Hrvatski Košarkaški Klub Posušje (also known simply as Košarkaški Klub Posušje) is a
basketball
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team from the town of
Posušje
Posušje () is a town and municipality in the West Herzegovina Canton, a federal unit of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Name
The name Posušje is derived from ''suša'' ( Croatian for drought). Th ...
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. It currently competes in the
Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the top–tier men's professional basketball league in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, the top tier basketball league of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
History
The club was founded in 1975 as KK Polivinil. The team stopped its activities because of the war. In 1994 it was reestablished as HKK Posušje, and started competing in the Herzeg-Bosnia League, finishing third in the inaugural season. It played in the
1999–2000 FIBA Korać Cup The 1999–2000 FIBA Korać Cup was the 29th edition of FIBA's Korać Cup basketball competition. The French Limoges CSP defeated the Spanish Unicaja in the final. This was Limoges' third time winning the title following victories in 1982 and 1983 ...
. In 2021 the club won back promotion to the top tier league.
Honours
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Herzeg-Bosnia Basketball League
The Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia () was an unrecognized geopolitical entity and quasi-state in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was proclaimed on 18 November 1991 under the name Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia () as a "political, cultural, ec ...
**Winners (3): 2012, 2016, 2021
**Runner-Up (5): 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2020
Notable players
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Ivan Ramljak
Coaching history
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Ante Nazor
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Tihomir Mustapić
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Robert Jurišić
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Josip Plantak
References
External links FIBA Europe Club profile
Posušje
Basketball teams in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Basketball teams established in 1975
Basketball teams in Yugoslavia
Croatian sports clubs outside Croatia
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