Teams
 PR Serbia |  PR Croatia |  PR Slovenia |
| Yugoslav First Basketball League | |
|---|---|
| Season | 1952 |
| Number of games | 6 |
| Number of teams | 4 |
| Regular season | |
| Top seed | Crvena zvezda |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Crvena zvezda (7th title) |
| Runners-up | Proleter Zrenjanin |
← 1951 1953 → All statistics correct as of 26 April 2017. | |
The 1952 Yugoslav First Basketball League season is the 8th season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia.
| PR Serbia | PR Croatia | PR Slovenia |
| Pos | Teams | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | FA | Points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Crvena Zvezda | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 531:401 | 18 | Qualified to the final group stage |
| 2. | Partizan | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 442:388 | 12 | Qualified to the preliminary round of Playoffs |
| 3. | Proleter Zrenjanin | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 370:409 | 12 | |
| 4. | BSK Belgrade | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 391:424 | 8 | |
| 5. | Železničar Beograd | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 440:494 | 5 | |
| 6. | Borac Čačak | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 307:365 | 5 |
| Pos | Teams | Played | Won | Lost | FA | Points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mladost Zagreb | 10 | 7 | 3 | 470:428 | 14 | Qualified to the final group stage |
| 2. | AŠK Ljubljana | 10 | 6 | 4 | 489:444 | 12 | Qualified to the preliminary round of Playoffs |
| 3. | Zadar | 10 | 6 | 4 | 395:364 | 12 | |
| 4. | Železničar Ljubljana | 10 | 6 | 4 | 448:461 | 8 | |
| 5. | Monter Zagreb | 10 | 4 | 6 | 408:494 | 8 | |
| 6. | Željezničar Karlovac | 10 | 3 | 6 | 430:474 | 6 |
(2) Partizan- (3) Zadar 45–37, 51–32
(2) AŠK Ljubljana - (3) Proleter Zrenjanin ?,?
| Pos | Teams | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts | Champion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Crvena Zvezda | 3 | 3 | 0 | 156 | 115 | 6 | Champion |
| 2. | Proleter Zrenjanin | 3 | 2 | 1 | 136 | 132 | 4 | |
| 3. | Partizan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 104 | 131 | 2 | |
| 4. | Mladost | 3 | 0 | 3 | 137 | 155 | 0 |
The winning roster of Crvena Zvezda:
Borislav Ćurčić Ladislav Demšar Aleksandar Gec Srđan Kalember Dragan Godžić Milan Bjegojević Branko Nešić Đorđe Andrijašević Borko Jovanović Coach: Nebojša Popović
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