1982–83 First Federal Basketball League

The 1982–83 Yugoslav First Basketball League season was the 39th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.

Play-off
(*) game 3 of the final series was subsequently annulled by the KSJ

Play-In Qualifying Round
Jugoplastika-IMT 98-97

Olimpija-Rabotnički 93-82

Quarter-finals
Šibenka-Jugoplastika 104-102, 85-98, 91-75

Crvena Zvezda-Cibona 103-73, 92-84

Partizan-Olimpija 94-81, 76-77, 111-108

Bosna-Zadar 98-103, 89-87, 121-109

Semi-finals
Šibenka-Crvena Zvezda 	91-88, 89-105, 98-89

Partizan-Bosna 	85-95, 81-87

Finals
Šibenka-Bosna 	103-98, 84-96, 83-82

On 9 April 1983, Šibenka and Bosna played the deciding Game 3 of their playoff final series that was decided in the last second. With Bosna up by a point and the clock winding down Šibenka had the last possession, Bosna's Sabit Hadžić was controversially adjudged by the referee Ilija Matijević to have fouled Šibenka's Dražen Petrović as he went up for a shot at the buzzer. Since being in the act of shooting, Petrović got two free throws and proceeded to score both, winning the game and championship for his team. Next morning, the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia (KSJ) presidency reviewed the game on account the time expired prior to the foul being called and on account of refereeing irregularities. They decided to void the result, ordering a single-game title playoff at a neutral venue in Novi Sad. Šibenka decided to boycott the decision. Since Šibenka refused to show up for the Novi Sad game, the title was awarded to Bosna.

Roster
The winning roster of Bosna:
 * Borislav Vučević
 * Bogoljub Đurić
 * Predrag Benaček
 * Spomenko Pajević
 * Mario Primorac
 * Ratko Radovanović
 * Dragan Zrno
 * Žarko Varajić
 * Emir Mutapčić
 * Sabit Hadžić
 * Miroljub Mitrović

Coaching staff
The coaching staff:
 * Svetislav Pešić, Head coach

Scoring leaders
Scoring leaders:
 * 1) Duško Ivanović (Budućnost) - 603 points (27.4 ppg)
 * 2) Dražen Petrović (Šibenka) - 561 points (25.5 ppg)
 * 3) Peter Vilfan (Olimpija) - 535 points (25.4 ppg)

Qualification in 1983-84 season European competitions
FIBA European Champions Cup FIBA Cup Winner's Cup FIBA Korać Cup
 * Bosna (champions)
 * Cibona (Cup winners)
 * Šibenka (1st)
 * Partizan (2nd)
 * Crvena Zvezda (4th)
 * Zadar (6th)