Bosna basketball players became European champions on this day

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - On April 5, 1979, the Bosna Basketball Club achieved a historic victory over the Italian Emerson in Grenoble, France, and became European champions for the first time.

In front of 12,000 fans, the Students celebrated a great victory with a score of 96:93. At the time, it was the greatest achievement in Yugoslavian basketball, and to this day, it remains the greatest achievement in BiH basketball.

The championship team of Bosna included Delibašić, Varajić, Vučević, Benaček, Đogić, Bosiočić, Izić, Radovanović, Hadžić, Pešić. The coach of this brilliant generation was the now legendary Bogdan Boša Tanjević. This generation was written in golden letters in both Yugoslavian and European basketball.

In the following four years, Bosna won two more Yugoslavian championship titles – in the 1979/80 and 1982/83 seasons.

Among significant international achievements, it is worth highlighting the second place at the club world championship, the Intercontinental Cup held in 1980 in Brazil.