1981–82 Yugoslav First Basketball League

Yugoslav First Basketball League
Season1981–82
Games played132
Teams12
Regular season
Top seedPartizan
PromotedJugoplastika
Kvarner
RelegatedSloboda Tuzla
Rabotnički
Finals
ChampionsCibona
(1st title)
  Runners-upPartizan
SemifinalistsZadar
Crvena zvezda
Statistical leaders
Points Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Dalipagić[1] 31.5
All statistics correct as of 27 April 2017.

The 1981–82 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 38th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia. The season ended with Cibona winning the league championship by beating Partizan two games to none in the playoffs final best-of-three series.

The season was another milestone for club basketball in Yugoslavia as the sport began to be played with playoffs at the end of the regular league season, meaning that postseason would determine the league champion rather than regular season as was the case prior to the 1981–82 campaign.[2]

KK Partizan finished the regular season on top with an 18–4 record just ahead of Cibona's 17–5; additionally, Partizan won both regular season games against Cibona. The same two teams made the playoff finals, having the home court advantage at every stage of the playoffs. Heading into the final series, Partizan had the home court advantage, but lost it after game 1 at Belgrade's Hala sportova in front of a packed crowd of 4,000—a hard-fought contest that visiting Cibona won 108–112 after triple overtime. Game 2 was played in Zagreb on Cibona's home court and Cibona won it assuredly to claim its first-ever Yugoslav title.

Notable events

Introduction of playoffs

The season saw the playoffs introduced as a way of determining the Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League champion at the end of the regular season.[2] The decision came on the heels of great debate within the country's basketball federation, KSJ, and Yugoslav coaching circles, and was initially somewhat controversial with many considering it jarring and/or unfair that an eight-placed team or even a Second League team could potentially become the season's champion through playoffs.[2]

As for the European spots for FIBA Europe's competitions, the playoffs champion automatically qualified for a spot in the top-tier FIBA European Champions Cup while the Yugoslav Cup winner got a second-tier FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup spot. If the league and cup were won by the same team, the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup went to the cup finalist. For the third-tier FIBA Korać Cup spots, the top four placed teams at the end of the regular season (excluding the champion and cup winner) received FIBA Korać Cup spots, meaning that qualification for the FIBA Korać Cup was still determined via the regular season and not the playoffs.

Praja Dalipagić back in Partizan, Moka Slavnić in Partizan jersey

The 1981–82 season featured the unusual sight of thirty-two-year-old Red Star Belgrade legendary point guard Moka Slavnić suiting up for their bitter crosstown rivals Partizan.[3] Ever since leaving Red Star in acrimony four years earlier, Slavnić had been on such bad terms with the club's management that when he decided to return to his hometown in the twilight of his playing career, he controversially joined heated rivals Partizan instead of the club he made his name with and achieved legendary status in.[3]

Slavnić's Partizan debut took place in week 7 versus Budućnost due to administrative issues with his player registration.[3] He immediately proved valuable, assisting and organizing on offense on a roster that also featured another legendary veteran—thirty-year-old Dražen Dalipagić, himself returning to Belgrade following a season abroad with Reyer Venezia. In the first six games of the season that Partizan played without Slavnić, the team had a 3–3 record while with Slavnić they recorded only one loss in the next 16 league games until the end of the regular season, grabbing top spot ahead of the playoffs with an 18–4 record.[3]

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 Macedonia SR Macedonia

Socialist Republic of Montenegro SR Montenegro

Socialist Republic of Slovenia SR Slovenia

Regular season

League table

Pos Teams Pld W L PF PA Pts Playoffs or relegation
1. Partizan 22 18 4 2150 1976 36 Advance to Playoffs quarterfinal
2. Cibona 22 17 5 2086 1906 34
3. Crvena Zvezda 22 13 9 2148 2051 26
4. Zadar 22 12 10 2162 2092 24
5. Šibenka 22 11 11 1967 1987 22
6. Iskra Olimpija 22 10 12 1947 2022 20
7. Bosna 22 10 12 2162 2170 20 Advance to single-game Play-in
8. Budućnost 22 10 12 1941 1942 20
9. Radnički LMK Belgrade 22 9 13 2017 2080 18 Relegation playoffs
10. Borac Čačak 22 9 13 2035 2044 18
11. Sloboda Dita Tuzla 22 9 13 1858 1962 18
12. Rabotnički 22 4 18 1934 2175 8 Relegated

Results

Home \ Away PAR CIB CZV ZAD ŠIB OLI BOS BUD RAD BOR SLT RAB
Partizan — 91–88 102–86 91–94 83–85 124–93 119–96 90–70 104–86 99–90 98–96 101–90
Cibona 79–85 — 102–101 91–90 98–83 101–87 110–89 101–89 95–81 91–92 103–88 128–120
Crvena Zvezda 85–92 92–82 — 115–102 96–104 96–95 119–105 98–82 87–94 116–93 112–86 108–98
Zadar 92–97 80–86 94–102 — 98–92 118–100 110–113 92–83 104–101 99–89 118–93 131–95
Šibenka 93–104 87–88 87–91 83–78 — 93–85 104–117 84–79 94–104 87–86 89–69 85–78
Olimpija 98–97 83–98 88–86 85–84 72–77 — 109–90 100–84 96–87 86–84 94–90 88–85
Bosna 100–91 87–89 94–98 120–97 91–87 95–84 — 92–82 112–100 93–95 89–90 104–83
Budućnost 88–90 95–90 106–84 88–98 105–86 99–80 110–106 — 95–79 83–78 84–63 91–84
Radnički Belgrade 109–110 88–90 84–105 93–104 94–86 74–73 97–91 92–85 — 120–116 93–85 104–88
Borac Čačak 88–94 86–97 92–88 90–93 91–94 99–87 103–99 90–78 86–84 — 95–88 121–94
Sloboda Dita Tuzla 91–98 65–77 85–84 93–91 90–78 72–79 93–87 80–79 80–76 87–76 — 92–70
Rabotnički 79–90 76–102 84–99 92–95 90–110 90–85 100–101 85–86 85–79 96–95 92–82 —
Source: Pearlbasket
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

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

Playoff

The first ever Yugoslav First League playoffs were played in the following format:[25]

  • the top six regular season teams clinched an automatic playoff quarterfinals spot while
  • the 7th and 8th placed teams went to a play-in game against the Yugoslav Second League 2nd and 1st placed teams, respectively—with the winners of these two games (played at a neutral venue) clinching a playoff quarterfinals spot.

The top two teams from the 1981–82 Yugoslav Second League were KK Jugoplastika from Split and KK Kvarner from Rijeka. They thus faced Yugoslav First League clubs—8th placed KK Budućnost from Titograd and 7th placed KK Bosna from Sarajevo, respectively—with the winner of each game clinching a playoff spot.

Single game play-in qualifying Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 Partizan 100 81 104
8 Budućnost 72 B1 Jugoplastika 90 86 91
B1 Jugoplastika 94 1 Partizan 103 81 95
4 Zadar 95 88 73
4 Zadar 110 119 94
5 Šibenka 93 123 85
1 Partizan 108 75
2 Cibona 112 89
2 Cibona 103 82
7 Bosna 110 7 Bosna 90 72
B2 Kvarner 93 2 Cibona 94 90 97
3 Crvena Zvezda 92 100 90
3 Crvena Zvezda 91 107
6 Olimpija 85 86


SINGLE GAME PLAY-IN QUALIFYING

Budućnost-Jugoplastika 72-94

Bosna Sarajevo-Kvarner 110-93

QUARTERFINALS

Partizan-Jugoplastika 100-90, 81-86, 104-91

Cibona-Bosna 103-90, 72-82

Crvena zvezda-Olimpija 91-85, 107-86

Zadar-Šibenka 110-93, 119-123, 94-85

SEMIFINALS

Partizan-Zadar 103-95, 81-88, 95-73

Cibona-Crvena zvezda 94-92, 90-100, 97-90

FINALS

Partizan-Cibona 108-112 (3OT), 75-89

Winning roster

The winning roster of Cibona:[26]

Coach: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mirko Novosel

Relegation playoffs

Since teams from 9th to 11th place ended up with the same number of points, it was decided that relegation tournament in Kumanovo should have been played.

Sloboda Dita had finished last and was therefore relegated.[27]

Teams W L PF PA Status
1 Radnički LMK Belgrade 2 0 174 166
2 Borac Čačak 1 1 184 180
3 Sloboda Dita Tuzla 0 2 171 183 Relegated

Qualification in 1982–83 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup

FIBA Cup Winner's Cup

FIBA Korać Cup

Basketball Cup

Bracket

 
EightfinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
Borac Čačak 78
 
 
 
Iskra Olimpija94
 
Iskra Olimpija92
 
 
 
Partizan73
 
Željezničar Sarajevo73
 
 
 
Partizan76
 
Iskra Olimpija
 
 
 
 
 
Jugoplastika98
 
 
 
Crvena zvezda93
 
Jugoplastika84
 
 
 
Zadar82
 
Zadar
 
 
 
Bosna
 
Iskra Olimpija79
 
 
 
Cibona90
 
Vojvodina122
 
 
 
Slovan105
 
Vojvodina88
 
 
 
Cibona105
 
Cibona
 
 
 
Metalac Valjevo
 
Cibona
 
 
 
 
 
Šibenka112
 
 
 
Ylli73
 
Šibenka
 
 
 
Budućnost
 
Budućnost91
 
 
Rabotnički83
 

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