In one of the strongest and most balanced chess leagues in the world, seven teams fought on an equal footing until the very end of the championship to enter the desired play-offs for the first four places. The safest game was shown by the chess players of Stočar Banka, the only one to stay undefeated in the group stage of the competition. Most of the time the team of Novi Sad was in the lead, and in the finish, with a great victory of 5:1 over Užice banka in the penultimate round, last year's winners Beko came out on top of the tournament table. In the penultimate round, Milicionar, led by the Yugoslav chess legend Svetozar Gligorić, defeated the team of Agrouniversal with a score of 4:2 and thus ended the last hopes of the latter, who played very erratically throughout the tournament.

The disappointments of the championship were the teams of Montenegrobanka and Radonja Bojović. Good positions for entering the playoffs were wasted by Podgorica in an unfortunate match with Užice banka, which they lost minimally, while Nikšić bid farewell to the playoffs after losing to direct rivals NŠK SZ Rafinerija in the last round. The most pleasant surprise of the tournament was Mimoza Tivat, which played evenly, keeping balance against much stronger teams, and in the third round they even beat theoretically stronger team of Montenegrobanka. The best board results were: on the first board Zbynek Hracek 6½/10, on the second Alexei Alexandrov 7½/10, on the third Boško Abramović 6½/10, on the fourth Dušan Rajković 6½/10, on the fifth Goran M. Todorović 7/10, on the sixth board Dragan Paunović 7/10 and the best reserve was Veljko Jeremić 7/9.

In the battle for avoiding the relegation, ŽTP Belgrade were significantly more successful than Užice, so in addition to JAT, who did not arrive, Užička banka also left the first league.