AEL Limassol Basketball Club, also known as PAYABL EKA AEL for sponsorship reasons and commonly referred to as AEL, is the basketball team of the AEL multi-sport club, based in Limassol, Cyprus. Nicknamed "the Queen" of Cypriot Basketball, AEL is a founding member of the Cyprus Basketball Federation and in the years since, the club has established itself as one of the most successful basketball teams in Cyprus.
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 Mercure 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 5 National Championships, 7 Kosovo Basketball Cups, 2 Kosovo Supercups, 1 Liga Unike and 1 Liga Unike Supercup.
Will Daniels is an American professional basketball player for Pioneros de Caracas of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto. He played college basketball for Rhode Island.
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.
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.
KB Ylli, known as Golden Eagle Ylli for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Theranda, Kosovo. The club currently plays in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. Its fan club is called Xhebrailat.
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.
Ekrem Memnun is a Turkish basketball Head coach. He is the current head coach of Çukurova Basketbol of the Women's Basketball Super League.
Drilon Hajrizi is a Kosovan professional basketball player and he is currently playing with the Trepça of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague.
Timothy Neocartes "T. J." Shorts II is an American-born naturalized Macedonian basketball player for Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. Standing at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m), Shorts plays as point guard.
Filip Bundović is a Croatian professional basketball player currently playing for Cibona in the Croatian League and the ABA League. Standing at 2.02 m, he plays at the power forward position.
Antonio Lee "A. J." Davis Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Niagara River Lions of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). He played college basketball for Tennessee and UCF.
Jabarie Wayne Hinds, Jr. is an American professional basketball player for Gezira of the Egyptian Basketball Super League. He played college basketball for West Virginia and the UMass.
Tevin Stanvontae Mack is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns, Alabama Crimson Tide, and Clemson Tigers.
Andin Rashica is a professional basketball coach from Kosovo who currently is an assistant coach of Manisa BB.
Julius V Coles Jr. is an American professional basketball player who plays for Al Bataeh Club in the UAE National Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Canisius Golden Griffins. Coles Jr. played for US Monastir when they won the 2022 BAL championship.
Jonathan Peter Janssen is a New Zealand–Australian professional basketball player for the Rockingham Flames of the NBL1 West. Born in South Africa, Janssen grew up in New Zealand and Australia and played college basketball in the United States. He played a season for the Cleveland State Vikings before transferring to Hawaii Pacific in 2016 where he played three seasons. He has played as a professional in New Zealand, Kosovo, Australia and Luxembourg. In 2021, he made his debut for the New Zealand Tall Blacks.
