Basketball Federation of Kosovo

The Basketball Federation of Kosovo[a] (Albanian: Federata e Basketbollit e Kosovës, Serbian: Кошаркашки савез Косова/Košarkaški savez Kosova) is the governing body of basketball in Kosovo.[1][2] It organizes the Kosovo Basketball Superleague and the Kosovo Basketball Cup. It has also fielded a team which has represented Kosovo in international friendlies.

Basketball Federation of Kosovo
SportBasketball
JurisdictionKosovo
AbbreviationFBK
Founded1991
Regional affiliationFIBA Europe
Affiliation date2015
HeadquartersPristina
LocationPristina
PresidentArben Fetahu
Vice president(s)Shaqir Tolaj
SponsorTEB etc.
Official website
www.basketbolli.com

History

Kosovo Basketball Federation was founded in 1991. During the Yugoslavian era, Kosovo had own Superleague and lower divisions in both genders. In the 1990s, Kosovo declared political and sports independence from Yugoslavian system, organising its own league based with different teams from major cities of Kosovo. Kosovo was not allowed to play international matches, not even friendlies by FIBA, until 2015 when Kosovo Basketball Federation became official member of FIBA World and FIBA Europe.

Initially the Basketball Federation of Kosovo was denied entry into the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the last rejection taking place in Beijing at the annual FIBA Central Board meeting on 26 April 2008, with the reason: "Kosovo has not fulfilled all required conditions".[3]

The Basketball Federation of Kosovo was accepted as a full member of FIBA on 13 March 2015.[4] Serbian basketball federation KSS seeks to ban any Kosovo vs Serbia games.[5]

Kosovo competitions

Men

Women
  • Kosovo Women's Basketball Superleague

International competitions

Senior teams
  • Men's national team
  • Women's national team

Youth teams
  • Kosovo national under-20 basketball team
  • Kosovo national under-18 basketball team
  • Kosovo national under-16 basketball team
  • Kosovo national under-14 basketball team

See also
  • Kosovo national basketball team

Notes
a.   ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 99 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 14 later withdrew their recognition.

References
  1. "FBK webpage". Archived from the original on 2007-05-16. Retrieved 2007-05-16.
  2. eurobasket Archived May 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. FIBA Basketball - FIBA Central Board Meeting in Beijing Archived May 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Sports Features Communications, 26 April 2008. Link accessed 2008-04-27.
  4. "Kosovo becomes 215th National Member Federation of FIBA". FIBA. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  5. Саопштење за јавност Кошаркашког савеза Србије [Press release of the Basketball Association of Serbia] (in Serbian), Basketball Federation of Serbia, 2015-03-14
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