1996–97 YUBA League

The 1996–97 Winston YUBA League (Serbian Cyrillic: Винстон ЈУБА лига 1996/97.) was the 5th season of the YUBA League, the top-tier professional basketball league in Yugoslavia (later renamed to Serbia and Montenegro).

1996–97 Winston YUBA League
League	YUBA League
Season	1996–97
Games played	26 each
Teams	14
Regular season
Top seed	Partizan, 20–6
Finals
Champions	Partizan
Runners-up	FMP Železnik

Teams

A total of 14 teams participated in the 1996–97 Winston YUBA League.

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for the 1996–97 Winston YUBA League

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from the previous round
Regular season (14 teams)	12 highest-placed teams from the last season 2 highest-placed teams from the B League
Playoffs (8 teams)		8 highest-placed teams from the Regular season

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from the YUBA B League

• Borac Čačak
• Vojvodina

Teams relegated to the YUBA B League

• None, league extension with two clubs more.

Venues and locations

Spartak

Belgrade

BFC

Borovica

Borac

Vojvodina

Iva Zorka

Lovćen

Mornar

Budućnost

Belgrade clubs:

Beobanka
Crvena zvezda
FMP Železnik
Partizan
Radnički Beograd

Location of clubs in the 1997–98 season

Club	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Beobanka	Belgrade	New Belgrade Sports Hall	5,000
BFC	Beočin
Borac Čačak	Čačak	Borac Hall	3,000
Borovica	Ruma	Ruma Sports Center	2,500
Budućnost	Podgorica	Morača Hall	4,300
Crvena zvezda	Belgrade	Pionir Hall	5,878
FMP Železnik	Belgrade	Železnik Hall	3,000
Iva Zorka Pharma	Šabac	Zorka Hall	2,300
Lovćen	Cetinje	Lovćen Sports Center	1,500
Mornar Primorka	Bar
Partizan Inex	Belgrade	Pionir Hall	5,878
Radnički CIP	Belgrade	SC Šumice	2,000
Spartak	Subotica	Dudova Šuma Hall	3,000
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SPC Vojvodina	7,022

Personnel and sponsorship

Club	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Beobanka	Darko Ruso		Sportstar	Beobanka
BFC	Goran Miljković
Borac Čačak
Borovica
Budućnost			Nike
Crvena zvezda	Mihailo Pavićević / Ranko Žeravica		Nike	Delta Banka
FMP Železnik	Momir Milatović
Iva Zorka	Dragan Vuković	Mijailo Grušanović
Lovćen	Miodrag Kadija
Mornar	Đorđije Pavićević
Partizan Inex	Miroslav Nikolić		Nike
Radnički CIP
Spartak	Rajko Toroman
Vojvodina	Janko Lukovski

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		PAR	BBA	FMP	BUD	BFC	SPA	MOR	LOV	BRU	IVA	RAD	CZV	BOR	VOJ
1	Partizan Inex	26	20	6	2166	1859	+307	46	Qualification to Playoffs		—	73–58	69–68	80–66	68–69	104–71	96–56	65–87	99–80	84–70	89–47	98–71	98–77	100–69
2	Beobanka	26	19	7	2059	1901	+158	45			70–67	—			64–76	78–69	96–59	81–78		67–75				89–78
3	FMP Železnik	26	18	8	1993	1855	+138	44			61–76	61–78	—	83–78	83–81	86–72	70–67	67–58		72–67	75–65	73–65	95–70	80–71
4	Budućnost	26	17	9	2049	1925	+124	43			83–70	77–67	69–67	—		100–76	88–71	81–71	85–73	84–74	83–70	94–84	97–95	84–65
5	BFC	26	17	9	1987	1852	+135	42			75–74			73–85	—	81–90	100–77	76–70	99–71	78–68	89–73	94–77	66–63	78–71
6	Spartak	26	14	12	2042	2080	−38	40			87–75	92–89			82–89	—	70–65	63–52	84–67	81–79	79–69	76–74	87–74	83–79
7	Mornar Primorka	26	13	13	1952	2089	−137	39			67–92	69–65		76–74	86–79		—		71–70		108–105		89–82
8	Lovćen	26	12	14	1840	1872	−32	38			76–79	70–78			78–66	74–75	65–63	—	83–73	65–56	82–81	75–55	74–71	81–77
9	Borovica	26	11	15	2081	2190	−109	37			78–92	94–87	90–100	83–74	69–62		83–78	91–66	—	90–74	71–73	84–101	98–93	95–84
10	Iva Zorka Pharma	26	11	15	2060	2031	+29	37			92–98		68–65	95–86	97–89		85–74	82–59	101–78	—	60–62	95–75	79–85
11	Radnički CIP	26	11	15	1956	2033	−77	37			57–68	84–80	92–72	55–64		85–88	87–62	63–54		78–66	—	78–63	84–69	99–85
12	Crvena zvezda	26	10	16	2042	2100	−58	36			57–68	60–68		79–89	83–84	81–76		71–61			92–84	—	90–64	101–75
13	Borac Čačak	26	7	19	2129	2265	−136	33	Relegation to YUBA B League		91–99		74–86	86–92	84–94	85–82	88–92	72–84	94–91	77–78		98–77	—	97–83
14	Vojvodina	26	1	25	1902	2206	−304	27			77–86	56–72	69–72	77–83	61–99	81–79	78–79	68–73	69–71	61–77	80–90	79–93	82–84	—

Source: kosarka.co.yu

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Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	Partizan Inex	2
	Lovćen	0
					Partizan Inex	2
					Budućnost	1
	Budućnost	2
	BFC Beočin	1
									Partizan Inex	3
									FMP Železnik	1
	Beobanka	2
	Mornar	0
					Beobanka	1
					FMP Železnik	2
	FMP Železnik	2
	Spartak	0

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Partizan Inex	2-0	Lovćen	93-63	72-66
Beobanka	2-0	Mornar	89-68	84-70
FMP Železnik	2-0	Spartak	81-80	88-67
Budućnost	2-1	BFC Beočin	74-95	81-80

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Partizan Inex	2-1	Budućnost	87-89	53-104	89-80
Beobanka	1-2	FMP Železnik	64-70	87-73	78-87

Finals

Source^[13]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Partizan Inex	3–1	FMP Železnik	80–66	76–82	72–51	88–84	—

Clubs in European competitions

Competition	Team	Progress	Result
EuroLeague	Partizan Inex	Top 16	Eliminated by Olympiacos, 2–1
FIBA EuroCup	BFC	Round of 32	Eliminated by Mash Jeans Verona, 161–168 (0–2)
	Budućnost	Group stage – Group H	5th (3–7)
FIBA Korać Cup	Crvena zvezda	Round of 32	Eliminated by PAOK, 186–202 (0–2)
	Iva Zorka Pharma		Eliminated by Mazowzanka, 165–176 (1–1)
	Beobanka	Round of 16	Eliminated by Aris, 138–141 (1–1)
	Spartak	Regular season – Group I	3rd (3–3)

See also

• 1996–97 ACB season
• 1996–97 Slovenian Basketball League