The cycle for the first post-war team championship of Yugoslavia began in 1946 through inter-club competitions in the people's republics. Team championship of Montenegro: Lovćen beat ŠK Titograd in Cetinje. Team championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1. Udarnik Sarajevo, 2. Železničar Banja Luka, 3. Velež Mostar. Croatian team championship: Mladost Zagreb beat Udarnik Karlovac in the final.

The 7 winners of republic's team championships plus the army team Partizan played single-leg match to qualify to the four team final. All quarterfinal matches were scheduled to take place on February 9, 1947. The champion of Slovenia, Enotnost Ljubljana, withdrew for unknown reasons, so Sloga Novi Sad (Vojvodina) entered the finals by default. In Sarajevo (at the Triglav restaurant) Mladost Zagreb were unfriendly guests and beat Torpedo by 6-2. Due to heavy snowfall on that day, other matches could not be played and were postponed for a week. In Skopje (local trade union council hall) Crvena zvezda (Red Star) beat Rabotnički 6-2, while in Cetinje (hall of the Workers' House) Partizan won against Lovćen 8-0 (although the inexperienced Montenegrin team put up quite a strong resistance). The four winners qualified for the Final.

The final tournament was played in the Central Chess House on Terazije, Belgrade in front of a crowd of sometimes loud spectators, who could easily follow all the games on huge demonstration boards. The tournament was planned for February 22nd-23rd, but was postponed to March 1st-2nd due to communication difficulties following unfriendly weather conditions. The first two rounds were played on Saturday, and the final round and the adjournment session were held on Sunday. The first post-war champion was deservedly Crvena zvezda, made up of the very young players, equal in terms of strength and reinforced on the first board by master Tomović.

The game of the last round Popović - Šiška was interrupted after six hours of play and sent to the tournament committee (Trifunović, Gligorić, O. Nedeljković) for assessment. It was decided that the game was a draw, and Partizan beat Sloga, but not enough to overtake them in the final table.

/ Based on reports from perpetualcheck.com /