The first basketball competitions in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Basketball as a sport was first played among Sokol and school youths in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1919. The first games took place in mid-1922. The first basketball games were held at the regional Sokol competition in Maribor on June 28 and 29, 1922. In the Second Boy's Grammar School in Belgrade, there was a school competition in the school year of 1923/24. As basketball was initially being played by Sokol youngsters and within the Sokol association, it seemed rather logical to have Sokol members as the first initiators and organizers of the first basketball competitions and championships in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The first attempt to host a state level championship was in Skopje on June 28, 1937, when three Sokol teams appeared at this event. The first championship of the Sokol Association of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was held from September 28 to 29, 1940 in Borovo. There were teams from seven different Sokol regions with 170 men and women divided into 15 teams. This first championship was won by the Men's Zagreb team and Women's Belgrade team. The junior championship in both categories was won by the Zagreb Sokol teams.