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.

Not to be confused with BC Kyiv.

Kyiv-Basket
Nickname	The Bees (Ukrainian: Бджоли)
Leagues	Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague
Founded	1992 (reestablished in 2017)
Dissolved	1998
History	List Maccabi-Dandy 1992–1993 Kyiv-Basket 1993–1996 Dandy-Basket 1996–1998 Kyiv-Basket 2017–present
Arena	Meridian Sports Complex
Capacity	1,500
Location	Kiev, Ukraine
Head coach	Ainars Bagatskis
2018–19 position	SuperLeague, 2nd of 8
Website	Link
Home Away

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 Sports	7,000	1992–1998
		2018–present
Meridian Sports Complex	1,500	2017–2018

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
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. 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) 23 – (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) 26 – (1994-08-13)13 August 1994	Head coach Ainars Bagatskis Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster 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.

External links

• Official website (in Ukrainian)