1967–68_Yugoslav_First_Basketball_League

1967–68 Yugoslav First Basketball League

1967–68 Yugoslav First Basketball League

Sports season


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.

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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 seasonal 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]

Notable events

Yugoslav basketball moves indoors

Since most Yugoslav basketball clubs 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 home 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 altogether different cities: defending champions KK Zadar played most of their 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]

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]

Teams

Socialist Republic of Serbia SR Serbia Socialist Republic of Croatia SR Croatia

Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina SR Bosnia and Herzegovina

Socialist Republic of Slovenia SR Slovenia

Classification

More information Regular season ranking 1967–68, G ...

Results

More information Home \ Away, ZAD ...
Source: KOS magazin
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

The winning roster of Zadar:[3]

  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miljenko Valčić
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Đuro Stipčević
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Komazec
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bruno Marcelić [hr]
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mile Marcelić
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Đerđa
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Krešimir Ćosić
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ratko Laura
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Petar Anić
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jure Košta
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Brajković
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Petar Jelić
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Troskot
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Olujić

Coach: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. Dapčević, Žarko (28 November 2018). "Daba: Istorija ispisana prelaskom u dvorane". Kosmagazin.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. "Yugoslav basketball league standings 1945–91". nsl.kosarka.co.yu. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2019.

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