# 1977–78 Yugoslav First Basketball League

The 1977–78 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 34th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

## Teams

| SR Serbia Beko Beograd Borac Čačak Crvena Zvezda Metalac Valjevo Partizan Radnički Belgrade | SR Croatia Cibona Dalvin Kvarner Jugoplastika Zadar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna | SR Macedonia Rabotnički | SR Slovenia Brest Olimpija |

## Classification

| | Regular season ranking 1977-78 | G | V | P | PF | PS | Pt |
| 1. | Bosna | 26 | 23 | 3 | 2669 | 2391 | 46 |
| 2. | Partizan | 26 | 21 | 5 | 2872 | 2641 | 42 |
| 3. | Jugoplastika | 26 | 19 | 7 | 2566 | 2298 | 38 |
| 4. | Brest Olimpija | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2544 | 2368 | 36 |
| 5. | Cibona | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2444 | 2355 | 28 |
| 6. | Zadar | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2553 | 2515 | 26 |
| 7. | Radnički Belgrade | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2478 | 2509 | 26 |
| 8. | Crvena Zvezda | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2396 | 2452 | 24 |
| 9. | Metalac Valjevo | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2271 | 2262 | 22 |
| 10. | Borac Čačak | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2636 | 2767 | 22 |
| 11. | Kvarner | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2392 | 2436 | 22 |
| 12. | Beko Beograd | 26 | 9 | 17 | 2409 | 2553 | 18 |
| 13. | Rabotnički | 26 | 6 | 20 | 2309 | 2460 | 12 |
| 14. | Dalvin | 26 | 1 | 25 | 2281 | 2813 | 2 |
The winning roster of Bosna:
* Rođeni Krvavac
* Anto Đogić
* Predrag Benaček
* Boško Bosiočić
* Nihad Izić
* Ratko Radovanović
* Mladen Ostojić
* Žarko Varajić
* Mirza Delibašić
* Dragan Zrno
* Sabit Hadžić
* Svetislav Pešić
* Sabahudin Bilalović
* Sulejman Duraković
Coach: Bogdan Tanjević

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOS | PAR | JUG | OLI | CIB | ZAD | RAD | CZV | MET | BOR | KVA | OKK | RAB | DAL |
| Bosna | — | 102–107 | 92–84 | 122–104 | 90–92 | 93–87 | 110–88 | 99–88 | 88–73 | 119–107 | 114–89 | 84–77 | 107–83 | 106–95 |
| Partizan | 102–109 | — | 96–99 | 103–100 | 114–100 | 117–100 | 99–97 | 96–93 | 97–94 | 121–97 | 114–99 | 116–98 | 115–104 | 125–95 |
| Jugoplastika | 108–114 | 77–74 | — | 83–81 | 105–91 | 110–97 | 104–90 | 107–92 | 77–74 | 128–79 | 95–76 | 110–85 | 97–90 | 113–77 |
| Olimpija | 80–76 | 92–96 | 83–80 | — | 93–85 | 106–97 | 109–88 | 101–77 | 84–71 | 103–90 | 102–95 | 89–69 | 93–80 | 123–96 |
| Cibona | 89–92 | 107–108 | 93–92 | 106–97 | — | 100–85 | 94–82 | 100–78 | 94–82 | 111–93 | 121–96 | 102–82 | 87–89 | 90–83 |
| Zadar | 101–107 | 106–108 | 110–85 | 95–91 | 88–74 | — | 90–96 | 119–101 | 105–87 | 89–86 | 97–92 | 134–108 | 83–81 | 109–74 |
| Radnički Belgrade | 104–116 | 111–132 | 90–98 | 101–100 | 75–87 | 101–110 | — | 92–97 | 98–89 | 84–81 | 93–91 | 107–94 | 101–85 | 101–79 |
| Crvena Zvezda | 92–102 | 90–113 | 82–97 | 84–89 | 88–86 | 95–89 | 89–91 | — | 83–82 | 101–87 | 89–80 | 85–82 | 94–86 | 116–93 |
| Metalac Valjevo | 81–86 | 99–103 | 67–73 | 84–96 | 96–77 | 104–91 | 95–99 | 81–80 | — | 103–79 | 82–80 | 83–91 | 95–66 | 101–81 |
| Borac Čačak | 101–118 | 116–128 | 116–114 | 126–102 | 121–109 | 116–112 | 97–95 | 120–114 | 100–92 | — | 110–96 | 99–101 | 115–104 | 128–106 |
| Kvarner | 100–103 | 128–116 | 93–92 | 90–103 | 88–87 | 100–86 | 78–80 | 81–82 | 86–96 | 104–90 | — | 83–79 | 77–70 | 105–89 |
| Beko Beograd | 92–102 | 107–122 | 89–102 | 94–108 | 82–81 | 100–110 | 102–100 | 91–104 | 96–97 | 116–89 | 84–85 | — | 89–84 | 119–102 |
| Rabotnički | 84–105 | 131–128 | 91–115 | 85–96 | 72–93 | 100–76 | 89–90 | 96–92 | 73–74 | 103–94 | 83–84 | 85–88 | — | 106–82 |
| Dalvin | 83–113 | 90–122 | 76–121 | 95–118 | 84–88 | 83–87 | 94–124 | 92–110 | 79–89 | 94–99 | 79–116 | 90–94 | 90–89 | — |

## Scoring leaders

* Dragan Kićanović (Partizan) - 894 points (34.4 ppg)
* Dražen Dalipagić (Partizan) - 875 points (33.7 ppg)
* Branko Skroče (Zadar) - 779 points (30.0 ppg)
* Branko Kovačević (Metalac Valjevo) - 717 points (27.6 ppg)
* Mirza Delibašić (Bosna) - 694 points (26.7 ppg)

## Qualification in 1978-79 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup
* Bosna (champions)
FIBA Cup Winners' Cup
* Radnički Belgrade (Cup finalist)
FIBA Korać Cup
* Partizan (2nd)
* Jugoplastika (3rd)
* Brest Olimpija (4th)
* Cibona (5th)

## Basketball Cup
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Borac Čačak | 70 |
| Jugoplastika | 93 |
| Mašinac Kraljevo | 66 |
| Radnički Belgrade | 102 |
| Budućnost | 94 |
| Bosna | 122 |
| Crvena zvezda | 80 |
| Metalac Valjevo | 76 |