1973–74 Yugoslav First Basketball League

The 1973–74 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 30th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

1973–74 Yugoslav First Basketball League
League	Yugoslav First Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
1973-74
Season champions	Zadar

Teams

SR Serbia Borac Čačak Crvena Zvezda Metalac Valjevo OKK Beograd Partizan Radnički Belgrade

SR Croatia Industromontaža Jugoplastika Lokomotiva Zadar

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna Željezničar Sarajevo

SR Macedonia Rabotnički

SR Slovenia Olimpija

Classification

	Regular season ranking 1973-74	G	V	P	PF	PS	Pt
1.	Zadar	26	22	4	2317	1976	44
2.	Jugoplastika	26	19	7	2351	2107	38
3.	Crvena Zvezda	26	17	9	2378	2216	34
4.	Bosna	26	14	12	2192	2144	28
5.	Radnički Belgrade	26	14	12	2365	2316	28
6.	Partizan	26	14	12	2178	2080	28
7.	Olimpija	26	13	13	2349	2294	26
8.	Borac Čačak	26	12	14	2332	2366	24
9.	OKK Beograd	26	12	14	2092	2210	24
10.	Lokomotiva	26	11	15	2271	2377	22
11.	Rabotnički	26	9	17	2252	2365	18
12.	Metalac Valjevo	26	8	18	1988	2192	16
13.	Industromontaža	26	8	18	1896	2087	16
14.	Željezničar Sarajevo	26	7	19	1896	2087	14

The winning roster of Zadar:

• Čedomir Perinčić
• Jure Fabijanić
• Bruno Marcelić
• Bruno Petani
• Josip Đerđa
• Krešimir Ćosić
• Zdravko Jerak
• Nedjeljko "Mišo" Ostarčević
• Tomislav Matulović
• Branko Skroče
• Branko Bakija
• Žarko Bjedov

Coach: Lucijan Valčić

Results

Home \ Away	ZAD	JUG	CZV	BOS	RAD	PAR	OLI	BOR	OKK	LOK	RAB	MET	IND	ŽSA
Zadar	—	84–77	95–90	98–81	94–86	91–75	94–67	100–81	100–76	100–81	85–69	109–75	107–77	96–61
Jugoplastika	80–76	—	90–92	87–93	104–76	87–82	95–84	94–84	106–73	102–92	103–87	106–60	109–70	99–63
Crvena Zvezda	77–75	74–81	—	102–83	101–95	79–87	128–123	81–76	84–71	120–91	87–77	113–75	80–68	99–70
Bosna	72–76	85–79	93–87	—	96–85	85–83	91–90	96–91	95–72	78–76	102–80	94–77	113–77	64–62
Radnički Belgrade	71–90	87–103	93–94	83–72	—	102–103	84–86	105–95	96–86	117–109	104–90	95–77	95–67	88–76
Partizan	83–79	76–73	88–78	78–60	78–80	—	98–99	95–71	94–60	97–81	94–80	62–63	59–67	81–62
Olimpija	74–85	110–90	80–78	65–68	89–90	96–83	—	83–78	96–91	110–85	111–100	102–91	93–96	85–61
Borac Čačak	72–77	85–87	83–82	111–112	93–108	114–111	105–102	—	114–105	97–81	98–86	100–88	90–88	84–74
OKK Beograd	75–74	89–90	86–103	71–60	92–91	85–72	87–76	82–77	—	103–104	98–85	86–65	80–76	61–68
Lokomotiva	79–89	95–97	90–92	96–82	105–103	78–73	98–96	83–91	73–83	—	74–72	80–79	86–78	89–82
Rabotnički	82–90	91–96	109–119	92–84	82–87	86–79	86–84	99–97	85–70	104–97	—	97–87	114–91	87–82
Metalac Valjevo	71–81	55–68	75–68	88–84	88–87	57–72	82–77	73–75	61–62	81–80	74–61	—	79–75	70–74
Industromontaža	70–90	75–74	84–103	70–82	76–85	73–76	78–86	83–81	79–59	83–89	88–72	74–63	—	73–79
Željezničar Sarajevo	74–82	0–20	76–67	68–67	69–72	94–97	79–90	91–95	86–89	68–79	90–79	65–62	53–58	—

Source: Pearlbasket
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Scoring leaders

1. Radmilo Mišović (Borac Čačak) - ___ points (33.0ppg)
2. Nikola Plećaš (Lokomotiva) - ___ points (30.4ppg)

Qualification in 1974-75 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup

• Zadar (champions)

FIBA Cup Winner's Cup

• Jugoplastika (Cup winners)
• Crvena Zvezda (title holder)

FIBA Korać Cup

• Bosna (4th)
• Partizan (6th)

Basketball Cup

Bracket

	Eightfinals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	Jugoplastika	90
	Zadar	78
					Jugoplastika	80
					Industromontaža	65
	Beti Metlika	61
	Industromontaža	97
									Jugoplastika
									Rabotnički
	Rabotnički	81
	Željezničar Sarajevo	69
					Lokomotiva	91
					Rabotnički	111
	Vojvodina	88
	Lokomotiva	89
													Jugoplastika	92
													Crvena zvezda	85
	Olimpija	77
	OKK Beograd	89
					OKK Beograd	85
					Crvena zvezda	96
	Crvena zvezda	90
	Bosna	85
									Crvena zvezda	81
									Partizan	80
	Radnički FOB Belgrade	109
	Budućnost	85
					Radnički FOB Belgrade	80
					Partizan	85
	Univerzitet Priština	77
	Partizan	117