The Basketball Federation of Kosovo (

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: ''Federata e Basketbollit e Kosovës'', sr, Кошаркашки савез Косова/''Košarkaški savez Kosova'') is the governing body of

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Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

. It organizes the

Kosovo Basketball Superleague The Kosovo Basketball Superleague (Albanian: Superliga e Kosovës në Basketboll) and known as the ArtMotion Superliga due to sponsorship reasons is the top men's professional basketball league in Kosovo. Basketball Superleague was founded in 1991 ...

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

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(FIBA), the last rejection taking place in

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at the annual FIBA Central Board meeting on 26 April 2008, with the reason: "Kosovo has not fulfilled all required conditions". The Basketball Federation of Kosovo was accepted as a full member of FIBA on 13 March 2015. Serbian basketball federation KSS seeks to ban any Kosovo vs Serbia games.

Kosovo competitions

Men

Kosovo Basketball First League Kosovo Basketball First League ( 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 ...

Kosovo Cup The Kosovar Cup ( sq, Digitalb Kupa e Kosovës) for sponsorship reasons, is the major football national cup tournament in Kosovo. It was established in 1991, and is organized by the Football Federation of Kosovo. Llapi are the current holders, ...

* Kosovo Basketball Second League * TEB U21 League * TEB U18 League * TEB U16 League * TEB U12 League (Group A&Group B)

Women

* Kosovo Women's Basketball Superleague

International competitions

Senior teams

* Men's national team * Women's national team

Youth teams

Kosovo national under-20 basketball team The Kosovo national under-20 basketball team ( sq, Përfaqësuesja e basketbollit të Kosovës nën 20 vjeç, sr, Кошаркашкa репрезентација Косова до 20. године, translit=''Košarkaška reprezentacija Kosova do ...

* Kosovo national under-18 basketball team * Kosovo national under-16 basketball team * Kosovo national under-14 basketball team

Notes

References

External links

* Basketball in Kosovo Sports governing bodies in Kosovo Mace Sports organizations established in 1991 1991 establishments in Yugoslavia {{kosovo-sport-stub