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1982–83 First Federal Basketball League
The 1982–83 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 39th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia. Teams Regular season Classification Results Play-off (*) game 3 of the final series was subsequently annulled by the KSJ Play-In Qualifying Round Jugoplastika-IMT 98-97 Olimpija-Rabotnički 93-82 Quarter-finals Šibenka-Jugoplastika 104-102, 85-98, 91-75 Crvena Zvezda-Cibona 103-73, 92-84 Partizan-Olimpija 94-81, 76-77, 111-108 Bosna-Zadar 98-103, 89-87, 121-109 Semi-finals Šibenka-Crvena Zvezda 91-88, 89-105, 98-89 Partizan-Bosna 85-95, 81-87 Finals Šibenka-Bosna 103-98, 84-96, 83-82 On 9 April 1983, Šibenka and Bosna played the deciding Game 3 of their playoff final series that was decided in the last second. With Bosna up by a point and the clock winding down Šibenka had the last possession, Bosna's Sabit Hadžić was controversially adjudged by the r ... [...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 the former country of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia. Founded in 1945, and folded in 1992 (1991–92 YUBA League, 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 now 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 First Federal Basketball League. History After the end of Second World War in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia in 1945, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Republic Of Slovenia
The Socialist Republic of Slovenia (, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Slovenija, Социјалистичка Република Словенија), commonly referred to as Socialist Slovenia or simply Slovenia, was one of the six federal republics forming Yugoslavia and the nation state of the Slovenes. It existed under various names from its creation on 29 November 1945 until 25 June 1991. In early 1990, the government dismantled the single-party system of government – installed by the League of Communists – and adopted a multi-party democracy. Republic of Slovenia dropped the 'Socialist' label shortly after and in late 1990 cast a successful public vote for independence, which it formally declared on 25 June 1991 and achieved after the brief Ten-Day War. Names The republic was first officially named Federal Slovenia (, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Federalna Slovenija, Федерална Словенија, separator=" / ") until 20 February 1946, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarko Varajić
Žarko Varajić ( sr-cyr, Жарко Варајић; 26 December 1951 – 23 June 2019) was a Montenegrin basketball player and executive. He represented the Yugoslavia national team internationally. Early career Growing up in Nikšić, Varajić pursued football in the FK Sutjeska youth system before fully devoting to basketball by switching to the basketball club within the same sports society — KK Sutjeska — and playing for its youth teams. Playing career In 1970, eighteen-year-old Varajić joined KK Bosna, a club competing in the second-tier level of Yugoslav basketball. With young players such as Anto Đogić, Rođeni Krvavac, and center Zdravko Čečur on its roster, the club sought a league promotion to the top-tier level Yugoslav First League, a feat that had been eluding them for decades. During the summer of 1971, the club's head coaching post was taken over by the 24-year-old Bogdan Tanjević, who had just retired from playing. The young squad led by a young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratko Radovanović
Ratko "Raša" Radovanović (; born 16 October 1956) is a Serbian former professional basketball player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia, at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In terms of the total number of medals with the Yugoslav national team at top international competitions (Olympics, World Championships, and EuroBasket), Radovanović is among the winningest Yugoslav basketball players. His nine medals with Yugoslavia, are only behind Krešimir Ćosić (14 medals), Dražen Dalipagić (12), and Dragan Kićanović and Vlade Divac (10 medals each). Early life Born in the town of Nevesinje within the Herzegovina region, Radovanović, still an infant, was brought by his parents to Nikšić, PR Montenegro where he would spend the rest of his childhood. It was in Nikšić that Radovanović, a tall and lanky kid, took up basketball on an informal, recreational basis in 1969. Soon after, in May 1970, the senior Yugoslav national team won the 1970 FIBA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Primorac
Mario Primorac (born 3 November 1961, Zavidovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a former Bosnian-Herzegovinian basketball player, who works as a coach. Club career He was born in Zavidovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His family lived in Žepče. His father was a railway worker, so as a small child he moved to Ploče, and then to Čapljina where he went to school. He started playing basketball relatively late, only in the second grade of high school. Jasmin Repeša persuaded him to train. Ivica Obad, Drago Raguž, Dražen Blažević and others were same generation and trained with him at the time. Here he started his career with KK Borac Čapljina at senior level.Čapljinski portal PHOTO / VIDEO: Presenting HKK ''Čapljina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predrag Benaček
Predrag Benaček (born 29 March 1959) is a Bosnian professional basketball coach and former player who is the current head coach for Olomoucko of the Czech National League. Playing career A power forward, Benaček played 20 seasons in Yugoslavia, Greece, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic between 1975 and 1996. During his playing days, he played for Bosna, Panionios, Maribor, and Pardubice. He retired as a player with Pardubice in 1996. National team career Benaček was a member of the Yugoslavia Juniors team that won the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championship for Juniors held in Italy. Over six tournament games, he averaged 14.9 points per game. Benaček was a member of the Yugoslavia national team, alongside Krešimir Ćosić, Dragan Kićanović, Dražen Dalipagić and Mirza Delibašić, that won the silver medal at the EuroBasket 1981 held in Czechoslovakia. Over six tournament games, he averaged four points per game. Coaching career After retirement in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borislav Vučević
Borislav "Boro" Vučević ( sr-cyr, Борислав Вучевић; born August 7, 1958) is a Montenegrin former professional basketball player. He is the father of NBA All-Star Nikola Vučević. National team career Vučević was a member of the Yugoslavia national team that competed at the EuroBasket 1985 in West Germany. Over eight tournament games, he averaged 9.4 points per game. Also, Vučević won the gold medal at the 1983 Mediterranean Games in Morocco. Career achievements and awards * EuroLeague champion: 1 (with Bosna: 1978–79) * Yugoslav League champion: 2 (with Bosna: 1979–80, 1982–83) * Yugoslav Cup winner: 1 (with Bosna: 1983–84) Personal life Vučević's wife, Ljiljana (Née Kubura), was a 6-foot-2 basketball forward for a Sarajevo-based club Željezničar, as well as for the Yugoslavia Cadet national team at the 1976 FIBA Europe Championship for Cadets. They have a son Nikola Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannonian Plain on the border of the Bačka and Syrmia geographical regions. Lying on the banks of the Danube river, the city faces the northern slopes of Fruška Gora and it is the fifth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. It is the largest Danube city that is not the capital of an independent state. , the population of the city proper area totals 260,438 while its urban area (including the adjacent settlements of Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica) comprises 306,702 inhabitants. According to the city's Informatika Agency, Novi Sad had 415,712 residents in 2025. Novi Sad was founded in 1694, when Serb merchants formed a colony across the Danube from the Petrovaradin Fortress, a strategic Habsb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Federation Of Yugoslavia
The Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Košarkaški savez Jugoslavije, Кошаркашки савез Југославије; ; ) was a non-profit organization and the national sports governing body for basketball in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Until 1991, the organization has represented SFR Yugoslavia in FIBA and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the Yugoslav Olympic Committee. After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1992, the successor countries all set up their national federations, while the Federal republic of Yugoslavia kept the National Federation until the dissolution of the State Union of Serbia & Montenegro in 2006. Competitions ;Men's * 1st-tier league: Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League * 2nd-tier league: Yugoslav 1. B Federal Basketball League * Cup tournament: Yugoslav Basketball Cup ;Women's * 1st-tier league: Yugoslav Women's Basketball League * Cup tournament: Yugoslav Women's Basketball Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dražen Petrović
Dražen Petrović (; 22 October 1964 – 7 June 1993) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s with Cibona and Real Madrid before joining the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1989. A star on multiple international basketball stages, Petrović earned two silver medals (Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 1988, Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 1992) and one bronze (Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984) at the Basketball at the Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic Games, a gold (1990 FIBA World Championship, 1990) and a bronze (1986 FIBA World Championship, 1986) at the FIBA World Cup, and a gold (EuroBasket 1989, 1989) and a bronze (EuroBasket 1987, 1987) at the FIBA EuroBasket. He was the FIBA World Championship MVP in 1986 and the FIBA EuroBasket MVP in 1989. With KK Cibona Zagreb, Cibona Zagreb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabit Hadžić
Sabit Hadžić (7 August 1957 – 3 March 2018) was a Bosnian basketball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also worked as a basketball coach. Personal Hadžić suffered a stroke on 13 February 2018 in Antalya. He was immediately hospitalized, placed in induced coma An induced comaalso known as a medically induced coma (MIC), barbiturate-induced coma, or drug-induced comais a temporary coma (a deep state of unconsciousness) brought on by a controlled dose of an anesthetic drug, often a barbiturate such as pe ... and kept in intensive care. Weeks later, on 3 March 2018, he died, aged 60. References 1957 births 2018 deaths Basketball players from Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina men's basketball players Yugoslav men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Yugoslavia Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in basketball Bosnia and Herzegovina basketball co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Crvena Zvezda
Košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Црвена звезда, ), usually referred to as KK Crvena zvezda or simply Crvena zvezda, currently named Crvena zvezda Meridianbet for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball Sports club, club based in Belgrade, Serbia, and the major part of the SD Crvena Zvezda, Red Star multi-sports club. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the ABA League JTD, Adriatic Basketball Association, and it competes in the Basketball League of Serbia, Serbian League (KLS), the ABA League, and the continental top-tier EuroLeague. Crvena zvezda is regarded as one of the List of basketball clubs in Serbia by major honours won, most successful clubs in Serbia history; their squads have won 24 National League championships, including 10-in-a-row and current 9-in-a-row sequences. They have played in three different National Leagues since 1945, including the First Federal Basketball League, Yugoslav F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
