KK Igokea


Košarkaški klub Igokea, commonly referred to as KK Igokea or simply Igokea, is a professional Bosnian basketball club from Aleksandrovac, Laktaši municipality, in the entity of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club currently participates in the Adriatic League and the Bosnian League. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association.

History

Even though they have become well known to the broader basketball public in the territory of the former Yugoslavia only several years ago, when they joined the regional competition called the Adriatic League, Igokea is a club with a long-lasting tradition. Its beginnings go back into 23 July 1973, when KK Potkozarje was established in Aleksandrovac by a group of enthusiasts that set themselves the main goal to introduce basketball to local youth and teach them the basics. In the second half of the 1990s, the club was renamed to Igokea and that's when the club's main emphasis was put on its youth categories and got another dimension and adopted the highest ambitions at the senior level. The Igokea's first trophy came in 2001 when the club from Aleksandrovac conquered the entire competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina and became champion. Six years later, it won their first national cup trophy. By now the club has won six championship and five cup trophies. In the 2010–11 season, Igokea participated in the ABA League for the first time and in 2013 it reached the regional league's final four tournaments, securing themselves also a spot in the Eurocup and that's when it entered the biggest international stage.

2012–13 ABA League controversy

At the beginning of the 2012–13 ABA League season, the ABA League Board announced that starting this season the only way to qualify for the European Club Competitions under ULEB, will be through Adriatic League and not the national championships of each ABA country member. ABA League Board also informed clubs and the public that the winner of the regular season will directly qualify for the Euroleague Group Phase in the 2013–14 season and that the second ABA team in Euroleague will be the Final Four winner. If the same team wins the regular season and the Final Four, then the second-placed team from the regular season will go to Euroleague. The third-placed team from regular season would enter the Qualification for the 2013–14 Euroleague. In February 2013, when it became clear that Igokea will win the regular season, Euroleague Basketball clarified the situation of the Adriatic League spots saying the three first teams in the Final Four will qualify. Due to the different interpretation of both associations, Euroleague and Liga ABA negotiated a solution to be applied only for the 2012–13 season.
Finally, both organizations agreed that if the team is in the first positions after the Regular Season meets all of the B-licence minimum requirements, will qualify to Euroleague. In this case, KK Igokea doesn't meet required criteria, so Euroleague Basketball applied the 2012-13 Euroleague Bylaws by which the 2013 ABA Final Four champion and the runner-up will take the first two Adriatic positions in this order, whilst the next highest regular season team will take the final Adriatic position.

2013–14 European Club Competitions

On June 25, 2013, Executive Board of Igokea Basketball Club announced that the club won't use its right to compete in the 2013-14 Euroleague Qualifying Tournament citing that even if the club would win the tournament it would not be allowed to play games in its home arena since it doesn't meet the standards for obtaining Euroleague "B" license. Instead, BC Igokea will be playing in 2013-14 Eurocup competition.

Arena

is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the city of Laktaši. It is the home ground of basketball club Igokea and has a capacity of 3,050 seats.

Honours

2000/01 Radivoj Korać Cup

Elimination Round I

Elimination Round II

2001/02 Reimond Saporta Cup

Qualification Round - Group D
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Igokea77–7881–9078–8191–8399–110
FMP72–6463–9281–9282–6496–83
Iraklis86–5071–7662–6680–4888–78
Slovakofarma62–5895–9286–7493–6285–89
Keravnos83–8659–10072–8054–8787–88
Split82–8473–7887–9286–8087–84

Players

Current roster


Depth chart

Retired numbers

Coaches

Management

Current officeholders are: