Teams placed fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth were joined by the top two Second League teams for an 8-team play-in round.

The winner of each best-of-three series advanced to the playoffs quarterfinal round.

Šibenka-IMT 90-87, 95-115, 101-95 Bosna-Olimpija Ljubljana 120-101, 105-102 Zadar-Borac 77-79, 76-68, 97-80 MZT Skopje-Buducnost 93-80, 95-91

Jugoplastika-Bosna 89-76, 85-92, 82-84 Cibona-MZT Skopje 117-92, 84-79 Partizan-Zadar 105-88, 81-93, 110-92 Crvena zvezda-Šibenka 91-90, 94-89

The winning roster of Partizan:[2] Coach: Duško Vujošević