BC Kyiv () was a Ukrainian professional

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club based in

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

. The club's home court for Ukrainian domestic league matches was the Meridian Sports Complex, which has a

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of 1,500. Large attendance games and European-wide competition games were held at the 7,000 seat Kyiv Sports Palace.

History

The club was founded in 1999. Kyiv won the Ukrainian SuperLeague in 2000 and 2005, and also reached the FIBA EuroCup final in 2005. Over this time, the club has also developed a huge rivalry with their city opponents Budivelnyk Kyiv.

Season by season

Trophies

* Ukrainian SuperLeague (2): : Champions (2): 2000, 2005 : ''Runners-up (6):'' 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 : Third-place (1): 2003 *

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(1): : Champions (1): 2007 : ''Runners-up (3):'' 2006, 2008, 2010 * FIBA EuroCup (0): : ''Runners-up (1):'' 2005 : Third place (1): 2006

Notable players

* Afik Nissim * Hryhoriy Khyzhniak *

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* Oleksandr Lokhmanchuk * Oleksiy Pecherov * Oleksandr Volkov * Marcelo Nicola *

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* Krešimir Lončar * Marcus Norris * Manuchar Markoishvili * Giannis Giannoulis *

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* Goran Nikolić * Ryan Stack * Sergei Chikalkin * Dušan Kecman * Dragan Lukovski * Gary Ervin * LaMarr Greer *

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* Scoonie Penn

References

External links

Official Site
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Basketball clubs in Kyiv Basketball teams established in 1999 Basketball teams disestablished in 2015 1999 establishments in Ukraine 2015 disestablishments in Ukraine