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
LeagueYugoslav First Basketball League
SportBasketball
1979-80
Season champions Bosna

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.Bosna342217520201904
2.Jugoplastika302215720011846
3.Cibona262213919731901
4.Partizan2422121019841949
5.Crvena Zvezda2222111119291933
6.Zadar2022101220412048
7.Iskra Olimpija2022101219552028
8.Šibenka182291319801949
9.Rabotnički182291319192061
10.Radnički Belgrade182291318811913
11.Beko Beograd162281418921930
12.Borac Čačak162281419922035


The winning roster of Bosna:[2]

Coach: 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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