1945 Yugoslav First Basketball League

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Yugoslav First Basketball League
Season	1945
Games played	4
Teams	5
Finals
Champions	Yugoslav Army (1st title)
Runners-up	PR Serbia
Semifinalists	PR Croatia
Records
Highest scoring	PR Croatia 24–41 Yugoslav Army
Winning streak	2 games Yugoslav Army
1946 → All statistics correct as of 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. 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

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

Team	Players	Head coach
Yugoslav Army	Strahinja Alagić, Luciano Dekleva, Pavle Kostić, Zlatko Kovačević, Mirko Marjanović, Božidar Munćan, Aleksandar Nikolić, Atilio Pikoli, Ratko Tijanić, Ratko Vlahović	Ratko Vlahović
PR Serbia	Radomir Šaper, Svetislav Šaper, Nebojša Popović, Vasilije Stojković, Ivan Dimić, Miodrag Stefanović, Mile Nikolić
PR Croatia
PR Macedonia
AP Vojvodina

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v t e Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League (1945–1992)
Clubs	Bosna Borac Čačak Budućnost Cibona Crvena zvezda Čelik Dalvin Dinamo Pančevo Eđšeg Igman IMT Industromontaža Ivangrad Jugoplastika Jugoslovenska armija Kvarner Lesonit Lokomotiva Rijeka Makedonija Maribor 66 Metalac Milicionar Mladost MZT Skopje Novi Zagreb OKK Beograd Olimpija Oriolik Partizan Proleter Zrenjanin Rabotnički Radnički Belgrade Slavija Sloboda Tuzla Sloboda Užice Sloga Slovan Spartak Subotica Šibenka Vojvodina Zadar Zastava Kragujevac Zorka Šabac Železničar Belgrade Željezničar Karlovac Željezničar Sarajevo ŽKK Ljubljana ŽKK Maribor
Seasons	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
Statistics	Scoring leaders Annual Career
Associated competitions	Clubs in international competitions First B Federal League

v t e Yugoslav Army 1945 Yugoslav Basketball League Champions
4 Mirko Marjanović 9 Zlatko Kovačević 15 Božidar Munćan Atilio Pikoli Aleksandar Nikolić Ratko Vlahović Lučano Dekleva Ratko Tijanić Pavle Kostić Strahinja Alagić
Head coach: Ratko Vlahović