Croatian Basketball Federation

Croatian Basketball Federation
SportBasketball
JurisdictionCroatia
AbbreviationHKS
Founded17 November 1991; 33 years ago (1991-11-17)
AffiliationFIBA
Affiliation date1992
Regional affiliationFIBA Europe
HeadquartersZagreb
PresidentNikola Rukavina (Acting)
SecretaryJosip Vranković
Men's coachJosip Sesar
Women's coachStipe Bralić
ReplacedBasketball Federation of Yugoslavia (1948–1992)
Official website
www.hks-cbf.hr
Croatia

The Croatian Basketball Federation (Croatian: Hrvatski košarkaški savez) is a non-profit organization and the national sports governing body of basketball in Croatia.

It was founded on 19 December 1948 as a member of the larger Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia.[1] On 19 January 1992, the HKS joined the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).[1] Croatia competes in the European region of FIBA.

The Federation runs the men's national team and the women's national team.

  1. ^ a b "Ukratko o HKS-u". hks-cbf.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Basketball Federation. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2012.