1979–80 Yugoslav First Basketball League

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1979–80 Yugoslav First Basketball League
LeagueYugoslav First Basketball League
SportBasketball
1979-80
Season championsSocialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna
Yugoslav First Basketball League seasons

The 1979–80 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 36th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

Notable occurrences[]

  • The season saw the pro debut of fifteen-year-old Dražen Petrović. He appeared in 8 games for Šibenka throughout the season, scoring a total of 13 points. His scoring debut came on 29 December 1979 at home against OKK Beograd (Beko), a contest fifteen-year-and-two-month-old Petrović entered by coming on for Šibenka's veteran point guard Zoran Slavnić who in addition to playing also shared the team's head coaching duties with Vojislav Vezović.[1]

Classification[]

Regular season ranking 1979-80 Pt G V P PF PS
1. Bosna 34 22 17 5 2020 1904
2. Jugoplastika 30 22 15 7 2001 1846
3. Cibona 26 22 13 9 1973 1901
4. Partizan 24 22 12 10 1984 1949
5. Crvena Zvezda 22 22 11 11 1929 1933
6. Zadar 20 22 10 12 2041 2048
7. Iskra Olimpija 20 22 10 12 1955 2028
8. Šibenka 18 22 9 13 1980 1949
9. Rabotnički 18 22 9 13 1919 2061
10. Radnički Belgrade 18 22 9 13 1881 1913
11. Beko Beograd 16 22 8 14 1892 1930
12. Borac Čačak 16 22 8 14 1992 2035


The winning roster of Bosna:[2]

Coach: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bogdan Tanjević

Scoring leaders[]

  1. Branko Skroče (Zadar) - ___ points (31.8ppg)
  2. Dražen Dalipagić (Partizan) - ___ points (31.4ppg)[3]

Qualification in 1980-81 season European competitions[]

FIBA European Champions Cup

  • Bosna (Champions)

FIBA Cup Winner's Cup

FIBA Korać Cup

References[]

  1. ^ Pakrac, Tomislav (29 May 2013). "Sve o prvoj Draženovoj seniorskoj sezoni i kadetskoj bronci". TPortal.hr. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Yugoslav basketball league standings 1945-91". nsl.kosarka.co.yu. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. ^ Martinović, Dragan (22 January 2017). "DRAŽEN PETROVIĆ ILI RADIVOJ KORAĆ?". Koš magazin. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
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