(Patria) - On this day - April 5, 1979 - the basketball club (BC) Bosnia achieved a historic victory over Italy's Emerson in Grenoble, France, becoming European champions.
Before 12,000 fans, the Students celebrated a great triumph with a score of 96:93. It was the greatest achievement of Yugoslav basketball at the time, and remains the greatest achievement of Bosnian basketball to this day.
The European champions, led by Bogdan Tanjević and Mirza Delibašić, were welcomed in Sarajevo, where several thousand fans chanted and sang until dawn.
Bosnia: Vučević, Đogić, Benaček, Bosiočić, Izić, Radovanović, Zrno, Varajić, Delibašić, Bilalović, Hadžić, Pešić. Coach: Bogdan Tanjević.
Emerson: Gergatti, Colombo, Gwalko, Morse, Osola, Menegin, Canneva, Tosarinni, Carraria, Yalverton. Coach: Dodo Rusconi.
This generation of Students was etched in golden letters in both Yugoslav and European basketball.
In the following four years, Bosnia won two more Yugoslav championship titles, in the 1979/80 and 1982/83 seasons.
Among the more significant international achievements, second place at the Club World Championship, the Intercontinental Cup played in 1980 in Brazil, should be highlighted.
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