HKK Čapljina Lasta ( Croatian: ''Hrvatski košarkaški klub Čapljina'', English: ''Croatian Basketball Club Čapljina'') is a professional

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team from

Čapljina Čapljina ( cyrl, Чапљина, ) is a city located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located on the border with Croatia a mere from the Adriatic Sea. The rive ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

. It competes in the

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History

HKK Čapljina Lasta was founded as KK Borac - Čapljina in 1973. The first official game was played against "Mladost" - Lištica (today

HKK Široki Hrvatski košarkaški klub Široki (), commonly referred to as HKK Široki or simply Široki, is a men's professional basketball club based in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The team currently competes in the Basketball Championship of B ...

). Its biggest success was promotion to

Yugoslav First B Federal Basketball League The Yugoslav First B Federal Basketball League () was the second-tier level club basketball league of SFR Yugoslavia. The league's top performing clubs of each season, were promoted up to the top tier level, the Yugoslav First Federal League. Un ...

. The club stopped competing with the start of the

Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incid ...

. In 1993 the team was renamed to HKK Čapljina Lasta, and started competing in the

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 ...

winning the inaugural season.FOTO / VIDEO: Predstavljamo Hrvatski košarkaški klub "Čapljina - Lasta"

Honours

**Winner (4): 1994, 2007, 2008, 2019

Notable players

* Gerti Shima *

Dragan Bender Dragan Bender (born 17 November 1997) is a Croatian professional basketball player who last played for the Monbus Obradoiro of the Spanish Liga ACB. He stands and played the power forward and center positions. He was selected by the Phoenix ...

Jasmin Repeša Jasmin Repeša (born 1 June 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian professional basketball coach and former player currently serving as head coach for Trapani Shark of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. Repeša has won numerous pro club competitions d ...

Veljko Mršić Veljko Mršić (; born 13 April 1971) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player, who is currently the head coach of the KK Split, Split of the Croatian Premijer liga (Croatian basketball), Premijer liga and the ABA League. P ...

References

External links

Team profile
at Eurobasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Capljina Lasta Basketball teams in Bosnia and Herzegovina Basketball teams in Yugoslavia Croatian sports clubs outside Croatia Basketball teams established in 1973 1973 establishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina