Dynamo Kursk

Dynamo Kursk
Leagues	Russian Premier League EuroLeague Women
Founded	1994 (1994)
History	Svetlana Kursk (1994–1997) Dynamo Kursk (1997–present)
Arena	Dynamo Arena Kursk Technic State University
Location	Kursk, Russia
Team colors	White, Blue
President	Alexander Yager
Head coach	Lucas Mondelo
Championships	1 EuroLeague Women 1 EuroCup Women 3 Russian Cups
Website	kurskbasket.ru
Uniforms
Home Away

"Dynamo" Kursk's Basketball players, 2012.

WBC Dynamo Kursk (Russian: ЖБК «Динамо» Курск) is a Russian women's basketball club from Kursk playing in the Russian Premier League.^[1] They won their first FIBA Eurocup title in 2012.^[2] In the 2016–17 season, Kursk won the EuroLeague Women after going undefeated in the competition.

History

• 1994: WBC "Svetlana" Kursk was formed.
• 1997: renamed as Dynamo Kursk.
• 1999: started participating in the Russian Women's Super League.
• 2008–09: first great achievement in European Arena – qualifying to Semi-final in FIBA Eurocup.
• 2009–10 and 2010–2011: took 4th place in the Russian Women's Super League.
• 2012: for the first time won the FIBA Eurocup.
• 2014–15: in their debut 2014–15 Euroleague won bronze.^[3]
• 2016–17: for the first time entered final of the 2016–17 Euroleague.

Titles

• FIBA Euroleague:
  • Winners: 2016–17
  • Third place: 2014–15, 2017–18
• FIBA Eurocup:
  • Winners: 2011–12
  • Runners-up: 2013–14
• Baltic Women's Basketball League:
  • Winners: 2016–17
• Russian Championships:
  • Runners-up: 2016–17, 2017–2018
  • Third place: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Russian Cup:
  • Winners: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18
  • Runners-up: 2016–17
  • Third place: 2013–14

Roster

Dynamo Kursk roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 7000300000000000000♠3 Zhedik, Natalia 7000184000000000000♠1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 7001750000000000000♠75 kg (165 lb) 30 – (1988-07-11)11 July 1988 SG 7000400000000000000♠4 Petrović, Sonja 7000189000000000000♠1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001770000000000000♠77 kg (170 lb) 29 – (1989-02-18)18 February 1989 C 7000700000000000000♠7 Vadeeva, Maria 7000194000000000000♠1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001820000000000000♠82 kg (181 lb) 20 – (1998-07-16)16 July 1998 C 7000800000000000000♠8 Ciak, Héléna 7000197000000000000♠1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001890000000000000♠89 kg (196 lb) 28 – (1989-12-15)15 December 1989 PG 7000900000000000000♠9 Levchenko, Xenia 7000167000000000000♠1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) 7001540000000000000♠54 kg (119 lb) 22 – (1996-03-29)29 March 1996 SG 7001100000000000000♠10 Prince, Epiphanny 7000175000000000000♠1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 7001760000000000000♠76 kg (168 lb) 29 – (1988-11-01)1 November 1988 F 7001110000000000000♠11 Logunova, Anastasia 7000192000000000000♠1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001820000000000000♠82 kg (181 lb) 28 – (1990-07-20)20 July 1990 F 7001120000000000000♠12 Vidmer, Tatiana 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001830000000000000♠83 kg (183 lb) 32 – (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 SG 7001130000000000000♠13 Kirillova, Elena 7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 7001700000000000000♠70 kg (154 lb) 32 – (1986-01-27)27 January 1986 PG 7001150000000000000♠15 Cruz, Anna 7000178000000000000♠1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 7001600000000000000♠60 kg (132 lb) 31 – (1986-10-27)27 October 1986 F 7001300000000000000♠30 Ogwumike, Nnemkadi 7000189000000000000♠1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001790000000000000♠79 kg (174 lb) 28 – (1990-07-02)2 July 1990 SF 7001350000000000000♠35 McCoughtry, Angel 7000185000000000000♠1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 7001730000000000000♠73 kg (161 lb) 32 – (1986-09-10)10 September 1986	Head coach Lucas Mondelo Assistant coach(es) Cesar Ruperez Roberto Hernández Kalyu Korstin Physiotherapist(s) Igor Aksenenko Sergei Kaplin Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2018-01-06

Former notable players

• Anna Petrakova
• Gunta Baško
• Aušra Bimbaitė
• Temeka Johnson
• Michelle Snow

References

External links

• Official Website