BC Prometey (Ukrainian: БК Прометей), also known as Prometey Slobozhanske, was a Ukrainian basketball club based in Slobozhanske, previously based in Kamianske[1] It played in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague, the highest tier of basketball in Ukraine, from 2019 to 2022.
| Prometey | |||
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| Leagues | Latvian-Estonian Basketball League | ||
| Founded | 2018 | ||
| Dissolved | 2024 | ||
| History | BC Prometey 2018–2024 | ||
| Arena | SC Prometey | ||
| Location | Kamianske, Ukraine (until summer 2021) Slobozhanske, Ukraine (since summer 2021) Riga, Latvia (until summer 2024) | ||
| President | Volodymyr Dubinskyi | ||
| General manager | Kirill Vadimovich | ||
| Head coach | Ronen Ginzburg | ||
| Championships | 1 Ukrainian League 2 Higher League 2 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League | ||
| Website | prometeybc.com | ||
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Since 2022 to 2024, the team was based in Riga and played in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
History
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The team was founded as Sports Club Prometey in September 2018, by Volodymyr Dubynsky and Pavlo Chukhno.[2] The plans were to develop a basketball and volleyball team.
In 2018, Prometey joined the Ukrainian Higher League, the national second tier. On October 8, 2018, they played their first game against Zolotyi Vik, winning 86–80. Prometey went on to win the league title at the first attempt. Therefore, it was promoted to the SuperLeague for the 2019–20 season.[3]
In its first SuperLeague season, Prometey was in third place before the season was shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The following season, the club enrolled for the FIBA Europe Cup and made their European debut.
In 2021, Prometey won its first Ukrainian SuperLeague championship.[4] The following season, Prometey made its debut at the European stage when it played in the Qualifying Rounds of the 2021–22 Basketball Champions League. In its debut season, it immediately qualified for the regular season and then advanced to the round of 16. Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Prometey withdrew from the competition and disbanded all teams of the club as club president Volodymyr Dubinskyi cited: "All money and resources should go to the army. Win first. Then everything.".[5] All the club's teams were dissolved in March 2022.[6]
In June 2022, Prometey was included in the list of teams participating in the 2022–23 EuroCup Basketball.[7] The team practiced and played their home games in Riga, as playing in Ukraine was not possible due to the war.[8] Prometey reached the semifinals of the EuroCup in 2023.
Prometey also joined the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, consisting of teams from Estonia and Latvia, and won two consecutive league titles.
The club shut down its operations in the summer of 2024, as the team had longer been dealing with legal troubles, as the Ukraininan police researched president Volodymyr Dubinskiy and his companies.[9]
Honours
edit- Ukrainian SuperLeague
- Champions (1): 2020–21
- Ukrainian Higher League
- Winners (2): 2018–19, 2023–24
- Latvian-Estonian League
Season by season
edit| Champions | Runners-up | Promoted | Playoff berth |
| Season | Tier | League | Finish | Wins | Losses | Win% | Playoffs | Other competitions | Head coach | ||
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| Prometey Kamianske | |||||||||||
| 2018–19 | 2 | Ukrainian Higher League | 1st | 26 | 2 | .929 | Won semi-finals (Khimik-2), 2–0 Won finals (Rivne), 3–0 |
– | Dmitry Markov | ||
| 2019–20 | 1 | Ukrainian SuperLeague | 3rd | 16 | 8 | .667 | Curtailed due to COVID-19 pandemic | – | Kārlis Muižnieks | ||
| 2020–21 | 1 | Ukrainian SuperLeague | 3rd | 27 | 13 | .675 | Winners Won quarterfinals (Khimik, 3–0) Won semifinals (Dnipro, 3–1) Won finals (Zaporizhzhia, 3–0) |
FIBA Europe Cup Round of 16 |
Vitaliy Cherniy Ronen Ginzburg | ||
| 2021–22 | 1 | Ukrainian SuperLeague | 1st | 25 | 1 | .962 | Curtailed and voided due to Russian invasion of Ukraine | Champions League Round of 16 |
Ronen Ginzburg | ||
| 2022–23 | 1 | Latvian–Estonian | 1st | 29 | 1 | .967 | Winners Won quarterfinals (Viimsi, 2–1) Won semifinal (Tartu, 89–69) Won final (VEF Rīga, 77–62) |
EuroCup Basketball SF |
Ronen Ginzburg | ||
Head coaches
edit| Period | Name |
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| 2018–2019 |  Dmitry Markov
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| 2019–2020 |  Kārlis Muižnieks
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| 2020–2021 | Vitaliy Cherniy
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| 2021–2024 |  Ronen Ginzburg
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Notable players
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Davon Reed 1 season: 2023- Rashad Vaughn 1 season: 2020–21
- D. J. Stephens 3 seasons: 2020–23
- D. J. Kennedy 3 seasons: 2021–24
Gian Clavell 2 seasons: 2022–24
Ondřej Balvín 2 seasons: 2022–24
Caleb Agada 2 seasons: 2022–24
Denys Lukashov 5 seasons: 2019–24- Oleksandr Lypovyy 4 seasons: 2020–24
- Viacheslav Petrov 3 seasons: 2020–23
- Oleksandr Belikov 1 season: 2020–21
- Issuf Sanon 2 seasons: 2022–24
- Ivan Tkachenko 2 seasons: 2022–24
- Illia Sydorov 5 seasons: 2019–24
References
edit- ^ "Статистика - Федерація баскетболу України". fbu.ua. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "BC "Prometey"". BC "Prometey". Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ^ "SC Prometey Kamianske". basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 13 August 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Prometey celebrate SuperLeague title". Eurobasket.com. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Prometey withdrawing from BCL". Eurohoops. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Prometey disbands all the club's teams and refuses from the participation in Champions League!". prometeybc.com. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ "2022-23 EuroLeague and EuroCup participating teams confirmed". Euroleague Basketball. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ "Prometey, London Lions, Paris Basketball join EuroCup for 2022-23 season". Eurohoops. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ "BC Prometey shut down as founder faces legal troubles". basketnews.com. Retrieved 2024-09-11.