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KB Lipjani
Kosovo Basketball First League (Albanian language, Albanian: Liga e Parë e Kosovës në Basketboll) is the second-tier professional basketball league in Kosovo. It was founded in 2001 it is run by the Basketball Federation of Kosovo. Rules Competition format The league, operated by the Basketball Federation of Kosovo, consists of Kosovo Basketball First League which have 10 teams. For the 2014–15 season, the top team in "Kosovo Basketball First League" will be promoted to Kosovo Basketball Superleague and second best will play in an Relegation Playoff with the second from the bottom of Kosovo Basketball Superleague. The teams positioned 9th, 10th, in Kosovo Basketball First League will be relegated to a lower league – Kosovo Basketball Second League. Arena standards Currently, clubs must have home arenas with capacity of minimum 1000 seats. History The first basketball league in Kosovo started in 2001. Other competitions * Kosovo Cup (basketball), Kosovo Basketball Cup 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Federation Of Kosovo
The Basketball Federation of Kosovo (Albanian: ''Federata e Basketbollit e Kosovës'', sr, Кошаркашки савез Косова/''Košarkaški savez Kosova'') is the governing body of basketball in Kosovo. It organizes the Kosovo Basketball Superleague and the Kosovo Basketball Cup. It has also fielded a team which has represented Kosovo in international friendlies. History Kosovo Basketball Federation was founded in 1991. During the Yugoslavian era, Kosovo had own Superleague and lower divisions in both genders. In the 1990s, Kosovo declared political and sports independence from Yugoslavian system, organising its own league based with different teams from major cities of Kosovo. Kosovo was not allowed to play international matches, not even friendlies by FIBA, until 2015 when Kosovo Basketball Federation became official member of FIBA World and FIBA Europe. Initially the Basketball Federation of Kosovo was denied entry into the International Basketball Federation (FI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |