The Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Košarkaški savez Jugoslavije, Кошаркашки савез Југославије; ; ) was a

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and the national

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for

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Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...

. Until 1991, the organization has represented SFR Yugoslavia in

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and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the

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. After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1992, the successor countries all set up their national federations, while the

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kept the National Federation until the dissolution of the State Union of Serbia & Montenegro in 2006.

Competitions

;Men's * 1st-tier league: Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League * 2nd-tier league: Yugoslav 1. B Federal Basketball League * Cup tournament:

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;Women's * 1st-tier league: Yugoslav Women's Basketball League * Cup tournament: Yugoslav Women's Basketball Cup

National teams

;Men's *

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* Yugoslavia men's national under-19 basketball team *

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* Yugoslavia men's national under-16 basketball team * Yugoslavia men's university basketball team ;Women's * Yugoslavia women's national basketball team * Yugoslavia women's national under-19 basketball team * Yugoslavia women's national under-18 basketball team * Yugoslavia women's national under-16 basketball team * Yugoslavia women's university basketball team

Separate national federations

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, five new countries were created:

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(in 2003, renamed to Serbia and Montenegro) and

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List of presidents

* (1948–1949) * (1949–1950) * Danilo Knežević (1950–1965) * Radomir Šaper (1965–1973) * Radoslav Savić (1973–1977) * Vladimir Pezo (1977–1980) * Božina Ćulafić (1980–1981) * Mehmet Dobërçani (1981–1982) *

Vasil Tupurkovski Vasil Tupurkovski (; born 8 April 1951) is a Macedonian academic, politician and the former president of the Olympic Committee of North Macedonia. Tupurkovski was born in Skopje, PR Macedonia, FPR Yugoslavia. After graduation, he worked as a ...

(1982–1983) * Petar Breznik (1983–1985) * Nebojša Popović (1985–1987) * Miodrag Babić (1987–1989) * Uglješa Uzelac (1989–1991)

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