KK Berane (formerly KK Radnički and later KK Ivangrad) was a basketball club based in Berane (then Ivangrad), Montenegro.
The club is best remembered for being the first team from Montenegro to compete in the Yugoslav First Federal League, the top-tier basketball league of SFR Yugoslavia, during the 1960s. The club folded in the late 1990s, with KK Lim Berane viewed as its successor.
History
Organized basketball in Ivangrad began in 1949,Radio Televizija Crne Gore (RTCG): *“Jubilej 65 godina beranske košarke”*, noting the beginnings of the basketball club in 1949. when the first basketball section was formed. In 1951 the club was formally named KK Radnički (Ivangrad). In the 1960s the club adopted the name KK Ivangrad. Under this name it achieved its greatest success: first Montenegrin club in history to qualify for the Yugoslav First Federal League (the elite level of Yugoslav basketball).Antena M: Historical articles on the rise of KK Ivangrad and participation in the Yugoslav First League.
Dissolution By the late 1990s the senior team ceased operations due to financial and structural difficulties. The basketball tradition in the town was later continued through newly founded club KK Lim Berane, established in 2010.
First League seasons 1966 Yugoslav First Basketball League 1994–95 YUBA League
See also KK Lim Berane Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League
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