1945 Yugoslav First Basketball League Explained

Yugoslav First Basketball League
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Season:1945
Champions:Yugoslav Army
(1st title)
Runners Up:PR Serbia
Semifinalists:PR Croatia
Teams:5
Games:4
Winning Streak:2 games
Yugoslav Army
Nextseason:1946
Updated:24 April 2017

The 1945 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the inaugural season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the top-tier level basketball competition in Yugoslavia. The league launched with 5 teams playing a single-elimination tournament held in Subotica, PR Serbia.[1] Teams participating in the season were selections of three Yugoslav constituent republics (PR Croatia, PR Macedonia, and PR Serbia), one autonomous province (AP Vojvodina), as well as the Yugoslav People's Army selection. The tournament concluded with the Yugoslav Army team defeating the Serbia team, 21–18, in the Final.

Bracket

Source[1] [2]

Rosters

The following is a list of players and coached who played in the 1945 season.

TeamPlayersHead coachRef.
Yugoslav ArmyStrahinja Alagić, Luciano Dekleva, Pavle Kostić, Zlatko Kovačević, Mirko Marjanović, Božidar Munćan, Aleksandar Nikolić, Atilio Pikoli, Ratko Tijanić, Ratko VlahovićRatko Vlahović
PR SerbiaRadomir Šaper, Svetislav Šaper, Nebojša Popović, Vasilije Stojković, Ivan Dimić, Miodrag Stefanović, Mile Nikolić[3]
PR Croatia
PR Macedonia
AP Vojvodina

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Košarkaška prvenstva Jugoslavije (1945-91) – prvi deo . strategija.org . 1 June 2020.
  2. Web site: Yugoslav First Basketball League Archive . https://web.archive.org/web/20080702123851/http://nsl.kosarka.co.yu/History2.aspx . dead . 2 July 2008 . 1 June 2020.
  3. Book: Radomir Šaper: Kako se stvarala jugoslovenska košarka . 2005 . Košarkaška fondacija . Belgrade . 10 . 1 June 2020.