into five successor republics, each founding their own basketball federations with the exception of Serbia and Montenegro, which retained the name Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the YUBA League. Despite all these changes, the joint league of clubs from the former Yugoslavia proved to be a winning league format formula, so on July 3, 2001, the Adriatic League was founded. It features teams from all the former Yugoslav states, and it exists alongside scaled-down versions of the individual national domestic leagues of each of the former Yugoslav states. Title holders 1945: Yugoslav Army 1946: Crvena zvezda 1947: Crvena zvezda 1948: Crvena zvezda 1949: Crvena zvezda 1950: Crvena zvezda 1951: Crvena zvezda 1952: Crvena zvezda 1953: Crvena zvezda 1954: Crvena zvezda 1955: Crvena zvezda 1956: Proleter Zrenjanin 1957: AŠK Olimpija 1958: OKK Beograd 1959: AŠK Olimpija 1960: OKK Beograd ......1961: AŠK Olimpija ......1962: AŠK Olimpija ......1963: OKK Beograd ......1964: OKK Beograd ......1965: Zadar ......1966: AŠK Olimpija ......1967: Zadar 1967–68: Zadar 1968–69: Crvena zvezda 1969–70: AŠK Olimpija 1970–71: Jugoplastika 1971–72: Crvena zvezda 1972–73: Radnički Belgrade 1973–74: Zadar 1974–75: Zadar 1975–76: Partizan 1976–77: Jugoplastika 1977–78: Bosna 1978–79: Partizan 1979–80: Bosna 1980–81: Partizan 1981–82: Cibona 1982–83: Bosna 1983–84: Cibona 1984–85: Cibona 1985–86: Zadar 1986–87: Partizan 1987–88: Jugoplastika 1988–89: Jugoplastika 1989–90: Jugoplastika 1990–91: POP 84 1991–92: Partizan Performance by club Performance by constitutional republics Playoff finals Playoffs, as a way of determining the Yugoslav First Basketball League champion following the regular season, got instituted in 1981 ahead of the 1981–82 season. Source: official website archive Clubs in European and worldwide competitions Notable players Statistical leaders Successor leagues YUBA League (1992–2006) HT Premijer liga (1991–present) Premier A League (1991–present) Basketball Championship (1993–present) First League (1992–present) Basketball League (2006–present) Basketball League (2006–present) Adriatic League (2001–present) See also Yugoslav 1. B Federal Basketball League Yugoslav Basketball Cup Notes References Defunct basketball leagues in Europe Bas 1945 establishments in Yugoslavia Sports leagues established in 1945 1992 disestablishments in Yugoslavia Sports leagues disestablished in 1992 Basketball men