1999–2000 YUBA League

The 1999–2000 Winston YUBA League (Serbian Cyrillic: Винстон ЈУБА лига 1999/2000.) was the 8th season of the YUBA League, the top-tier professional basketball league in Yugoslavia (later renamed to Serbia and Montenegro).

1999–2000 Winston YUBA League
League	YUBA League
Season	1999–2000
Dates	N/A (Regular season) 8 April – 7 May 2000 (Playoffs)
Games played	22 each
Teams	12
Regular season
Top seed	Budućnost, 22–0
Finals
Champions	Budućnost
Runners-up	Partizan
Semifinalists	Crvena zvezda Hemofarm
Statistical leaders
Points Branko Milisavljević 25.1 Rebounds Dejan Milojević 9.9 Assists Dragan Lukovski 3.4

Teams

A total of 12 teams participated in the 1999–2000 Winston YUBA League.

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for the 1999–2000 Winston YUBA League

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from the previous round
Regular season (12 teams)	10 highest-placed teams from the previous 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

• Borac Čačak
• Ibon

Teams relegated to the YUBA B League

• Zdravlje
• Iva Zorka

Venues and locations

Spartak

Belgrade

Hemofarm

Borac

Lovćen

Budućnost

Ibon

Belgrade clubs:

Beobanka
Beopetrol
Crvena zvezda
FMP Železnik
Partizan
Radnički Beograd

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Location of clubs in the 1999–2000 season

Club	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Beobanka	Belgrade	New Belgrade Sports Hall	5,000
Beopetrol	Belgrade	New Belgrade Sports Hall	5,000
Borac Čačak	Čačak	Borac Hall	3,000
Budućnost	Podgorica	Morača Hall	4,300
Crvena zvezda	Belgrade	Pionir Hall	5,878
FMP Železnik	Belgrade	Železnik Hall	3,000
Hemofarm	Vršac	Millennium Centar	5,000
Ibon Nikšić	Nikšić	Nikšić Sports Center	3,000
Lovćen	Cetinje	Lovćen Sports Center	1,500
Partizan	Belgrade	Pionir Hall	5,878
Radnički Jugopetrol	Belgrade	SC Šumice	2,000
Spartak	Subotica	Dudova Šuma Hall	3,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Club	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Beobanka	Darko Ruso	Ivan Cimbaljević	Sportstar	Beobanka
Beopetrol	Zoran Krečković / Slobodan Klipa		Champion	Beopetrol
Borac Čačak	Milovan Stepandić
Budućnost	Miroslav Nikolić			Montenegro Airlines
Crvena zvezda	Jovica Antonić / Momir Milatović / Vladislav Lučić / Stevan Karadžić	Saša Obradović	Nike	Delta Banka
FMP Železnik	Aleksandar Petrović
Hemofarm	Željko Lukajić			Hemofarm
Ibon Nikšić	Janko Lukovski
Lovćen	Miodrag Kadija
Partizan	Nenad Trajković		Nike
Radnički Jugopetrol	Duško Vujošević
Spartak	Srećko Sekulović

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		BUD	PAR	CZV	HEM	BBA	FMP	RAD	BOR	LOV	BPE	SPA	IBO
1	Budućnost	22	22	0	1774	1434	+340	44	Qualification to Playoffs		—	68–66	89–67	74–68	80–60	84–74	96–77	80–67	85–68	88–74	109–84	82–65
2	Partizan	22	16	6	1654	1571	+83	38			70–82	—	80–74	77–84	68–71	90–87	73–67	87–83	71–58	84–68	74–48	90–64
3	Crvena zvezda	22	15	7	1696	1601	+95	37			71–92	69–54	—	90–85	83–77	63–62	78–77	73–71	81–66	84–62	71–57	61–52
4	Hemofarm	22	13	9	1647	1553	+94	35			70–73	73–83	65–64	—	64–52	80–60	88–77	81–69	87–70	78–76	75–65	88–72
5	Beobanka	22	13	9	1607	1611	−4	35			67–72	63–74	53–64	78–69	—	82–75	82–79	84–79	63–56	84–71	77–55	76–65
6	FMP Železnik	22	12	10	1668	1603	+65	34			60–67	65–66	95–84	60–57	70–66	—	99–72	64–72	57–56	94–87	83–62	92–74
7	Radnički Jugopetrol	22	10	12	1563	1560	+3	32			72–94	73–57	62–73	82–86	76–64	57–58	—	74–65	79–56	89–86	69–66	93–51
8	Borac Čačak	22	9	13	1695	1679	+16	31				73–75	85–97	70–82	85–71	94–97	85–76	—	72–67	86–69	97–71	82–61
9	Lovćen	22	8	14	1446	1581	−135	30			51–101	66–70	65–57	67–66	78–73	56–85		80–67	—	57–78	72–55	83–91
10	Beopetrol	22	7	15	1750	1794	−44	29			75–89	85–86	107–100	73–68	92–94	82–90	84–67	77–78	70–83	—	89–67	75–71
11	Spartak	22	4	18	1467	1703	−236	26	Relegation to YUBA B League		69–81	74–78	66–97	56–67	79–82	74–68	67–69	81–75	64–67	82–71	—	80–77
12	Ibon	22	3	19	1500	1777	−277	25			66–102	76–81	79–95	71–66	77–82	72–79	92–94	50–72	44–60	75–99	55–45	—

Source: kosarka.co.yu

Source: Srbija-info

Playoffs

Bracket

Source

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	8–10 April
	Budućnost	2
					15–19 April
	Borac Čačak	0
					Budućnost	3
	8–10 April
					Hemofarm	0
	Hemofarm	2
									2–7 May
	Beobanka	0
									Budućnost	3
	8–10 April
									Partizan	0
	Partizan	2
					15–23 April
	Radnički Jugopetrol	0
					Partizan	3
	8–10 April
					Crvena zvezda	2
	Crvena zvezda	2
	FMP Železnik	0

Clubs in European competitions

Competition	Team	Progress	Result
FIBA EuroLeague	Crvena zvezda	Second round – Group F	6th (2–14)
	Budućnost	Top 16	Eliminated by Panathinaikos, 1–2
FIBA Saporta Cup	Partizan	Group E	5th (5–5)
	Radnički Jugopetrol	Round of 32	Eliminated by Darüşşafaka, 137–141 (1–1)
FIBA Korać Cup	FMP Železnik	Second round – Group O	Withdrew
	Spartak	Second round – Group M
	Beopetrol	Second round – Group C

See also

• 1999–2000 ACB season
• 1999–2000 Greek Basket League
• 1999–2000 Slovenian Basketball League