Ukraine national basketball team

Ukraine Ukraine
FIBA ranking 39Steady
Joined FIBA 1992
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation Ukrainian Basketball Federation
Coach Yevgen Murzin
FIBA World Cup
Appearances 1 (2014)
EuroBasket
Appearances 8
Uniforms
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The Ukrainian national basketball team is the national basketball team of Ukraine.[1] The team participates at FIBA Europe competitions. According to the FIBA Ranking it belongs to the six elite teams that resulted from the division of Soviet Union national basketball team, alongside Team Lithuania, Team Russia, Team Latvia, Team Kazakhstan, and Team Georgia. Their best result to date was getting 6th at FIBA EuroBasket 2013 with six wins. The team has qualified for the 2014 FIBA World Cup after defeating Team Italy in the 5th-8th place tournament. The only major global event that the team has not yet qualified for are the Summer Olympic Games.

History

EuroBasket 2011 qualification

Ukraine opened their Qualification at home, against Macedonia, on 2.08.2010.

Team Ukr B/Her Gr.Br. Hun Mac
Ukraine X 87:69 75:66 80:71 58:71
Bosnia and Herzegovina 86:76 X 80:84 73:64 83:71
Great Britain 90:76 94:85 X 66:64 104:96
Hungary 83:75 74:70 82:91 X 85:82
Macedonia 71:55 70:56 75:56 78:44 X

Group B

Qualified for the Final Tournament
Qualified for the Additional Qualifying Round

Final standings

Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
 Great Britain 1462651633+18
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1353614541+73
 Ukraine 1135602620−18
 Hungary 1135582607−25
 Macedonia 1135567615−48

Ukraine did not qualify for EuroBasket 2011 as one of the top two teams of their qualifying group, but did qualify by the FIBA decision of expand the tournament from 16 to 24 teams.

Competitive record

World Cup

FIBA World Cup
Year Position Pld W L
Spain Spain 201418th place523
Total523

EuroBasket

EuroBasket Qualification
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
Germany 1993Did not Qualify 844
Greece 1995 1156
Spain 199713th532 1082
France 1999Did not Qualify 1055
Turkey 200114th312 1073
Sweden 200314th303 1073
Serbia and Montenegro 200516th303 633
Spain 2007Did not Qualify 1248
Poland 2009 1257
Lithuania 201117th523 835
Slovenia 20136th1165 862
Croatia France Germany Latvia 2015 22nd514 Directly qualified
Finland Israel Romania Turkey 2017Qualified 642
Total351322

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2017 qualification.

Ukraine men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
PG 4 Artamonov, Klym 22 – (1993-11-05)5 November 1993 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Bipa Odessa Ukraine
SF 5 Konev, Vladimir 27 – (1989-06-18)18 June 1989 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Khimik Ukraine
PG 6 Mishula, Olexandr 24 – (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Dnipro Ukraine
PG 7 Lukashov, Denys 27 – (1989-04-30)30 April 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Lietuvos Rytas Lithuania
C 8 Fesenko, Kyrylo 29 – (1986-12-24)24 December 1986 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Lokomotiv Kuban Russia
SG 9 Otverchenko, Ruslan 26 – (1990-01-06)6 January 1990 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) ICL Manresa Spain
SF 10 Gliebov, Dmytro 28 – (1988-07-20)20 July 1988 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) SC Kryvbas Ukraine
SG 11 Lypovyy, Oleksandr 24 – (1991-10-09)9 October 1991 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Trikala Aries Greece
PF 12 Korniyenko, Maksym 29 – (1987-06-26)26 June 1987 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Lukoil Academic Bulgaria
SF 13 Bobrov, Vyacheslav 23 – (1992-09-19)19 September 1992 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) UJAP Quimper 29 France
C 14 Pustovyi, Artem 24 – (1992-06-25)25 June 1992 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) Obradoiro CAB Spain
C 15 Kravtsov, Viacheslav 29 – (1987-08-25)25 August 1987 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) CAI Zaragoza Spain
PG 19 Ryabchuk, Oleksandr 27 – (1989-01-15)15 January 1989 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) BC Khimik Ukraine
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 31 August 2016

Depth Chart

Pos. Starter Bench Bench Inactive
C Viacheslav Kravtsov Ihor Zaytsev Kyrylo Fesenko Alex Len
PF Maksym Korniyenko Kyryl Natyazhko Stanislav Tymofeyenko
SF Oleksandr Lypovyy Maksym Pustozvonov Dmytro Gliebov
SG Sergii Gladyr Olexandr Mishula Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk
PG Eugene Jeter Dmytro Zabirchenko Klym Artamonov



Past rosters

1997 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams

Yevheniy Murzin, Oleksandr Lokhmanchuk, Grihoriy Khyzhniak, Oleksandr Okunsky, Leonid Yaylo, Ihor Kharchenko, Ihor Molchanov, Viktor Savchenko, Vadym Pudzyrey, Dmytro Bazelevsky, Denys Zhuravlov, Roman Rubchenko (Coach: Zaurbek Khromaev)

2001 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

Oleksandr Okunsky, Andriy Lebedev, Serhiy Lishchuk, Mykola Khriapa, Volodymyr Rizhov, Stanislav Balashov, Dmytro Korablov, Oleksandr Raevsky, Viacheslav Yevstratenko, Dmytro Markov, Vadym Pudzyrey, Viktor Kobzysty (Coach: Henadiy Zashchuk)

2003 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

Oleksandr Okunsky, Grihoriy Khyzhniak, Oleksandr Lokhmanchuk, Artur Drozdov, Andriy Lebedev, Stanislav Balashov, Mykola Khriapa, Andriy Botichev, Viacheslav Yevstratenko, Serhiy Moskalenko, Oleksandr Raevsky, Oleksandr Skutelnyk (Coach: Henadiy Zashchuk)

2005 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams

Stanislav Medvedenko, Serhiy Lishchuk, Andriy Lebedev, Stanislav Balashov, Oleksiy Pecherov, Volodymyr Hurtovy, Ihor Kryvych, Volodymyr Koval, Artem Butsky, Viktor Kobzysty, Oleksandr Raevsky, Rostyslav Kryvych (Coach: Henadiy Zashchuk)

Artem Shvets (BC Kyiv), Ihor Loktionov (Azovmash Mariupol), Oleksiy Onufriyev (MBK Mykolaiv), Oleksandr Kolchenko (Khimik Yuzhny), Artur Drozdov (BC Kyiv), Volodymyr Koval (BC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Volodymyr Hurtovy (SK Cherkasy Monkeys), Oleksiy Poltoratskiy(BC Odessa), Serhiy Lishchuk (Azovmash Mariupol), Yevheniy Pidirvany (Azovmash Mariupol), Viacheslav Kravtsov (BC Kyiv), Artem Butsky (SK Cherkasy Monkeys). Coaches-Vitaliy Lebedyntsev, Valentyn Berestnev

Denys Lukashov, Maksym Vylkhovetskyi, Serhiy Popov, Serhiy Hladyr, Oleksiy Onufriyev, Dmytro Hliebov, Oleksandr Kolchenko, Sergiy Lishchuk, Oleh Saltovets, Oleksiy Pecherov, Maksym Pustozvonov, Andriy Ahafonov (Coach-Valentyn Melnychuk)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 24 teams

Maksym Pustozvonov, Denys Lukashov, Steve Burtt, Jr., Oleksandr Kolchenko, Oleksandr Lypovyy, Dmytro Zabirchenko, Oleg Saltovets, Oleksiy Pecherov, Serhiy Lishchuk, Danylo Kozlov, Kyrylo Fesenko, Viacheslav Kravtsov. (Coach - Mike Fratello; Assistant Coaches - Brian Hill, Denys Zhuravlov)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 24 teams

Maksym Pustozvonov, Eugene "Pooh" Jeter, Olexandr Mishula, Dmytro Gilebov, Sergii Gladyr, Oleksandr Lypovyy, Kyryl Natyazhko, Dmytro Zabirchenko, Maksym Korniyenko, Ihor Zaytsev, Artem Pustovyi, Viacheslav Kravtsov. (Coach - Mike Fratello; Assistant Coach - Bob Hill)

2014 FIBA World Cup: finished 18th among 24 teams

Sergii Gladyr, Eugene "Pooh" Jeter, Dmytro Zabirchenko, Ihor Zaytsev, Maksym Korniyenko, Viacheslav Kravtsov, Oleksandr Lypovyy, Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, Olexandr Mishula, Kyryl Natyazhko, Artem Pustovyi, Maksym Pustozvonov. (Coach – Mike Fratello; Assistant Coach - Bob Hill)

2015 EuroBasket: automatically qualified (Through Eurobasket 2013)

Head coach position

Notes

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