# 1978–79 Yugoslav First Basketball League

The 1978–79 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 35th 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 Kvarner Jugoplastika Zadar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna | SR Slovenia Iskra Olimpija |

## Classification

| | Regular season ranking 1978-79 | G | V | P | PF | PS | Pt |
| 1. | Partizan | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2246 | 2075 | 34 |
| 2. | Jugoplastika | 22 | 16 | 6 | 2183 | 2003 | 32 |
| 3. | Cibona | 22 | 16 | 6 | 2052 | 1925 | 32 |
| 4. | Bosna | 22 | 14 | 8 | 2105 | 2029 | 28 |
| 5. | Borac Čačak | 22 | 12 | 10 | 2052 | 2070 | 24 |
| 6. | Radnički Belgrade | 22 | 11 | 11 | 2164 | 2145 | 22 |
| 7. | Crvena Zvezda | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1951 | 2054 | 18 |
| 8. | Iskra Olimpija | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1969 | 2050 | 18 |
| 9. | Beko Beograd | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1973 | 2075 | 16 |
| 10. | Zadar | 22 | 8 | 14 | 2110 | 2221 | 16 |
| 11. | Metalac Valjevo | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1892 | 1958 | 14 |
| 12. | Kvarner | 22 | 5 | 17 | 2108 | 2200 | 10 |
The winning roster of Partizan:
* Dragan Kićanović
* Miodrag Marić
* Arsenije Pešić
* Dušan Kerkez
* Boban Petrović
* Dragan Todorić
* Jadran Vujačić
* Milan Medić
* Dražen Dalipagić (did not play any games during the season due to serving his mandatory Yugoslav People's Army stint)
* Milenko Savović
* Milenko Babić
* Boris Beravs
* Goran Knežević
* Miroslav Milojević
* Predrag Bojić
Coach: Dušan Ivković

## Results

| Home \ Away | PAR | JUG | CIB | BOS | BOR | RAD | CZV | OLI | OKK | ZAD | MET | KVA |
| Partizan | — | 106–95 | 99–101 | 89–84 | 99–93 | 101–100 | 98–77 | 110–88 | 109–96 | 110–91 | 90–85 | 131–111 |
| Jugoplastika | 101–97 | — | 92–86 | 89–81 | 128–104 | 100–91 | 101–82 | 122–114 | 99–82 | 99–87 | 89–80 | 106–95 |
| Cibona | 89–93 | 80–78 | — | 99–96 | 100–94 | 96–88 | 102–89 | 116–96 | 93–80 | 101–92 | 84–76 | 115–92 |
| Bosna | 106–97 | 116–108 | 66–75 | — | 91–86 | 104–114 | 99–86 | 92–86 | 106–88 | 111–100 | 97–99 | 96–94 |
| Borac Čačak | 93–101 | 86–104 | 86–84 | 81–79 | — | 110–99 | 117–91 | 84–93 | 88–86 | 104–101 | 84–83 | 96–91 |
| Radnički Belgrade | 98–119 | 103–101 | 99–98 | 94–99 | 96–98 | — | 106–101 | 108–92 | 97–88 | 102–92 | 95–88 | 116–107 |
| Crvena Zvezda | 84–102 | 92–91 | 91–89 | 85–78 | 81–82 | 91–82 | — | 100–87 | 81–78 | 97–91 | 80–90 | 102–92 |
| Olimpija | 94–87 | 87–86 | 82–80 | 91–97 | 94–89 | 90–83 | 73–77 | — | 88–86 | 79–82 | 90–80 | 88–97 |
| Beko Beograd | 94–89 | 82–109 | 78–88 | 83–88 | 80–96 | 87–101 | 100–99 | 93–96 | — | 113–83 | 76–75 | 107–99 |
| Zadar | 91–105 | 98–106 | 99–109 | 99–111 | 99–91 | 97–96 | 111–101 | 100–94 | 99–100 | — | 94–88 | 100–86 |
| Metalac Valjevo | 103–105 | 72–90 | 78–81 | 91–106 | 85–92 | 95–93 | 78–68 | 81–79 | 83–85 | 111–114 | — | 77–76 |
| Kvarner | 101–109 | 82–89 | 81–86 | 95–102 | 105–98 | 91–103 | 107–96 | 100–88 | 109–111 | 107–90 | 90–94 | — |

## Scoring leaders

* Dragan Kićanović (Partizan) - ___ points (33.8ppg)

## Qualification in 1979-80 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup
* Partizan (champions)
* Bosna (title holder)
FIBA Cup Winners' Cup
* Zadar (Cup finalist)
FIBA Korać Cup
* Jugoplastika (2nd)
* Cibona (3rd)
* Borac Čačak (5th)
* Radnički Belgrade (6th)

## Basketball Cup
### Bracket

| Eightfinals | Eightfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Kvarner | 87 | | | | |
| Celje | 85 | | | | |
| Celje | 85 | Kvarner | 100 | | |
| | | Jugoplastika | 99 | | |
| Jugoplastika | 124 | Jugoplastika | 99 | | |
| Beko Belgrade | 101 | | | | |
| Beko Belgrade | 101 | | | Kvarner | 109 |
| | | | | Partizan | 123 |
| Iskra Olimpija | 94 | | | Partizan | 123 |
| Radnički FOB Belgrade | 90 | | | | |
| Radnički FOB Belgrade | 90 | Iskra Olimpija | 98 | | |
| | | Partizan | 108 | | |
| Partizan | 106 | Partizan | 108 | | |
| Rabotnički | 88 | | | | | | |
| Rabotnički | 88 | | | | | Partizan | 93 |
| | | | | | | Zadar | 86 |
| Budućnost | | | | | | Zadar | 86 |
| Elektrokosovo | | | | | | | |
| Elektrokosovo | | Budućnost | 79 | | | | |
| | | Bosna | 105 | | | | |
| Bosna | | Bosna | 105 | | | | |
| Željezničar Sarajevo | | | | | | | |
| Željezničar Sarajevo | | | | Bosna | 85 | | |
| | | | | Zadar | 88 |
| Cibona | | | | Zadar | 88 |
| Zadar | | | | | |
| Zadar | | Zadar | 109 | | |
| | | Marina B. Palanka | 84 | | |
| Marina B. Palanka | 89 | Marina B. Palanka | 84 | | |
| Sloga | 87 | | | | |