BC Borisfen, also known as Borisfen Mogilev (in

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: ''Барысфэн Магілёў;'' in Russian: ''Борисфен Могилёв''), is a Belarusian

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club based in

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. It plays in the

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and played in the

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until it was suspended.

History

The club was established on 3 September 2010. The club was founded after BC Temp-OSHVSM disappeared from the highest Belarusian basketball league. In 2011, Borisfen played in the Belarusian Second League for one season. In the 2016–17 season, Borisfen made its debut in the

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. Domestically, in

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and

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, Borisfen finished as runners-up behind

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. In the 2019–20 season, Borisfen made its debut in a European competition, playing in the qualifying rounds of the

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. The team lost to

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. Borisfen qualified for the regular season of the

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., but due to the discovery of

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in one of the members of the delegation, the team was unable to participate in the games and was sent to quarantine. In 2021, in the fourth match in the final series, BC Borisfen lost to BC Tsmoki-Minsk by a score 52:85. Thus, BC Borisfen - four-time vice-champion of the Belarusian Basketball Championship. Also, on July 16, it became known that several players left the team, namely: Dupree McBrayer, Darol Hernandez-Zinenko, Tywain МcКee, Brooks DeBisschop and Anton Zaretsky. In the 2021/2022 season, the club planned to compete in the newly formed European Northern League, where the opponents would also be: Anwil Wloclawek,

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, BK Liepaja,

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, BK Siauliai, Tartu Ulikool Maks and Moorits and BC Valmiera GLASS VIA. The European North Basketball League has excluded BC Borisfen and BC Enisey from the competition from March 1, 2022 due to the

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. In the 2023/2024 season, the club won the Belarusian Cup, beating BC Minsk in the semifinals in the third overtime (108:102). and BC Grodno-93 in the finals (83:75). It was the first cup in Borisfen's history. In the 2024/2025 season, the club took 3rd place in the Belarusian Cup, losing in the semifinals to BC Minsk (75:69), and beat Rubon (98:75). Borisfen has won the bronze medal of the Cup for the third time in its history. At the end of the regular season, having taken third place, Borysthenes confidently beat Grodno-93-GrGU in the quarterfinals of the playoffs (2:0 in the series); however, they were defeated by BC Minsk (0:3 in the series) and, bringing the series for 3rd place to on the 5th match, lost to BC Rubon (2:3 in the series). Thus, BC Borisfen took the final fourth place and for the first time in 10 years did not appear in the top three.

European record

: Borisfen withdrew from the

after players on the team were diagnosed with

Players

Current roster

References

External links

Official websiteVK.com profile
Basketball teams in Belarus Mogilev Basketball teams established in 2010 {{Belarus-sport-stub