# 1976–77 Yugoslav First Basketball League

The 1976–77 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 33rd season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

## Notable events
### Dalipagić knocking out assistant coach Vlade Đurović

Week 13 of the league season, played on 15 January 1977, featured an ill-tempered contest at SC Šumice between the home team, OKK Beograd (playing under their sponsor's name, Beko), and cross-town visitors KK Partizan. Involved in a title chase, league-leaders Partizan (sharing a spot at the top of the table with KK Bosna, both with an 11–1 record) came to Šumice looking for an away win against mid-table opposition OKK Beograd with a 7–5 record. However, OKK managed an upset 89–85 win in a game that featured no shortage of physicality and verbal antagonism between the two sets of players and even respective coaching staffs.
The game-long duel between Partizan's star shooting guard Dragan Kićanović and OKK's Nikolić continued after the game as Kićanović punched Nikolić while the players were leaving the court, causing mass confrontation as players began pushing and shoving. Among the fracas, OKK's assistant coach Vlade Đurović aggressively ran up on Kićanović, seemingly in an effort of assaulting him in response for his earlier punch of Nikolić, at which point Kićanović's teammate Dražen Dalipagić got involved, punching, and effectively knocking out, Đurović who ended up on the floor.

## Teams

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

## Classification

| | Regular season ranking 1976-77 | G | V | P | PF | PS | Pt |
| 1. | Jugoplastika | 26 | 23 | 3 | 2647 | 2252 | 46 |
| 2. | Bosna | 26 | 23 | 3 | 2549 | 2257 | 46 |
| 3. | Partizan | 26 | 22 | 4 | 2649 | 2456 | 44 |
| 4. | Cibona | 26 | 16 | 10 | 2193 | 2186 | 32 |
| 5. | Beko Beograd | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2478 | 2451 | 30 |
| 6. | Crvena Zvezda | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2416 | 2267 | 30 |
| 7. | Radnički Belgrade | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2401 | 2287 | 26 |
| 8. | Kvarner | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2688 | 2697 | 24 |
| 9. | Metalac Valjevo | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2199 | 2382 | 22 |
| 10. | Brest Olimpija | 26 | 9 | 17 | 2445 | 2403 | 18 |
| 11. | Zadar | 26 | 9 | 17 | 2219 | 2309 | 18 |
| 12. | Rabotnički | 26 | 8 | 18 | 2268 | 2533 | 16 |
| 13. | Industromontaža | 26 | 5 | 21 | 2152 | 2394 | 10 |
| 14. | Igman Ilidža | 26 | 1 | 25 | 1911 | 2340 | 2 |
The winning roster of Jugoplastika:
* Mlađan Tudor
* Željko Jerkov
* Slobodan Bjelajac
* Branko Macura
* Ratomir Tvrdić
* Ivica Dukan
* Damir Šolman
* Duje Krstulović
* Mirko Grgin
* Mihajlo Manović
* Mladen Bratić
* Ivan Sunara
* Deni Kuvačić
Coach: Petar Skansi

## Results

| Home \ Away | JUG | BOS | PAR | CIB | OKK | CZV | RAD | KVA | MET | OLI | ZAD | RAB | IND | IGM |
| Jugoplastika | — | 85–100 | 117–98 | 101–77 | 94–78 | 90–85 | 90–85 | 126–104 | 89–79 | 99–91 | 94–77 | 105–83 | 107–78 | 103–66 |
| Bosna | 95–110 | — | 73–72 | 85–83 | 114–92 | 93–88 | 107–103 | 99–91 | 107–85 | 117–104 | 97–77 | 124–94 | 105–73 | 78–61 |
| Partizan | 94–92 | 89–91 | — | 104–101 | 140–111 | 91–85 | 100–98 | 118–108 | 100–87 | 117–106 | 110–107 | 111–105 | 103–98 | 133–97 |
| Cibona | 85–83 | 76–72 | 88–110 | — | 80–79 | 88–79 | 69–80 | 100–95 | 77–76 | 95–80 | 79–78 | 102–71 | 92–85 | 62–55 |
| Beko Beograd | 90–129 | 98–109 | 89–85 | 99–97 | — | 84–83 | 88–91 | 122–116 | 91–89 | 107–94 | 112–73 | 134–106 | 85–73 | 94–80 |
| Crvena Zvezda | 84–88 | 78–85 | 89–92 | 92–86 | 88–89 | — | 94–69 | 121–98 | 107–102 | 102–97 | 94–80 | 97–89 | 114–89 | 94–80 |
| Radnički Belgrade | 99–100 | 76–82 | 89–107 | 107–85 | 73–93 | 88–96 | — | 118–114 | 107–79 | 103–93 | 93–76 | 97–69 | 90–80 | 113–63 |
| Kvarner | 109–128 | 118–120 | 103–108 | 95–71 | 113–101 | 108–107 | 109–105 | — | 106–98 | 79–78 | 85–80 | 108–89 | 116–94 | 99–88 |
| Metalac Valjevo | 72–116 | 88–111 | 100–114 | 81–93 | 84–83 | 86–84 | 76–75 | 117–115 | — | 98–97 | 102–101 | 88–85 | 72–73 | 70–69 |
| Olimpija | 91–106 | 78–89 | 84–86 | 93–79 | 96–93 | 85–92 | 80–88 | 126–107 | 88–67 | — | 105–94 | 109–83 | 111–78 | 112–76 |
| Zadar | 88–89 | 88–83 | 87–92 | 74–77 | 95–83 | 77–96 | 75–73 | 111–114 | 77–78 | 85–84 | — | 98–89 | 93–87 | 84–64 |
| Rabotnički | 85–99 | 93–120 | 83–90 | 81–86 | 90–94 | 96–117 | 92–90 | 102–99 | 86–84 | 78–72 | 98–97 | — | 81–76 | 81–78 |
| Industromontaža | 87–102 | 80–101 | 95–96 | 76–83 | 77–86 | 76–80 | 90–93 | 89–86 | 71–72 | 95–85 | 76–93 | 101–103 | — | 83–74 |
| Igman Ilidža | 73–105 | 78–92 | 73–89 | 55–83 | 82–103 | 61–70 | 80–98 | 81–93 | 59–60 | 90–106 | 73–80 | 83–74 | 71–72 | — |
Due to a tie at the top between Jugoplastika and Bosna after the end of the regular season, the season champion was decided in a one-game playoff between the two teams at a neutral venue. The game was played in Belgrade's Hala Pionir.

## Single-game title playoff

Hala Pionir, Belgrade
Jugoplastika vs Bosna: 98-96

## Scoring leaders

* Dražen Dalipagić (Partizan) - ___ points (34.8ppg)

## Qualification in 1977-78 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup
* Jugoplastika (champions)
FIBA Cup Winner's Cup
* Kvarner (Cup finalist)
FIBA Korać Cup
* Bosna (2nd)
* Partizan (3rd)
* Cibona (4th)
* Beko Beograd (5th)

## Basketball Cup
### Bracket

| Eightfinals | Eightfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Jugoplastika | 92 | | | | |
| Cibona | 82 | | | | |
| Cibona | 82 | Jugoplastika | 106 | | |
| | | Borac Čačak | 69 | | |
| Borac Čačak | 112 | Borac Čačak | 69 | | |
| Brest Olimpija | 101 | | | | |
| Brest Olimpija | 101 | | | Jugoplastika | 94 |
| | | | | Beko Belgrade | 93 |
| Ivangrad | 88 | | | Beko Belgrade | 93 |
| Rabotnički | 85 | | | | |
| Rabotnički | 85 | Ivangrad | 81 | | |
| | | Beko Belgrade | 125 | | |
| Beko Belgrade | 96 | Beko Belgrade | 125 | | |
| Crvena zvezda | 86 | | | | | | |
| Crvena zvezda | 86 | | | | | Jugoplastika | 80 |
| | | | | | | Kvarner | 62 |
| Elektrokosovo | 88 | | | | | Kvarner | 62 |
| Metalac | 110 | | | | | | |
| Metalac | 110 | Metalac | 77 | | | | |
| | | Kvarner | 81 | | | | |
| Kvarner | 104 | Kvarner | 81 | | | | |
| Zadar | 97 | | | | | | |
| Zadar | 97 | | | Kvarner | 97 | | |
| | | | | Bosna | 96 |
| Kombinat Zrenjanin | 88 | | | Bosna | 96 |
| Željezničar Sarajevo | 95 | | | | |
| Željezničar Sarajevo | 95 | Željezničar Sarajevo | 84 | | |
| | | Bosna | 93 | | |
| Bosna | | Bosna | 93 | | |
| Maribor | | | | | |