MBC Mariupol (, formerly BK Azovmash) was a Ukrainian professional

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club. It was founded in 1990 in the city of

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in South-Eastern

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. Mariupol was one of the strongest teams in Ukraine along with

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, Khimik, and Cherkasy. The team's performance peak was an appearance in the EuroCup Final of 2007, against Akasvayu Girona.

History

The club was founded in 1990. Azovmash moved up from the Ukrainian third to first division by 1999. Azovmash won the 2002 Ukrainian SuperLeague title. Azovmash added another Ukrainian title in 2004 and following the arrival of

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Khalid El-Amin, won the domestic championship again in 2006 and 2007. In 2007, with players like Kenan Bajramović,

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, Serhiy Lishchuk and El-Amin, Azovmash reached the FIBA EuroCup Final Four, defeating Italian

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club

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by a point in the semis before falling to Spanish

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club Akasvayu Girona in the title game. In 2008, Azovmash reached the elimination rounds

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and won the Ukrainian domestic championship and cup. After leaving the

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in 2014, the club did not join any competition until 2016, when the club joined the Higher League, the Ukrainian second division.

Season by season

Honours

* Ukrainian SuperLeague: ** Gold - 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 ** Silver - 2005, 2012, 2013 ** Bronze - 2001, 2002 *

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: ** Gold - 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009 ** Silver - 2007 * FIBA EuroCup: ** Gold

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- 2003 ** Finalist of the EuroCup 2006-07

Notable players

* Oleksandr Rayevsky * Serhiy Lishchuk * Alexander Lokhmanchuk * Kyrylo Fesenko * Maksym Pustozvonov * Denys Lukashov * Vyacheslav Bobrov * Ihor Zaytsev * Oleksandr Kol'čenko * Thomas Van Den Spiegel * Kenan Bajramović *

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* Slaven Rimac *

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* Nikola Radulović * Sandis Valters * Tomas Delininkaitis * Simonas Serapinas * Vladimir Golubović *

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* Radoslav Rancik * Miroslav Raduljica *

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* William Avery * Rodney Buford * R. T. Guinn *

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* Khalid El-Amin * Junior Harrington *

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* Kris Lang * Carlos Powell * Marc Salyers *

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* Joe Crispin

Head coaches

* Vitaliy Lebedintsev (2002) * Andriy Podkovyrov (2002–2004) * Rimas Girskis (2004–2007) * Algirdas Brazys (2007–Dec. 2007) * Sergiy Zavalin (Dec. 2007–Feb. 2008 ) *

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(Feb.–Nov. 2008) * Rimas Girskis (Nov. 2008– Nov. 2009) * Andriy Podkovyrov (Nov. 2009–Feb. 2010) * Sergiy Zavalin (Feb.–Nov. 2010) * Rolandas Jarutis (Nov. 2010–Jun. 2011 ) * Aleksandar Petrović (Jun.–Dec. 2011) * Gintaras Krapikas (Dec. 2011–Feb. 2012) *

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(Feb.–Jun. 2012) * Aleksandar Kesar (Jul.–Nov. 2012) * Sergiy Zavalin (Nov. 2012) * Sergiy Zavalin (Jun. 2013–Jan. 2014) * Zvezdan Mitrović (Jan.–May 2014)

References

External links

Eurocup team profileEurobasket.com team profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mariupol Defunct basketball teams in Ukraine Basketball teams in the Soviet Union Sport in Mariupol Basketball teams established in 1990 1990 establishments in Ukraine