The 1976–77 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 33rd season of the

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 YU ...

, the highest professional basketball league in

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Notable events

Dalipagić knocking out assistant coach Vlade Đurović

Week 13 of the league season, played on 15 January 1977, featured an ill-tempered contest at

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between the home team, OKK Beograd (playing under their sponsor's name, Beko), and cross-town visitors

KK Partizan Košarkaški klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Партизан, lit=Basketball Club Partizan), commonly known as Partizan Belgrade, or as Partizan Mozzart Bet for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball Sports cl ...

. Involved in a title chase, league-leaders Partizan (sharing a spot at the top of the table with KK Bosna, both with an 11–1 record) came to Šumice looking for an away win against mid-table opposition OKK Beograd with a 7–5 record. However, OKK managed an upset 89–85 win in a game that featured no shortage of physicality and verbal antagonism between the two sets of players and even respective coaching staffs. The game-long duel between Partizan's star shooting guard

Dragan Kićanović Dragan Kićanović (; born 17 August 1953) is a Serbian and Yugoslav retired professional basketball player. A tall shooting guard, Kićanović played in the 1970s and 1980s, and is considered to be one of the best European players and scorers ...

and OKK's Nikolić continued after the game as Kićanović punched Nikolić while the players were leaving the court, causing mass confrontation as players began pushing and shoving. Among the fracas, OKK's assistant coach

Vlade Đurović Vlade Đurović ( sr-Cyrl, Владе Ђуровић; born 16 May 1948) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Early life Born in 1948 to Bosnian Serb parents Danilo Đurović from Sokolac and Mileva Cerović from Rogatica� ...

aggressively ran up on Kićanović, seemingly in an effort of assaulting him in response for his earlier punch of Nikolić, at which point Kićanović's teammate

Dražen Dalipagić Dražen "Praja" Dalipagić (; 27 November 1951 – 25 January 2025) was a Serbian 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 Yugos ...

got involved, punching, and effectively knocking out, Đurović who ended up on the floor.

Teams

Classification

The winning roster of Jugoplastika: * Mlađan Tudor * Željko Jerkov * Slobodan Bjelajac * Branko Macura * Ratomir Tvrdić * Ivica Dukan * Damir Šolman *

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1953 births Living people Yugoslav men's basketball players 1978 FIBA Wo ...

* Mirko Grgin * Mihajlo Manović * Mladen Bratić * Ivan Sunara * Deni Kuvačić Coach: Petar Skansi

Results

Due to a tie at the top between Jugoplastika and Bosna after the end of the regular season, the season champion was decided in a one-game playoff between the two teams at a neutral venue. The game was played in

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's Hala Pionir.

Single-game title playoff

Hala Pionir,

Jugoplastika vs Bosna: 98-96

Scoring leaders

(Partizan) - ___ points (34.8ppg)

Qualification in 1977-78 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup * Jugoplastika (champions) FIBA Cup Winner's Cup * Kvarner (Cup finalist)

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, a ...

* Bosna (2nd) * Partizan (3rd) * Cibona (4th) * Beko Beograd (5th)

Basketball Cup

Bracket

References

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