Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yugoslavia ta lashe lambar azurfa a EuroBasket 1971, lokacin da suka ci nasara 69<unk>64 ta Tarayyar Soviet. Ćosić an kira shi MVP na EuroBasket a karon farko. Ya kasance jagora mai zira kwallaye a kan Italiya, Bulgaria, Poland a wasan kusa da na karshe, kuma na biyu a kan Czechoslovakia, yayin da Simonović ya kasance jagora mai zira kwallaye a kan na biyun da na biyu a kan Bulgaria da Poland. Kapičić ya kasance jagora mai zira kwallaye a kan Turkiyya da Isra'ila, kuma Knežević a wasan karshe. A 1973 sun lashe EuroBasket, sun doke Spain a wasan karshe. An haɗa ɗan wasa ɗaya (Ćosić) a cikin All-Tournament Team. Sun bi wannan nasarar ta hanyar lashe EuroBasket 1975, wanda kuma suka kasance ƙasar mai masaukin baki. A wannan lokacin, an sake ba Ćosić lambar yabo ta FIBA EuroBasket MVP, kuma har zuwa yau tana da alaƙa da Pau Gasol don ɗan wasan da ya fi yawan MVP na EuroBasket. Yugoslavia sun kasance masu tsere a 1974 FIBA World Championship, wanda Soviet Union ta lashe. An kira Dragan Kićanović MVP a wannan lokacin. A shekara ta 1977
sun doke Soviet Union 74<unk>61 a wasan karshe na EuroBasket 1977, don haka suka lashe EuroBasket na uku. 'Yan wasa biyu (Dalipagić da Slavnić) sun kasance cikin ƙungiyar All-Tournament.