# 1986–87 Yugoslav First Basketball League

The 1986–87 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 43rd season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

## Teams

| SR Croatia Cibona Jugoplastika Šibenka Zadar | SR Serbia Borac Čačak Crvena Zvezda Partizan | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna Sloboda Dita Tuzla | SR Macedonia MZT Skopje Rabotnički | SR Montenegro Budućnost |

## Regular season
### Classification

| | Regular season ranking 1986-87 | G | V | P | PF | PS | Pt |
| 1. | Cibona | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2242 | 1960 | 44 |
| 2. | Partizan | 22 | 18 | 4 | 2105 | 1950 | 40 |
| 3. | Jugoplastika | 22 | 15 | 7 | 2040 | 1816 | 37 |
| 4. | Crvena Zvezda | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1974 | 1860 | 37 |
| 5. | Šibenka | 22 | 12 | 10 | 2006 | 1982 | 34 |
| 6. | Bosna | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1950 | 1914 | 34 |
| 7. | Zadar | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1897 | 1979 | 31 |
| 8. | MZT Skopje | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1771 | 1892 | 29 |
| 9. | Budućnost | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1826 | 2010 | 29 |
| 10. | Borac Čačak | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1839 | 1968 | 27 |
| 11. | Sloboda Dita Tuzla | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1816 | 1957 | 27 |
| 12. | KGD Rabotnički | 22 | 3 | 19 | 1758 | 2036 | 25 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | CIB | PAR | JUG | CZV | ŠIB | BOS | ZAD | MZT | BUD | BOR | SLT | RAB |
| Cibona | — | 111–103 | 105–103 | 99–89 | 104–96 | 121–90 | 91–88 | 101–80 | 126–101 | 112–90 | 105–96 | 120–103 |
| Partizan | 86–111 | — | 90–88 | 97–84 | 101–88 | 90–84 | 86–81 | 106–76 | 109–93 | 110–93 | 105–75 | 110–86 |
| Jugoplastika | 77–80 | 102–84 | — | 93–78 | 109–100 | 89–84 | 91–83 | 84–80 | 126–86 | 115–86 | 120–75 | 100–75 |
| Crvena Zvezda | 91–93 | 92–102 | 94–91 | — | 92–84 | 94–84 | 96–90 | 91–70 | 81–76 | 98–88 | 94–80 | 96–87 |
| Šibenka | 102–109 | 93–87 | 70–90 | 74–72 | — | 106–84 | 95–96 | 86–79 | 107–92 | 85–76 | 118–86 | 104–98 |
| Bosna | 78–94 | 81–82 | 84–70 | 88–105 | 107–91 | — | 108–84 | 93–88 | 79–76 | 106–82 | 74–71 | 116–72 |
| Zadar | 76–91 | 83–86 | 85–98 | 80–82 | 79–84 | 90–86 | — | 99–81 | 96–75 | 108–78 | 88–85 | 87–61 |
| MZT Skopje | 75–78 | 79–81 | 87–80 | 80–81 | 86–105 | 102–106 | 73–93 | — | 90–83 | 80–78 | 79–70 | 84–73 |
| Budućnost | 93–109 | 82–102 | 73–70 | 63–89 | 75–76 | 84–79 | 85–79 | 79–69 | — | 83–72 | 93–87 | 101–82 |
| Borac Čačak | 73–81 | 90–91 | 75–81 | 91–90 | 100–79 | 75–87 | 89–70 | 78–79 | 77–75 | — | 80–77 | 79–68 |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 81–94 | 94–105 | 75–79 | 72–84 | 84–88 | 80–83 | 86–76 | 70–68 | 112–72 | 106–93 | — | 70–69 |
| Rabotnički | 89–107 | 84–92 | 67–84 | 78–101 | 76–75 | 68–69 | 75–86 | 77–86 | 93–86 | 87–99 | 90–84 | — |

## Playoff

Only the top four placed league table teams qualified for the playoffs quarterfinal automatically.
Teams placed fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth were joined by the top two Second League teams for an 8-team play-in round. The winner of each best-of-three series advanced to the playoffs quarterfinal round.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Cibona | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | MZT Skopje | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | MZT Skopje | 0 | 1 | Cibona | 1 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Crvena Zvezda | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Crvena Zvezda | 2 | 4 | Crvena Zvezda | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Šibenka | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Šibenka | 0 | | | | 4 | Crvena Zvezda | 0 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Partizan | 2 |
| 2 | Partizan | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Partizan | 2 |
| 7 | Zadar | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Zadar | 0 | 2 | Partizan | 2 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Bosna | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Jugoplastika | 1 | 3 | Bosna | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Bosna | 2 | | | | | | |
Šibenka-IMT 90-87, 95-115, 101-95
Bosna-Olimpija Ljubljana 120-101, 105-102
Zadar-Borac 77-79, 76-68, 97-80
MZT Skopje-Buducnost 93-80, 95-91
QUARTERFINALS 28-31/03,04/04
Jugoplastika-Bosna 89-76, 85-92, 82-84
Cibona-MZT Skopje 117-92, 84-79
Partizan-Zadar 105-88, 81-93, 110-92
Crvena zvezda-Šibenka 91-90, 94-89
SEMIFINALS 7-11-14/04
Cibona-Crvena zvezda 92-74, 92-94, 103-104
Partizan-Bosna 85-77, 96-103, 107-96
FINALS 18-21/04
The winning roster of Partizan:
* Vlade Divac
* Žarko Paspalj
* Goran Grbović
* Aleksandar Đorđević
* Milenko Savović
* Želimir Obradović
* Ivo Nakić
* Slaviša Koprivica
* Savo Stefanović
* Obrad Ignjatović
* Vladimir Dragutinović
* Dejan Lakićević
* Slobodan Kanjevac
* Boris Orcev
Coach: Duško Vujošević

## Scoring leaders

* Dražen Petrović (Cibona) - ___ points (37.1ppg)

## Qualification in 1987–88 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup
* Partizan (champions)
FIBA Cup Winners' Cup
* IMT (Cup winners)
FIBA Korać Cup
* Cibona (1st)
* Jugoplastika (3rd)
* Crvena Zvezda (4th)
* Šibenka (5th)

## Basketball Cup
### Preliminary round

Key to colors :
* Top placed team in each group advanced to semifinals
| Titov Vrbas tournament Team Pld W L Pts 1Partizan 3306 2Cibona 3214 3Mornar Bar 3122 4Borac Čačak 3030 | Prizren tournament Team Pld W L Pts 1Smelt Olimpija 3306 2Bosna 3214 3Šibenka 3122 4Bashkimi 3030 |
| Zenica tournament Team Pld W L Pts 1IMT 3306 2MZT Skopje 3214 3Garnizon JNA 3122 4Željezničar Sarajevo 3030 | Čakovec tournament Team Pld W L Pts 1Jugoplastika 3306 2Budućnost 3214 3Vojvodina 3122 4Zorka Šabac 2020 |

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Jugoplastika | |
| Smelt Olimpija | | | |
| Smelt Olimpija | | Smelt Olimpija | 73 |
| | | IMT | 76 |
| Partizan | 80 | IMT | 76 |
| IMT | 86 | | |