The 1998–99 Winston YUBA League () was the 7th season of the YUBA League, the top-tier professional basketball league in Yugoslavia (later renamed to Serbia and Montenegro).
Teams A total of 12 teams participated in the 1998–99 Winston YUBA League.
Distribution The following is the access list for this season. +Access list for the 1998–99 Winston YUBA LeagueTeams entering in this roundTeams advancing from the previous roundRegular season(12 teams)10 highest-placed teams from the previous season 2 highest-placed teams from the B LeaguePlayoffs(8 teams) 8 highest-placed teams from the Regular season
Promotion and relegation Teams promoted from the YUBA B League Hemofarm Zdravlje
Teams relegated to the YUBA B League OKK Beograd Borovica Vojvodina Mornar
Venues and locations
Club Home city Arena Capacity Beobanka Belgrade New Belgrade Sports Hall5,000 Beopetrol Belgrade New Belgrade Sports Hall5,000 Budućnost Podgorica Morača Hall4,300 Crvena zvezda Belgrade Pionir Hall5,878 FMP Železnik Belgrade Železnik Hall3,000 Hemofarm Vršac Millennium Centar5,000 Iva Zorka Šabac Zorka Hall2,300 Lovćen Cetinje Lovćen Sports Center1,500 Partizan Belgrade Pionir Hall5,878 Radnički Beograd Belgrade SC Šumice2,000 Spartak Subotica Dudova Šuma Hall3,000 Zdravlje Leskovac SRC Dubočica3,600
Personnel and sponsorship Club Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Beobanka Darko Ruso Ivan Cimbaljević Sportstar Beobanka Beopetrol Zoran Krečković Champion Beopetrol Budućnost Miroslav Nikolić Nike Crvena zvezda Borislav Džaković / Jovica Antonić Milenko Topić Nike Delta Banka FMP Železnik Boško Đokić / Aleksandar Petrović Hemofarm Željko Lukajić Hemofarm Iva Zorka Lovćen Miodrag Kadija Partizan Vladislav Lučić Nike Radnički Beograd Rajko Toroman NAAI Jugopetrol Spartak Srećko Sekulović Zdravlje Jovica Arsić
Regular season Standings
Playoffs The playoffs were not played due to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia (March–June 1999) and then top-seeded Budućnost was awarded with the championships title.
Clubs in European competitions
Competition Team Progress Result FIBA EuroLeague Crvena zvezda Second round – Group E 6th (4–12) FIBA Saporta Cup Partizan Zepter Quarterfinals Eliminated by Benetton Treviso, 150–163 (0-1–1) Budućnost HB Semifinals Eliminated by Benetton Treviso, 96–60 (0–2) FIBA Korać Cup FMP Železnik Regular season – Group D 3rd (3–3) Lovćen Regular season – Group M 3rd (1–5) Beobanka Regular season – Group P 3rd (3–3) Radnički Jugopetrol Round of 16 Eliminated by Panionios Nutella, 145–169 (0–2)
All-Star Game The 1999 YUBA All-Star Game took place this season. Some well known players who featured in the All-Star Game were Mladen Šekularac,MLADEN SEKULARAC Profile | EuroLeague - euroleaguebasketball.net Dejan Milojević, Dejan Tomašević, Nenad Čanak, Veselin Petrović, Aleksandar Nađfeji, Jovo Stanojević, Vladimir Kuzmanović, Igor Rakočević and Đuro Ostojić.Djuro Ostojic - ACB.Com
See also 1998–99 ACB season 1998–99 Slovenian Basketball League
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