Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague

The Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague (USL) (Ukrainian: Українська баскетбольна суперліга) is the first-tier level of professional basketball league in Ukraine. Established in 1992, the league is currently contested by 10 clubs. It is a tier above the Ukrainian Higher League and allows for one season from the Higher League each season to be promoted.

Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague
Organising bodyBasketball Federation of Ukraine
Founded1992 (1992)
First season1992–93
CountryUkraine
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams9
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toUkrainian Higher League
Current championsKhimik (3rd title)
(2018–19)
Most championshipsBudivelnyk (10 titles)
WebsiteFBU.ua
2019–20 season

The league exists out of a regular season, in which team play for playoff-seeding, followed by playoffs to determine the Ukrainian champion. Defunct club Budivelnyk is the most successful team in league history with 10 titles. The winners of the Superleague qualify for the qualifying rounds of the Basketball Champions League (BCL).

2019–20 season
Main article: 2019–20 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague
Location of teams in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague

Teams

Nine teams joined the competition. BC Politekhnik was replaced by Kharkivski Sokoly respectively. Prometey is new team in the league.

Team City
Cherkaski MavpyCherkasy
DniproDnipro
PrometeyKamianske
KhimikYuzhne
Kyiv-BasketKyiv
MykolaivMykolaiv
OdesaOdesa
Kharkivski SokolyKharkiv
ZaporizhyaZaporizhia

Champions
Year Winner Runners-up Final score Third place
1992 Budivelnyk NKI Mykolaiv Round-robin Spartak Lugansk
1992–93 Budivelnyk SKA Kyiv Round-robin NKI Mykolaiv
1993–94 Budivelnyk Kyiv-Basket 3–0 Bipa-Moda Odesa
1994–95 Budivelnyk Kyiv-Basket 3–0 Shakhtar-ASKO Donetsk
1995–96 Budivelnyk Shakhtar Donetsk Round-robin Kyiv-Basket
1996–97 Budivelnyk BIPA-Moda Odesa 3–2 Kyiv-Basket
1997–98 BIPA-Moda Odesa Budivelnyk 3–0 SC Mykolaiv
1998–99 BIPA-Moda Odesa CSKA-RIKO Kyiv 3–2 Budivelnyk
1999–00 Kyiv MBC Odesa 3–2 CSKA-Ukrtatnafta Kyiv
2000–01 MBC Odesa Kyiv 3–2 Azovmash
2001–02 MBC Odesa Kyiv 3–2 Azovmash
2002–03 Azovmash MBC Odesa 4–0 Kyiv
2003–04 Azovmash Kyiv 4–2 MBC Odesa
2004–05 Kyiv Azovmash 3–0 Khimik
2005–06 Azovmash Kyiv 3–1 Khimik
2006–07 Azovmash Kyiv 3–2 Khimik
2007–08 Azovmash Kyiv 3–1 Khimik
2008–09* Azovmash Donetsk 3–0 Khimik
2008–09* Kryvbasbasket Budivelnyk 3–2 Politekhnika-Halychyna
2009–10 Azovmash Budivelnyk 3–2 Ferro-ZNTU
2010–11 Budivelnyk Donetsk 4–3 Hoverla
2011–12 Donetsk Azovmash 4–0 Ferro-ZNTU
2012–13 Budivelnyk Azovmash 4–3 Ferro-ZNTU
2013–14 Budivelnyk Khimik 3–1 Azovmash
2014–15 Khimik Dnipro 3–0 Budivelnyk
2015–16* Khimik Dynamo 3–1 Kryvbas
2015–16* Dnipro Budivelnyk 3–0 Politekhnika-Halychyna
2016–17 Budivelnyk Khimik 3–1 Dnipro
2017–18 Cherkaski Mavpy Dnipro 3–0 Khimik
2018–19 Khimik Kyiv-Basket 3–0 Zaporizhya
2019–20 Dnipro Kyiv-Basket N/A Prometey
  • Note, there were two different leagues in the 2008–09 and 2015–16 season.
  • FBU-sanctioned league seasons marked in light green. Alternative non-FBU league seasons marked in light blue.

Performance by club
Club Champions Runners-up Third place Winning years
Budivelnyk 10 4 2 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2011, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17
Azovmash 7 3 3 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Odesa 4 3 2 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
Khimik 3 2 6 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19
Kyiv 2 6 1 2000, 2005
Donetsk 1 2 0 2011–12
Dnipro 2 2 1 2015–16 (UBSL), 2019–20
Kryvbas 1 0 1 2008–09 (UBL)
Cherkaski Mavpy 1 0 0 2017–18
Kyiv-Basket 0 4 2
CSKA Kyiv 0 2 1
Mykolaiv 0 1 2
Shakhtar Donetsk 0 1 1
Dynamo Kyiv 0 1 0
Zaporizhya 0 0 4
Politekhnika-Halychyna 0 0 2
Spartak Lugansk 0 0 1
Hoverla 0 0 1
Prometey 0 0 1
Total313131
  • Superleague clubs marked with light green background.
  • Low division clubs marked with light yellow background.
  • Defunct clubs marked with light grey background.

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player
Main article: USL Most Valuable Player

See also

References
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