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Wikimedia Commons. Pristina , Kosovo. White and blue. Black and yellow. Gjilan City Stadium. Prizren , Kosovo. Black and orange. Olympic Stadium Adem Jashari.

Shahin Haxhiislami Stadium. Zahir Pajaziti Stadium. Kosovo became a member of the EMF, April FITA admitted Kosovo as a full member.

Full membership status will be confirmed at a future meeting. FILA admitted Kosovo as not full member but an associated federation. Kosovo became an associated federation of the European Handball Federation in , prior to its declaration of independence with only clubs alloved to compete in EHF cups.

The IJF admitted Kosovo as a full member. The ISF admitted Kosovo as a full member. Kosovo became a full member in , prior to its declaration of independence.

The organization of games between the clubs is controlled by the Judo Federation of Kosovo. The number of participants from all the clubs is Males and Females.

Whereas the number of active coaches is The most successful one is Driton Kuka who was a champion for many years.

Majlinda Kelmendi gave Kosovo the first judo world title on 27 August , as she beat Erika Miranda , a Brazilian judoka in the 52 kilograms gold medal match in Rio de Janeiro.

While small handball today's handball was introduced during — Handball teams did succeed to join the first and second leagues of the former Yugoslavia, that time — was among the strongest leagues in the world.

Teams such as Borci, Prishtina and Trepca reached to play in the first league of the former Yugoslavia.

After the Kosovo War, many attempts were made for the internationalization of handball however this did not happen until December 18, when Kosovo handball federation was accepted in the European handball federation with conditional rights.

Nowadays in Kosovo exists handball super league major league , cup of Kosovo, first league, junior's league, cadet's league in both categories women and man.

Another part of Kosovo Handball Federation is beach handball. The champion was KH Prishtina. During —, four teams from Kosovo took part in the second division of the league of former Yugoslavia.

In KV Prishtina-Elektroekonomia took part in qualification to enter the first division of the former Yugoslavia but did not succeed.

First League of Women was organized in Universiteti from Prishtina was the first team of women who took part in the second division league of Yugoslavia.

Major league called Superleague of Kosovo then come cup of Kosovo, the first league and junior's league. Athletics is a sport that includes running, walking, jumping, and throwing and is evidenced since the Illyrian period.

Athletics Federation of Kosovo is an association of athletes and their clubs that organize sports competitions in the discipline of athletics in Kosovo.

Some of the main responsibilities for the federation are to promote athletics in Kosovo, lead the development of athletics, coordinate the progress of the quality of athletics, and to adapt and implement short and long curriculum development in athletics.

Currently, the association is preparing for the half marathon in Prishtina, one of the most important events that will be held on 11 May She won some medals in international competitions and she competed at the Summer Olympics as part of Serbia and Montenegro Team.

Chess is a very common sport in Kosovo. Most chess events are organized by the Kosovo Chess Federation. Annual events organized by the federation include the Kosovan Chess Championship and the traditional "Java e Minatoreve", "Pervjetori i Pavaresis", and "Hyzri Talla" tournaments.

Tennis in Kosovo is governed by the Federation of Tennis in Kosovo. Kosovo Tennis Federation, founded in , has active players belonging to different age group.

KT Prishtina was founded on the 27 June and is the oldest club in Kosovo. It has many players who are ranked pretty high in the Kosovo rankings list and it has its own tennis school and many coaches.

Whereas, KT Trepca was founded on 15 July , as it has its own tennis school which consists of 47 students. The main objectives of the association is to group the teams and organized games between the clubs.

K Qikat is Kosovos first all-female rugby sevens team. They have entered regional competitions since , and have a youth program for children under 12, in cooperation with the men's team.

Albaniada is an event that is aimed to be traditional-gathers together people from all Albanian territories, where young and old people play traditional games and sports the main goal of this event is to 'bring back to life' games and sports that Albanian ancestors have been playing many years ago.

Kosovan people are known for the support they show for their local teams. This fan club was founded in by the supporters of FC Prishtina. They got their name from the traditional Albanian cap called Plis.

Usually, the members of Plisat stay in the east stand of the Pristina City Stadium while supporting their team in football. Besides supporting the football team, after the Kosovo war , Plisat started to support also their basketball, Sigal Prishtina , and also handball teams.

They started to shape their 'support style' cheering their teams in different ways-followed by different choreography in the stands of the city stadium in Pristina.

Plisat these days are the most famous fan club in Kosovo. This fan club got their name from the symbol of the Albanian mountains - the Albanian Eagle.

This fan club got this name English: The Intellectuals after the club was founded in by the intellectuals and the society of the city in Gjilan.

They support all the 10 clubs that share the name 'Drita'. Mostly this fan club supports the biggest club of Gjilan-the football club Drita in the matches organized in the City Stadium of Gjilan, but the Intellectuals are present cheering also for the teams in basketball, volleyball and handball for both genres.

The colors that characterize this fan club are white and blue, as those are the colors all clubs named Drita use. There are several theories about the origin of the name of the fan club.

One is that the name came from the good behavior of the fans, and the good organization of their matches in comparison with other clubs at that time in Kosovo.

Another theory is that the name came from the patriotic fractions within the club which used club and its infrastructure as a camouflage to organise clandestine meetings with other patriots of the Kosovo Albanian patriotic movement.

Initially, the funs club was spontaneous and had no name, but after , they became well organized, with several well identified subgroups which helped the team and the club in their different activities.

The most powerful of this subgroups in the period around to were "Holy Blue" and "White and Blue Hooligans".

After the war in Kosovo , their presence in the matches became regular, and the fans started to call themselves Arpagjik't.

After the first season, groups Arpagjik't and The Panthers merged under one same name - Arpagjik't. The first flag within the Panthers was the one prepared in , 20 by 7 meters, in which was written "Go Bashkimi, Go Panthers".

The first days under the name Arpagjik't were very successful because the fan club distributed over fan membership cards, with whom the fans could watch the matches without paying anything.

This was a new era for the ultras in Prizren under one name. The aim of the fan club is to prepare the city stadium and the local indoor arenas in which the local clubs play games; prepare the stands with requisites, flags and club scarfs.

Skifterat in English "Falcons" was founder on September in the city of Gjilan. Where most of the soldiers were from the city of Gjilan.

The fan club is located in the city of Gjilan and it supports football team SC Gjilani. Skifterat take pride of being the most unique fan bases in Kosova.

Most of the other fan clubs have teams from other sports to support which associate with their teams name. While Skifterat only have one team SC Gjilani which doesn't have any other sports associate to their name.

Skifterat take pride of supporting a club which hasn't any success lately and still they have always been there being their 12th player through the rough times the club has had.

Skifterat were very active in the early days, being one of the first organized fan bases in Kosova, bringing new things into the tifo scene in Kosova.

Skifterat are one of the most organized fans in Kosova. Supporting their team home and away. Source: [45]. For a long time in Kosovo the people have missed international activities, so it has been a vacuum about organizing international sports events and the opportunity to represent the quality of the young athletes of Kosovo in the international level, who would give a positive impact in advancing in the local sport.

Currently Kosovo federations are full members of seven international federations, provisional members of four international federations, associated members of two international federations and members of 1 European federation.

On 22 October the International Olympic Committee announced that it had granted provisional recognition to the Kosovo Olympic Committee and proposed that it be granted full recognition at the IOC Session to be held in December The following sports federations have either admitted or have received the application from Republic of Kosovo to be admitted into their membership.

The club was founded in The Football Superleague of Kosovo is the top level of the Kosovar football league system.

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Sport in Kosova The contribution of sport to the international projection of a country 1st International Sport Countries Conference Barcelona, April 2.

General information? Kosova is a small country. In In terms of structure of population, Kosova is ranked in first place with young population.

Sport in Kosova from to ? Achievement of high sports results in different international competitions. The Kosovars Albanian created a parallel system, also in sport.