Kosovo Basketball First League ( Albanian: Liga e Parë e Kosovës në Basketboll) is the second-tier professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

league in

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a international recognition of Kosovo, partiall ...

. It was founded in 2001 it is run by the

Basketball Federation of Kosovo The Basketball Federation of Kosovo ( Albanian: ''Federata e Basketbollit e Kosovës'', sr, Кошаркашки савез Косова/''Košarkaški savez Kosova'') is the governing body of basketball in Kosovo. It organizes the Kosovo Basketb ...

Rules

Competition format

The league, operated by the

, consists of Kosovo Basketball First League which have 10 teams. For the 2014–15 season, the top team in "Kosovo Basketball First League" will be promoted to

Kosovo Basketball Superleague The Kosovo Basketball Superleague ( Albanian: Superliga e Kosovës në Basketboll) and known as the ArtMotion Superliga due to sponsorship reasons is the top men's professional basketball league in Kosovo. Basketball Superleague was founded in 19 ...

and second best will play in an Relegation Playoff with the second from the bottom of

. The teams positioned 9th, 10th, in Kosovo Basketball First League will be relegated to a lower league – Kosovo Basketball Second League.

Arena standards

Currently, clubs must have home arenas with capacity of minimum 1000 seats.

History

The first basketball league in Kosovo started in 2001.

Other competitions

* Kosovo Basketball Cup

2022/23 teams

External links

Official website
{{Men's professional basketball leagues Basketball leagues in Kosovo Second level basketball leagues in Europe Sports leagues established in 2001