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Kosovo Basketball Superleague
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2015–16 Kosovo Basketball Superleague
File:FBK LOGO RE.png
SportBasketball
Founded1991
No. of teams8
CountryKosovo Kosovo
ContinentEurope FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)		Sigal Prishtina
Most titlesSigal Prishtina (10 titles)
TV partner(s)Digitalb (SuperSport)
RTV21
Level on pyramid1st
Relegation toKosovo Basketball First League
Domestic cup(s)Kosova Basketball Cup
Official websiteSuperliga

The Kosovo Basketball Superleague (Albanian: Superliga e Kosovës në Basketboll) is the top men's professional basketball league in Kosovo, Basketball Superleague was founded in 1991, it is run by the Basketball Federation of Kosovo.

Rules

Competition format

It consists of eight to ten teams which compete each year in two separate phases.Each team has to play all the other teams in its division four times, twice at home and twice away. This means that in Kosovo basketball, the league's regular season ends after all teams play 28 matches.

At the end of the league, the four best teams in the standings start a play-off, pitting the first place team in the standings versus the 4th place team in the standings, and so on. There is one playoff rounds, and the winner of the finals round becomes the champion of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. This is similar to the most basketball leagues in Europe.

Each season, the last qualified team of the regular season relegates to Kosovo Basketball First League and replaced by champion of the First League whilst second from last of Superleague meats the runner up of the First League in e Relegation Playoff.

Foreigners

Each team can play 3 foreign players in every match that is organized by BFK.

Youngsters

Every team must play one U18 player in every game for at least 10 min

Venues and locations

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Kosovo Basketball Superleague – Club Locations
Team City Venue (Capacity)
Bashkimi Prizren Palestra Sportive Sezair Surroi (3200)
Kastrioti Ferizaj Palestra Bill Clinton (3000)
Kerasan Prishtina ◆ Prishtinë Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve (2500)
Peja ◆ Peja Karagaq Sports Hall (3500)
Sigal Prishtina Prishtinë Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve (2500)
Trepça Mitrovicë Salla e sporteve Minatori (4100)
Vëllaznimi Gjakovë Shani Nushi Sports Hall (2500)
KB Ylli Therandë Salla e sporteve "13 Qërshori" (1800)
◆ Promoted from the 2014–15 Liga e Parë.
◆ Promoted via Wild Card (see 2014–15 season)
Teams that play in the 2015–16 BIBL season


Arena standards

Since the establishment of the league, the indoor courts in Kosovo have seen continuous improvements in capacity and facilities, with some municipalities have built and newly built stadiums for basketball clubs in their areas as well as other sports. Today, the facilities of the clubs participating in Kosovo Basketball Superleague and hosting the home matches, must have a minimum capacity of 1,000 people.

History

Despite the political status of Kosovo, basketball competitions have been legally organized since 1999 under the Basketball Federation of Kosovo licensed by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and the Government of Kosovo.[1] However, the KBF has functioned since 1991 and organized amateur basketball leagues.[1]

Today, basketball in Kosovo shares the same popularity with soccer.

Names of the competition

  • 1999–2004: Liga e Pare e Kosoves ne Basketboll
  • 2004–2005: Liga Profesionale e Basketbollit te Kosoves
  • 2005–2007: Raiffeisen Superliga
  • 2007–2009: Siguria Superliga
  • 2009–2011: Techno Market Superliga
  • 2011–2013: BKT Superliga
  • 2013–2015: ETC Superliga

Commissioners

  • 2006–2011: Nuredin Ibishi
  • 2013–present: Bajrush Ademi

Other competitions


Winner by season

Title holders

Finals

Season Winner Runner-up Score
2002–03 MEB Prishtina Mabetex
2003–04 Peja
2004–05 Mabetex
2005–06 Sigal Prishtina Mabetex 3–1
2006–07 Sigal Prishtina Trepça
2007–08 Sigal Prishtina Peja
2008–09 Sigal Prishtina Bashkimi 3–2
2009–10 Sigal Prishtina Trepça 3–1
2010–11 Sigal Prishtina Peja 3–0
2011–12 Trepça Sigal Prishtina 3–2
2012–13 Peja Sigal Prishtina 3–0
2013–14 Sigal Prishtina Peja 3–0
2014–15 Sigal Prishtina Peja 2–1

Titles by Club

Club Titles Runners-up Years Won
Sigal Prishtina 10 5 1992, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015
KB Peja 6 5 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2013
KB Trepça 3 4 2000, 2001, 2012
KB Drita 1 1 1997
Mabetex 1 2 2005
KB Bashkimi 0 2
KB Kastrioti 0 2

Sponsorships and broadcasting rights

Official sponsors

Official broadcasters

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Eurobasket Kosovo Basketball Introduction
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