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 1978-79GVPPFPSPt 1. Partizan 221752246207534 2. Jugoplastika 221662183200332 3. Cibona 221662052192532 4. Bosna 221482105202928 5. Borac Čačak 2212102052207024 6. Radnički Belgrade 2211112164214522 7. Crvena Zvezda 229131951205418 8. Iskra Olimpija 229131969205018 9. Beko Beograd 228141973207516 10. Zadar 228142110222116 11. Metalac Valjevo 227151892195814 12. Kvarner 225172108220010 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

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

References