Estonian Basketball Association

The Estonian Basketball Association (Estonian: Eesti Korvpalliliit) is the governing body of basketball in Estonia. It was founded in 1923, and joined FIBA in 1934. After 1940 though, they suspended operations due to being occupied by the Soviet Union.

Estonian Basketball Association
SportBasketball
JurisdictionEstonia
Founded14 December 1923
30 November 1989
AffiliationFIBA
Regional affiliationFIBA Europe
HeadquartersTallinn
PresidentJaak Salumets
CoachTiit Sokk
Official website
www.basket.ee

The Estonian Basketball Association operates the Estonian men's national team and Estonian women's national team. They organize national competitions throughout Estonia, for both the men's and women's senior teams and also the youth national basketball teams.[1]

The top professional league in Estonia is the Korvpalli Meistriliiga.

Presidents

See also

References

  1. "Estonia FIBA Europe". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2019-05-27.


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