The 1982–83 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 39th 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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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

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was controversially adjudged by the referee Ilija Matijević to have fouled Šibenka's

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as he went up for a shot at the buzzer. Since being in the act of shooting, Petrović got two free throws and proceeded to score both, winning the game and championship for his team. Next morning, the

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(KSJ) presidency reviewed the game on account the time expired prior to the foul being called and on account of refereeing irregularities. They decided to void the result, ordering a single-game title playoff at a neutral venue in

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. Šibenka decided to boycott the decision. Since Šibenka refused to show up for the Novi Sad game, the title was awarded to Bosna.

Winning team

Roster

The winning roster of Bosna: * Borislav Vučević * Bogoljub Đurić *

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* Spomenko Pajević * Mario Primorac *

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* Dragan Zrno *

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* Emir Mutapčić *

* Miroljub Mitrović

Coaching staff

The coaching staff: *

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, Head coach

Scoring leaders

Scoring leaders: #

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(Budućnost) - 603 points (27.4 ppg) #

(Šibenka) - 561 points (25.5 ppg) #

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(Olimpija) - 535 points (25.4 ppg)

Qualification in 1983-84 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup * Bosna (champions) FIBA Cup Winner's Cup * Cibona (Cup winners)

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* Šibenka (1st) * Partizan (2nd) *

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(4th) *

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(6th)

Basketball Cup

Bracket

References

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