The Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Košarkaški savez Jugoslavije, Кошаркашки савез Југославије; ; ) was a

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and the national

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for

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Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...

. Until 1991, the organization has represented SFR Yugoslavia in

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and the men's and

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national basketball teams in the

Yugoslav Olympic Committee The Yugoslav Olympic Committee (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенски олимпијски комитет, Jugoslovenski olimpijski komitet, separator=" / "; ; ; also known by the acronym JOK) was the non-profit organization representing Yug ...

. After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1992, the successor countries all set up their national federations, while the

Federal republic of Yugoslavia The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and commonly referred to as FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast Europe locate ...

kept the National Federation until the dissolution of the State Union of Serbia & Montenegro in 2006.

Competitions

;Men's * 1st-tier league:

Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League The First Federal Basketball League () was the highest tier level men's professional club basketball competition in the former country of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia. Founded in 1945, and folded in 1992 (1991–92 YU ...

* 2nd-tier league:

Yugoslav 1. 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 promotion and relegation, promoted up to the top tier level, the Yugoslav ...

* Cup tournament:

Yugoslav Basketball Cup The Yugoslav Basketball Cup ( / ) was the men's national basketball cup of Yugoslavia between its inauguration in 1959 and the breakup of Yugoslavia. Title holders * 1959 ŽKK Ljubljana * 1960 OKK Beograd * 1961 ''Not held'' * 1962 OKK Beogr ...

;Women's * 1st-tier league:

Yugoslav Women's Basketball League Championship of Yugoslavia in Basketball for women took place beginning in 1945. Belgrade Crvena zvezda (Red Stars of Belgrade) was an undefeated champion until 1992. Although all countries founded after the breakup of Yugoslavia each now have ...

* Cup tournament:

Yugoslav Women's Basketball Cup Cup of SFR Yugoslavia in Basketball for women took place from in 1960 until 1992. The most successful team in the tournament's history was Belgrade's Crvena zvezda. History Winners Championship winning teams See also * Basketball Federation ...

National teams

;Men's *

Yugoslavia men's national basketball team The Yugoslavia men's national basketball team ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije, Кошаркашка репрезентација Југославије; ; ) represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

Yugoslavia men's national under-19 basketball team The Yugoslavia men's national under-19 basketball team, commonly referred to as the Yugoslavia men's national junior basketball team (), was the boys' basketball team, administered by Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, that represented SF ...

Yugoslavia men's national under-18 basketball team , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

Yugoslavia men's national under-16 basketball team The Yugoslavia men's national under-16 basketball team () was the boys' basketball team, administered by Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, that represented Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia in international ...

Yugoslavia men's university basketball team The Yugoslavia men's university basketball team () was the men's basketball team, administered by Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, that represents Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the Summer Universiade men's basketball tou ...

;Women's *

Yugoslavia women's national basketball team The Yugoslavia women's national basketball team () was the women's basketball side that represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1943 until 1992 in international competition, and were controlled by ...

Yugoslavia women's national under-19 basketball team The Yugoslavia women's national under-19 basketball team, commonly referred to as the Yugoslavia women's national junior basketball team (), was the girls' basketball team, administered by Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, that represented SFR ...

Yugoslavia women's national under-18 basketball team The Yugoslavia women's national under-18 basketball team () was the girls' basketball team, administered by Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, that represented SFR Yugoslavia in international under-18 (under age 18) women's basketball competiti ...

Yugoslavia women's national under-16 basketball team The Yugoslavia women's national under-16 basketball team () was the girls' basketball team, administered by Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, that represented SFR Yugoslavia in international under-16 (under age 16) women's basketball competiti ...

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Separate national federations

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, five new countries were created:

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FR Yugoslavia The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and commonly referred to as FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast Europe locate ...

(in 2003, renamed to Serbia and Montenegro) and

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List of presidents

* (1948–1949) * (1949–1950) * Danilo Knežević (1950–1965) *

Radomir Šaper Radomir “Raša” Šaper ( sr-cyr, Радомир Шапер; 9 December 1925 – 6 December 1998), was a Serbian professor and Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy of the University of Belgrade, a member of the Yugoslav nation ...

(1965–1973) * Radoslav Savić (1973–1977) * Vladimir Pezo (1977–1980) * Božina Ćulafić (1980–1981) * Mehmet Dobërçani (1981–1982) *

Vasil Tupurkovski Vasil Tupurkovski (; born 8 April 1951) is a Macedonian academic, politician and the former president of the Olympic Committee of North Macedonia. Tupurkovski was born in Skopje, PR Macedonia, FPR Yugoslavia. After graduation, he worked as a ...

(1982–1983) * Petar Breznik (1983–1985) *

Nebojša Popović Nebojša Popović ( sr-cyr, Небојша Поповић; 8 February 1923 – 20 October 2001) was a Serbian basketball player, coach and administrator. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. He is the basketbal ...

(1985–1987) * Miodrag Babić (1987–1989) *

Uglješa Uzelac Uglješa Uzelac (1938 – 6 September 1997) was a Bosnian politician and diplomat who served as the 27th mayor of Sarajevo from 1983 to 1985. He was also Bosnia and Herzegovina's ambassador to Slovenia from 1992 until his death in 1997. Uzelac ...

(1989–1991)

References

External links

Yugoslavia participation – FIBA archive

Yugoslavia at fibaeurope.com
{{Sports governing bodies in Yugoslavia

Yugo Yugo (), also known as the Zastava Yugo, Zastava Koral (, sr-Cyrl, Застава Корал) and Yugo Koral, was a subcompact car, subcompact hatchback manufactured by Zastava Automobiles from 1980 until 2008, originally a Socialist Federal R ...

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