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Košarkaški klub Partizan (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Партизан, English: Partizan Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Partizan or simply Partizan, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based club Partizan. KK Partizan is a part of the Adriatic Basketball Association and competes in the ABA League, the EuroCup and in the Basketball League of Serbia. Since 1945, Partizan has won around 46 trophies, and is the holder of the 21 national champion titles. They have also won 15 national basketball cups and 6 Adriatic championships, and notably the European Champion trophy at the Final Four of the EuroLeague in Istanbul in 1992. KK Partizan was the Euroleague Basketball champion in 1992, playing all but one of the games (including the quarter-final game against Knorr Bologna) on foreign grounds (in the Madrid suburb of Fuenlabrada); FIBA decided not to allow teams from the former Yugoslavia to play their home games at their home venues, because of open hostilities in the region. Same year club took national championship and cup, and won Triple Crown. KK Partizan was not allowed to defend the Euroleague title in the 1992–93 season, because of UN sanctions. They also won 3 Korać Cups in 1978, 1979 and 1989. In September 2009, Partizan became the first Serbian team to play an official game against an NBA team. As of 2018, it's the only team that played the official game.