Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian and Croatian: "Košarkaški savez Bosne i Hercegovine", Serbian: "Кошаркашки савез Босне и Херцеговине") is the highest basketball governing body in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It organizes the Bosnian Basketball Championship and the Bosnian Cup. It also organizes matches of the Bosnia and Herzegovina National Team, for men and women, senior and youth categories.

History

Basketball came to Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1929. Fact|date=July 2007 The Basketball Federation was founded on April 3, 1950, as a part of the Yugoslav Federation. Fact|date=July 2007 As a part of former Yugoslavia, many Bosnian players and coaches were part of medal winning teams in the FIBA World Championship, Eurobasket and olympic basketball tournament. KK Bosna won Yugoslav championship titles in men's, and KK Željezničar and KK Jedinstvo Tuzla in women's categories. Bosna and Jedinstvo Tuzla also won a European Champions' Cup (now known as Euroleague) in 1979. and in 1989. respectively.

Independent Bosnia-Herzegovina

Since Bosnia-Herzegovina gained independence, the Basketball Federation has transformed into the sport's national governing body. It was accepted by FIBA on September 15, 1992. There are close to 150 basketball clubs in Bosnia-Herzegovina, with more than 5,000 registered players.

The Basketball Federation is the organizer of the national championship and cup competitions. As a result of war, three separated championships and cups were played until the late 1990s. They were organized according to ethnic divisions. In 1998. joint playoffs were first organized, and today one league is being played in the country.

External links

* [http://www.basket.ba/ Official site of Basketball Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina]


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