The Slovak Basketball Association () also known as SBA is the governing body of
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 ...
in
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
. It was founded after the
dissolution of Czechoslovakia
The dissolution of Czechoslovakia, which took effect on December 31, 1992, was the Self-determination, self-determined Partition (politics), partition of the federal republic of Fifth Czechoslovak Republic, Czechoslovakia into the independent ...
in 1993. They are headquartered in
Bratislava
Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...
.
The Slovak Basketball Association operates the
Slovakia men's national team and
Slovakia women's national team. They run national competitions in Slovakia, for both the men's and women's senior teams and also the youth national basketball teams.
The top professional league in Slovakia is the
Slovak Basketball League
The Slovenská Basketbalová Liga (SBL) () is the highest level tier league of men's professional club basketball in Slovakia. The league was founded in 1993. MBK Pezinok is the league's most successful team, having won a league record 9 champions ...
.
See also
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Slovakia men's national basketball team
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Slovakia men's national under-20 basketball team
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Slovakia men's national under-18 basketball team
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Slovakia men's national under-16 basketball team
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Slovakia women's national basketball team
The Slovakia women's national basketball team () represents Slovakia in international women's basketball, and is run by the Slovak Basketball Association. Slovakia are one of the newest national basketball teams in the world, having split from ...
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Slovakia women's national under-20 basketball team
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Slovakia women's national under-18 basketball team
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Slovakia women's national under-16 basketball team
References
External links
Official websiteSlovakia FIBA profile
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 ...
Fed
National members of FIBA Europe
Sports organizations established in 1993
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