1986–87 Yugoslav First Basketball League

The 1986–87 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 43rd season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

1986–87 Yugoslav First Basketball League
League	Yugoslav First Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	17 March – 21 April 1987 (Playoffs)
Regular season
Season champions	Cibona
Playoffs
Finals champions	Partizan
Runners-up	Crvena Zvezda
Yugoslav First Basketball League seasons
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

Regular season

Classification

	Regular season ranking 1986-87	Pt	G	V	P	PF	PS
1.	Cibona	44	22	22	0	2242	1960
2.	Partizan	40	22	18	4	2105	1950
3.	Jugoplastika	37	22	15	7	2040	1816
4.	Crvena Zvezda	37	22	15	7	1974	1860
5.	Šibenka	34	22	12	10	2006	1982
6.	Bosna	34	22	12	10	1950	1914
7.	Zadar	31	22	9	13	1897	1979
8.	MZT Skopje	29	22	7	15	1771	1892
9.	Budućnost	29	22	7	15	1826	2010
10.	Borac Čačak	27	22	5	17	1839	1968
11.	Sloboda Dita Tuzla	27	22	5	17	1816	1957
12.	KGD Rabotnički	25	22	3	19	1758	2036

Playoff

Only the top four placed league table teams qualified for the playoffs quarterfinal automatically.

Teams placed fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth were joined by the top two Second League teams for an 8-team play-in round. The winner of each best-of-three series advanced to the playoffs quarterfinal round.

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Cibona	2
	8	MZT Skopje	0
						1	Cibona	1
						4	Crvena Zvezda	2
	4	Crvena Zvezda	2
	5	Šibenka	0
											4	Crvena Zvezda	0
											2	Partizan	2
	2	Partizan	2
	7	Zadar	0
						2	Partizan	2
						3	Bosna	1
	3	Jugoplastika	1
	6	Bosna	2

PLAY-IN QUALIFYING ROUND 17-21-24/03

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Šibenka-IMT 90-87, 95-115, 101-95

Bosna-Olimpija Ljubljana 120-101, 105-102

Zadar-Borac 77-79, 76-68, 97-80

MZT Skopje-Buducnost 93-80, 95-91

QUARTERFINALS 28-31/03,04/04

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Jugoplastika-Bosna 89-76, 85-92, 82-84

Cibona-MZT Skopje 117-92, 84-79

Partizan-Zadar 105-88, 81-93, 110-92

Crvena zvezda-Šibenka 91-90, 94-89

SEMIFINALS 7-11-14/04

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Cibona-Crvena zvezda 92-74, 92-94, 103-104

Partizan-Bosna 85-77, 96-103, 107-96

FINALS 18-21/04

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Partizan-Crvena zvezda 78-73, 89-88

The winning roster of Partizan:^[1]

•   Vlade Divac
•   Žarko Paspalj
•   Goran Grbović
•   Aleksandar Đorđević
•   Milenko Savović
•   Želimir Obradović
•   Ivo Nakić
•   Slaviša Koprivica
•   Savo Stefanović
•   Obrad Ignjatović
•   Vladimir Dragutinović
•   Dejan Lakićević
•   Slobodan Kanjevac
•   Boris Orcev

Coach:   Duško Vujošević

Scoring leaders

1. Dražen Petrović (Cibona) - ___ points (37.1ppg)^[2]

Qualification in 1987–88 season European competitions

FIBA European Champions Cup

• Partizan (champions)

FIBA Cup Winners' Cup

• IMT (Cup winners)

FIBA Korać Cup

• Cibona (1st)
• Jugoplastika (3rd)
• Crvena Zvezda (4th)
• Šibenka (5th)

References

1. . nsl.kosarka.co.yu. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
2. Martinović, Dragan (22 January 2017). "DRAŽEN PETROVIĆ ILI RADIVOJ KORAĆ?". Koš magazin. Retrieved 12 February 2017.