# 1984–85 Yugoslav First Basketball League

The 1984–85 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 41st season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

## Teams

| SR Serbia Borac Čačak Crvena Zvezda IMT Partizan Radnički Belgrade Sloga | SR Croatia Cibona Jugoplastika Šibenka Zadar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna | SR Montenegro Budućnost |

## Regular season
### Classification

| Pos | Teams | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Playoffs or relegation |
| 1. | Cibona | 38 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 2078 | 1850 | Advance to Playoffs quarterfinal |
| 2. | Crvena Zvezda | 28 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 2108 | 1940 | Advance to Playoffs quarterfinal |
| 3. | Zadar | 28 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1915 | 1820 | Advance to Playoffs quarterfinal |
| 4. | Bosna | 28 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 2004 | 1945 | Advance to Playoffs quarterfinal |
| 5. | Partizan | 26 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 2013 | 1932 | Advance to Play-in round |
| 6. | Šibenka | 24 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1978 | 1973 | Advance to Play-in round |
| 7. | Budućnost | 20 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1830 | 1860 | Advance to Play-in round |
| 8. | Borac Čačak | 18 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1901 | 2065 | Advance to Play-in round |
| 9. | Sloga | 16 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1916 | 2043 | Advance to Play-in round |
| 10. | Jugoplastika | 16 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1882 | 1917 | Advance to Play-in round |
| 11. | Radnički Belgrade | 16 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1895 | 1971 | Relegated |
| 12. | IMT | 6 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 1756 | 1960 | Relegated |

## Results

| Home \ Away | CIB | CZV | ZAD | BOS | PAR | ŠIB | BUD | BOR | SLO | JUG | RAD | IMT |
| Cibona | — | 98–92 | 85–81 | 101–89 | 96–91 | 120–93 | 107–96 | 103–96 | 115–89 | 90–73 | 97–90 | 94–78 |
| Crvena Zvezda | 77–91 | — | 108–87 | 107–99 | 107–81 | 105–89 | 100–85 | 96–78 | 96–84 | 91–83 | 101–80 | 93–74 |
| Zadar | 83–80 | 83–79 | — | 85–72 | 80–77 | 103–92 | 89–76 | 87–69 | 101–92 | 92–81 | 99–88 | 97–84 |
| Bosna | 84–91 | 81–86 | 97–90 | — | 104–99 | 96–83 | 80–68 | 97–95 | 102–86 | 83–79 | 116–100 | 83–79 |
| Partizan | 78–77 | 111–110 | 74–67 | 96–97 | — | 105–84 | 95–86 | 82–85 | 94–68 | 94–88 | 117–93 | 109–91 |
| Šibenka | 83–82 | 93–87 | 85–88 | 81–86 | 92–93 | — | 90–77 | 109–92 | 100–89 | 92–81 | 88–80 | 100–82 |
| Budućnost | 69–87 | 79–88 | 99–98 | 85–83 | 98–90 | 76–89 | — | 113–78 | 92–89 | 77–61 | 84–85 | 82–72 |
| Borac Čačak | 73–89 | 86–85 | 85–84 | 103–93 | 72–70 | 107–104 | 75–79 | — | 101–95 | 102–101 | 93–112 | 78–84 |
| Sloga | 80–99 | 103–102 | 93–91 | 96–93 | 84–89 | 80–88 | 82–83 | 89–76 | — | 92–85 | 79–77 | 84–76 |
| Jugoplastika | 93–97 | 90–103 | 80–78 | 79–99 | 91–77 | 100–82 | 81–74 | 123–86 | 92–82 | — | 80–77 | 86–79 |
| Radnički Belgrade | 80–83 | 101–94 | 55–73 | 80–86 | 83–88 | 73–74 | 78–77 | 89–83 | 94–105 | 86–82 | — | 81–76 |
| IMT | 82–96 | 84–101 | 69–79 | 76–84 | 79–103 | 71–87 | 62–75 | 82–88 | 96–74 | 84–73 | 96–113 | — |
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## 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.
E- IB League east division champion
W- IB League west division champion
| Play-in qualifying round | Play-in qualifying round | Play-in qualifying round | Play-in qualifying round | Play-in qualifying round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | 1 | Cibona | 107 | 108 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Borac Čačak | 116 | 83 | 118 | 8 | Borac Čačak | 87 | 85 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Sloga | 91 | 101 | 100 | | | | | | 1 | Cibona | 115 | 79 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Partizan | 103 | 75 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Bosna | 91 | 98 | 97 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Partizan | 110 | 95 | | 5 | Partizan | 84 | 111 | 98 | | | | | | | | | |
| E | Rabotnički | 89 | 90 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Cibona | 97 | 89 | 119 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Crvena zvezda | 88 | 92 | 106 |
| | | | | | 2 | Crvena zvezda | 97 | 79 | 90 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Budućnost | 82 | 89 | 95 | 7 | Budućnost | 85 | 95 | 87 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Jugoplastika | 79 | 101 | 91 | | | | | | 2 | Crvena zvezda | 97 | 90 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Zadar | 86 | 85 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Zadar | 111 | 82 | 100 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Šibenka | 83 | 77 | | - | Smelt Olimpija | 86 | 89 | 97 | | | | | | | | | |
| W | Smelt Olimpija | 89 | 87 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Borac Čačak-Sloga 116-91, 83-101, 118-100
Partizan-Rabotnički 110-89, 95-90
Budućnost-Jugoplastika 82-79, 89-101, 95-91
Šibenka-Olimpija 83-89, 77-87
QUARTERFINALS
Cibona-Borac Čačak 107-87, 108-85
Bosna-Partizan 91-84, 98-111, 97-98
Crvena zvezda-Budućnost 97-85, 79-95, 90-87
Zadar-Olimpija 111-86, 82-89, 100-97
SEMIFINALS
Cibona-Partizan 115-103, 79-75
Crvena zvezda-Zadar 97-86, 90-85
FINALS
The winning roster of Cibona:
* Dražen Petrović
* Mihovil Nakić
* Aleksandar Petrović
* Adnan Bečić [hr]
* Andro Knego
* Sven Ušić
* Zoran Čutura
* Franjo Arapović
* Ivo Nakić
* Branko Vukićević
* Igor Lukačić
Coach: Željko Pavličević

## Scoring leaders

* Dražen Petrović (Cibona) – ___ points (32.0ppg)

## Qualification in 1985–86 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup
* Cibona (champions)
FIBA Cup Winners' Cup
* Jugoplastika (Cup finalist)
FIBA Korać Cup
* Crvena Zvezda (2nd)
* Zadar (3rd)
* Bosna (4th)
* Partizan (5th)

## Basketball Cup
### Bracket

| Eightfinals | Eightfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Cibona | 96 | | | | |
| Partizan | 83 | | | | |
| Partizan | 83 | Cibona | 130 | | |
| | | Sloboda Tuzla | 103 | | |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 72 | Sloboda Tuzla | 103 | | |
| Budućnost | 64 | | | | |
| Budućnost | 64 | | | Cibona | 94 |
| | | | | Zadar | 79 |
| Željezničar Sarajevo | 71 | | | Zadar | 79 |
| Zadar | 84 | | | | |
| Zadar | 84 | Zadar | 91 | | |
| | | Šibenka | 83 | | |
| Šibenka | | Šibenka | 83 | | |
| Vojvodina | | | | | | | |
| Vojvodina | | | | | | Cibona | 104 |
| | | | | | | Jugoplastika | 83 |
| Smelt Olimpija | 105 | | | | | Jugoplastika | 83 |
| OKK Beograd | 83 | | | | | | |
| OKK Beograd | 83 | Smelt Olimpija | 78 | | | | |
| | | Rabotnički | 75 | | | | |
| Rabotnički | 93 | Rabotnički | 75 | | | | |
| Crvena zvezda | 85 | | | | | | |
| Crvena zvezda | 85 | | | Olimpija | 74 | | |
| | | | | Jugoplastika | 75 |
| Jugoplastika | 76 | | | Jugoplastika | 75 |
| TIMA Maribor | 71 | | | | |
| TIMA Maribor | 71 | Jugoplastika | 77 | | |
| | | Prvi partizan | 62 | | |
| Prvi partizan | 20 | Prvi partizan | 62 | | |
| Priština | 0 | | | | |