BC Kyiv-Basket

Ukrainian professional basketball team based in 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

Palace of Sports

Capacity

7,000

Location

Kyiv, Ukraine

Head coach

Ainars Bagatskis

Team captain

Illya Tyrtyshnik

2020–21 position

SuperLeague, 1st of 8

Website

Link

Home

Away

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.

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

Arenas
Arena	Capacity	Tenure
Palace of Sports	7,000	1992–1998
Palace of Sports	7,000	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.	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)	31 – (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)	25 – (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)	25 – (1998-05-12)12 May 1998

Head coach

Ainars Bagatskis

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: October 13, 2021

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

Coaches

Notable players

References

^ "Kyiv Basket History". www.eurobasket.com. 1 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
^ "Київ-Баскет представив логотип клубу". Федерація баскетболу України (in Ukrainian). 10 April 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.