KK Dubrava
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KK Dubrava is a Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 club from Dubrava, Zagreb
Dubrava, Zagreb
Dubrava is one of the largest parts of Zagreb, Croatia. It is located in the northeastern part of the city and divided by the Dubrava Avenue into two administrative areas:* Gornja Dubrava * Donja Dubrava...

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The club was founded on April 22, 1976. It advanced into the first Croatian basketball league between 1986 and 1989, which was at the time a second-tier league under the Yugoslav Basketball League.
In 1993 they advanced to the A-1 Liga, the first-tier league of the Republic of Croatia, under the name Benston, when their primary sponsor was the tobacco factory Tvornica Duhana Zagreb. In 1996, they entered a European competition for the first time.

At the start of the 2000/2001 season, they changed their name to KK Dona, again for sponsorship reasons.

In the 2005/2006 season they were relegated from the A-1 to the A-2 Liga, but returned the following season.

Notable players

Dalibor Bagarić
Dalibor Bagaric
Dalibor Bagarić is a Croatian professional basketball player who formerly played for the NBA's Chicago Bulls from 2000 to 2003...

 - 1997–1998, 1999–2000 seasons Zoran Planinić
Zoran Planinic
Zoran Planinić is a Croatian professional basketball player. He is currently a member of the Euroleague club BC Khimki...

- 1999–2000 season
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