Partizan Sintelon	22	20	2	2006	1702	+304	42	Qualification to Blue League
2	Crvena zvezda	22	16	6	1884	1752	+132	38
3	Profikolor	22	13	9	1986	1876	+110	35
4	Spartak	22	13	9	1856	1777	+79	35
5	Iva Borovica	22	13	9	1856	1820	+36	35
6	Radnički Belgrade	22	11	11	1916	1893	+23	33
7	Mornar VOLI	22	9	13	1848	1917	−69	31	Qualification to White League
8	Bobanik	22	8	14	1780	1853	−73	30
9	Lovćen	22	8	14	1775	1891	−116	30
10	Big Enex Metalac	22	8	14	1774	1925	−151	30
11	Budućnost Demetra	22	7	15	1817	1797	+20	29
12	OKK InvestEksport	22	6	16	1933	2096	−163	28

Source: OKK Beograd, Partizanopedia

Results

Home \ Away	PAR	CZV	PRO	SPA	IVA	RAD	MOR	BOB	LOV	MET	BUD	OKK
Partizan	—	74–70	84–70	94–77	85–78	93–62	93–71	101–68	86–75	91–78	101–76	125–117
Crvena Zvezda	67–81	—	89–86	87–92	70–71	88–84	101–88	83–81		115–72	101–77	80–68
Profikolor	85–97	77–80	—	98–81	84–70	77–68		97–73	90–80	114–89	95–73	98–90
Spartak	65–61	103–89	90–76	—	76–74	93–94	92–73	98–90	87–73	82–76		109–77
Iva Borovica	93–83	93–109	82–76	75–73	—	107–99	86–74	93–84	84–70		94–89	89–80
Radnički Belgrade	78–101	86–89	109–100	77–67	106–96	—	90–88	91–73	92–79	78–71	96–69	94–100
Mornar	63–79	90–101	120–126	93–84	78–73	72–67	—	81–79	84–79	92–83	119–88	82–72
Bobanik	89–93	88–86	83–84	75–73	76–72	87–93	79–84	—	86–69	86–80	95–82
Lovćen	77–79	81–88	104–98	83–73	73–75	83–73	85–81	67–64	—	106–104	71–60	92–84
Big Enex Metalac	66–92	86–93	81–78	64–70	78–66	72–71	76–73	89–76	86–79	—	80–68	96–92
Budućnost	90–111	78–81	77–83	93–84	93–103		88–76	86–76	110–103	96–80	—	97–91
OKK InvestEksport	87–102	83–91	80–91	90–103	87–86	113–118	93–80		91–76	102–91	85–80	—

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

Second stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Partizan Sintelon	32	27	5	2849	2516	+333	59	Qualification to Playoffs
2	Crvena zvezda	32	23	9	2929	2743	+186	55
3	Iva Borovica	32	19	13	2698	2645	+53	51
4	Profikolor	32	18	14	2893	2787	+106	50
5	Spartak	32	16	16	2652	2616	+36	48
6	Radnički Belgrade	32	13	19	2771	2807	−36	45
7	Mornar VOLI	32	15	17	2724	2770	−46	47	Qualification to Playoffs
8	Bobanik	32	14	18	2656	2674	−18	46
9	Big Enex Metalac	32	14	18	2562	2715	−153	46
10	Lovćen	32	14	18	2549	2630	−81	46
11	Budućnost Demetra	32	12	20	2624	2777	−153	44
12	OKK InvestEksport	32	7	25	2725	2944	−219	39

Source: kosarka.co.yu, OKK Beograd, Partizanopedia

Results

Blue League Home \ Away PAR CZV IVA PRO SPA RAD Partizan — 83–80 72–62 96–92 80–96 80–66 Crvena Zvezda 87–89 — 88–75 105–103 104–87 93–69 Iva Borovica 83–82 106–92 — 90–75 98–91 Profikolor 89–82 109–113 89–86 — 71–64 105–108 Spartak 71–87 100–109 78–60 68–76 — 85–80 Radnički Belgrade 88–92 85–95 97–98 85–74 — Source: Partizanopedia.rs Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win. Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

White League Home \ Away MOR BOB MET LOV BUD OKK Mornar — 84–74 79–68 109–100 86–69 Bobanik 102–80 — 99–71 75–70 80–76 106–96 Big Enex Metalac 84–73 92–90 — 89–77 74–63 72–70 Lovćen 86–78 82–76 106–104 — 72–70 89–72 Budućnost 95–92 86–79 — 90–79 OKK InvestEksport 88–99 84–98 84–82 — Source: Partizanopedia.rs Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win. Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Source^[2]

Bracket

	First round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
					Partizan	2
					Bobanik	0
	Bobanik	2
	Big Enex Metalac	1
									Partizan	3
									Profi Color	0
					Profi Color	2
					Spartak	1
	Spartak	2
	Privredna banka	0
													Partizan	1
													Crvena zvezda	4
					Crvena zvezda	2
					Mornar	0
	Mornar	2
	Lovćen	1
									Crvena zvezda	3
									Iva Borovica	0
					Iva Borovica	2
					Radnički	1
	Radnički	2
	Elkond	0

Finals

Source^[3][4][5]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
Partizan	1–4	Crvena zvezda	64–77	85–99	88–103	78–69	79–80	—	—

Game 1

6 May 1994

Recap

Partizan 64, Crvena zvezda 77
Scoring by half: 26–44, 38–33
Pts: Stevanović, Sretenović 13 each Rebs: Željko Rebrača 9 Asts: Rebrača, Sretenović 2 each		Pts: Aleksandar Trifunović 18 Rebs: Mileta Lisica 12 Asts: Obradović, Lisica, Trifunović 1 each
Crvena zvezda leads series, 1–0

Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 4,500

Game 2

7 May 1994

Recap

Partizan 85, Crvena zvezda 99
Scoring by half: 46–46, 39–53
Pts: Nikola Lončar 33 Rebs: Željko Rebrača 10 Asts: Željko Rebrača 1		Pts: Saša Obradović 26 Rebs: Aleksandar Gilić 11 Asts: Obradović, Lisica 2 each
Crvena zvezda leads series, 2–0

Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,000

Game 3

10 May 1994

Recap

Crvena zvezda 103, Partizan 88
Scoring by half: 42–41, 61–47
Pts: Saša Obradović 24 Rebs: Lisica, Tomašević 4 each Asts: Aleksandar Trifunović 2		Pts: Nikola Lončar 25 Rebs: Zoran Stevanović 5 Asts: None
Crvena zvezda leads series, 3–0

Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 7,000

Game 4

11 May 1994

Recap

Crvena zvezda 69, Partizan 78
Scoring by half: 33–34, 36–44
Pts: Mileta Lisica 17 Rebs: Mileta Lisica 9 Asts: Obradović, Trifunović 2 each		Pts: Nikola Lončar 16 Rebs: Zoran Stevanović 7 Asts: Zoran Sretenović 2
Crvena zvezda leads series, 3–1

Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 7,500

Game 5

12 May 1994

Recap

Crvena zvezda 80, Partizan 79
Scoring by half: 43–36, 37–43
Pts: Mileta Lisica 21 Rebs: Lisica, Trifunović 5 each Asts: Aleksandar Trifunović 1		Pts: Zoran Sretenović 17 Rebs: Željko Rebrača 6 Asts: Lončar, Brkić 1 each
Crvena zvezda wins YUBA Finals, 4–1

Pionir Hall, Belgrade

Yugoslav Super Cup

Season	Date	League Champion	Result	Cup Winner	Ref.
1993–94	December 1993	Crvena zvezda	83–78	OKK Beograd	[6]

Clubs in European competitions

Following the adoption of economic sanctions by the international community against FR Yugoslavia, clubs were banned to compete in the European professional club basketball system.

See also

• 1993–94 Yugoslav Super Cup
• 1993–94 ACB season
• 1993–94 Slovenian Basketball League

References

1. "KSJ Liga". KOŠ (57): 21–23. September 1993. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
2. Ostojić, Aleksandar (May 1994). "Tuguj Europo". KOŠ (64): 12–13. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
3. "1993/94, Utakmice finala PlayOff -a". kosarka.co.yu. Archived from the original on 2008-06-05. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
4. "1993-1994 sezona". partizanopedia.rs. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
5. "Историја КК Црвена звезда – Шампиони 1993/94". mojacrvenazvezda.net. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
6. "Историја КК Црвена звезда – Шампиони 1993/94". mojacrvenazvezda.net. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2022.