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 champions Zadar

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 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]

Since most Yugoslav teams 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 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 entirely different cities: defending champion KK Zadar played most of its 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]

Notable events

Opening day

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]

Classification
Regular season ranking 1967–68 G V P PF PS Pt
1.KK Zadar221931861155338
2.AŠK Olimpija221841975173436
3.Crvena Zvezda221481904163528
4.Partizan221481885177728
5.KK Lokomotiva2212101878181524
6.Jugoplastika2212101759172424
7.OKK Beograd2210121776180720
8.Željezničar Karlovac229131666173618
9.Radnički Belgrade229131827187018
10.KD Slovan228141642184016
11.Borac Čačak227151719187414
12.Mlada Bosna22022152220490

Results
ZAD OLI CZV PAR LOK JUG OKK ŽELj RAD SLO BOR MLB
Zadar X 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 X 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 X 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 X 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 X 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 X 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 X 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 X 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 X 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 X 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 X 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 X

Source:[3]

The winning roster of Zadar:[4]

  • Miljenko Valčić
  • Đuro Stipčević
  • Milan Komazec
  • Bruno Marcelić
  • Mile Marcelić
  • Josip Đerđa
  • Krešimir Ćosić
  • Ratko Laura
  • Petar Anić
  • Jure Košta
  • Goran Brajković
  • Petar Jelić
  • Željko Troskot
  • Nikola Olujić

Coach: Đorđo Zdrilić

Qualification in 1968–69 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup

FIBA Cup Winner's Cup

References
  1. Martinović, Dragan (11 December 2016). "Istorija YU lige: čudne specifičnosti". Koš magazin blog. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. Dapčević, Žarko (28 November 2018). "Daba: Istorija ispisana prelaskom u dvorane". Kosmagazin.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. "Daba: Istorija ispisana prelaskom u dvorane". KOS magazin. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  4. "Yugoslav basketball league standings 1945–91". nsl.kosarka.co.yu. Retrieved 7 January 2019.


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