Basketball Federation 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.

Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia
SportBasketball
JurisdictionSFR Yugoslavia
AbbreviationKSJ
Founded12 December 1948 (1948-12-12)
AffiliationFIBA
Affiliation date1949
HeadquartersBelgrade
Closure date1991

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

Competitions
Men's
  • 1st-tier league: Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League
  • 2nd-tier league: Yugoslav 1. B Federal Basketball League
  • Cup tournament: Yugoslav Basketball Cup
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
 Serbia and MontenegroBasketball Federation of Serbia and Montenegro1992
 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
  • Yugoslav basketball clubs in European competitions
  • Adriatic League
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