1979–80 Yugoslav First Basketball League

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	Bosna

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.

Teams

SR Serbia Beko Beograd Borac Čačak Crvena Zvezda Partizan Radnički Belgrade

SR Croatia Cibona Jugoplastika Šibenka Zadar

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna

SR Macedonia Rabotnički

SR Slovenia Iskra Olimpija

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:

• 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

Home \ Away	BOS	JUG	CIB	PAR	CZV	ZAD	OLI	ŠIB	RAB	RAD	OKK	BOR
Bosna	—	72–79	99–85	106–100	98–88	120–101	103–95	83–82	97–85	72–73	88–85	118–103
Jugoplastika	73–75	—	84–86	89–79	90–77	91–97	92–73	124–93	114–89	101–77	99–85	81–75
Cibona	91–86	101–91	—	104–85	75–71	88–91	105–90	81–77	124–81	91–85	74–76	97–93
Partizan	73–72	72–80	81–82	—	92–90	107–98	107–95	101–99	92–82	91–80	88–89	101–88
Crvena Zvezda	90–93	88–92	102–80	89–80	—	90–88	90–85	106–89	89–88	95–85	97–77	99–87
Zadar	96–98	82–84	92–90	84–78	88–86	—	87–75	106–104	97–80	82–89	93–89	109–97
Olimpija	82–83	89–88	73–72	86–104	84–72	104–94	—	96–95	107–99	83–79	89–87	105–102
Šibenka	92–104	81–70	91–92	83–73	104–68	99–98	87–81	—	93–75	81–72	95–80	94–76
Rabotnički	83–92	90–89	75–73	99–102	100–90	106–97	101–94	89–85	—	88–75	75–72	93–89
Radnički Belgrade	92–90	92–107	100–99	89–104	101–85	87–81	85–86	81–79	80–79	—	89–85	89–97
Beko Beograd	80–86	85–93	81–87	81–94	77–84	88–89	107–96	96–88	100–73	104–90	—	86–85
Borac Čačak	76–87	88–90	97–96	84–80	80–83	98–91	89–87	97–89	110–87	103–91	78–82	—

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

Scoring leaders

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

Qualification in 1980-81 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup

• Bosna (champions)

FIBA Cup Winner's Cup

• Cibona (Cup winners)

FIBA Korać Cup

• 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