YUBA League

YUBA League
Founded	1992
First season	1992–93
Folded	2006
Country	FR Yugoslavia; (1992–2003); Serbia and Montenegro; (2003–2006)
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	1
Feeder to	ABA League
Relegation to	YUBA B League
Domestic cup(s)	FR Yugoslavia Cup; Radivoj Korać Cup
Most championships	Partizan (8 titles)

The YUBA League was the top-tier men's professional basketball league in Serbia and Montenegro (previously FR Yugoslavia). Founded in 1992 and folded in 2006, it was run by the Basketball Federation of Serbia and Montenegro.

The name YUBA League (Yugoslav Basketball Association League) was used in Serbia and Montenegro until 2006. It consisted of the first-stage "First League", and the second-stage "Super League", with each having their own men's and women's divisions. The league was also named YUBA League: Sportstar YUBA League, Winston YUBA League, Frikom YUBA League, Efes Pils YUBA League, Atlas Pils YUBA League, and Sinalco First League, for sponsorship reasons. For past league sponsorship names, see the list below.

When Serbia and Montenegro peacefully separated in 2006, the YUBA League ceased to exist and was re-branded as the Basketball League of Serbia a Serbia-only organization, with Montenegro forming its own federation.

Rules

Competition format 2003–2006

Both the Super League and First League used a double round-robin style qualification round, where each team played every other team both at home and away. Even the quarters, semis, and finals were played at home and away, including a tie-breaker if necessary with the home advantage awarded to the better qualifying team.

The Super League men's contained eight clubs, while women's contained six. Immediately after the qualification round were the semi-finals, in which the top four qualifying teams competed in. While the two leagues worked exactly the same, the First League however, contained almost twice as many clubs as the Super League, fourteen and twelve for men's and women's respectively and therefore included quarter finals.

History

Championship history

Name of country	First season	Last season	Seasons
FR Yugoslavia	1992–93	2001–02	10
Serbia and Montenegro	2002–03	2005–06	4

Sponsorship naming

The League has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

Sportstar YUBA League: 1995–1996
Winston YUBA League: 1996–2002
Frikom YUBA League: 2002–2003
Efes Pils YUBA League: 2003–2004
Atlas Pils YUBA League: 2004–2005
Sinalco First League: 2005–2006

Champions

1992–93 Crvena zvezda
1993–94 Crvena zvezda
1994–95 Partizan
1995–96 Partizan
1996–97 Partizan
1997–98 Crvena zvezda
1998–99 Budućnost
1999–00 Budućnost
2000–01 Budućnost
2001–02 Partizan ICN
2002–03 Partizan Mobtel
2003–04 Partizan Mobtel
2004–05 Partizan Pivara MB
2005–06 Partizan Pivara MB

Performance by club

Club	Titles	Years won	Runners up
Partizan	8	1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006	4
Crvena zvezda	3	1993, 1994, 1998	2
Budućnost	3	1999, 2000, 2001	1
FMP	-		3
Vršac	-		2
Borovica	-		1
BFC	-		1

Play-off finals

Source^[1]^[2]

Season	Home court advantage	Result	Home court disadvantage	1st of Regular Season	Record
1992–93	Crvena zvezda	3–2	Partizan	Crvena zvezda	28–6
1993–94	Partizan	1–4	Crvena zvezda	Partizan	27–5
1994–95	Partizan	4–1	TG Borovica Ruma	Partizan	24–4
1995–96	Partizan	3–2	BFC Beočin	Partizan	27–9
1996–97	Partizan	3–1	FMP	Partizan	20–6
1997–98	Crvena zvezda	3–1	FMP	Partizan	24–2
1998–99	Not played due to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia			Budućnost	20–2
1999–00	Budućnost	3–0	Partizan	Budućnost	22–0
2000–01	Budućnost	3–2	Partizan	Budućnost	21–1
2001–02	Budućnost	2–3	Partizan ICN	Budućnost	18–4
2002–03	Partizan Mobtel	3–0	FMP	Partizan Mobtel	20–2
2003–04	Partizan Mobtel	3–1	Hemofarm	Partizan Mobtel	20–2/12–2
2004–05	Partizan Pivara MB	3–1	Hemofarm	Partizan Pivara MB	11–3
2005–06	Partizan Pivara MB	3–0	Crvena zvezda	Partizan Pivara MB	9–1

Statistical leaders

Points

Season	Player	Team	PPG
1993–94	Slađan Stojković		28.0
1999–00	Branko Milisavljević	KK Borac Čačak	25.1
2000–01	Miroslav Berić	KK Partizan	22.8
2001–02	Zlatko Bolic	NIS Vojvodina	20.7
2002–03	Milos Vujanic	KK Partizan	23.1
2005–06	Marko Derasimovic	KK Zdravlje	18.73

Rebounds

Season	Player	Team	RPG
1993–94	Milenko Topić	KK Profikolor	8.4
1999–00	Dejan Milojević	KK FMP	9.9
2000–01	Dejan Tomašević Ognjen Aškrabić	KK Budućnost KK FMP	11.2
2001–02	Savo Djikanovic	KK Lovćen 1947	10.1
2002–03	Dejan Milojević	KK FMP	10.6
2005–06	Bojan Ljubojevic	Mornar Bar	7.25

Assists

Season	Player	Team	APG
1993–94	Zoran Sretenović	KK Partizan	2.9
1999–00	Dragan Lukovski	KK Crvena zvezda	3.4
2000–01	Zoran Nišavić	BKK Radnički	3.9
2001–02	Miljan Pavkovic	KK Zdravlje	6.1
2002–03	Scoonie Penn	KK Crvena zvezda	4.3
2005–06	Dejan Tomasevic	Primorka Bar	5.45

Source:proballers.com

Awards

MVP

Season	Player	Team
1992–93	Nebojša Ilić	KK Crvena zvezda
1993–94	Mijailo Grušanović	OKK Šabac
1994–95
1995–96	Milenko Topić	BFC Beočin
1995–97	Milenko Topić (2)	BFC Beočin
1997–98	Mijailo Grušanović (2)	OKK Šabac
1998–99
1999–00
2000–01	Dušan Kecman^[3]	KK Atlas
2001–02	Jovo Stanojević	KK Partizan
2002–03
2003–04	Dejan Milojević^[4]	KK Partizan

Finals MVP

Season	Player	Team
1993–94	Mileta Lisica	KK Crvena zvezda
1999–00	Milenko Topić	KK Budućnost
2003–04	Vlado Šćepanović^[5]	KK Partizan
2004–05	Dejan Milojević	KK Partizan

Most improved player

Season	Player	Team
1997–98	Igor Rakočević	KK Crvena zvezda

Winning coaches

Season	Coach	Team
1992–93	Vladislav Lučić	KK Crvena zvezda
1993–94	Vladislav Lučić	KK Crvena zvezda
1994–95	Borislav Džaković	KK Partizan
1995–96	Ranko Žeravica	KK Partizan
1995–97	Miroslav Nikolić	KK Partizan
1997–98	Vladislav Lučić (3) Mihailo Pavićević ^[a]	KK Crvena zvezda
1998–99	Miroslav Nikolić	KK Buducnost
1999–00	Miroslav Nikolić (3)	KK Buducnost
2000–01	Bogdan Tanjevic	KK Buducnost
2001–02	Duško Vujošević	KK Partizan
2002–03	Duško Vujošević	KK Partizan
2003–04	Duško Vujošević	KK Partizan
2004–05	Duško Vujošević	KK Partizan
2005–06	Duško Vujošević (5)	KK Partizan

Following national leagues

Basketball League of Serbia (2006–present)
Montenegrin Basketball League (2006–present)

FR Yugoslavia Super Cup

Season	Date	League Champion	Result	Cup Winner	Ref.
1993–94	December 1993	Crvena zvezda	83–78	OKK Beograd	^[6]

Notes

^ Lucic was fired on May 7, 1998, after losing to FMP in the second game of the playoff finals. The result of the final series at the time of dismissal was 1-1, and Red Star won the title in the end with Mihailo Pavićević (he was the coach at the beginning of the season).

References

^ "History of YUBA League". kosarka.co.yu. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ "State championships". kls.rs. Archived from the original on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ DUSAN KECMAN - euroleaguebasketball.net
^ DEJAN MILOJEVIC - euroleaguebasketball.net
^ VLADO SCEPANOVIC - euroleaguebasketball.net
^ "Историја КК Црвена звезда – Шампиони 1993/94". mojacrvenazvezda.net. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

External links

Historic stats

[6] Lucic was fired on May 7, 1998, after losing to FMP in the second game of the playoff finals. The result of the final series at the time of dismissal was 1-1, and Red Star won the title in the end with Mihailo Pavićević (he was the coach at the beginning of the season).

[1] "History of YUBA League". kosarka.co.yu. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

[2] "State championships". kls.rs. Archived from the original on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

[3] DUSAN KECMAN - euroleaguebasketball.net

[4] DEJAN MILOJEVIC - euroleaguebasketball.net

[5] VLADO SCEPANOVIC - euroleaguebasketball.net

[7] "Историја КК Црвена звезда – Шампиони 1993/94". mojacrvenazvezda.net. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

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v t e Basketball League of FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
Teams	BFC Beočin Beopetrol / Atlas Borac Banja Luka Borac Čačak Borovica Budućnost Crvena zvezda FMP / Reflex Ergonom Hemofarm Zorka Lavovi 063 Lions Lovćen Metalac Mornar Napredak Nikšić Beobanka / NIS Vojvodina OKK Beograd Partizan Primorka Profikolor Proleter Radnički Sloga Spartak Užice Vojvodina Zastava Zdravlje
Seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06
Related leagues	2n-tier league Successors Basketball League of Serbia Montenegrin Basketball League Predecessor Yugoslav Federal Basketball League YUBA All-Star Game