Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia

Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia
Sport Basketball
Jurisdiction SFR Yugoslavia
Abbreviation KSJ
Founded 12 December 1948 (1948-12-12)
Affiliation FIBA
Affiliation date 1949
Headquarters Belgrade
Closure date 1991
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Košarkaški savez Jugoslavije / Кошаркашки савез Југославије; Slovene: Košarkarska zveza Jugoslavije; Macedonian: Кошаркарска федерација на Југославија) was a non-profit organization and the national sports governing body for basketball in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Until 1991, the organization has represented SFR Yugoslavia in FIBA and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the Yugoslav Olympic Committee.

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, the successor countries all set up their national federations.

Competitions

Men's
Women's

National teams

Men's
Women's

New national federations

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, five new countries were created: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, FR Yugoslavia (in 2003, renamed to Serbia and Montenegro) and Slovenia.

CountryAssociationFounded
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBasketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina1992
 CroatiaCroatian Basketball Federation1991
 FR YugoslaviaBasketball Federation of Yugoslavia1992
 MacedoniaBasketball Federation of Macedonia1992
 SloveniaBasketball Federation of Slovenia1991

List of presidents

  • Ivan Popović (1948–1949)
  • Milojko Drulović (1949–1950)
  • Danilo Knežević (1950–1965)
  • Radomir Šaper (1965–1973)
  • Radoslav Savić (1973–1977)
  • Vladimir Pezo (1977–1980)
  • Božina Ćulafić (1980–1981)
  • Mehmed Dobroćani (1981–1982)
  • Vasil Tupurkovski (1982–1983)
  • Petar Breznik (1983–1985)
  • Nebojša Popović (1985–1987)
  • Miodrag Babić (1987–1989)
  • Uglješa Uzelac (1989–1991)

See also

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