KK Kumanovo
| KK Kumanovo | |||
| Founded | 1946 / 2009 | ||
| Hall | Sports hall "Panko Brashnarov" (4,000 seats) |
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| president | Branislav Jovanovski | ||
| Trainer | Marjan Srbinovski | ||
| league |
Prva Liga 2015/16: 2nd place |
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| Colours | Blue & white | ||
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| successes | |||
| 3 times Macedonian runners-up (2002, 2015, 2016) Macedonian Cup finalist 2013 Semi-finalist Balkan League 2013 |
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The Košarkaški klub Kumanovo ( Macedonian кошаркарски клуб Куманово , basketball club Kumanovo ) is a basketball club from the city of the same name in North Macedonia . The men's team was originally formed in 1946, but following bankruptcy, the professional team was disbanded in 2003. Since 2009 there has been a professional team in the club with the addition of 2009 . Although the men's team already took part in continental club competitions in the 1990s, the team only came closer to winning titles despite a runner-up in 2002 after the re-establishment. After the cup final in 2013, the team was last twice runner-up in 2015 and 2016 and reached the semi-finals in the supranational Balkan League in 2013.
history
Founded in 1946, the team was only able to achieve national successes after Macedonia's independence and qualified for the Korać Cup in 1998/99 at the end of the 1990s , where they lost a first and second game against KK Krka as well as two years later in the same competition against the BK Jambol . A season later they moved into the play-off final series for the Macedonian championship in 2002 , in which they lost two to four wins against record champions and defending champion Feršped Rabotnički from the capital Skopje . In the following season, the team was unable to keep up due to financial difficulties and was relegated to a relegation point.
After the club Pop Sport VSA from Kumanovo had tried a season largely unsuccessful in the top division, the club's team returned as Kumanovo 2009 in the 2010/11 season in the Prva Liga Macedonia. After establishing themselves in the top division again, the first successes came when they reached the cup final in 2013, which was lost to defending champions and champions KK MZT Skopje , and in the supranational Balkan League when they first participated immediately reached the Final Four tournament, in which the defending champion Hapoel Gilboa Galil was defeated in the semifinals . In the following participation, the team lost in the Balkan League 2014 in the quarterfinals against the eventual title winner Levski Sofia and did not have any chances of winning titles in national competitions. This should change in the 2014/15 season, when the team defeated record champions Rabotnički in the play-off semifinals of the championship after being eliminated again in the quarter-finals of the Balkan League against Rilski athlete Samokow . In the final series, however, they lost in three games against defending champion KK MZT Aerodrom. For the 2015/16 season, the team registered for the FIBA Europe Cup 2015/16 and decided not to participate in the Balkan League. In the continental club competition it was enough in six preliminary round matches only to one home win against Kotkan TP-Basket . In the national championship play-offs, as third in the main round, the semi-final series was still in five games and was able to achieve at least one home win in the final series against series champion MZT before losing another chance of winning the title in four games.
Known players
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Web links
- KK KUMANOVO - overview of participation in club competitions of FIBA Europe ( English )
- KK Kumanovo 2009 - Profile on the website of the Balkan League (English)