HKK Čapljina Lasta

HKK Čapljina Lasta
Leagues	Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Founded	1973
Arena	Športska Dvorana Čapljina
Capacity	1,000
Location	Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Team colours	Blue and white
Head coach	Josip Jelčić
Website	hkkcapljina.webs.com
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HKK Čapljina Lasta (Croatian: Hrvatski košarkaški klub Čapljina, English: Croatian Basketball Club Čapljina) is a professional basketball team from Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It competes in the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

HKK Čapljina Lasta was founded as KK Borac - Čapljina in 1973. The first official game was played against "Mladost" - Lištica (today HKK Široki). Its biggest success was promotion to Yugoslav First B Federal Basketball League. The club stopped competing with the start of the Bosnian War. In 1993 the team was renamed to HKK Čapljina Lasta, and started competing in the Herzeg-Bosnia Basketball League winning the inaugural season.[1]

Honours

• Herzeg-Bosnia Basketball League
  • Winner (4): 1994, 2007, 2008, 2019

Notable players

Jasmin Repeša started his basketball career in Čapljina

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Gerti Shima
• Dragan Bender
• Jasmin Repeša
• Veljko Mršić

References

1. FOTO / VIDEO: Predstavljamo Hrvatski košarkaški klub "Čapljina - Lasta" Archived 2014-04-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian)

External links

• Team profile at Eurobasket.com