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1967–68 Yugoslav First Basketball League

The 1967–68 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 24th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League. The season ended with KK Zadar winning the league championship, ahead of KK Olimpija.

1967–68 Yugoslav First Basketball League
LeagueYugoslav First Basketball League
SportBasketball
Duration11 November 1967 – April 1968
1967–68
Season championsSocialist Republic of Croatia Zadar
Yugoslav First Basketball League seasons

The season represents a milestone in the history of basketball in Yugoslavia as the beginning of a new era that saw the sport being played entirely indoors on hardwood floor surfaces as opposed to outdoors on a variety of surfaces as had been the practice previously.[1] The change enabled the league to switch to a seasonal schedule that begins during autumn and ends in spring as opposed to the previous practice of playing within the same calendar year, usually between April and October.[2]

Notable events edit

Yugoslav basketball moves indoors edit

Since most Yugoslav basketball clubs didn't yet possess basketball-specific indoor facilities of their own, they had to make do with hosting their home games in community-owned makeshift venues or in case of three clubs–playing outside of their home city.

The four Belgrade clubs–Red Star, Partizan, OKK, and Radnički–played their home games at the various Belgrade Fair halls (including the biggest one: Hall 1), Zagreb's Lokomotiva played at the Zagreb Police's Fire Hall, while certain clubs had to play in altogether different cities: defending champions KK Zadar played most of their home games of the season in Split, Čačak's Borac played their home games in Zrenjanin, and Sarajevo's newly-promoted Mlada Bosna played in Zenica.[2]

Opening day edit

The season began on Saturday, 11 November 1967–only six days after the previous season ended on 5 November 1967–with the opening game in Ljubljana's Topniška Street Hall pitting the home team KD Slovan versus the visiting Red Star Belgrade.[2] Despite being the underdogs, the home team won 79–78.[2]

Teams edit

  SR Serbia   SR Croatia

  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina

  SR Slovenia

Classification edit

Regular season ranking 1967–68 G V P PF PS Pt
1. KK Zadar 22 19 3 1861 1553 38
2. AŠK Olimpija 22 18 4 1975 1734 36
3. Crvena Zvezda 22 14 8 1904 1635 28
4. Partizan 22 14 8 1885 1777 28
5. KK Lokomotiva 22 12 10 1878 1815 24
6. Jugoplastika 22 12 10 1759 1724 24
7. OKK Beograd 22 10 12 1776 1807 20
8. Željezničar Karlovac 22 9 13 1666 1736 18
9. Radnički Belgrade 22 9 13 1827 1870 18
10. KD Slovan 22 8 14 1642 1840 16
11. Borac Čačak 22 7 15 1719 1874 14
12. Mlada Bosna 22 0 22 1522 2049 0

Results edit

Home \ Away ZAD OLI CZV PAR LOK JUG OKK ŽKA RAD SLV BOR MLB
Zadar — 79–71 73–56 83–72 85–79 83–76 88–63 101–74 96–93 101–62 91–67 93–58
Olimpija 65–77 — 92–87 109–79 92–88 93–87 91–78 97–84 111–87 77–70 105–87 97–69
Crvena Zvezda 97–87 80–82 — 86–76 95–81 90–62 90–82 97–65 87–78 116–58 97–68 120–52
Partizan 86–74 85–78 62–64 — 93–79 90–84 86–85 77–69 90–87 105–70 114–91 95–79
Lokomotiva 64–70 96–92 87–94 101–88 — 99–87 71–94 64–55 117–93 96–80 91–79 122–79
Jugoplastika 75–69 81–89 88–83 85–74 67–65 — 84–86 64–54 80–79 88–68 90–80 101–67
OKK Beograd 52–86 68–83 72–70 67–75 72–81 74–65 — 81–80 94–103 107–80 103–76 79–72
Željezničar Karlovac 79–98 70–77 58–56 78–72 80–85 69–66 89–99 — 76–71 62–48 97–83 78–75
Radnički Belgrade 59–72 85–96 78–77 77–81 78–74 82–91 81–72 87–98 — 96–83 91–65 85–77
Slovan 65–98 62–85 79–78 80–84 87–88 78–71 79–66 86–82 93–84 — 78–75 80–55
Borac Čačak 71–80 77–81 80–84 82–74 81–67 78–90 96–83 69–68 78–82 81–72 — 75–66
Mlada Bosna 67–92 58–115 68–98 71–127 74–83 73–77 81–99 65–84 80–89 68–80 70–80 —
Source: KOS magazin
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

The winning roster of Zadar:[3]

Coach:   Đorđo Zdrilić


Qualification in 1968–69 season European competitions edit

FIBA European Champions Cup

FIBA Cup Winner's Cup

References edit

  1. ^ Martinović, Dragan (11 December 2016). "Istorija YU lige: čudne specifičnosti". Koš magazin. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Dapčević, Žarko (28 November 2018). "Daba: Istorija ispisana prelaskom u dvorane". Kosmagazin.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Yugoslav basketball league standings 1945–91". nsl.kosarka.co.yu. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
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