The Polish Basketball Federation ( pl, Polski Związek Koszykówki, abbreviated to ''PZKosz''), is a governing body for

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Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

. It directs and oversees all of the basketball

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s of Poland, including both the junior and senior national teams of both men and women.

History

The Polish Association of Sports Games was founded in 1928, and became a member of

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in 1934. In 1957, the Polish Basketball Federation was then founded.

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Basketball governing bodies in Europe

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Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

Sports organizations established in 1957 1957 establishments in Poland