The Kosovo Basketball Superleague (

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: 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. It is run by the

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 Basketba ...

Prishtina Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians and ...

holds the record for most Superleague titles as it has won the championship 14 times.

Current teams

Rules

Competition format

It consists of eight to ten teams which compete each year in two separate phases. Each team has to play all the other teams in its division four times, twice at home and twice away. This means that in Kosovo basketball, the league's regular season ends after all teams play 28 matches. At the end of the league, the four best teams in the standings start a play-off, pitting the first place team in the standings versus the 4th place team in the standings, and so on. There is one playoff rounds, and the winner of the finals round becomes the champion of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. This is similar to the most basketball leagues in Europe. Each season, the last qualified team of the regular season relegates to

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 l ...

and replaced by champion of the First League whilst second from last of Superleague meats the runner up of the First League in e Relegation Playoff.

Foreigners

Each team can play 3 foreign players in every match that is organized by BFK.

Youngsters

Every team must play two U20 players in every game for at least 20 min otherwise the teams are fined 500 €.

Arena standards

Since the establishment of the league, the indoor courts in Kosovo have seen continuous improvements in capacity and facilities, with some municipalities have built and newly built stadiums for basketball clubs in their areas as well as other sports. Today, the facilities of the clubs participating in Kosovo Basketball Superleague and hosting the home matches, must have a minimum capacity of 1,000 people.

History

Despite the political status of Kosovo, basketball competitions have been legally organized since 1999 under the

licensed by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and the

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.Eurobasket Kosovo Basketball Introduction
/ref> However, the KBF has functioned since 1991 and organized amateur basketball leagues. Today, basketball in Kosovo shares the same popularity with football.

Names of the competition

* 1999–2004: Liga e Pare e Kosoves ne Basketboll * 2004–2005: Liga Profesionale e Basketbollit te Kosoves * 2005–2007: Raiffeisen Superliga * 2007–2009: Siguria Superliga * 2009–2011: Techno Market Superliga * 2011–2013: BKT Superliga * 2013–2017: ETC Superliga * 2017–2020: IP Superliga * 2020-2021: FiveStar Superliga * 2021-2022: ArtMotion Superliga * 2022–Present: PrinceCaffe Superliga

Gallery

Commissioners

* 2006–2011: Nuredin Ibishi * 2013–Present: Bajrush Ademi

Other competitions

Kosovo Cup (basketball) The Kosovo Cup (in Albanian: Kupa e Kosovës) is an annual professional basketball competition between clubs from Kosovo. Founded in 1991, it is run by the Basketball Federation of Kosovo The Basketball Federation of Kosovo (Albanian: ''Federata ...

* Balkan International Basketball League * FIBA Europe Cup

Winner by season

Titles by Club

Sponsorships and broadcasting rights

Official sponsors * IP Petrol * TEB Bank * STOBI FLIPS * Rugove * Baker Tilly Kosovo * Gowzillas * Global CT Digital Kosovo Official broadcasters * ArtMotion *

Kujtesa Kujtesa is a telecommunications company in Kosovo. The company was founded in 1995 as a small business that offered general IT services such as backing up CDs to computers, sales, and repairs. During the war of 1999, the company lost most of it ...

* Klan Kosova

References

External links

Kosovan basketball on Eurobasket

FanPage
{{Men's professional basketball leagues Basketball leagues in Kosovo Basketball leagues in Europe Sports leagues established in 1991