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
Kyiv-Basket logo
NicknameThe Bees (Ukrainian: Бджоли)
LeaguesUkrainian Basketball SuperLeague
Founded1992
(reestablished in 2017)
Dissolved1998
History
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  • Maccabi-Dandy
    1992–1993
    Kyiv-Basket
    1993–1996
    Dandy-Basket
    1996–1998
    Kyiv-Basket
    2017–present
ArenaPalace of Sports
Capacity7,000
LocationKyiv, Ukraine
Head coachAinars Bagatskis
Team captainIllya Tyrtyshnik
2020–21 positionSuperLeague, 1st of 8
WebsiteLink

History

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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

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

Arenas

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Arenas
Arena Capacity Tenure
Palace of Sports 7,000 1992–1998
2018–present
Meridian Sports Complex 1,500 2017–2018

Players

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Current roster

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

Kyiv-Basket roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G 2   Thompson, Bernard 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 31 – (1993-01-18)18 January 1993
G 3   Woodson, Avery 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 30 – (1993-12-15)15 December 1993
PF 4   Shevchuk, Volodymyr 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 23 – (2001-01-10)10 January 2001
F 6   Garrett, Jeff 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 29 – (1994-12-08)8 December 1994
SG 8   Sydoruk, Oleksandr 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 22 – (2001-12-15)15 December 2001
C 17   Voinalovych, Andrii 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 24 – (1999-12-11)11 December 1999
C 20   Anikenko, Konstantin 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 32 – (1992-11-09)9 November 1992
F 22   Washington, Jy'lan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 27 – (1997-02-28)28 February 1997
SG 34   Tyrtyshnik, Illya 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 26 – (1998-09-07)7 September 1998
C 35   Kovalov, Artem 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 26 – (1997-11-28)28 November 1997
C 44   Skapintsev, Dmytro 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 26 – (1998-05-12)12 May 1998
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Updated: October 13, 2021

Season by season

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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

Coaches

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Notable players

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References

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  1. ^ "Kyiv Basket History". www.eurobasket.com. 1 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. 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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