The Kosovo Basketball League is the top men's professional basketball league in Kosovar

Kosovo

Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...

 basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 , officially named after the sponsor Siguria Superleague.It consists of ten to twelve teams which compete each year in two separate phases. The most popular teams include Sigal Prishtina, Trepça, Bashkimi Prizren and Peja.

Despite the political status of Kosovo

Kosovo

Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...

, basketball competitions have been legally organized since 1999 under the Basketball Federation of Kosovo licensed by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and the Government of Kosovo

Government of Kosovo

The Cabinet of Kosovo is the collection of Kosovo institutions that exercises executive authority in Kosovo. It is headed by the Prime Minister of Kosovo, and also includes the deputy prime ministers as well as various ministers.The Prime Minister is elected by the Assembly of the Republic...

. However, the KBF has functioned since 1991 and organized amateur basketball leagues.

Today, basketball in Kosovo shares the same popularity with soccer. Major investments were made by Kosovar businessman and several professional foreigners and ex-NBA players played in the Kosovo. league.

Teams (2010/2011)

• Bambi Mitrovicë
• Bashkimi Prizren
  Bashkimi Prizren
  Bashkimi, or K.B. Bashkimi is a basketball club created in 1945.Now Bashkimi competes in Kosovo's first division Siguria Superleague. Its fan club is called Arpagjik't.After the Kosovo War of 1999, Bashkimi won the Kosovo Cup...
  
  
• K.EuroSporti
• Peja
• Sigal Prishtina
  Sigal Prishtina
  - Basketball Hall :The club currently plays in the sport and youth center "Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve", in the center of Pristina, with a capacity for around 3000 spectators.- Roster :Updated: 05 January 2011- External links :***...
  
  
• Trepça
  Trepça
  - Basketball Hall :The club currently plays in the sport and youth center "Palestra e Sporteve Minatori", in the center of Mitrovica, with a capacity for around 3500 spectators.- Roster :-Notable players:- External links :**...
  
  
• Mitrovica
  Mitrovica
  Mitrovica, which stems from the name "Saint Demetrius" or "Sveti Dimitrije" may refer to:- Places :* Kosovska Mitrovica, a city in the disputed region of Kosovo* Sremska Mitrovica, a city in Srem, Serbia...
  
  
• Kosova (V)

Champions

• 1991 Sigal Prishtina
• 1991/1992 Trepça Mitrovicë
• 1992/1993 Peja
• 1993/1994 Peja
• 1994/1995 Peja
• 1995/1996 Peja
• 1996/1997 Drita
• 1997/1998 league interrupted due to Kosovo War
  Kosovo War
  The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
  
  
• 1998/1999 league not held due to Kosovo War
  Kosovo War
  The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
  
  
• 1999/2000 Trepça Mitrovicë
• 2000/2001 Trepça Mitrovicë
• 2001/2002 Sigal Prishtina
• 2002/2003 Sigal Prishtina
• 2003/2004 Dukagjini Pejë
• 2004/2005 Mabetex Prishtinë
• 2005/2006 Sigal Prishtina
• 2006/2007 Sigal Prishtina
• 2007/2008 Sigal Prishtina
• 2008/2009 Sigal Prishtina
• 2009/2010 Sigal Prishtina
• 2010/2011 Sigal Prishtina