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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. Classification The winning roster of Partizan: * 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 # Dragan Kićanović (Partizan) - ___ points (33.8ppg) 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 Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslav First Basketball League
The First Federal Basketball League () was the highest tier level men's professional club basketball competition in SFR Yugoslavia. Founded in 1945 and folded in 1992 (1991-92 Winer Broker YUBA League), it was run by the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia. With a total of 16 European-wide trophy winners and 11 finalists, the Yugoslav First Basketball League was one of the strongest European national domestic basketball leagues of all time. Although each of the former Yugoslav countries have their own national domestic leagues, the six nations also now take part in the ABA League (commonly known as the Adriatic League), which was founded in 2001; and which is, the closest basketball league in existence today, that is similar to the former Yugoslav Basketball League. History After the end of Second World War in Yugoslavia in 1945, there arose a need for athletic development in the fledgling nation. Post-WW2 Yugoslavia was (with the exception of major cities such as Belgrade, Lju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dušan Kerkez (basketball)
Dušan Kerkez (born July 20, 1952) is a former Serbian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ... player. External links Dušan Kerkez Bio 1952 births Living people KK IMT Beograd players KK Partizan players KK Vršac players Sportspeople from Vršac Serbian men's basketball players Yugoslav men's basketball players {{Serbia-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979–80 FIBA Korać Cup
First round Second round ;Automatically qualified to round of 16: * Arrigoni Rieti * Jugoplastika * Olympiacos * Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (; nl, Standard Luik ; german: Standard Lüttich ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most ... Round of 16 Semi finals Final March 26, Country Hall du Sart Tilman, Liège External links 1979–80 FIBA Korać Cup @ linguasport.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Korac Cup 1979–80 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979–80 FIBA European Champions Cup
The 1979–80 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 23rd season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). The Final was held at the Deutschlandhalle, in West Berlin, on March 27, 1980. Real Madrid defeated Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv, by a result of 89–95. Competition system * 22 teams (European national domestic league champions, plus the then current title holders), playing in a tournament system, entered a Quarterfinals group stage, divided into six groups that played a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins and defeats. In the case of a tie between two or more teams after the group stage, the following criteria were used to decide the final classification: 1) number of wins in one-to-one games between the teams; 2) basket average between the teams; 3) general basket average within the group * The 6 group winners of the Quarterfinals group stage advanced to the Semifinals gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dušan Ivković
Dušan "Duda" Ivković ( sr-cyrl, Душан "Дуда" Ивковић; 29 October 1943 – 16 September 2021) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He served as head coach of the senior Serbian national basketball team from 2007 to 2013, and of the senior Yugoslavian national basketball team, from 1987Serbia Media Guide EuroBasket 2013 , page 23. ''kss.rs''. ( competed as the FR Yugoslavia national team following the |
Goran Knežević
Goran Knežević ( sr-cyr, Горан Кнежевић, ; born 12 May 1957) is a Serbian politician and former professional basketball player. His father is Vuksan Knežević (b. 1931), former Yugoslav political dissident and writer who was sent to prison camp Goli Otok at the age of 17. He served as the Minister of Economy of Serbia from 2016 to 2020. He previously served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management from 2012 to 2013. He also served as the mayor of Zrenjanin from 2004 to 2009 and shortly in 2012. Early years and education He was born in Banatski Karlovac, Serbia. He graduated from the University of Belgrade with a diploma in economics. Basketball career Knežević used to be a basketball player in Partizan from Belgrade, Vojvodina from Novi Sad and Proleter from Zrenjanin. During 1978–79 season he won Yugoslav First Federal League, Yugoslav Cup and FIBA Korać Cup with Partizan. Also, he used to be a president of Basketball Federation of Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Beravs
Boris Beravs (Serbian Cyrillic: Борис Беравс; born 12 July 1953) is a retired Yugoslav professional basketball player. Playing career Club career During his professional career, Beravs played most notably for Partizan. National team career At the junior level, Beravs won gold at the 1972 European Championship for Juniors in Zadar where he was coached by Mirko Novosel Mirko Novosel (born 30 June 1938) is a Croatian former professional basketball coach and player. Novosel coached some of the greatest players in former Yugoslavia and Croatia, such as Croatian Hall of Fame players Krešimir Ćosić and Dražen Pe .... At the senior level, Beravs went on to appear eight times for the Yugoslav national team in 1974. References External links Boris Beravsat fiba.com 1953 births Living people Basketball players from Belgrade Yugoslav men's basketball players Point guards KK Sloboda Tuzla players KK Partizan players Serbian people of Slovenian descent Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milenko Savović
Milenko Savović (18 July 1960 – 1 March 2021) was a Serbian professional basketball player. For most of his career, he was the captain of KK Partizan. Savović died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia. Career During his playing career, Savović spent 12 seasons with .Honours * |
Yugoslav People's Army
The Yugoslav People's Army (abbreviated as JNA/; Macedonian and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and bs, Jugoslavenska narodna armija; sl, Jugoslovanska ljudska armada, JLA), also called the Yugoslav National Army, was the military of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and its antecedents from 1945 to 1992. Origins The origins of the JNA started during the Yugoslav Partisans of World War II. As a predecessor of the JNA, the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia (NOVJ) was formed as a part of the anti-fascist People's Liberation War of Yugoslavia in the Bosnian town of Rudo on 22 December 1941. After the Yugoslav Partisans liberated the country from the Axis Powers, that date was officially celebrated as the "Day of the Army" in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia). In March 1945, the NOVJ was renamed the "Yugoslav Army" ("''Jugoslavenska/Jugoslovenska Armija' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dražen Dalipagić
Dražen "Praja" Dalipagić (; born 27 November 1951) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and head coach. He was selected the best athlete of Yugoslavia in the year 1978, and is one of the most decorated athletes in Yugoslavian history. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. Dalipagić was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 2004, and into the FIBA Hall of Fame, also as a player, in 2007. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors. During his professional playing career, he scored at least 50 points in a game 15 times. His single-game career scoring high was 70 points scored, achieved during an Italian League game, between Venezia and Virtus Bologna, on 25 January 1987. He was nicknamed "The Sky Jumper". Professional career Dalipagić started playing basketball at the age of 19, and one year later he signed his first professional contract with Partizan, in 1971. He stayed in Partiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Medić
Milan Medić (born 16 March 1961) is a Serbian former basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ... player who played for MZT from 1982 until 1995. References 1961 births Living people Centers (basketball) Serbian men's basketball players Sportspeople from Sombor Serbian expatriate basketball people in North Macedonia KK MZT Skopje players KK Partizan players {{Serbia-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
