Kyiv-Basket

Kyiv-Basket (Ukrainian: Київ-Баскет) is the Ukrainian basketball club based in Kyiv. Originally founded in 1992 and refounded in 2017, the team plays in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague (UBL).[1] The re-established club made its debut in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague in the 2018–19 season. It replaced the previous club from Kyiv in the UBL, Budivelnyk.

Kyiv-Basket
NicknameThe Bees (Ukrainian: Бджоли)
LeaguesUkrainian Basketball SuperLeague
Founded1992
(reestablished in 2017)
Dissolved1998
History
ArenaMeridian Sports Complex
Capacity1,500
LocationKiev, Ukraine
Head coachAinars Bagatskis
2018–19 positionSuperLeague, 2nd of 8
WebsiteLink

History

The club was founded in 1992 as Maccabi-Dandy (Ukrainian: Маккабі-Денді) by politician and businessman Mykhailo Brodskyy. The team won several trophies in Ukraine. In 1998, the team ceased to exist because of the financial problems.

In November 2017, the club had a revival as a new team was established. The new logo of the team, featuring a bee, was revealed while it was announced that the club would have a women's team and two men's team in the 2017–18 season. The new home arena of the team was the Meridian Sports Complex.[2]

In the 2018–19 season, Kyiv-Basket finished as runners-up as it was defeated by Khimik in the finals, 0–3. Currently the team sits in second place in the UBL and 1st in the second stage of Fiba Europe Cup

Honors

Honors of Kyiv-Basket
League Result Years
Ukrainian SuperLeague Champions
Runners-up 4 (1994, 1995, 2019, 2020)
Third place 2 (1996, 1997)

Arenas

The Palace of Sports functions as home arena
Arenas
Arena Capacity Tenure
Palace of Sports7,0001992–1998
2018–present
Meridian Sports Complex1,5002017–2018

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Kyiv-Basket roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 2 Shepherd, Kasey 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 26 – (1994-06-05)5 June 1994
C 3 Korenyuk, Vladyslav 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 26 – (1994-01-08)8 January 1994
SF 4 Bliznyuk, Bogdan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 25 – (1995-03-31)31 March 1995
C 5 Sandul, Maksim 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 29 – (1991-02-20)20 February 1991
6 Sydoruk, Oleksandr 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 18 – (2001-11-05)5 November 2001
G 7 Zaiets, Illia 18 – (2001-11-11)11 November 2001
G 8 Kondrakov, Yuriy 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 24 – (1996-01-30)30 January 1996
PG 10 Klassen, Marek 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 28 – (1992-06-11)11 June 1992
PF 11 Hill, Kyndahl 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 25 – (1994-08-21)21 August 1994
SF 12 Krutous, Pavlo 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 28 – (1992-04-09)9 April 1992
SF 13 Pavlov, Serhii 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 22 – (1997-07-18)18 July 1997
SF 14 Pustozvonov, Maksym 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 33 – (1987-04-16)16 April 1987
PF 22 Petrov, Viacheslav 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 116 kg (256 lb) 25 – (1994-08-13)13 August 1994
Head coach

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Updated: 4 January 2020

Season by season

Playoff berth
Season Tier League Finish Wins Losses Win% Playoffs Other competitions Head coach
Kyiv-Basket
2018–19 1 SuperLeague 4th 15 13 .536 Won quarterfinals (Mykolaiv), 2–1
Won semifinals (Zaporizhya), 2–1
Lost finals (Khimik), 0–3
2019–20 1 SuperLeague 2nd 17 6 2019–20 FIBA Europe Cup
Lost quarterfinals (Pınar Karşıyaka), 0–2
Ainars Bagatskis

References

  1. "Kyiv Basket History". www.eurobasket.com. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  2. "Київ-Баскет представив логотип клубу". Федерація баскетболу України (in Ukrainian). 10 April 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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