Founded | 1945 |
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Folded | 1992 |
Countries | Yugoslavia |
Level on pyramid | 1st Tier (Yugoslavia) |
Relegation to | First B Federal League |
Related competitions | Yugoslav Basketball Cup |
Last champions | Partizan (5th title) |
Most championships | Crvena zvezda (12 titles) |
All-time top scorer | Vinko Jelovac (7,351) |
The First Federal Basketball League (Serbo-Croatian: Prva savezna košarkaška liga) was the highest tier level men's professional club basketball competition in the former country of SFR Yugoslavia. Founded in 1945, and folded in 1992 (1991–92 Winer Broker YUBA League), it was run by the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia. With a total of 16 European-wide trophy winners and 11 finalists, the Yugoslav First Basketball League was one of the strongest European national domestic basketball leagues of all time.
Although each of the former Yugoslav countries now have their own national domestic leagues, the six nations also now take part in the ABA League (commonly known as the Adriatic League), which was founded in 2001; and which is, the closest basketball league in existence today, that is similar to the former Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League.