1989–90 Yugoslav First Basketball League

1989–90 Yugoslav First Basketball League
LeagueYugoslav First Basketball League
SportBasketball
Duration7 October 1989 – 24 March 1990
(Regular season)
April 1990
(Playoffs)
Regular season
Season championsSocialist Republic of Croatia Jugoplastika
Playoffs
Finals championsSocialist Republic of Croatia Jugoplastika
  Runners-upCrvena Zvezda
Yugoslav First Basketball League seasons

The 1989–90 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 46th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

Notable events

Star players going abroad before turning 28

The season saw new developments in the business aspect of basketball in Yugoslavia as a result of the Yugoslav First Basketball League's basketball talent becoming interesting to rich NBA teams. With the country's still-formally-enforced strict sporting exit rules—stipulating that no player is allowed to transfer abroad before turning 28 years of age—already being bent and occasionally loosened (superstar Dražen Petrović going to Real Madrid at the age of 24 one year earlier), summer 1989 saw two more high-profile star players leaving the league way before turning 28: twenty-one-year-old Vlade Divac joining the Los Angeles Lakers and twenty-three-year-old Žarko Paspalj heading to the San Antonio Spurs.[1]

Attracted by superior financial compensation in the NBA, the summer 1989 offseason saw yet another newly drafted young Yugoslav star player, Dino Rađa, even resort to unilaterally travelling to the United States and signing with the Boston Celtics despite having a valid contract with KK Jugoplastika; he would eventually be forced to return to Yugoslavia following a Jugoplastika-initiated legal process before U.S. courts. With NBA scouts closely following a number of other Yugoslav League young players—such as Jugoplastika's Toni Kukoč and Žan Tabak, KK Partizan's Predrag Danilović, Saša Đorđević, and Miroslav Pecarski, KK Crvena zvezda's Rastko Cvetković, KK Cibona's Franjo Arapović, KK Zadar's Stojko Vranković and Arijan Komazec, KK Olimpija's Radisav Ćurčić, etc. not to mention a slew of even younger juniors coming up such as Dejan Bodiroga and Željko Rebrača—it was becoming clear that the decades-long system of keeping players in the country until the age of 28 was about to become impossible to keep maintaining.

Koš magazine

From October 1989, the country also got its first-ever basketball specific periodical publication. A magazine named Koš with Vladimir Stanković as its editor-in-chief—devoted entirely to coverage of Yugoslav basketball league, Yugoslav national teams (men's and women's), and Yugoslav players abroad—was launched by the Borba publishing company, thus further indicating the level of popularity the sport had grown to in the country.[1] The first issue of Koš featured Lakers rookie Vlade Divac on the cover, standing in front of The Forum in Los Angeles while wearing his number 12 Lakers jersey.

NBA broadcasts begin on Yugoslav television

Furthermore, with Petrović moving to the Portland Trail Blazers—along with Divac and Paspalj joining the Lakers and Spurs, respectively—the entire Yugoslav basketball media ecosystem began to change as well.[1] Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT), country's public broadcasting system, bought television rights to an NBA package consisting of 26 NBA games (18 regular season games and 8 playoff games) from the 1989-90 season—mostly involving Lakers, Blazers, and Spurs—for US$28,000.[2] The US$28,000 price tag (US$67,000 in 2022)[3] was reportedly split between JRT's two biggest television affiliates—TV Beograd and TV Zagreb—with each one paying US$14,000.[2] Carried in Yugoslavia starting from 19 November 1989, on tape delay, the NBA broadcasts marked the first time that games from a foreign basketball league games were shown on Yugoslav television.[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

Regular season

Classification

Regular season ranking 1989-90 G V P PF PS Pt Status
1. Jugoplastika 22 19 3 2118 1734 41 Champions
2. Crvena Zvezda 22 17 5 2026 1961 39 Qualification for

the Playoffs

3. Zadar 22 13 9 1999 1873 35
4. Cibona 22 13 9 2114 1968 35
5. Vojvodina 22 12 10 1851 1851 34
6. Bosna 22 12 10 1922 1888 34
7. Smelt Olimpija 22 10 12 1950 1929 32
8. Partizan 22 9 13 1872 1968 31
9. Novi Zagreb 22 8 14 1737 1808 30 Qualification for

the Playout

10. IMT 22 7 15 1814 1976 29
11. Sloboda Dita Tuzla 22 7 15 1796 1990 29 Relegated
12. Zorka Šabac 22 5 17 1844 2008 27

Results

Home \ Away JUG CZV ZAD CIB VOJ BOS OLI PAR ZAG IMT SLT ZOR
Jugoplastika — 123–75 90–78 109–88 102–89 94–85 108–81 106–85 84–73 103–77 89–68 104–86
Crvena Zvezda 84–101 — 91–88 95–92 93–83 97–75 115–103 81–79 87–84 110–84 107–93 75–68
Zadar 90–81 85–88 — 103–72 113–89 77–73 99–84 124–94 84–76 93–80 84–69 104–90
Cibona 86–97 96–80 98–90 — 98–85 110–112 79–82 90–80 84–77 108–84 97–82 100–97
Vojvodina 88–96 79–84 81–72 100–96 — 90–78 89–72 85–83 91–78 83–79 89–66 97–94
Bosna 62–59 93–98 98–92 81–86 86–82 — 110–99 83–98 79–80 88–78 87–80 114–88
Olimpija 67–75 113–93 93–82 86–85 85–68 76–86 — 104–94 77–84 107–81 118–98 108–89
Partizan 77–99 77–87 84–92 82–79 92–83 85–101 77–85 — 105–99 79–82 84–83 89–73
Novi Zagreb 80–109 67–80 98–90 95–96 65–74 75–74 77–71 55–59 — 68–69 79–76 92–74
IMT 81–80 101–91 79–87 83–85 79–90 80–92 86–84 93–103 82–80 — 73–76 71–75
Sloboda Dita Tuzla 68–114 89–106 77–94 77–87 69–66 88–87 94–92 103–92 92–67 84–87 — 92–87
Zorka Šabac 76–95 88–109 88–78 91–100 71–80 76–78 70–63 81–84 79–88 109–105 94–82 —
Source: Koš magazin
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoff

Semifinals Finals
      
1 Jugoplastika 2
4 Cibona 1
1 Jugoplastika 3
2 Crvena Zvezda 1
2 Crvena Zvezda 2
3 Zadar 1
SEMIFINALS

Jugoplastika-Cibona 94-82, 69-80, 103-90

Crvena zvezda-Zadar 93-89, 90-108, 97-88

FINALS

Jugoplastika-Crvena zvezda 98-70, 67-69, 93-63, 113-91

GROUP KORAC

Partizan-Sibenka 87-80, 71-85, 97-93

Olimpija-Buducnost 105-80, 121-93

Bosna-Olimpija 107-110, 86-88

Vojvodina-Partizan 75-68, 76-82, 76-73


The winning roster of Jugoplastika:[4]

Coach: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Božidar Maljković

Scoring leaders

  1. Arijan Komazec (Zadar) - ___ points (31.5ppg)[5]

Play-out

Six teams competed to qualify for the 1990-91 Yugoslav basketball league (9th-placed IMT and 10th-placed Novi Zagreb from the A league; second-placed Rabotnički and third-placed Radnički from the IB league (East division), second-placed Spartak Subotica and third-placed Čelik Zenica from the IB league (West division).[6][7][8]

Qualifying round

Rabotnički - Čelik 71-68, 72-82, 71-72

Spartak Subotica - Radnički Belgrade 85-82, 69-106, 72-67

Final round

W L PF PS Pt Status
1 IMT 5 1 485 481 11 Qualification for 1990-91 Yugoslav first basketball league
2 Čelik Zenica 3 3 444 433 9 Qualification for 1990-91 Yugoslav first basketball league
3 Novi Zagreb 3 3 470 461 9
4 Spartak Subotica 1 5 454 508 7

IMT - Spartak 94-85, Novi Zagreb- Čelik 72-69,

Spartak - Novi Zagreb 93-87, Čelik - IMT 57-67,

Novi Zagreb - IMT 81-69, Spartak- Čelik 55-62,

Spartak - IMT 68-82, Čelik - Novi Zagreb 78-65,

IMT - Čelik 91-80, Novi Zagreb - Spartak 85-70,

IMT - Novi Zagreb 82-80, Čelik - Spartak 98-83.

Qualification in 1990-91 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup

FIBA Cup Winners' Cup

FIBA Korać Cup

Basketball Cup

Bracket

 
EightfinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
Zadar93
 
 
 
MZT Skopje 68
 
Zadar75
 
 
 
Jugoplastika90
 
Jugoplastika80
 
 
 
Vojvodina73
 
Jugoplastika84
 
 
 
Olimpija74
 
Bosna104
 
 
 
Vlaznimi 66
 
Bosna81
 
 
 
Olimpija87
 
Prvi partizan68
 
 
 
Olimpija82
 
Jugoplastika79
 
 
 
Crvena zvezda77
 
Crvena zvezda 84
 
 
 
Čelik76
 
Crvena zvezda 84
 
 
 
IMT73
 
IMT89
 
 
 
OKK Beograd76
 
Crvena zvezda76
 
 
 
Cibona73
 
Cibona 93
 
 
 
Budućnost77
 
Cibona110
 
 
 
Partizan73
 
Partizan85
 
 
Šibenka70
 

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References

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  2. ^ a b c Zlatar, Pero (November 1989). "Konačno s nama (page 41)". Koš magazin. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. ^ 28,000 in 1989 adjusted for inflation in 2022
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