1979–80 Yugoslav First Basketball League
Sports season
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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.
| 1979–80 Yugoslav First Basketball League | |
|---|---|
| League | Yugoslav First Basketball League |
| Sport | Basketball |
| 1979-80 | |
| Season champions | |
Notable events
Dražen Petrović's league debut
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 occurred 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]
Teams
Classification
| Regular season ranking 1979-80 | G | V | P | PF | PS | Pt | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bosna | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2020 | 1904 | 34 |
| 2. | Jugoplastika | 22 | 15 | 7 | 2001 | 1846 | 30 |
| 3. | Cibona | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1973 | 1901 | 26 |
| 4. | Partizan | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1984 | 1949 | 24 |
| 5. | Crvena Zvezda | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1929 | 1933 | 22 |
| 6. | Zadar | 22 | 10 | 12 | 2041 | 2048 | 20 |
| 7. | Iskra Olimpija | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1955 | 2028 | 20 |
| 8. | Šibenka | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1980 | 1949 | 18 |
| 9. | Rabotnički | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1919 | 2061 | 18 |
| 10. | Radnički Belgrade | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1881 | 1913 | 18 |
| 11. | Beko Beograd | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1892 | 1930 | 16 |
| 12. | Borac Čačak | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1992 | 2035 | 16 |
The winning roster of Bosna:[2]
Borislav Vučević
Emir Mutapčić
Predrag Benaček
Boško Bosiočić
Nihad Izić
Ratko Radovanović
Dragan Zrno
Žarko Varajić
Mirza Delibašić
Sabahudin Bilalović
Sabit Hadžić
Miroljub Mitrović
Coach:
Bogdan Tanjević
Results
Scoring leaders
- Branko Skroče (Zadar) - ___ points (31.8ppg)
- Dražen Dalipagić (Partizan) - ___ points (31.4ppg)[3]
Qualification in 1980-81 season European competitions
- Bosna (champions)
- Cibona (Cup winners)
- Jugoplastika (2nd)
- Partizan (4th)
- Crvena Zvezda (5th)
- Zadar (6th)
Basketball Cup
Bracket
| Eightfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Kvarner | 98 | |||||||||||||
| Jugoplastika | 88 | |||||||||||||
| Kvarner | 102 | |||||||||||||
| Zadar | 95 | |||||||||||||
| Zadar | 81 | |||||||||||||
| Beko Beograd | 80 | |||||||||||||
| Kvarner | 79 | |||||||||||||
| Cibona | 85 | |||||||||||||
| Cibona | 123 | |||||||||||||
| Libela Celje | 99 | |||||||||||||
| Cibona | 81 | |||||||||||||
| Radnički LMK Belgrade | 79 | |||||||||||||
| Radnički LMK Belgrade | 94 | |||||||||||||
| Elektrokosovo | 84 | |||||||||||||
| Cibona | 68 | |||||||||||||
| Bosna | 62 | |||||||||||||
| Bosna | 98 | |||||||||||||
| Rabotnički | 86 | |||||||||||||
| Bosna | 93 | |||||||||||||
| Partizan | 87 | |||||||||||||
| Partizan | 100 | |||||||||||||
| Budućnost | 87 | |||||||||||||
| Bosna | ||||||||||||||
| Borac Čačak | ||||||||||||||
| Borac Čačak | 112 | |||||||||||||
| Slovan | 105 | |||||||||||||
| Borac Čačak | 89 | |||||||||||||
| Vojvodina | 85 | |||||||||||||
| Vojvodina | 90 | |||||||||||||
| Drina | 80 | |||||||||||||