1978–79 Yugoslav First Basketball League

The 1978–79 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 35th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

1978–79 Yugoslav First Basketball League
League	Yugoslav First Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
1978-79
Season champions	Partizan

Classification

	Regular season ranking 1978-79	Pt	G	V	P	PF	PS
1.	Partizan	34	22	17	5	2246	2075
2.	Jugoplastika	32	22	16	6	2183	2003
3.	Cibona	32	22	16	6	2052	1925
4.	Bosna	28	22	14	8	2105	2029
5.	Borac Čačak	24	22	12	10	2052	2070
6.	Radnički Belgrade	22	22	11	11	2164	2145
7.	Crvena Zvezda	18	22	9	13	1951	2054
8.	Iskra Olimpija	18	22	9	13	1969	2050
9.	Beko Beograd	16	22	8	14	1973	2075
10.	Zadar	16	22	8	14	2110	2221
11.	Metalac Valjevo	14	22	7	15	1892	1958
12.	Kvarner	10	22	5	17	2108	2200

The winning roster of Partizan:[1]

• Dragan Kićanović
• Miodrag Marić
• Arsenije Pešić
• Dušan Kerkez
• Boban Petrović
• Dragan Todorić
• Jadran Vujačić
• Milan Medić
• Dražen Dalipagić (did not play any games during the season due to serving his mandatory Yugoslav People's Army stint)
• Milenko Savović
• Milenko Babić
• Boris Beravs
• Goran Knežević
• Miroslav Milojević
• Predrag Bojić

Coach: Dušan Ivković

Scoring leaders

1. Dragan Kićanović (Partizan) - ___ points (33.8ppg)[2]

Qualification in 1979-80 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup

• Partizan (Champions)
• Bosna (title holder)

FIBA Cup Winners' Cup

• Zadar (Cup finalist)

FIBA Korać Cup

• Jugoplastika (2nd)
• Cibona (3rd)
• Borac Čačak (5th)
• Radnički Belgrade (6th)

References

1. "Yugoslav basketball league standings 1945-91". nsl.kosarka.co.yu. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
2. Martinović, Dragan (22 January 2017). "DRAŽEN PETROVIĆ ILI RADIVOJ KORAĆ?". Koš magazin. Retrieved 12 February 2017.