# 1968–69 Yugoslav First Basketball League

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 Borac Čačak Crvena Zvezda OKK Beograd Partizan Radnički Belgrade | SR Croatia Jugoplastika Lokomotiva Zadar Željezničar Karlovac | SR Macedonia Rabotnički | SR Slovenia Olimpija Slovan |

## 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).
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.
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:
* Miroslav Todosijević
* Ivan Sarjanović
* Miroslav Poljak
* Vladimir Cvetković
* Aleksandar Stanimirović
* Dragan Kapičić
* Ljubodrag Simonović
* Dragiša Vučinić
* Srđan Škulić
* Tihomir Pavlović
* Zoran Slavnić
* Zoran Lazarević
* Dubravko Kapetanović
* Slobodan Popović
* Dragoslav Ilić
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 | — |

## 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 | Eightfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Ivangrad | 61 | | | |
| Partizan | 67 | | | |
| Partizan | 67 | Partizan | 70 | |
| | | Željezničar Karlovac | 71 | |
| Željezničar Karlovac | | Željezničar Karlovac | 71 | |
| | | | | Željezničar Karlovac |
| | | | | Lokomotiva |
| Lokomotiva | | | | Lokomotiva |
| | | Lokomotiva | 109 | |
| | | Radnički Belgrade | 94 | |
| Radnički Belgrade | | Radnički Belgrade | 94 | |
| | | | | | Lokomotiva | 78 |
| | | | | | AŠK Olimpija | 77 |
| Slovan | 96 | | | | AŠK Olimpija | 77 |
| OKK Beograd | 84 | | | | | |
| OKK Beograd | 84 | Slovan | 66 | | | |
| | | Zadar | 81 | | | |
| Zadar | | Zadar | 81 | | | |
| | | | | Zadar | | |
| | | | | AŠK Olimpija |
| Bosna | 62 | | | AŠK Olimpija |
| AŠK Olimpija | 101 | | | |
| AŠK Olimpija | 101 | AŠK Olimpija | 103 | |
| | | Crvena zvezda | 83 | |
| Crvena zvezda | | Crvena zvezda | 83 | |