Ukraine national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Ukraine women's national basketball team.

Ukraine

FIBA ranking	19 (4 December 2018)[1]
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Ukrainian Basketball Federation
Coach	Yevgen Murzin
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	1
EuroBasket
Appearances	8
Uniforms
Light Dark
First international
Ukraine 87–76 England  (Wrocław, Poland; 30 May 1997)
Biggest win
Iceland 62–101 Ukraine (Reykjavík, Iceland; 22 November 2000)
Biggest defeat
Italy 99–62 Ukraine (Vršac, Serbia and Montenegro; 18 September 2005)

The Ukrainian national basketball team is the national men's basketball team of Ukraine.^[2] 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.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Competitive record
  
  
  
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    2.1 EuroBasket
    
  
  
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    2.2 World Cup
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Team
  
  
  
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    3.1 Current roster
    
  
  
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    3.2 Depth Chart
    
  
  
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    3.3 Past rosters
    
  
  
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    3.4 Head coach position
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Notes
  


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  5 References
  


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  6 External links
  

History

Ukraine's best result to date was getting 6th at FIBA EuroBasket 2013 with six wins. The team 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.

Competitive record

EuroBasket EuroBasket Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1993 Did not Qualify 8 4 4 1995 11 5 6 1997 13th 5 3 2 10 8 2 1999 Did not Qualify 10 5 5 2001 14th 3 1 2 10 7 3 2003 14th 3 0 3 10 7 3 2005 16th 3 0 3 6 3 3 2007 Did not Qualify 12 4 8 2009 12 5 7 2011 17th 5 2 3 8 3 5 2013 6th 11 6 5 8 6 2 2015 22nd 5 1 4 Directly qualified 2017 15th 6 2 4 6 4 2 Total 41 15 26

World Cup World Cup Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 2014 18th 5 2 3 2019 To be determined 2023 To be determined Total 5 2 3

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2017.^[3]

The following is the squad in the EuroBasket 2017.

Ukraine men's national basketball team – EuroBasket 2017 roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SF 4 Pustozvonov, Maksym 7004110960000000000♠30 – (1987-04-16)16 April 1987 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) U BT Cluj-Napoca SG 5 Kolchenko, Oleksandr 7004105720000000000♠28 – (1988-09-20)20 September 1988 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Cherkaski Mavpy PG 7 Lukashov, Denys 7004103500000000000♠28 – (1989-04-30)30 April 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Enisey SG 9 Otverchenko, Ruslan 7004100990000000000♠27 – (1990-01-06)6 January 1990 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Budivelnyk G/F 11 Lypovyy, Oleksandr 7003945800000000000♠25 – (1991-10-09)9 October 1991 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Promitheas Patras PF 12 Korniyenko, Maksym 7004110240000000000♠30 – (1987-06-26)26 June 1987 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Lukoil Academic SF 13 Bobrov, Vyacheslav 7003911200000000000♠24 – (1992-09-19)19 September 1992 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Quimper F/C 14 Zaytsev, Ihor 7004103400000000000♠28 – (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Rosa Radom C 15 Kravtsov, Viacheslav 7004109640000000000♠30 – (1987-08-25)25 August 1987 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Valencia C 23 Pustovyi, Artem 7003919800000000000♠25 – (1992-06-25)25 June 1992 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) Obradoiro CAB SF 24 Konev, Vladimir 7004103010000000000♠28 – (1989-06-18)18 June 1989 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Khimik PG 31 Mishula, Olexandr 7003926600000000000♠25 – (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Dnipro	Head coach Yevgen Murzin Assistant coach(es) Alexander Lokhmanchuk Leonid Ivatin Yaroslav Zubrytskyy Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 31 August 2017

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Artem Pustovyi	Viacheslav Kravtsov
PF	Ihor Zaytsev	Maksym Korniyenko
SF	Maksym Pustozvonov	Vladimir Konev	Vyacheslav Bobrov
SG	Oleksandr Lypovyy	Ruslan Otverchenko	Oleksandr Kolchenko
PG	Denys Lukashov	Olexandr Mishula

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: finished 22nd among 24 teams

Maksym Pustozvonov, Jerome Randle, Olexandr Mishula, Denys Lukashov, Kyrylo Fesenko, Oleksandr Sizov, Stanislav Tymofeyenko, Oleksandr Lypovyy, Maksym Korniyenko, Ihor Zaytsev, Artem Pustovyi, Pavlo Krutous. (Coach – Yevgen Murzin; Assistant Coach – Alexander Lokhmanchuk)

2017 EuroBasket: Qualified

Head coach position

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  Valentyn Melnychuk - 2008-2009

Notes

References

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