KSS — Košarkaški savez Srbije

What is the KSS?

The Košarkaški savez Srbije (KSS), the Basketball Federation of Serbia, is the national federation for basketball in Serbia. FIBA’s directory lists it under the name Kosarkaski Savez Srbije as the member for Serbia (SRB), in the Europe region, with Nebojsa Covic as president and Predrag Kanacki as secretary general.^[1] The federation presents its site as its “Званична web презентација” — its official web presentation — and publishes there its presidency, executive board, secretary general, assembly, and supervisory board and commissions.^[2]

What does the KSS govern or do?

The federation’s site covers the men’s and women’s national teams from senior level down to youth categories from U16 to U20.^[2] It carries sections for the men’s league, the Košarkaška liga Srbije, and for the women’s league, as well as for 3x3, mini-basketball and e-basketball, and for youth programmes including a Jr. NBA programme.^[2] Its executive board (upravni odbor) and supervisory board sit beneath the Assembly, which the federation’s statute names as its highest body.^[2][4]

When was the KSS founded and where is it based?

The federation’s history page states that in spring 1942 a “Српски савез кошарке и одбојке” — a Serbian basketball and volleyball federation — was established, and that at the end of 1948 the Košarkaški savez Jugoslavije was founded, together with its magazine Košarka.^[3] The same page records that the men’s national team played its first match under the name Serbia in 2007.^[3] FIBA lists the federation’s seat at Sazonova 83, Belgrade, the address the federation also gives in its site footer.^[1][2]

How is the KSS recognised?

FIBA. FIBA’s list of national federations names the Kosarkaski Savez Srbije as the member for Serbia, with the country code SRB, and places it in the Europe region.^[1]

Statute. The federation quotes Article 44 of its statute: “Скупштина је највиши орган КСС” — the Assembly is the highest body of the KSS.^[4] The statute and the Assembly’s rules of procedure linked from the Assembly page carry the year 2012 in their titles, and the page states that the number of delegates does not change during the Assembly’s four-year term.^[4]

What does the KSS organise?

The federation’s site carries sections for two national cups, the Kup Radivoja Koraća and the Kup Milana Ciga Vasojevića, and publishes the men’s league competitions at lige.kss.rs.^[2] It publishes schedules and results for the national teams across senior and youth categories, and carries 3x3 and mini-basketball activity.^[2] Its history page dates organised competition in Belgrade to a city championship in September 1941, and records a championship of the republics held in Subotica in the post-war period.^[3]

Who are its members?

Under Article 44, the KSS Assembly consists of the presidents of the regional basketball federations (RKS), RKS delegates, and delegates representing associations.^[4] An RKS with more than 15 registered competitive clubs gives one further delegate for each started group of fifteen, and delegates must live in the territory of the RKS that delegated them.^[4] The Assembly page names the regional federations of Vojvodina, Belgrade, Western Serbia, Central Serbia, Eastern Serbia, Southern Serbia and Raška-Kosovo-Metohija, and gives representation to the association of First A men’s league clubs and to the coaches’ and referees’ associations of Serbia.^[4]