1963 Yugoslav First Basketball League

1963 Yugoslav First Basketball League Yugoslav First Basketball League Basketball 1963 SR Serbia OKK Beograd Yugoslav First Basketball League 1962 Yugoslav First Basketball League 1962 1964 1964 Yugoslav First Basketball League The 1963 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 19th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League. The season ended with OKK Beograd winning the league championship, ahead of KK Partizan. The season began during June 1963 following the end of the 1963 FIBA World Championship in Brazil where the Yugoslav national team won silver, its first-ever medal at the FIBA World Championship. The national team success led to an increased level of interest in basketball throughout the country as the public eagerly awaited another showdown between the main title contenders — OKK Beograd led by twenty-four-year-old power forward Radivoj Korać and KK Olimpija whose on-court leader was twenty-five-year-old point guard Ivo Daneu.Bjelobaba Darko http://kosmagazin.com/1963-ko-moze-zaustaviti-koraca-niko/ 1963: Ko može zaustaviti Koraća? Niko! Koš magazin 25 July 2019 4 August 2019 Notable events Early games The season opened at the outdoor court in Zadar in front of packed stands with 3,500 spectators as the home team, KK Zadar, took on visitors Lokomotiva Zagreb and won 88-78 behind Željko Troskot's 30 points who thus managed to overshadow the Yugoslav national team members on the floor — his Zadar teammate Pino Djerdja as well as Lokomotiva's Džimi Petričević (29 points) and Dragan Kovačić (19 points). KK Zadar continued the early part of the season in furious fashion, beating KK Partizan away in Belgrade followed by facing defending champion KK Olimpija away in front of 4,000 fans in Ljubljana — Olimpija (without their injured best player Ivo Daneu) led 51-37 at the half behind Matija Dermastija's scoring before Zadar managed a complete comeback in the second half for a 97-100 final with Djerdja recording 37 points while Dermastija ended up with 29 points. In contrast to Zadar's red hot early form, defending champion Olimpija performed way below expectations due to Daneu's injury absence, recording three losses in their first four games of the season. Olimpija's early-season losses included a 99-90 defeat away at KK Partizan whose sharpshooter Miloš Bojović scored 35 points while Bata Radović added 12. Teams SR Serbia SR Serbia Crvena Zvezda OKK Beograd Partizan Proleter Zrenjanin Radnički Belgrade Zastava KragujevacSR Croatia SR Croatia Lokomotiva Zadar Željezničar KarlovacSR Slovenia SR Slovenia Olimpija Classification Regular season ranking 1963PtGVPPFPS 1. OKK Beograd 301815317151320 2. Partizan 241812617101474 3. Olimpija 241812617771555 4. Željezničar Karlovac 241812615621372 5. Zadar 241812617451586 6. Lokomotiva 18189915291417 7. Radnički Belgrade 161881015021438 8. Crvena Zvezda 161881016221690 9. Zastava Kragujevac 21811710971689 10. Proleter Zrenjanin 21811713042022 The winning roster of OKK Beograd:http://nsl.kosarka.co.yu/History2.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20080702123851/http://nsl.kosarka.co.yu/History2.aspx dead 2 July 2008 Yugoslav basketball league standings 1945-91 nsl.kosarka.co.yu 7 January 2019 YUG Radivoj Korać YUG Milorad Erkić YUG Slobodan Gordić YUG Miodrag Nikolić YUG Trajko Rajković YUG Dragutin Tošić YUG Bruno Pavelić YUG Ljubomir Stanković YUG Momčilo Pazman YUG Branko Kosović YUG Miodrag Ivačković YUG Dušan Gajin YUG Siniša Duboka YUG Slobodan Miloradović Coach: YUG Aleksandar Nikolić Scoring leaders Radivoj Korać (OKK Beograd) – 621 points (34.5 ppg)Stanković Vladimir http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/belgrade-2018/news/i/8pfkyl4ncod8w969/belgrade-s-aces Belgrade's aces Euroleague.net 30 April 2018 5 May 2018 ??? ??? Qualification in 1963-64 season European competitions FIBA European Champions Cup OKK Beograd (champions) References Category:Yugoslav First Basketball League seasons