State Sports Awards for Vahidin Musemić and the Sitting Volleyball National Team

The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the proposal of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, adopted a Decision on awarding the State Sports Award of Bosnia and Herzegovina for 2014, and the first award, for lifetime achievement, in the amount of 8,000.00 KM was received by Vahidin Musemić for winning the silver medal in 1968 in the football competition of the European Cup with the then national team of Yugoslavia, reports the Bosnian news agency Patria.

As a player for FK Sarajevo, he played 182 matches and scored 83 goals, placing him among the top five club scorers of all time.

The second award, in the amount of 7,000.00 KM, was received by the Senior National Team of Bosnia and Herzegovina in sitting volleyball for multiple medals won at European and world competitions, including the latest gold medal at the World Championship in sitting volleyball, held in June 2014 in the Polish city of Elblag.   

Certificates of appreciation were awarded to HŠK Zrinjski Mostar, champion in football for the 2014/2015 season and participant in the UEFA Champions League, and Bajro Obuća, who holds multiple international FIDE titles, including a FIDE license as a referee with the title 'International Arbiter' and a FIDE license as a coach with the title 'FIDE instructor', and as a chess player holds the title of International Master Candidate and a FIDE rating of 2162.