Kosovo Basketball First League (

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: 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 (appro ...

league in

Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...

. 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'', /''Košarkaški savez Kosova'') is the governing body of basketball in Kosovo. It organizes the Kosovo Basketball Superleague and the Kosovo Basketball Cup. ...

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 ProCredit Superliga due to sponsorship reasons is the top men's professional basketball league in Kosovo. Basketball Superleague was founded in 1991 ...

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.

2024/25 teams

Competition finals

Other competitions

Kosovo Basketball Cup The Kosovo Cup () is an annual professional basketball competition between clubs from Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic ...

References

External links

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