From Fun to World-Class Quality: The Beginnings and Development of Basketball in Bosnia And Herzegovina
Basketball is one of the most popular and successful sports in the Balkans, especially in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and in the countries that emerged from its dissolution – Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. A chronological overview of the development of basketball in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (hereafter: the Kingdom of SCS), former Yugoslavia and its successor states, with special emphasis on Bosnia and Herzegovina, highlights key figures, institutions and events that contributed to its establishment and development in the aforementioned territory.
Authors
- Slobodan Simović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5682-4920)
- Jovan Vuković (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6594-4844)
- Munir Talović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6463-1264)
- Kristina Pantelić-Babić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1724-2810)
- Denis Čaušević (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2400-9352)
Institutions
- University of Sarajevo (BA)
- University of Novi Sad (RS)
- University of Banja Luka (BA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The International Journal of the History of Sport
- Published
- 2026-07-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2026.2678582
- Primary Topic
- Sports, Gender, and Society
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00