1989–90 Yugoslav First Basketball League

1989–90 Yugoslav First Basketball League
1989–90 Yugoslav First Basketball League
League	Yugoslav First Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	7 October 1989 – 24 March 1990; (Regular season); April 1990; (Playoffs)
Regular season
Season champions	Jugoplastika
Playoffs
Finals champions	Jugoplastika
Runners-up	Crvena Zvezda
Yugoslav First Basketball League seasons
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 46th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

Notable events

Star players going abroad before turning 28

The season saw new developments in the business aspect of basketball in Yugoslavia as a result of the Yugoslav First Basketball League's basketball talent becoming interesting to rich NBA teams. With the country's still-formally-enforced strict sporting exit rules—stipulating that no player is allowed to transfer abroad before turning 28 years of age—already being bent and occasionally loosened (superstar Dražen Petrović going to Real Madrid at the age of 24 one year earlier), summer 1989 saw two more high-profile star players leaving the league way before turning 28: twenty-one-year-old Vlade Divac joining the Los Angeles Lakers and twenty-three-year-old Žarko Paspalj heading to the San Antonio Spurs.^[1]

Attracted by superior financial compensation in the NBA, the summer 1989 offseason saw yet another newly drafted young Yugoslav star player, Dino Rađa, even resort to unilaterally travelling to the United States and signing with the Boston Celtics despite having a valid contract with KK Jugoplastika; he would eventually be forced to return to Yugoslavia following a Jugoplastika-initiated legal process before U.S. courts. With NBA scouts closely following a number of other Yugoslav League young players—such as Jugoplastika's Toni Kukoč and Žan Tabak, KK Partizan's Predrag Danilović, Saša Đorđević, and Miroslav Pecarski, KK Crvena zvezda's Rastko Cvetković, KK Cibona's Franjo Arapović, KK Zadar's Stojko Vranković and Arijan Komazec, KK Olimpija's Radisav Ćurčić, etc. not to mention a slew of even younger juniors coming up such as Dejan Bodiroga and Željko Rebrača—it was becoming clear that the decades-long system of keeping players in the country until the age of 28 was about to become impossible to keep maintaining.

Koš magazine

From October 1989, the country also got its first-ever basketball specific periodical publication. A magazine named Koš with Vladimir Stanković as its editor-in-chief—devoted entirely to coverage of Yugoslav basketball league, Yugoslav national teams (men's and women's), and Yugoslav players abroad—was launched by the Borba publishing company, thus further indicating the level of popularity the sport had grown to in the country.^[1] The first issue of Koš featured Lakers rookie Vlade Divac on the cover, standing in front of The Forum in Los Angeles while wearing his number 12 Lakers jersey.

NBA broadcasts begin on Yugoslav television

Furthermore, with Petrović moving to the Portland Trail Blazers—along with Divac and Paspalj joining the Lakers and Spurs, respectively—the entire Yugoslav basketball media ecosystem began to change as well.^[1] Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT), country's public broadcasting system, bought television rights to an NBA package consisting of 26 NBA games (18 regular season games and 8 playoff games) from the 1989-90 season—mostly involving Lakers, Blazers, and Spurs—for US$28,000.^[2] The US$28,000 price tag (US$67,000 in 2022)^[3] was reportedly split between JRT's two biggest television affiliates—TV Beograd and TV Zagreb—with each one paying US$14,000.^[2] Carried in Yugoslavia starting from 19 November 1989, on tape delay, the NBA broadcasts marked the first time that games from a foreign basketball league games were shown on Yugoslav television.^[2]

Teams

SR Serbia

SR Croatia

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina

SR Slovenia

Smelt Olimpija

Regular season

Classification

	Regular season ranking 1989-90	G	V	P	PF	PS	Pt	Status
1.	Jugoplastika	22	19	3	2118	1734	41	Champions
2.	Crvena Zvezda	22	17	5	2026	1961	39	Qualification for the Playoffs
3.	Zadar	22	13	9	1999	1873	35
4.	Cibona	22	13	9	2114	1968	35
5.	Vojvodina	22	12	10	1851	1851	34
6.	Bosna	22	12	10	1922	1888	34
7.	Smelt Olimpija	22	10	12	1950	1929	32
8.	Partizan	22	9	13	1872	1968	31
9.	Novi Zagreb	22	8	14	1737	1808	30	Qualification for the Playout
10.	IMT	22	7	15	1814	1976	29	Qualification for the Playout
11.	Sloboda Dita Tuzla	22	7	15	1796	1990	29	Relegated
12.	Zorka Šabac	22	5	17	1844	2008	27	Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	JUG	CZV	ZAD	CIB	VOJ	BOS	OLI	PAR	ZAG	IMT	SLT	ZOR
Jugoplastika	—	123–75	90–78	109–88	102–89	94–85	108–81	106–85	84–73	103–77	89–68	104–86
Crvena Zvezda	84–101	—	91–88	95–92	93–83	97–75	115–103	81–79	87–84	110–84	107–93	75–68
Zadar	90–81	85–88	—	103–72	113–89	77–73	99–84	124–94	84–76	93–80	84–69	104–90
Cibona	86–97	96–80	98–90	—	98–85	110–112	79–82	90–80	84–77	108–84	97–82	100–97
Vojvodina	88–96	79–84	81–72	100–96	—	90–78	89–72	85–83	91–78	83–79	89–66	97–94
Bosna	62–59	93–98	98–92	81–86	86–82	—	110–99	83–98	79–80	88–78	87–80	114–88
Olimpija	67–75	113–93	93–82	86–85	85–68	76–86	—	104–94	77–84	107–81	118–98	108–89
Partizan	77–99	77–87	84–92	82–79	92–83	85–101	77–85	—	105–99	79–82	84–83	89–73
Novi Zagreb	80–109	67–80	98–90	95–96	65–74	75–74	77–71	55–59	—	68–69	79–76	92–74
IMT	81–80	101–91	79–87	83–85	79–90	80–92	86–84	93–103	82–80	—	73–76	71–75
Sloboda Dita Tuzla	68–114	89–106	77–94	77–87	69–66	88–87	94–92	103–92	92–67	84–87	—	92–87
Zorka Šabac	76–95	88–109	88–78	91–100	71–80	76–78	70–63	81–84	79–88	109–105	94–82	—

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

Playoff

Semifinals			Finals

1	Jugoplastika	2

4	Cibona	1
			1	Jugoplastika	3

			2	Crvena Zvezda	1
2	Crvena Zvezda	2

3	Zadar	1

SEMIFINALS

Jugoplastika-Cibona 94-82, 69-80, 103-90

Crvena zvezda-Zadar 93-89, 90-108, 97-88

FINALS

Jugoplastika-Crvena zvezda 98-70, 67-69, 93-63, 113-91

GROUP KORAC

Partizan-Sibenka 87-80, 71-85, 97-93

Olimpija-Buducnost 105-80, 121-93

Bosna-Olimpija 107-110, 86-88

Vojvodina-Partizan 75-68, 76-82, 76-73

The winning roster of Jugoplastika:^[4]

Coach: Božidar Maljković

Scoring leaders

Arijan Komazec (Zadar) - ___ points (31.5ppg)^[5]

Play-out

Six teams competed to qualify for the 1990-91 Yugoslav basketball league (9th-placed IMT and 10th-placed Novi Zagreb from the A league; second-placed Rabotnički and third-placed Radnički from the IB league (East division), second-placed Spartak Subotica and third-placed Čelik Zenica from the IB league (West division).^[6]^[7]^[8]

Qualifying round

Rabotnički - Čelik 71-68, 72-82, 71-72

Spartak Subotica - Radnički Belgrade 85-82, 69-106, 72-67

Final round

		W	L	PF	PS	Pt	Status
1	IMT	5	1	485	481	11	Qualification for 1990-91 Yugoslav first basketball league
2	Čelik Zenica	3	3	444	433	9	Qualification for 1990-91 Yugoslav first basketball league
3	Novi Zagreb	3	3	470	461	9
4	Spartak Subotica	1	5	454	508	7

IMT - Spartak 94-85, Novi Zagreb- Čelik 72-69,

Spartak - Novi Zagreb 93-87, Čelik - IMT 57-67,

Novi Zagreb - IMT 81-69, Spartak- Čelik 55-62,

Spartak - IMT 68-82, Čelik - Novi Zagreb 78-65,

IMT - Čelik 91-80, Novi Zagreb - Spartak 85-70,

IMT - Novi Zagreb 82-80, Čelik - Spartak 98-83.

Qualification in 1990-91 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup

Jugoplastika (champions)

FIBA Cup Winners' Cup

Crvena Zvezda (Cup finalist)

FIBA Korać Cup

Zadar (3rd)
Cibona (4th)
Vojvodina (playoffs)
Smelt Olimpija (playoffs)

Basketball Cup

Bracket

Eightfinals		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals



Zadar	93

MZT Skopje	68
		Zadar	75

		Jugoplastika	90
Jugoplastika	80

Vojvodina	73
				Jugoplastika	84

				Olimpija	74
Bosna	104

Vlaznimi	66
		Bosna	81

		Olimpija	87
Prvi partizan	68

Olimpija	82
						Jugoplastika	79

						Crvena zvezda	77
Crvena zvezda	84

Čelik	76
		Crvena zvezda	84

		IMT	73
IMT	89

OKK Beograd	76
				Crvena zvezda	76

				Cibona	73
Cibona	93

Budućnost	77
		Cibona	110

		Partizan	73
Partizan	85

Šibenka	70

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References

External links

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v t e Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League (1945–1992)
Clubs	Bosna Borac Čačak Budućnost Cibona Crvena zvezda Čelik Dalvin Dinamo Pančevo Eđšeg Igman IMT Industromontaža Ivangrad Jugoplastika Jugoslovenska armija Kvarner Lesonit Lokomotiva Rijeka Makedonija Maribor 66 Metalac Milicionar Mladost MZT Skopje Novi Zagreb OKK Beograd Olimpija Oriolik Partizan Proleter Zrenjanin Rabotnički Radnički Belgrade Slavija Sloboda Tuzla Sloboda Užice Sloga Slovan Spartak Subotica Šibenka Vojvodina Zadar Zastava Kragujevac Zorka Šabac Železničar Belgrade Željezničar Karlovac Željezničar Sarajevo ŽKK Ljubljana ŽKK Maribor
Seasons	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
Statistics	Scoring leaders Annual Career
Associated competitions	Clubs in international competitions First B Federal League