Russian Basketball Federation
Appearance
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Formation | 1991 |
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Headquarters | Moscow |
Region served | Russia |
President | Andrei Kirilenko |
Key people | Alexander Krasnenkov (CEO) |
Website | russiabasket.ru |
Russian Basketball Federation (Russian: Российская федерация баскетбола), also known as RBF, is a national governing body of basketball in Russia. It was founded in 1991, and is the successor to the Soviet Basketball Federation.
Leagues
- Russian Professional Basketball League: Premier men's basketball league (founded in 2010, ceased in 2013; superseded by the multinational VTB United League).
- Russian Super League 1: Original premier men's basketball league, and current secondary men's basketball league.
- Russian Women's Basketball Premier League: Premier women's basketball league.
Commissioners
- Pavel Morozov – serving from 1991 to 1994.
- Sergei Belov – serving from 1995 to 1998.
- V. Kuzin – serving from 1998 to 2003.
- Sergey Chernov – serving from 2003 to 2011.
- Alexander Krasnenkov – serving from 2011 to 2013.
- Yulia Anikeeva – serving since 2013.
- Andrei Kirilenko – serving since 2015.