The Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL), also known as the Balkan League and as the Delasport BIBL Balkan League for sponsorship reasons, is a multinational professional basketball league that features mostly clubs from the Balkans. The league included teams from countries as Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Cyprus and Israel. The most recent league champion is Sigal Prishtina from Kosovo.
BC Rilski Sportist is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Samokov. The team is part of NBL, FIBA Europe Cup, and BIBL. They play their home matches at the Arena Samokov, which has a capacity of 3,000 people.
KB Tirana are an Albanian professional basketball team based in Tiranë, which is the basketball branch of SK Tirana. They compete in the Albanian Basketball League and in the Liga Unike. The club plays its home domestic games at the Farie Hoti Sports Palace, and they play their international games at the Asllan Rusi Sports Palace.
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 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, 1 Liga Unike and 1 Liga Unike Supercup.
KK Kumanovo is a professional basketball club based in Kumanovo, North Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League. The club play their home matches at the Sports Hall Kumanovo.
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.
In the seventh season of the Balkan International Basketball League, ten participants from Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Romania has competed.
The 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup was the inaugural season of the newly formed basketball competition organised by FIBA. The season started on 21 October 2015 and ended on 1 May 2016.
Dardan Berisha is a Kosovan professional basketball player for Prishtina. He became a naturalised Polish citizen and has since represented Poland in international basketball due to Kosovo not having FIBA status until 2015.
Edmond "Edo" Azemi is a Kosovan former 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.
Blerim Mazreku is a Kosovar former professional basketball player who last played for Sigal Prishtina of Kosovo Basketball Superleague. He was born in Therande in Kosovo and also started the career with the local club KB Ylli team. Most of the times he played for Sigal Prishtina where he won 4x Kosovo Superleague, 2x Kosovo cup, 1x Kosovo Supercup and one time Balkan League. Mazreku also played for KB Peja, KB Bashkimi and for KB Mabetex.
Gëzim Morina is a Kosovan-Albanian professional basketball player for KB Ylli of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. Gezim Morina and his friend Erjon Kastrati made history by helping KB Ylli to win Liga Unike and Kosovo Basketball Superleague for the first time in history of the club. He grew up with Union Olimpija (Slovenia) juniors. Morina signed for the 2011–12 season with Mercator Skofja Loka. Also on December 11 he signed with Union Olimpija club. Morina played in the 2011 Slovenian All Star Game. Also he has been member of the Slovenian U-20 National Team.
BC Parma, also known as Parma Basket, is a professional basketball based in Perm, Russia. It plays in the VTB United League, the highest level of basketball in Russia. The club's full name is Parma Basket Perm. It is unrelated to the Italian city of Parma.
The 2016–17 Kosovo Basketball SuperLeague was the 23rd season of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. The season started on October 8, 2016, and ended on May 24, 2017. Sigal Prishtina won its thirteenth title.
Igor Kesar is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for BC SCM Timișoara of the Romanian Basketball League. Standing at 2.10 m, he plays at the power forward and the center positions.
The 2018–19 BIBL season is the 11th edition of Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL). The competition started on 16 October 2018.
Andin Rashica is a professional basketball coach from Kosovo.
The 2021–22 BIBL season is the 14th edition of Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL). 10-13 teams from Bulgaria, Israel, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia will participate in the competition.
The 2023–24 BIBL season is the 16th edition of Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL). Teams from Montenegro, Kosovo and the newly represented country Cyprus are participating in this year’s competition.
