1980–81_Yugoslav_First_Basketball_League

1980–81 Yugoslav First Basketball League

1980–81 Yugoslav First Basketball League

Sports season


The 1980–81 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 37th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia. The season ended with Partizan winning the league championship; despite finishing the season with an identical 19-3 record as Cibona, Partizan was better in their seasonal head-to-head, winning both of their contests during the season.

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Notable events

Partizan vs. Cibona season series

The season was decided in two Partizan-Cibona games. First one was played in Zagreb during the first part of the season. The visiting team jumped out to an early 20+ point lead carried by Dragan Kićanović, Miško Marić, and Boban Petrović.[1] However, in the second half, led by its center line — consisting of 32-year-old veteran Krešimir Ćosić who returned to Yugoslav League after two years in Italy and promising young prospect Andro Knego — Cibona annulled Partizan's first half lead.[1] Still, Partizan held their nerve at the end, winning the game 94-95. Kićanović led all scorers with 32 points while his teammates Marić and Petrović contributed with 25 and 22 points, respectively. On the other side, Cibona's veteran center Ćosić scored 28 points while Knego added 26.[1]

The second Partizan-Cibona game of the season was played during spring 1981 in Belgrade. It turned out to be almost a carbon copy of the first one. Cheered on by a large and boisterous home crowd, Partizan jumped out to an early lead of over 20 points again before Cibona again came back in the second half.[1] Partizan again proved calmer in a tense finish with Boban Petrović making a clutch bank jump shot that won the game for the Belgrade club 91-87.[1] Petrović and Kićanović led Partizan in this key contest with 26 points each while Arsenije Pešić added 14. In Cibona, Knego and Željko Pavličević led the scoring with 27 and 24 points, respectively while its two best players Aco Petrović and Ćosić had a poor shooting night with only 7 and 4 points, respectively.[1]

Teams

Socialist Republic of Croatia SR Croatia

Socialist Republic of Serbia SR Serbia

Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina SR Bosnia and Herzegovina

Socialist Republic of Macedonia SR Macedonia

Socialist Republic of Montenegro SR Montenegro

Socialist Republic of Slovenia SR Slovenia

Classification

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The winning roster of Partizan:[2]

Coach: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Borislav Ćorković

Results

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

Other sources:[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

Scoring leaders

  1. Branko Skroče (Zadar) - ___ points (35.4ppg)[25]

Qualification in 1981-82 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup

FIBA Cup Winners' Cup

FIBA Korać Cup

Basketball Cup

Bracket

 
EightfinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
Bashkimi67
 
 
 
Radnički LMK Belgrade114
 
Radnički LMK Belgrade94
 
 
 
Crvena zvezda90
 
Crvena zvezda99
 
 
 
Šibenka92
 
Radnički LMK Belgrade93
 
 
 
Cibona111
 
Rabotnički96
 
 
 
Partizan108
 
Partizan90
 
 
 
Cibona106
 
Alhos Sarajevo
 
 
 
Cibona
 
Cibona112
 
 
 
Kvarner87
 
TIMA Maribor76
 
 
 
Bosna103
 
Bosna87
 
 
 
Jugoplastika88
 
Metalac69
 
 
 
Jugoplastika81
 
Jugoplastika84
 
 
 
Kvarner91
 
Lifam89
 
 
 
Slovan94
 
Slovan84
 
 
 
Kvarner92
 
Primorje87
 
 
Kvarner111
 

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