Basketball#
Basketball, ball game originating in the USA, slowly established in Austria from 1936 on. At first only a supplementary sport for handball players, the game rivalled the older Korbball, a game similar to basketball and usually played by girls. The Austrian Basketball Federation was founded in 1948 and comprises 165 associations and 9,208 members (figures from 1993).
Publications#
OeBV- und Bundesligamittlg.Literature#
N. Adam (ed.), Faszination eines Spiels, 1988.