1979–80 Yugoslav First Basketball League


The 1979–80 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 36th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

Notable events

Dražen Petrović's league debut

The season saw the pro debut of fifteen-year-old Dražen Petrović. He appeared in 8 games for Šibenka throughout the season, scoring a total of 13 points. His scoring debut occurred on 29 December 1979 at home against OKK Beograd, a contest fifteen-year-and-two-month-old Petrović entered by coming on for Šibenka's veteran point guard Zoran Slavnić, who in addition to playing also shared the team's head coaching duties with Vojislav Vezović.

Classification

The winning roster of Bosna:
Coach: Bogdan Tanjević

Scoring leaders

  1. Branko Skroče - ___ points
  2. Dražen Dalipagić - ___ points

Qualification in 1980-81 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup
FIBA Cup Winner's Cup
FIBA Korać Cup