Urartu Basketball Club (), also currently known as Urartu Vivaro for sponsorship reasons, is a professional

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team in

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, currently based in

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. Founded in 2016 in

. The team is a founding member of the

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History

Urartu was founded in 2016 with the players who participated for

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in the European Championship for Small Countries played just months before. In its debut first season, the club joined the

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, but after nine rounds the team resigned to continue playing due to financial difficulties. In 2017, the team joined the newly created

, becoming one of the seven clubs that played the first season. Despite finishing the regular season with a perfect balance of 12 wins in 12 games, Urartu was eliminated in the semifinals by Artsakh. Ara Poghosyan was the first president of the club who chaired between 2016 and 2017, followed by Karen Giloyan.

Tigran Gyokchyan Tigran Gyokchyan (in Armenian Տիգրան Գյոկչյան, in Western Armenian Տիգրան Կէօքճեան; born January 3, 1965) is an Armenian basketball coach who currently coaches the Lebanese women's national basketball team and is the ...

managed the team during the same period until late 2017 when he was replaced by Sargis Stepanyan.

Season by season

Current roster

Notable players

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Trophies

*Armenian SuperCup (1): 2019

References

External links

Profile at FacebookEurobasket.com Urartu BC Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Urartu 2016 establishments in Armenia Basketball teams established in 2016 Basketball teams in Armenia