Latvian Basketball Association

Latvijas Basketbola Savienība
SportBasketball
Founded1923 (1923)
PresidentRaimonds Vējonis
Country Latvia
HeadquartersRiga
Continent FIBA Europe
Official websitebasket.lv

The Latvian Basketball Association (Latvian: Latvijas Basketbola Savienība), also known as LBS, is the national governing body of basketball in Latvia. It was founded in 1923 and was one of the FIBA Europe co-founders, but due to the Soviet and Nazi occupations, the federation disappeared from FIBA from 1940 to 1991. Its headquarters are located in Riga.

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