The 1972–73 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 29th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.
The league expanded from 12 to 14 teams. In addition to regular promotion (winners of the Yugoslav Second Basketball League's east and west divisions, respectively, Kombinat Servo Mihalj Zrenjanin and KK Bosna), the extra two new teams were added via a 4-team round-robin play-in tournament consisting of the bottom two 1971–72 Yugoslav First Basketball League teams (KK Željezničar Karlovac and Oriolik Slavnoski Brod) as well as the second placed teams from the Yugoslav Second Basketball League's east and west divisions, respectively (Mladost Zemun and Željezničar Sarajevo). Held in Sombor during early May 1972, the league expansion play-in tournament was won by Željezničar Karlovac and Željezničar Sarajevo.
Teams SR Serbia Borac Čačak Crvena Zvezda Kombinat Zrenjanin OKK Beograd Partizan Radnički Belgrade SR Croatia Jugoplastika Lokomotiva Zadar Željezničar Karlovac SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna Željezničar Sarajevo SR Macedonia Rabotnički SR Slovenia Olimpija
Classification Regular season ranking 1972-73GVPPFPSPt 1. Radnički Belgrade 262242449225744 2. Crvena Zvezda 262062405222340 3. Partizan 2616102336219732 4. Borac Čačak 2616102443232232 5. Olimpija 2614122345224228 6. Jugoplastika 2614122341226328 7. OKK Beograd 2614122220222328 8. Lokomotiva 2613132342234126 9. Zadar 2613132106216026 10. Rabotnički 2612142136216224 11. Željezničar Sarajevo 2611151998206922 12. Bosna 2610162067211520 13. Kombinat Zrenjanin 266202241244312 14. Željezničar Karlovac 26125197223842
The winning roster of Radnički Belgrade: Dragan Ivković Dragan Vučinić Dušan Trivalić Dragoljub Zmijanac Jovica Veljović Dragoslav Ražnatović Miroslav Ðordević Milun Marović Miroljub Damjanović Srećko Jarić Radovan Novović Milovan Tasić Dušan Zupančić Nikola Bjegović Slobodan Zimonjić
Coach: Slobodan Ivković
Results
Source:
Scoring leaders Damir Šolman (Jugoplastika) - ___ points (31.0ppg)
Qualification in 1973-74 season European competitions
FIBA European Champions Cup Radnički Belgrade (champions)
FIBA Cup Winner's Cup Crvena Zvezda (Cup winners)
FIBA Korać Cup Partizan (3rd) Borac Čačak (4th) Olimpija (5th) Jugoplastika (6th)
Basketball Cup
Bracket
References