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.

1982–83 Yugoslav First Basketball League
League	Yugoslav First Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Regular season
Season champions	Šibenka
Play-offs
Finals champions	Bosna
Runners-up	Šibenka

Teams

SR Croatia Cibona Jugoplastika Kvarner Šibenka Zadar

SR Serbia Borac Čačak Crvena Zvezda Partizan Radnički Belgrade

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna

SR Montenegro Budućnost

SR Slovenia ZZI Olimpija

Regular season

Classification

Pos	Teams	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1.	Šibenka	22	16	6	2061	2023	32	Advance to Playoffs quarterfinal
2.	Partizan	22	15	7	2111	2046	30
3.	Bosna	22	15	7	2137	2048	30
4.	Crvena Zvezda	22	14	8	2146	1999	28
5.	Cibona	22	14	8	2103	1986	28
6.	Zadar	22	13	9	2084	2021	26
7.	ZZI Olimpija	22	11	11	2031	2068	20	Advance to single-game Play-in
8.	Jugoplastika	22	10	12	2093	2046	20
9.	Borac Čačak	22	8	14	2059	2109	16
10.	Budućnost	22	8	14	1818	1970	16
11.	Radnički Belgrade	22	5	17	2025	2166	10	Relegated
12.	Kvarner	22	3	19	2085	2271	6

Results

Home \ Away	ŠIB	PAR	BOS	CZV	CIB	ZAD	OLI	JUG	BOR	BUD	RAD	KVA
Šibenka	—	87–84	97–92	95–94	78–72	98–95	94–91	91–96	110–102	81–76	113–92	127–113
Partizan	99–100	—	91–89	86–92	93–90	99–93	104–100	98–83	106–89	92–74	112–95	106–101
Bosna	87–74	85–86	—	94–89	99–105	103–100	88–89	102–94	118–110	90–84	118–101	133–114
Crvena Zvezda	111–93	95–94	88–90	—	97–89	109–102	109–88	100–97	107–84	117–87	113–108	115–87
Cibona	95–89	110–96	99–95	91–88	—	107–83	113–99	99–100	99–92	93–70	107–91	110–94
Zadar	92–93	84–86	93–104	91–81	74–73	—	108–97	94–90	108–100	101–77	104–84	102–96
Olimpija	89–90	85–87	92–96	93–90	85–77	83–92	—	100–97	109–107	92–79	104–92	90–85
Jugoplastika	94–96	114–82	93–72	93–91	107–121	92–98	103–91	—	94–89	93–83	110–92	86–69
Borac Čačak	91–95	107–115	95–110	78–74	90–77	86–95	99–102	80–79	—	86–79	104–84	99–97
Budućnost	87–82	77–72	82–87	83–84	85–89	82–80	98–74	88–82	81–79	—	88–81	96–87
Radnički Belgrade	85–80	96–104	87–97	85–96	99–98	83–95	78–82	100–94	85–95	108–63	—	96–99
Kvarner	97–101	100–119	85–88	91–106	82–89	98–100	82–96	110–102	88–108	120–99	90–103	—

Source: Pearlbasket
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Play-off

	Single game play-in qualifying					Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
						1	Šibenka	104	85	91
	8	Jugoplastika	98			8	Jugoplastika	102	98	75
	B1	IMT	97										1	Šibenka	91	89	98
													4	Crvena zvezda	88	105	89
						4	Crvena zvezda	103	92
						5	Cibona	73	84
																				1	Šibenka	103	84	83*
																				3	Bosna	98	96	82*
						2	Partizan	94	76	111
	7	Olimpija	93			7	Olimpija	81	77	108
	B2	Rabotnički	82										2	Partizan	85	81
													3	Bosna	95	87
						3	Bosna	98	89	121
						6	Zadar	103	87	109

(*) 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 referee Ilija Matijević to have fouled Šibenka's Dražen Petrović 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 Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia (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 Novi Sad. 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
• Predrag Benaček
• Spomenko Pajević
• Mario Primorac
• Ratko Radovanović
• Dragan Zrno
• Žarko Varajić
• Emir Mutapčić
• Sabit Hadžić
• Miroljub Mitrović

Coaching staff

The coaching staff:

• Svetislav Pešić, Head coach

Scoring leaders

Scoring leaders:

1. Duško Ivanović (Budućnost) - 603 points (27.4 ppg)
2. Dražen Petrović (Šibenka) - 561 points (25.5 ppg)
3. Peter Vilfan (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)

FIBA Korać Cup

• Šibenka (1st)
• Partizan (2nd)
• Crvena Zvezda (4th)
• Zadar (6th)

Basketball Cup

Bracket

	Eightfinals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	Libela Celje	85
	Jugoplastika	83
					Libela Celje	104
					Crvena zvezda	122
	Šibenka	91
	Crvena zvezda	103
									Crvena zvezda	85
									Rabotnički	89
	Rabotnički	86
	Smelt Olimpija	82
					Rabotnički	88
					Sloboda Tuzla	82
	Sloboda Tuzla	91
	Vojvodina	85
													Rabotnički	79
													Cibona	92
	IMT	106
	Budućnost	87
					IMT	95
					Zadar	89
	Zadar	97
	Bosna	86
									IMT	96
									Cibona	117
	Cibona	116
	Radnički Belgrade	89
					Cibona	108
					Borac Čačak	104
	Borac Čačak	91
	Trepča	85