Kosovo national basketball team
| Kosovo | |||
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| FIBA ranking | 83 | ||
| Joined FIBA | 2015 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| National federation | Basketball Federation of Kosovo (Federata e Basketbollit e Kosovës – FBK) | ||
| Coach | Brad Greenberg | ||
| Nickname(s) | Dardanët (Dardanians) | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| EuroBasket | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
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| First international | |||
 Slovenia 113–68 Kosovo  (Ljubljana, Slovenia; 31 August 2016) |
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Slovenia 113–68 Kosovo (Ljubljana, Slovenia; 31 August 2016) |
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The Kosovo national basketball team (Albanian: Përfaqësuesja e basketbollit të Kosovës, Serbian: Кошаркашки репрезентација Косова/Košarkaški reprezentacija Kosova) represents Kosovo in international men's basketball. It is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Kosovo, the governing body for basketball in Kosovo. They have been a member of FIBA since 2015.
The Kosovo Basketball Federation was founded in 1991. During the Yugoslavian era, Kosovo had its own Superleague and lower divisions, in both genders. In the 1990s, Kosovo declared political and sports independence from the Yugoslavian system, organising its own league, based on different teams from seven major cities of Kosovo. Some basketball players from Kosovo, especially Kosovo Serbs, participated as part of the Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia national basketball teams.
Kosovo was not allowed to play international matches, not even friendlies by FIBA, until 2015, when the Kosovo Basketball Federation became an official member of FIBA and FIBA Europe. Kosovo will be part of FIBA EuroBasket qualifications for the first time, as they will compete in the FIBA EuroBasket 2017's qualification tournament. FIBA is about to allow a lot of Kosovan players, that have already played for other national teams to play for their own country. Some of those players include: Dardan Berisha (Poland), Kenan Sipahi (Turkey), Ulug Kacaniku (Turkey), Edon Maxhuni (Finland), Gezim Morina (Slovenia) and Erjon Kastrati (Slovenia).
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