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Duško Ivanović
Duško Ivanović (; born September 1, 1957) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. Professional playing career As a player, Ivanović started his career with Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje. He played with Budućnost, Jugoplastika, Valvi Girona, Limoges CSP, and Fribourg Olympic. With Jugoplastika, he won two consecutive EuroLeague championships, in 1989 and 1990. Coaching career Ivanović's coaching career started with Sisley Fribourg, in the 1993–94 season, where he was both a player and an assistant coach, working as a player-coach. In the 1994–95 season, he was an assistant coach of Valvi Girona. After that, he was the head coach of Fribourg Olympic (1995–1999), the senior Swiss national basketball team (1997–2000), CSP Limoges (1999–2000), TAU Cerámica (2000–2005), and FC Barcelona (2005–2008), from which he resigned, on 14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head Coach
A head coach, senior coach, or manager is a professional responsible for training and developing athletes within a sports team. This role often has a higher public profile and salary than other coaching positions. In some sports, such as association football and professional baseball, this role is referred to as the "manager," while in others, like Australian rules football, it is called "senior coach." The head coach typically reports to a sporting director or general manager. In professional sports, where senior players are full-time employees under contract, the head coach often functions similarly to a general manager. Other coaches within the organization usually report to the head coach and specialize in areas such as offense or defense, with further subdivisions into specific roles like position coaches. In youth sports, the head coach often serves as the primary representative of the coaching staff, managing communication with parents and overseeing the overall developmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BC Khimki
BC Khimki () is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Khimki, Moscow Oblast. The club's senior men's first team participates in the Russian Basketball Super League 1. The club's full official name is BC Khimki Moscow Region. Khimki has a Moscow-based rivalry with the Russian club CSKA Moscow. History BC Khimki was founded on January 5, 1997, and won the first seasons' championship of its regional league, to earn a place in the Russian Superleague A. The following year, Khimki positioned itself among the top 10 basketball clubs in Russia, guaranteeing a place in the 3rd-tier European cup competition, the FIBA Korać Cup. There, the team competed against a group of defeated leaders of the Turkish Super League, YUBA Liga, and Bulgarian League. The team remained in a middle position in the Russian Super League until the 2002–03 season. That year the club finished in fourth place in the Russian Super League. During the subsequent years, the Russian high socie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liga ACB
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administered by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, with the two lowest-placed teams Promotion and relegation, relegated to the Primera FEB and replaced by the top team in that division plus the winner of the promotion playoffs. The competition was founded as the ACB Primera División on 1983 following the decision of clubs in the Liga Española de Baloncesto (1957–1983), Liga Nacional, founded in 1957, to break away from the Spanish Basketball Federation and professionalize the league. The league's accumulated revenues were worth around €30 million in 2020, with Endesa and Movistar Plus+ contributing 50% of the revenues of the league. The league is a corporation where president Antonio Martín Espina, Antonio Martín is responsible for its management, whilst the member clubs act as shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999–2000 FIBA Korać Cup
The 1999–2000 FIBA Korać Cup was the 29th edition of FIBA's Korać Cup basketball competition. The French Limoges CSP defeated the Spanish Unicaja in the final. This was Limoges' third time winning the title following victories in 1982 and 1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the .... Country ranking For the 1999–2000 FIBA Korać Cup, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the FIBA country rankings, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1996–97 to 1998–99. Team allocation The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: * 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs * WC: Wild card ;Notes First Round Secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBA Korać Cup
The FIBA Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA Europe between the 1971–72 and 2001–02 seasons. It was the European professional club basketball system, third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the FIBA European Champions Cup (later renamed the EuroLeague) and the FIBA Cup Winners Cup (later renamed the FIBA Saporta Cup). The last Korać Cup season was held during the 2001–02 FIBA Korać Cup, 2001–02 season. History The Korać Cup was named after the legendary Yugoslav player Radivoj Korać, killed in 1969 in a car accident near Sarajevo. The Korać Cup is not to be confused with the Serbian national basketball cup competition, the Radivoj Korać Cup, which has been named after Radivoj Korać since the mid-2000s, the next year after the international Korać Cup competition was terminated. Following the 2011 agreement between FIBA Europe and the Basketball Federation of Serbia, the actual winners' trophy given out for 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Basketball Cup
The Yugoslav Basketball Cup ( / ) was the men's national basketball cup of Yugoslavia between its inauguration in 1959 and the breakup of Yugoslavia. Title holders * 1959 ŽKK Ljubljana * 1960 OKK Beograd * 1961 ''Not held'' * 1962 OKK Beograd * 1962–68 ''Not held'' * 1968–69 Lokomotiva * 1969–70 Zadar * 1970–71 Crvena zvezda * 1971–72 Jugoplastika * 1972–73 Crvena zvezda * 1973–74 Jugoplastika * 1974–75 Crvena zvezda * 1975–76 Radnički Belgrade * 1976–77 Jugoplastika * 1977–78 Bosna * 1978–79 Partizan * 1979–80 Cibona * 1980–81 Cibona * 1981–82 Cibona * 1982–83 Cibona * 1983–84 Bosna * 1984–85 Cibona * 1985–86 Cibona * 1986–87 IMT * 1987–88 Cibona * 1988–89 Partizan * 1989–90 Jugoplastika * 1990–91 POP 84 * 1991–92 Partizan The finals Performance by club See also * Yugoslav First Basketball League * Yugoslav 1. B Federal Basketball League * Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Basketball Cup * Adriat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989–90 Yugoslav First Basketball League
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. Attracted by superior financial compensa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987–88 First Federal Basketball League
The 1987–88 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 44th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia. Teams Regular season Classification Results Playoff Only the top four placed league table teams qualified for the playoffs quarterfinal automatically. Teams placed fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth were joined by the top two Second League teams for an 8-team play-in round. The winner of each best-of-three series advanced to the playoffs quarterfinal round. Finals Top-seeded Jugoplastika reached the playoff finals dominantly, rampaging though the league with a 21–1 regular season record followed by two confident playoff sweeps. On the other hand, despite being the defending champions, third seed KK Partizan returned to the playoff finals somewhat unexpectedly, having to overcome second seed KK Cibona's home-court advantage in their semifinal series by improbably defeating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Federal Basketball League
The First Federal Basketball League () was the highest tier level men's professional club basketball competition in the former country of 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 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 Yugoslavia in 1945, there arose a need for athletic development in the fledgling nation. Post-WW2 Yugoslavia was (with the ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989–90 FIBA European Champions Cup
The 1989–90 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 33rd season of the European professional club basketball system, European top-tier level professional FIBA Europe, FIBA EuroLeague, European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by KK Split, Jugoplastika, after they beat FC Barcelona Bàsquet, FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 72–67. It was the club's second title overall. The culminating 1990 EuroLeague Final Four was held at Príncipe Felipe Arena, Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza, Spain, on 17–19 April 1990. Toni Kukoč was named EuroLeague Final Four MVP, Final Four MVP. Competition system *27 teams (European national domestic league champions only), playing in a tournament, tournament system, played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner. *The eight remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered a 1/4 Final Group Stage, which was played as a round-robin. The final standing was based on individual wins a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988–89 FIBA European Champions Cup
The 1988–89 FIBA European Champions Cup was the 32nd season of the European top-tier level professional FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague), which was won by Jugoplastika, after they beat Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 75-69. The culminating 1989 EuroLeague Final Four was held at Olympiahalle, Munich, West Germany, on 4–6 April 1989. Dino Rađja was named Final Four MVP. Competition system *27 teams (European national domestic league champions only), playing in a tournament system, played knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decided the winner. *The eight remaining teams after the knock-out rounds entered a 1/4 Final Group Stage, which was played as 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) bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
