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It was founded in 1950 as a member of the larger Yugoslav Basketball Federation (see also: Basketball in Yugoslavia). In 1992, KZS joined the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on its own. The Basketball Federation of Slovenia operates the Slovenia men's national team and Slovenia women's national team. They organize national ...
Basketball in Slovenia is governed by the Basketball Federation of Slovenia (Košarkarska zveza Slovenije). Slovenia has participated in international basketball as an independent nation since 1991, when the country gained independence from SFR Yugoslavia. The highest level of Slovenian basketball is the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League.
Slovenia debuted at the FIBA Basketball World Cup in 2006 after qualifying as the sixth-placed team of the EuroBasket 2005. [3] In the 2010, 2014 and 2023 editions, Slovenia reached the quarter-finals; their highest overall finish is seventh place, achieved in 2014 and 2023.
Luka Dončić announced he’ll be self-producing and releasing, “Everything It Takes,” a short-form docuseries that aims to give viewers an inside look at the 2023 Slovenia national ...
The Slovenian Basketball League (Slovene: 1. slovenska košarkarska liga), abbreviated as 1. SKL and known as the Liga OTP banka due to sponsorship reasons, is the top-level professional men's basketball league in Slovenia. The league is operated by the Basketball Federation of Slovenia and consists of eleven clubs.
Slovenia was surprisingly eliminated by Poland in the quarter-finals. His jersey number 3 was retired by the Basketball Federation of Slovenia on 23 August 2024, ahead of his farewell game at the Arena Stožice in Ljubljana. [69] [70]
In 2001, President of Slovenia Milan Kučan honored Kristančič with an Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia for "the life jubilee of fifty years working in the field of Slovenian sport, especially for merits in the development of basketball". [1] He died on the same day as a FIBA Hall of Fame Serbian basketball coach Ranko Žeravica.
The FIBA Executive Committee is a body that exercises the powers of the FIBA Central Board, with roles including the development of strategies in widening basketball's global reach, approving annual budgets and receiving financial updates, and the appointment of host countries for FIBA's international competitions (except the FIBA Basketball ...