1968–69 Yugoslav First Basketball League

1968–69 Yugoslav First Basketball League
1968–69 Yugoslav First Basketball League
League	Yugoslav First Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
1968-69
Season champions	Crvena Zvezda
Yugoslav First Basketball League seasons
	← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 25th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

Teams

SR Serbia

SR Croatia

SR Macedonia

Rabotnički

SR Slovenia

Prequalifying tournament

Four teams played qualification tournament - Borac Čačak, 11th placed team from the last season and three best placed teams from the Second division (KK Bosna withdrew from the tournament and Mladost Zagreb replaced them).^[1]

Rabotnički - Maribor 56-49; Mladost Zagreb - Maribor 81-78; Borac Čačak - Mladost Zagreb 74-68; Borac Čačak - Rabotnički 70-66; Borac Čačak - Maribor 65-53; Rabotnički - Mladost Zagreb 81-45.^[2]

1. Borac Čačak 3-0

2. Rabotnički 2-1

3. Mladost Zagreb 1-2

4. Maribor 66 0-3

Classification

	Regular season ranking 1968-69	G	V	P	PF	PS	Pt
1.	Crvena Zvezda	22	19	3	1900	1647	38
2.	Olimpija	22	17	5	1967	1710	34
3.	Jugoplastika	22	16	6	1905	1735	32
4.	Zadar	22	13	9	1765	1600	26
5.	Lokomotiva	22	13	9	1856	1831	26
6.	Partizan	22	12	10	1751	1668	24
7.	Borac Čačak	22	11	11	1593	1731	22
8.	OKK Beograd	22	10	12	1618	1656	20
9.	Željezničar Karlovac	22	9	13	1519	1617	18
10.	Rabotnički	22	7	15	1583	1850	14
11.	Radnički Belgrade	22	5	17	1698	1850	10
12.	Slovan	22	0	22	1553	2088	0

The winning roster of Crvena Zvezda:^[3]

Coach: Milan Bjegojević

Results

Home \ Away	CZV	OLI	JUG	ZAD	LOK	PAR	BOR	OKK	ŽKA	RAB	RAD	SLV
Crvena Zvezda	—	87–85	75–64	77–73	81–80	77–69	105–64	94–84	95–63	86–81	102–77	117–56
Olimpija	83–77	—	97–71	80–85	87–83	85–72	98–72	107–71	79–70		106–80	117–80
Jugoplastika	97–98	99–81	—	79–72	98–85	87–73	109–96	98–71	105–68	82–79	103–84	104–73
Zadar	75–76	79–72	81–80	—	75–85	71–70	90–66	94–47	81–62	70–61	81–66	97–59
Lokomotiva	102–93	88–97	91–102	80–90	—	99–93	90–73	79–77	103–73	88–83	83–79	106–96
Partizan	82–88	108–85	72–78	73–70	91–76	—	79–87	72–67		78–55	98–82	93–61
Borac Čačak	73–97	61–69	74–64	72–70		73–64	—	72–65	77–76	63–62	67–62	79–66
OKK Beograd	68–58	76–73		75–68	72–74	84–73	92–76	—	67–73	71–62	79–69	87–59
Željezničar Karlovac	73–76	65–77	73–61	69–73	61–46	59–69	89–73	61–59	—	57–54	73–72
Rabotnički	62–66	71–76	71–72	88–74	85–72	70–71	70–71	82–71	70–57	—	90–78	76–58
Radnički Belgrade	72–74	75–88	72–78	82–89	100–92	74–80	83–78		75–70		—	96–76
Slovan	66–101	82–125	79–101	74–114	91–93	77–101	58–72	66–75	69–71	68–92	73–81	—

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

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Qualification in 1969-70 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup

Crvena Zvezda (champions)

FIBA Cup Winner's Cup

Lokomotiva (Cup winners)

Basketball Cup

Bracket

Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Ivangrad

61

Partizan

67

Partizan

70

Željezničar Karlovac

71

Željezničar Karlovac

Lokomotiva

Lokomotiva

109

Radnički Belgrade

94

Radnički Belgrade

Lokomotiva

78

AŠK Olimpija

77

Slovan

96

OKK Beograd

84

Slovan

66

Zadar

81

Zadar

AŠK Olimpija

Bosna

62

AŠK Olimpija

101

AŠK Olimpija

103

Crvena zvezda

83