1978–79 Yugoslav First Basketball League

The 1978–79 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 35th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

1978–79 Yugoslav First Basketball League
League	Yugoslav First Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
1978-79
Season champions	Partizan

Teams

SR Serbia Beko Beograd Borac Čačak Crvena Zvezda Metalac Valjevo Partizan Radnički Belgrade

SR Croatia Cibona Kvarner Jugoplastika Zadar

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna

SR Slovenia Iskra Olimpija

Classification

	Regular season ranking 1978-79	G	V	P	PF	PS	Pt
1.	Partizan	22	17	5	2246	2075	34
2.	Jugoplastika	22	16	6	2183	2003	32
3.	Cibona	22	16	6	2052	1925	32
4.	Bosna	22	14	8	2105	2029	28
5.	Borac Čačak	22	12	10	2052	2070	24
6.	Radnički Belgrade	22	11	11	2164	2145	22
7.	Crvena Zvezda	22	9	13	1951	2054	18
8.	Iskra Olimpija	22	9	13	1969	2050	18
9.	Beko Beograd	22	8	14	1973	2075	16
10.	Zadar	22	8	14	2110	2221	16
11.	Metalac Valjevo	22	7	15	1892	1958	14
12.	Kvarner	22	5	17	2108	2200	10

The winning roster of Partizan:^[1]

• Dragan Kićanović
• Miodrag Marić
• Arsenije Pešić
• Dušan Kerkez
• Boban Petrović
• Dragan Todorić
• Jadran Vujačić
• Milan Medić
• Dražen Dalipagić (did not play any games during the season due to serving his mandatory Yugoslav People's Army stint)
• Milenko Savović
• Milenko Babić
• Boris Beravs
• Goran Knežević
• Miroslav Milojević
• Predrag Bojić

Coach: Dušan Ivković

Results

Home \ Away	PAR	JUG	CIB	BOS	BOR	RAD	CZV	OLI	OKK	ZAD	MET	KVA
Partizan	—	106–95	99–101	89–84	99–93	101–100	98–77	110–88	109–96	110–91	90–85	131–111
Jugoplastika	101–97	—	92–86	89–81	128–104	100–91	101–82	122–114	99–82	99–87	89–80	106–95
Cibona	89–93	80–78	—	99–96	100–94	96–88	102–89	116–96	93–80	101–92	84–76	115–92
Bosna	106–97	116–108	66–75	—	91–86	104–114	99–86	92–86	106–88	111–100	97–99	96–94
Borac Čačak	93–101	86–104	86–84	81–79	—	110–99	117–91	84–93	88–86	104–101	84–83	96–91
Radnički Belgrade	98–119	103–101	99–98	94–99	96–98	—	106–101	108–92	97–88	102–92	95–88	116–107
Crvena Zvezda	84–102	92–91	91–89	85–78	81–82	91–82	—	100–87	81–78	97–91	80–90	102–92
Olimpija	94–87	87–86	82–80	91–97	94–89	90–83	73–77	—	88–86	79–82	90–80	88–97
Beko Beograd	94–89	82–109	78–88	83–88	80–96	87–101	100–99	93–96[2]	—	113–83	76–75	107–99
Zadar	91–105	98–106	99–109	99–111	99–91	97–96	111–101	100–94	99–100	—	94–88	100–86
Metalac Valjevo	103–105	72–90	78–81	91–106	85–92	95–93	78–68	81–79	83–85	111–114	—	77–76
Kvarner	101–109	82–89	81–86	95–102	105–98	91–103	107–96	100–88	109–111	107–90	90–94	—

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

Scoring leaders

1. Dragan Kićanović (Partizan) - ___ points (33.8ppg)^[3]

Qualification in 1979-80 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup

• Partizan (champions)
• Bosna (title holder)

FIBA Cup Winners' Cup

• Zadar (Cup finalist)

FIBA Korać Cup

• Jugoplastika (2nd)
• Cibona (3rd)
• Borac Čačak (5th)
• Radnički Belgrade (6th)

Basketball Cup

Bracket

	Eightfinals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	Kvarner	87
	Celje	85
					Kvarner	100
					Jugoplastika	99
	Jugoplastika	124
	Beko Belgrade	101
									Kvarner	109
									Partizan	123
	Iskra Olimpija	94
	Radnički FOB Belgrade	90
					Iskra Olimpija	98
					Partizan	108
	Partizan	106
	Rabotnički	88
													Partizan	93
													Zadar	86
	Budućnost
	Elektrokosovo
					Budućnost	79
					Bosna	105
	Bosna
	Željezničar Sarajevo
									Bosna	85
									Zadar	88
	Cibona
	Zadar
					Zadar	109
					Marina B. Palanka	84
	Marina B. Palanka	89
	Sloga	87

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References

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