The Kosovo Basketball Superleague 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 1991. It is run by the Basketball Federation of Kosovo.
Sport in Kosovo is a tradition and plays a prominent role. Popular sports in Kosovo include football, basketball, volleyball, handball, and rugby, whereas major individual sports include wrestling, judo, swimming, boxing, karate and skiing.
Klubi i Basketbollit Prishtina, officially known as Sigal Prishtina due to sponsorship reasons, is a Kosovar professional basketball club based in Pristina.
Klubi i Basketbollit Trepça is a professional basketball club based in Mitrovicë, Kosovo. The club competes domestically in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague and Kosovo Cup and internationally in the Fiba Europe Cup. Trepça is one of the most successful clubs in Kosovo, Trepça has won 4 National Championships, 7 Kosovo Basketball Cups, 2 Kosovo Supercups and 1 Liga Unike Supercup.
Prishtina is the epicenter of sport in Kosovo, where activity is organized across amateur and professional levels, sport organizations and clubs, regulated by the Kosovo Olympic Committee and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport. Prishtina is known for their success in Sports such as Football, Boxing, Basketball and Futsal. They compete for five seasons in the Yugoslav First League between 1983 and 1988 in which their best finish came in their first ever season in 1983-84 finishing in 8th place. In the same season they reached the Mitropa Cup finals of 1983-84, were FC Prishtina finished Runners up to Eisenstadt from Austria. as well as reaching the semifinals in the Yugoslav Cup in 1987-88.
Niels Giffey is a German professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he plays the small forward and shooting guard positions. He also represents the Germany national team.
İsmet Akpınar is a Turkish-German professional basketball player for Galatasaray Ekmas of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).
Boriša Simanić is a Serbian professional basketball player who last played for Zaragoza of the Spanish Liga ACB. He also represents the Serbian national team in international competition.
Edmond "Edo" Azemi is a former Kosovar professional basketball player who played for KB Prishtina in Kosovo Basketball Superleague and in Balkan International Basketball League. He is ethnically Albanian. Edmond Azemi is one of the most successful players in the history of basketball in Kosovo. He started the career in Kosovo in KB Prishtina. Most of the years he played with KB Prishtina team where he made history winning 10x Kosovo Basketball superleague, 9x Kosovo Cups, 3x Kosovo Supercups and 2x Balkan League.
Bathiste Tchouaffé is a French professional basketball player. He is currently playing for Champagne Basket of the French LNB Pro B.
Edison Reshketa is an Albanian basketball player who plays for BC Chilly Mazarin. He previously played for BC Vllaznia as a professional in the Albanian Basketball League, for the Albanian U18 National Basketball Team and also for Albanian U16 National Basketball Team
David Kralj is a Slovenian professional basketball player for KK Zlatorog Laško of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers.
The Kosovo men's national under-16 basketball team is a national basketball team of Kosovo, administered by the Kosovo Basketball Federation. It represents the country in international men's under-16 basketball competitions.
Noam Shimon Dovrat is an Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the Basketball Champions League (BCL). He primarily plays the point guard position. He was named the 2020 Israeli Basketball Premier League Discovery of the Year.
Miron Ben Ruina is a Finnish-Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He plays the power forward and center positions.
The 2021 FIBA U16 European Challengers were international basketball competitions which took place from 16 to 21 August 2021, replacing the cancelled 2021 FIBA U16 European Championship. Top two teams from groups A, B and C qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.
Jason George is a German professional basketball player for Bayern Munich, currently playing on loan at Niners Chemnitz of the Basketball Bundesliga. He plays as a swingman. George represented the German national basketball team during the 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship and the 2017 FIBA U18 European Championship.
Guy Palatin is an Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Rishon LeZion of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He plays the point guard position.
Lorela Cubaj is an Italian professional basketball player, who play currently in Umana Reyer Venezia at the Lega Basket Femminile. She played college basketball at Georgia Tech. She was drafted by the Seattle Storm in the 2022 WNBA draft and played for the New York Liberty in the WNBA. She was waived by the team during her rookie season on July 1, 2022 after playing 11 games.
Edon Maxhuni is a Finnish basketball player for French club ESSM Le Portel in LNB Pro A.
