YUBA League

YUBA League

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1991
Ceased	2006
Countries	Yugoslavia (1991–2002) Serbia and Montenegro (2002–2006)
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most titles	Partizan (9)
Level on pyramid	1st Tier (Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro)

The YUBA League was the name of the top level basketball league played in FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro from 1991-92 to 2005-06.

The name YUBA League (Yugoslav Basketball Association League) was used in Serbia and Montenegro until 2005. It consisted of the first-tier "First League", and the second-tier "Super League", with each having their own men's and women's divisions. The league was also named YUBA League:Sportstar YUBA League, Winston YUBA League, Frikom YUBA League, Efes Pils YUBA League, Atlas Pils YUBA League, and Sinalco First League, for sponsorship reasons. For past league sponsorship names, see the list below.

When Serbia and Montenegro peacefully separated in 2006, the YUBA League ceased to exist and was re-branded as the Basketball League of Serbia a Serbia-only organization, with Montenegro forming its own federation.

Competition format 2003–2006

Both the Super League and First League used a double round-robin style qualification round, where each team played every other team both at home and away. Even the quarters, semis, and finals were played at home and away, including a tie-breaker if necessary with the home advantage awarded to the better qualifying team.

The Super League men's contained eight clubs, while women's contained six. Immediately after the qualification round were the semi finals, in which the top four qualifying teams competed in. While the two leagues worked exactly the same, the First League however, contained almost twice as many clubs as the Super League, fourteen and twelve for men's and women's respectively and therefore included quarter finals.

Championship history 1991–2006

1991–92 to 2001–02 Yugoslavia & Serbia and Montenegro from 2002–03 to 2005–06

Title holders

1991–92 Partizan 1992–93 Crvena zvezda 1993–94 Crvena zvezda 1994–95 Partizan 1995–96 Partizan 1996–97 Partizan 1997–98 Crvena zvezda 1998–99 Budućnost 1999–00 Budućnost 2000–01 Budućnost

2001–02 Partizan ICN 2002–03 Partizan Mobtel 2003–04 Partizan Mobtel 2004–05 Partizan Pivara MB 2005–06 Partizan Pivara MB

Performance by club

Titles	Club	Years
9	Partizan	1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
3	Crvena zvezda	1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98
	Budućnost	1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01

Performance by Republic

Titles	Republic
12	/ Serbia
3	Montenegro

Play-off Finals

Season	Home court advantage	Result	Home court disadvantage	1st of Regular Season	Record
1991-92	Partizan	3–0	Crvena zvezda	Partizan	20–2
1992–93	Crvena zvezda	3–2	Partizan	Crvena zvezda	28–6
1993–94	Partizan	1–3	Crvena zvezda	Partizan	27–5
1994–95	Partizan	3–2	TG Borovica Ruma	Partizan	24–4
1995–96	Partizan	3–2	BFC Beočin	Partizan	27–9
1996–97	Partizan	3–1	FMP	Partizan	20–6
1997–98	Crvena zvezda	3–1	FMP	Partizan	24–2
1998–99				Budućnost	20–2
1999–00	Budućnost	3–0	Partizan	Budućnost	22–0
2000–01	Budućnost	3–2	Partizan	Budućnost	21–1
2001–02	Budućnost	2–3	Partizan ICN	Budućnost	18–4
2002–03	Partizan Mobtel	3–0	FMP	Partizan Mobtel	20–2
2003–04	Partizan Mobtel	3–1	Hemofarm	Partizan Mobtel	20–2/12-2
2004–05	Partizan Pivara MB	3–1	Hemofarm	Partizan Pivara MB	11–3
2005–06	Partizan Pivara MB	3–0	Crvena zvezda	Partizan Pivara MB	9–1

Source: official website archive^[1]

Sponsorship names

Through the years, sometimes due to sponsorship deals, the league was variously known as:

• Sportstar YUBA League: 1995-1996
• Winston YUBA League: 1996–2002
• Frikom YUBA League: 2002–2003
• Efes Pils YUBA League: 2003–2004
• Atlas Pils YUBA League: 2004–2005
• Sinalco First League: 2005–2006

See also

• Yugoslav First Basketball League
• Yugoslav Basketball Cup
• Adriatic League

References

1. "Tabele državnih prvenstava od sezone 1991/92 (archive copy at the Wayback Machine)". Basketball League of Serbia. 2008-06-05. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 2010-12-02.