# 1997–98 YUBA League

The 1997–98 Winston YUBA League (Serbian Cyrillic: Винстон ЈУБА лига 1997/98.) was the 6th season of the YUBA League, the top-tier professional basketball league in Yugoslavia (later renamed to Serbia and Montenegro).

## Teams

A total of 14 teams participated in the 1997–98 Winston YUBA League.

### Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.
Access list for the 1997–98 Winston YUBA League :
| | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from the previous round |
| Regular season (14 teams) | 12 highest-placed teams from the last season 2 highest-placed teams from the B League | |
| Playoffs (8 teams) | | 8 highest-placed teams from the Regular season |

### Promotion and relegation
#### Teams promoted from the YUBA B League

* Beopetrol
* OKK Beograd

#### Teams relegated to the YUBA B League

* Borac Čačak
* Vojvodina / BFC (BFC got merged into Vojvodina)

### Venues and locations

| Club | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
| Beobanka | Belgrade | New Belgrade Sports Hall | 5,000 |
| Beopetrol | Belgrade | New Belgrade Sports Hall | 5,000 |
| Borovica | Ruma | Ruma Sports Center | 2,500 |
| Budućnost | Podgorica | Morača Hall | 4,300 |
| Crvena zvezda | Belgrade | Pionir Hall | 5,878 |
| FMP Železnik | Belgrade | Železnik Hall | 3,000 |
| Iva Zorka | Šabac | Zorka Hall | 2,300 |
| Lovćen | Cetinje | Lovćen Sports Center | 1,500 |
| Mornar | Bar | | |
| OKK Beograd | Belgrade | SC Šumice | 2,000 |
| Partizan Zepter | Belgrade | Pionir Hall | 5,878 |
| Radnički Beograd | Belgrade | SC Šumice | 2,000 |
| Spartak | Subotica | Dudova Šuma Hall | 3,000 |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SPC Vojvodina | 7,022 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Club | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Beobanka | Darko Ruso | | Sportstar | Beobanka |
| Beopetrol | Zoran Krečković | | Champion | Beopetrol |
| Borovica | Nikola Lazić | | | |
| Budućnost | Goran Bojanić | | Nike | |
| Crvena zvezda | Tom Ludwig / Vladislav Lučić / Mihailo Pavićević | | Nike | Delta Banka |
| FMP Železnik | Momir Milatović | | Nike | Atlas Banka |
| Iva Zorka | Dragan Vuković / Milovan Stepandić | Mijailo Grušanović | | |
| Lovćen | Miodrag Kadija | | | |
| Mornar | Đorđije Pavićević | | | |
| OKK Beograd | Slobodan Nikolić | | | |
| Partizan Zepter | Miroslav Nikolić / Milovan Bogojević | | Nike | Zepter |
| Radnički Beograd | Velimir Gašić | | | |
| Spartak | Srećko Sekulović | | | |
| Vojvodina | Željko Lukajić | | | |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | PAR | BUD | CZV | IVA | FMP | LOV | BBA | RAD | BPE | SPA | OKK | BRU | VOJ | MOR |
| 1 | Partizan Zepter | 26 | 24 | 2 | 2226 | 1850 | +376 | 50 | Qualification to Playoffs | — | 89–68 | 78–86 | 78–69 | 81–63 | 76–63 | 77–68 | 90–68 | 101–70 | 98–76 | 104–85 | 91–80 | 85–66 | 84–48 |
| 2 | Budućnost | 26 | 24 | 2 | 2128 | 1846 | +282 | 50 | Qualification to Playoffs | 74–61 | — | 79–70 | 79–63 | 84–81 | 89–61 | | 83–69 | 85–61 | 71–65 | 114–85 | 101–81 | 86–72 | 89–54 |
| 3 | Crvena zvezda | 26 | 19 | 7 | 2168 | 1966 | +202 | 45 | Qualification to Playoffs | 69–77 | 81–77 | — | 81–63 | 72–80 | 86–70 | 81–71 | 86–74 | 73–61 | 84–73 | 90–81 | 89–66 | 68–63 | 82–66 |
| 4 | Iva Zorka | 26 | 16 | 10 | 1951 | 1846 | +105 | 42 | Qualification to Playoffs | 82–83 | 74–75 | 66–77 | — | | 66–74 | 82–76 | 67–63 | 87–76 | | 98–76 | | 67–61 | 96–65 |
| 5 | FMP Železnik | 26 | 15 | 11 | 1944 | 1920 | +24 | 41 | Qualification to Playoffs | 55–86 | 70–79 | 81–73 | 71–73 | — | 61–77 | 80–71 | 78–62 | 78–87 | 62–72 | 80–66 | 88–67 | 61–52 | 98–74 |
| 6 | Lovćen | 26 | 14 | 12 | 1739 | 1759 | −20 | 40 | Qualification to Playoffs | 75–92 | 56–57 | 70–74 | 74–82 | 60–59 | — | 58–38 | 75–63 | 77–73 | 75–62 | 87–96 | 68–61 | 60–58 | 71–65 |
| 7 | Beobanka | 26 | 14 | 12 | 1777 | 1693 | +84 | 40 | Qualification to Playoffs | 75–83 | 64–68 | 72–71 | 62–49 | 72–75 | 62–46 | — | 75–69 | 87–89 | 72–65 | 79–65 | 88–78 | 79–69 | 2–0 |
| 8 | Radnički Beograd | 26 | 13 | 13 | 1926 | 1938 | −12 | 39 | Qualification to Playoffs | 69–77 | 74–82 | 79–78 | 59–65 | 78–87 | 77–58 | 54–73 | — | 92–90 | 89–75 | 108–79 | 72–71 | 57–51 | 69–66 |
| 9 | Beopetrol | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1992 | 1997 | −5 | 37 | | 76–87 | 67–71 | 101–105 | 61–63 | 100–75 | 41–54 | 81–73 | 76–79 | — | 73–62 | 104–82 | 88–74 | 64–77 | 86–56 |
| 10 | Spartak | 26 | 10 | 16 | 1964 | 1993 | −29 | 36 | | 81–92 | 83–89 | 100–104 | 78–73 | 73–74 | 54–55 | 75–72 | 82–84 | 82–72 | — | 83–77 | 75–55 | 82–75 | 74–61 |
| 11 | OKK Beograd | 26 | 10 | 16 | 2102 | 2263 | −161 | 36 | Relegation to YUBA B League | 87–92 | 80–82 | 100–99 | | 76–83 | 85–77 | 69–100 | 74–79 | 71–68 | | — | 83–75 | | 87–74 |
| 12 | Borovica | 26 | 6 | 20 | 1886 | 2109 | −223 | 32 | Relegation to YUBA B League | 68–102 | 80–100 | 74–112 | 60–74 | 75–79 | 66–65 | 64–69 | 70–82 | | 85–73 | 93–75 | — | 84–63 | 76–70 |
| 13 | Vojvodina BFC | 26 | 5 | 21 | 1732 | 1897 | −165 | 31 | Relegation to YUBA B League | 60–70 | 68–77 | 71–78 | 73–71 | 60–70 | 55–60 | 46–60 | 73–68 | 76–81 | 68–76 | 83–89 | 79–85 | — | 63–55 |
| 14 | Mornar | 26 | 1 | 25 | 1617 | 2075 | −458 | 27 | Relegation to YUBA B League | 69–92 | 78–97 | 70–99 | 67–100 | 63–67 | 60–73 | 42–77 | 59–86 | 73–78 | 67–87 | 75–80 | 71–69 | 67–75 | — |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Partizan Zepter | 2 | | |
| Radnički Beograd | 0 | | |
| Radnički Beograd | 0 | Partizan Zepter | 1 |
| | | FMP Železnik | 2 |
| Iva Zorka | 0 | FMP Železnik | 2 |
| FMP Železnik | 2 | | | | |
| FMP Železnik | 2 | | | FMP Železnik | 1 |
| | | | | Crvena zvezda | 3 |
| Budućnost | 2 | | | Crvena zvezda | 3 |
| Beobanka | 0 | | | | |
| Beobanka | 0 | Budućnost | 0 | | |
| | | Crvena zvezda | 2 |
| Crvena zvezda | 2 | Crvena zvezda | 2 |
| Lovćen | 0 | | |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 |
| Partizan Zepter | 2-0 | Radnički Beograd | 88-77 | 87-72 |
| Budućnost | 2-0 | Beobanka | 73-64 | 88-73 |
| Crvena zvezda | 2-0 | Lovćen | 79-77 | 89-62 |
| Iva Zorka | 0-2 | FMP Železnik | 75-84 | 72-75 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Partizan Zepter | 1-2 | FMP Železnik | 81-91 | 71-62 | 67-71 (ET) |
| Budućnost | 0-2 | Crvena zvezda | 61-70 | 84-86 | |

### Finals

Source
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Crvena zvezda | 3–1 | FMP Železnik | 63–56 | 65–68 | 67–63 | 77–76 | — |

## Clubs in European competitions

Source
| Competition | Team | Progress | Result |
| EuroLeague | Partizan Zepter | Final Four / 4th | Eliminated in 3rd place game by Benetton Treviso, 89–96 |
| FIBA EuroCup | FMP Železnik | Round of 32 | Eliminated by ASVEL, 136–145 (1–1) |
| FIBA EuroCup | Beobanka | Quarterfinals | Eliminated by Žalgiris, 119–137 (0–2) |
| FIBA Korać Cup | Crvena zvezda | Runners-up | Eliminated by Mash Jeans Verona, 138–141 (1–1) |
| FIBA Korać Cup | Budućnost | Round of 16 | Eliminated by Peristeri 3Bit, 135–136 (1–1) |
| FIBA Korać Cup | Spartak | Qualifying round | Eliminated by Cherno More, 168–186 (1–1) |
| FIBA Korać Cup | Vojvodina | Regular season – Group M | 3rd (3–3) |