Basketball Federation of Kosovo

The Basketball Federation of Kosovo (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 League and the Kosova Basketball Cup. It has also fielded a team which has represented Kosovo in international friendlies.

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. The Basketball Federation of Kosovo was denied entry into the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the latest 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

• Kosovo Basketball Superleague
• Kosovo Basketball First League
• Kosovo Cup
• Kosovo Basketball Second League
• TEB U21 League
• TEB U18 League
• TEB U16 League
• TEB U12 League (Group A&Group B)

Women

• ETC Women Superleague

International competitions

Senior teams

• Men's national team
• Women's national team

Youth teams

U 20

• Kosovo national under-20 basketball team

U 18

• Kosovo national under-18 basketball team

U 16

• Kosovo national under-16 basketball team

U 14

• Kosovo national under-14 basketball team

See also

• Kosovo national basketball team

References

External links

• Basketball Federation of Kosova official web page (English) (Albanian)

National members of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA)
FIBA Africa	ALG ANG BEN BOT BUR BDI CMR CPV CAF CHA COM CGO COD CIV DJI EGY GEQ ERI ETH GAB GAM GHA GUI GBA KEN LES LBR LBA MAD MAW MLI MTN MRI MAR MOZ NAM NIG NGR RWA RSA STP SENl SEY SLE SOM SSD SUD SWZ TAN TGA TUN UGA ZAM ZIM
FIBA Americas	ANT ARG AUR BAH BAR BER BIZ BOL BRA BVI CAN CAY CHI COL CRC CUB DMA DOM ECU ESA GRN GUA GUY HAI HON JAM MEX MSR AHO NCA PAN PAR PER PUR MSR SKN VIN SUR TCA TRI URU USA ISV VEN
FIBA Asia	AFG BRN BAN BHU BRN CAM CHN PRK HKG IND INA IRI IRQ JPN JOR KAZ KGZ KOR KUW LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP OMA PAK PLE PHI QAT KSA SIN SRI SYR TJK THA TKM TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
FIBA Europe	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BLR BEL BIH BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ENG EST ESP FIN FRA GEO GER GIB GBR GRE HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA KOS LAT LTU LUX MKD MLT MDA MON MNE NED NOR POL POR ROM RUS SMR SCO SRB SVK SLO SWE SUI TUR UKR WAL
FIBA Oceania	ASA AUS COK FIJ FSM GUM KIR MHL NRU NCL NZL NMI PLW PNG SAM SOL TAH TGA TUV VAN Wallis & Futuna
Pinnacle Events Olympics World Cup

International men's basketball
FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Championship U-19 World Championship U-17 World Championship World Rankings
Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16
Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16
Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Cup U-18 U-16
Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16
Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-20 U-18 U-16
Other tournaments	Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament African Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Belgrade Trophy Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Challenge FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games MVP Cup Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games South American Championship South Asian Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey)
Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.