1970–71 Yugoslav First Basketball League

The 1970–71 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 27th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

1970–71 Yugoslav First Basketball League
League	Yugoslav First Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
1970-71
Season champions	Jugoplastika

Teams

SR Croatia Jugoplastika Lokomotiva Oriolik Zadar Željezničar Karlovac

SR Serbia Borac Čačak Crvena Zvezda OKK Beograd Partizan Radnički Belgrade

SR Macedonia Rabotnički

SR Slovenia Olimpija

Classification

	Regular season ranking 1970-71	G	V	P	PF	PS	Pt
1.	Jugoplastika	22	19	3	1895	1677	38
2.	Lokomotiva	22	16	6	1953	1788	32
3.	Crvena Zvezda	22	15	7	1929	1685	30
4.	OKK Beograd	22	12	10	1519	1509	24
5.	Rabotnički	22	11	11	1646	1632	22
6.	Olimpija	22	11	11	1797	1762	22
7.	Zadar	22	10	12	1653	1692	20
8.	Radnički Belgrade	22	9	13	1868	1913	18
9.	Borac Čačak	22	9	13	1681	1746	18
10.	Partizan	22	8	14	1734	1781	16
11.	Oriolik	22	8	14	1532	1669	16
12.	Željezničar Karlovac	22	4	18	1576	1929	8

The winning roster of Jugoplastika:^[1]

• Drago Peterka [hr] (born 1942, 83 points)
• Zoran Grašo [hr] (1948, 30)
• Mihajlo Manović (1948, 104)
• Ivo Škarić [hr] (1951, 4)
• Ratomir Tvrdić (1943, 392)
• Martin Guvo (1949, 3)
• Dražen Tvrdić [hr] (1947, 31)
• Lovre Tvrdić [hr] (1941, 138)
• Damir Šolman (1948, 526)
• Siniša Depolo
• Zdenko Prug [hr] (1944, 196)
• Petar Skansi (1943, 387)
• Gordan Grgin
• Momčilo Radulović (1945, 1)

Coach: Branko Radović

Results

Home \ Away	JUG	CZV	LOK	RAD	RAB	PAR	OLI	OKK	BOR	ZAD	ŽKA	ORI
Jugoplastika	—	79–77	84–86	93–87	93–71	109–75	91–71	89–77	70–59	102–83	87–59	93–60
Crvena Zvezda	106–82	—	107–94	103–71	81–66	86–74	103–81	84–80	92–73	73–77	104–78	95–52
Lokomotiva	84–87	79–78	—	108–66	96–90	101–99	92–85	83–73	117–69	94–87	112–73	88–80
Radnički Belgrade	84–101	101–108	114–109	—	82–78	91–94	98–85	83–82	101–96	105–76	100–62	88–71
Rabotnički	75–78	90–79	85–71	91–75	—	75–72	93–70	61–68	75–71	86–81	68–65	81–63
Partizan	72–83	78–73	85–89	86–78	61–70	—	80–81	80–71	74–67	79–72	101–85	93–71
Olimpija	91–98	75–72	65–81	86–89	67–64	86–80	—	65–68	92–60	101–92	111–79	99–69
OKK Beograd	66–70	66–65	57–65	81–72	48–66	70–50	74–67	—	66–61	55–53	72–70	55–61
Borac Čačak	82–80	69–78	87–81	77–76	87–76	82–70	73–71	70–71	—	71–73	89–61	88–82
Zadar	76–83	66–82	70–73	77–63	85–63	79–77	63–72	65–62	84–74	—	86–66	79–56
Željezničar Karlovac	68–82	83–99	79–95	77–75	66–65	80–79	81–97	78–86	68–94	71–77	—	76–75
Oriolik	63–64	71–85	68–56	72–69	66–51	83–75	62–72	51–71	87–82	84–52	85–51	—

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

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Qualification in 1971-72 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup

• Jugoplastika (champions)

FIBA Cup Winner's Cup

• Crvena Zvezda (Cup winners)

FIBA Korać Cup

• Lokomotiva (2nd)
• OKK Beograd (4th)

Basketball Cup

Bracket

	Eightfinals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	Crvena zvezda	103
	Partizan	71
					Crvena zvezda	78
					Jugoplastika	76
	Jugoplastika	75
	OKK Beograd	73
									Crvena zvezda	89
									Zadar	72
	Zadar	88
	Željezničar Sarajevo	38
					Zadar	103
					Željezničar Karlovac	77
	Sloboda Tuzla
	Željezničar Karlovac
													Crvena zvezda	82
													AŠK Olimpija	70
	Kombinat Zrenjanin	65
	Lokomotiva	114
					Lokomotiva	90
					AŠK Olimpija	93
	Borac Čačak	71
	AŠK Olimpija	85
									AŠK Olimpija	88
									Rabotnički	83
	Radnički Belgrade	109
	Ivangrad	72
					Radnički Belgrade	79
					Rabotnički	76
	Rabotnički	146
	Maribor	53

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