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.

1976–77 Yugoslav First Basketball League
League	Yugoslav First Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
1976–77
Season champions	Jugoplastika

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	—

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

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

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