1997–98 YUBA League

1997–98 Winston YUBA League
League	YUBA League
Season	1997–98
Number of games	26 each
Number of teams	14
Regular season
Top seed	Partizan, 24–2
Finals
Champions	Crvena zvezda
Runners-up	FMP Železnik
Awards
Most Improved Player	Igor Rakočević
Seasons
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Winston YUBA League (Serbian Cyrillic: Винстон ЈУБА лига 1997/98.) was the 6th season of the YUBA League, the top-tier professional basketball league in Yugoslavia (later renamed to Serbia and Montenegro).

Teams

A total of 14 teams participated in the 1997–98 Winston YUBA League.

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for the 1997–98 Winston YUBA League

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from the previous round
Regular season (14 teams)	12 highest-placed teams from the last season 2 highest-placed teams from the B League
Playoffs (8 teams)		8 highest-placed teams from the Regular season

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from the YUBA B League

• Beopetrol
• OKK Beograd

Teams relegated to the YUBA B League

• Borac Čačak
• Vojvodina / BFC (BFC got merged into Vojvodina^[1])

Venues and locations

Club	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Beobanka	Belgrade	New Belgrade Sports Hall	5,000
Beopetrol	Belgrade	New Belgrade Sports Hall	5,000
Borovica	Ruma	Ruma Sports Center	2,500
Budućnost	Podgorica	Morača Hall	4,300
Crvena zvezda	Belgrade	Pionir Hall	5,878
FMP Železnik	Belgrade	Železnik Hall	3,000
Iva Zorka	Šabac	Zorka Hall	2,300
Lovćen	Cetinje	Lovćen Sports Center	1,500
Mornar	Bar
OKK Beograd	Belgrade	SC Šumice	2,000
Partizan Zepter	Belgrade	Pionir Hall	5,878
Radnički Beograd	Belgrade	SC Šumice	2,000
Spartak	Subotica	Dudova Šuma Hall	3,000
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SPC Vojvodina	7,022

Personnel and sponsorship

Club	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Beobanka	Darko Ruso		Sportstar	Beobanka
Beopetrol	Zoran Krečković		Champion	Beopetrol
Borovica	Nikola Lazić
Budućnost	Goran Bojanić		Nike
Crvena zvezda	Tom Ludwig / Vladislav Lučić / Mihailo Pavićević		Nike	Delta Banka
FMP Železnik	Momir Milatović		Nike	Atlas Banka
Iva Zorka	Dragan Vuković / Milovan Stepandić	Mijailo Grušanović
Lovćen	Miodrag Kadija
Mornar	Đorđije Pavićević
OKK Beograd	Slobodan Nikolić
Partizan Zepter	Miroslav Nikolić / Milovan Bogojević		Nike	Zepter
Radnički Beograd	Velimir Gašić
Spartak	Srećko Sekulović
Vojvodina	Željko Lukajić

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		PAR	BUD	CZV	IVA	FMP	LOV	BBA	RAD	BPE	SPA	OKK	BRU	VOJ	MOR
1	Partizan Zepter	26	24	2	2226	1850	+376	50	Qualification to Playoffs		—	89–68	78–86	78–69	81–63	76–63	77–68	90–68	101–70	98–76	104–85	91–80	85–66	84–48
2	Budućnost	26	24	2	2128	1846	+282	50			74–61	—	79–70	79–63	84–81	89–61		83–69	85–61	71–65	114–85	101–81	86–72	89–54
3	Crvena zvezda	26	19	7	2168	1966	+202	45			69–77	81–77	—	81–63	72–80	86–70	81–71	86–74	73–61	84–73	90–81	89–66	68–63	82–66
4	Iva Zorka	26	16	10	1951	1846	+105	42			82–83	74–75	66–77	—		66–74	82–76	67–63	87–76		98–76		67–61	96–65
5	FMP Železnik	26	15	11	1944	1920	+24	41			55–86	70–79	81–73	71–73	—	61–77	80–71	78–62	78–87	62–72	80–66	88–67	61–52	98–74
6	Lovćen	26	14	12	1739	1759	−20	40			75–92	56–57	70–74	74–82	60–59	—	58–38	75–63	77–73	75–62	87–96	68–61	60–58	71–65
7	Beobanka	26	14	12	1777	1693	+84	40			75–83	64–68	72–71	62–49	72–75	62–46	—	75–69	87–89	72–65	79–65	88–78	79–69	2–0
8	Radnički Beograd	26	13	13	1926	1938	−12	39			69–77	74–82	79–78	59–65	78–87	77–58	54–73	—	92–90	89–75	108–79	72–71	57–51	69–66
9	Beopetrol	26	11	15	1992	1997	−5	37			76–87	67–71	101–105	61–63	100–75	41–54	81–73	76–79	—	73–62	104–82	88–74	64–77	86–56
10	Spartak	26	10	16	1964	1993	−29	36			81–92	83–89	100–104	78–73	73–74	54–55	75–72	82–84	82–72	—	83–77	75–55	82–75	74–61
11	OKK Beograd	26	10	16	2102	2263	−161	36	Relegation to YUBA B League		87–92	80–82	100–99		76–83	85–77	69–100	74–79	71–68		—	83–75		87–74
12	Borovica	26	6	20	1886	2109	−223	32			68–102	80–100	74–112	60–74	75–79	66–65	64–69	70–82		85–73	93–75	—	84–63	76–70
13	Vojvodina BFC	26	5	21	1732	1897	−165	31			60–70	68–77	71–78	73–71	60–70	55–60	46–60	73–68	76–81	68–76	83–89	79–85	—	63–55
14	Mornar	26	1	25	1617	2075	−458	27			69–92	78–97	70–99	67–100	63–67	60–73	42–77	59–86	73–78	67–87	75–80	71–69	67–75	—

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Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	Partizan Zepter	2
	Radnički Beograd	0
					Partizan Zepter	1
					FMP Železnik	2
	Iva Zorka	0
	FMP Železnik	2
									FMP Železnik	1
									Crvena zvezda	3
	Budućnost	2
	Beobanka	0
					Budućnost	0
					Crvena zvezda	2
	Crvena zvezda	2
	Lovćen	0

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Partizan Zepter	2-0	Radnički Beograd	88-77	87-72
Budućnost	2-0	Beobanka	73-64	88-73
Crvena zvezda	2-0	Lovćen	79-77	89-62
Iva Zorka	0-2	FMP Železnik	75-84	72-75

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Partizan Zepter	1-2	FMP Železnik	81-91	71-62	67-71 (ET)
Budućnost	0-2	Crvena zvezda	61-70	84-86

Finals

Source^[26]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Crvena zvezda	3–1	FMP Železnik	63–56	65–68	67–63	77–76	—

Clubs in European competitions

Source^[27][28]

Competition	Team	Progress	Result
EuroLeague	Partizan Zepter	Final Four / 4th	Eliminated in 3rd place game by Benetton Treviso, 89–96
FIBA EuroCup	FMP Železnik	Round of 32	Eliminated by ASVEL, 136–145 (1–1)
	Beobanka	Quarterfinals	Eliminated by Žalgiris, 119–137 (0–2)
FIBA Korać Cup	Crvena zvezda	Runners-up	Eliminated by Mash Jeans Verona, 138–141 (1–1)
	Budućnost	Round of 16	Eliminated by Peristeri 3Bit, 135–136 (1–1)
	Spartak	Qualifying round	Eliminated by Cherno More, 168–186 (1–1)
	Vojvodina	Regular season – Group M	3rd (3–3)

See also

• 1997–98 ACB season
• 1997–98 Slovenian Basketball League

References