The 1991–92 YUBA League (also known as 1991–92 YUBA Wiener Broker League for sponsorship reasons) was a transitional season of

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, top level Yugoslav

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competition, first under newly formed Yugoslav Basketball Association (YUBA), and the last that started in

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Teams

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Cibona Košarkaški klub Cibona, commonly referred to as Cibona Zagreb or simply Cibona, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association, and compete ...

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, Infos RTM,

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, Bosna,

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, Sloboda Dita, Oveco Zagreb and Godel Rabotnički. Later, due to

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, all teams from

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and

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abandoned the competition and were replaced with new clubs from the

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. An impromptu entry tournament for four 1.B Federal League teams— KK Prvi partizan Titovo Užice (soon to have its name changed to KK Užice),

KK Spartak Subotica Košarkaški klub Spartak ( sr-cyr, Кошаркашки клуб Спартак), commonly referred to as Spartak Subotica or Spartak Office Shoes for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball Sports club, club based in Subotica, ...

, KK Čelik Zenica, and

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—was organized during October 1991 in

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Venues and locations

Regular season

League table

Results

Playoff

Winning roster

The winning roster of Partizan: *

Igor Perović Igor Perović (Cyrillic: Игор Перовић; born 3 March 1974) is a German basketball coach and former basketball player of Serbian descent. Professional career While playing for Partizan, Perović won the 1992 Euroleague The EuroLea ...

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* Zoran Stevanović *

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Dragiša Šarić Dragiša Šarić ( sr-cyr, Драгиша Шарић; 27 January 1961 – 19 July 2008) was a Serbian basketball player and coach. Career Club career Šarić played for several clubs in his country, most notably with the KK Partizan generation tha ...

Mlađan Šilobad Mlađan Šilobad (Serbian Cyrillic: Млађан Шилобад; born 6 July 1971) is a Serbian basketball executive and former player. He is currently serving as the general manager A general manager (GM) is an executive who has overall respons ...

* Igor Mihajlovski *

Nikola Lončar Nikola Lončar (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Лончар; born May 31, 1972) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He also holds Spanish citizenship. Professional career Lončar started his career at Radnički Kragujevac and lat ...

Aleksandar Đorđević Aleksandar "Saša" Đorđević ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Саша Ђорђевић, ; born 26 August 1967) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for the senior China. During his ...

Predrag Danilović Predrag "Saša" Danilović ( sr-Cyrl, Предраг "Саша" Даниловић, ; born February 26, 1970), usually referred to in English as Sasha Danilović, is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player, considered one o ...

Slaviša Koprivica Slaviša "Slavko" Koprivica ( sr-Cyrl, Славиша "Славко" Копривица, born 17 June 1968) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. He played at both the power forward and center positions. Professional career While ...

Ivo Nakić Ivo Nakić (born May 26, 1966) is a Croatian former professional basketball player. Personal life Nakić married Zorica Desnica who had previously been engaged to the professional tennis player Slobodan "Boba" Živojinović with whom she had ...

Coach:

Želimir Obradović Želimir is a masculine given name. People bearing the name include: * Želimir Altarac Čičak (1947–2021), Bosnian rock promoter * Želimir Bebek (born 1945), Bosnian singer * Želimir Cerović (1948–2019), Montenegrin basketball executive a ...

References

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