Ukraine men's national basketball team

Ukraine
FIBA ranking	36 1 (1 March 2024)
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	FBU
Coach	Ainars Bagatskis
Nickname(s)	Головна команда; (The Main Team); Жовто-Сині; (The Yellow and Blue)
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	1
Medals	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	8
Medals	None
Home	Away
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 Ukraine national basketball team (Ukrainian: збірна України з баскетболу) represents Ukraine in international basketball matches. They are controlled by the Basketball Federation of Ukraine.

After Ukrainian Independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, and joining FIBA in 1992, the national team played their first official match against England on 30 May 1997. Their biggest success so far on the international stage has been competing at the EuroBasket 8 times, and reaching the FIBA World Cup for the first time in 2014.

History

Gaining Independence

Before the Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukrainian players took part on the Soviet national team during international competition. The Soviets were one of the strongest national teams in the world during this period.

EuroBasket 1997

Ukraine made their EuroBasket debut in 1997. Their first official match at the tournament was not a warm welcome for the national team, as they were demolished by Spain 82-54. With less than 24 hours to regroup for their next tilt, Ukraine faced Germany where they lost again, this time by the score of 81-60. In their final match in group play, they defeated Croatia 95-88, to earn their first ever win at the European Basketball Championship. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough for the team to advance to the knockout stage so they were relegated to the classification rounds for 13th-16th place. There, they beat Latvia, and Slovenia to finish the tournament 13th overall.

EuroBasket 2013

At the EuroBasket 2013, the Ukraine was victorious in their first three matches of the tournament, against Belgium, Israel, and Germany. Heading into their 4th match versus heavily favored France, the national team displayed genuine toughness in a losing effort to the eventual tournament champions 77-71. In their final game of the preliminary round, the team showed resilience in blowing out Great Britain 87-68 to advance to the second group phase. There, they were blasted in their first match in group play against Latvia, but redeemed themselves with an quality victory over Serbia a few days later. They went on to lose their final game in the group to Lithuania, but it was enough to clinch a spot in the knockout phase. In the quarterfinals, Ukraine was paired up against Croatia, but the national team came up short 84-72. With the loss, Ukraine went on to play in classification matches to determine 5th-8th place. The team defeated Italy before falling to Slovenia to finish up at 6th place. It was the best result for the national team at the EuroBasket to that point.

2014 World Cup

Ukraine made their first appearance on the global stage at the 2014 FIBA World Cup. Led by former NBA head coach Mike Fratello, the national team won their first ever match in the World Cup, defeating the Dominican Republic 72-62. With their historic win under their belt, the team went into their second match of the tournament confident. Yet, Finland came out with an narrow 81-76 victory to drop Ukraine to an record of (1-1). Entering their third match, Ukraine went up against Turkey and the national team didn't disappoint. They eventually pulled out an hard fought 64-58 victory, before their pivotal match versus New Zealand.

With a berth to the Round of 16 on the line, Ukraine needed one more victory to advance. But they were unsuccessful in the crucial match as they lost 73-61 to head into the do-or-die tilt against the tournament favorite United States in a dire position. In the must win game for Ukraine, the national team got off to a strong start, to even possess the lead after the 1st period. But the Americans flexed their dominance thereafter, and ultimately led to the team being eliminated from the tournament all together by the score of 95-71.

2019 World Cup qualification

For qualification to the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Ukraine opened their first-round qualifying campaign with a win over Sweden. They eventually attained a 3–3 record in their group to advance to the second and final phase of qualifying. In the second group phase of qualifiers, Ukraine started with a home win against Spain, although they dropped their second match of group play to Montenegro to fall to 1–1. After that loss the national team finished the rest of the qualifiers with a 5–7 overall record, and were eliminated from World Cup contention.

Competitive record

EuroBasket

EuroBasket					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1947 to 1991	Part of Soviet Union
1993	Did not qualify				8	4	4
1995	Did not qualify				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	Did not qualify				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
2021	Qualified				To be determined
Total	9/14	41	15	26	111	61	50

FIBA World Cup

World Cup					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1950 to 1990	Part of Soviet Union
1994 to 2010	Did not qualify
2014	18th	5	2	3
2019	Did not qualify				12	5	7
2023	To be determined				To be determined
Total	1/7	5	2	3	12	5	7

Olympic Games

Olympic Games					Qualifying
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1948 to 1992	Part of Soviet Union
1996 to 2016	Did not qualify
2020	Did not qualify
Total	0/7

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2021 qualification.^[2]

Ukraine national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PF		Stanislav Tymofeyenko	41 – (1989-06-03)3 June 1989	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	BC Dnipro
SF		Anatolii Shundel	26 – (1993-12-05)5 December 1993	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	BC Dnipro
PF		Artem Kovalov	22 – (1997-11-28)28 November 1997	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Kyiv-Basket
PF		Oleksandr Belikov	28 – (1992-05-31)31 May 1992	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Prometey
PG	7	Denys Lukashov	31 – (1989-04-30)30 April 1989	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Prometey
SF	10	Pavlo Krutous	28 – (1992-04-09)9 April 1992	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Kyiv-Basket
G/F	11	Oleksandr Lypovyy	29 – (1991-10-09)9 October 1991	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Prometey
SF	13	Vyacheslav Bobrov	28 – (1992-09-19)19 September 1992	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	BC Dnipro
PF	14	Serhii Pavlov	23 – (1997-07-18)18 July 1997	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Kyiv-Basket
C	15	Viacheslav Kravtsov	33 – (1987-08-25)25 August 1987	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	BC Dnipro
PF	22	Viacheslav Petrov	26 – (1994-08-13)13 August 1994	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Kyiv-Basket
PG	30	Issuf Sanon	20 – (1999-10-30)30 October 1999	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	BC Dnipro
PG	31	Olexandr Mishula	28 – (1992-04-18)18 April 1992	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Kyiv-Basket
G	45	Vitalii Zotov	23 – (1997-03-03)3 March 1997	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	BC Khimik
C	52	Volodymyr Gerun	26 – (1994-03-25)25 March 1994	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Unicaja

Head coach

Ainars Bagatskis

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 26 November 2020

Depth chart

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

Other notable players

Other current players from Ukraine:

Ukraine men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
SF	10	Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk	23 – (1997-06-14)14 June 1997	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Detroit Pistons
C	25	Alex Len	27 – (1993-06-16)16 June 1993	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	Atlanta Hawks
C	23	Artem Pustovyi	28 – (1992-06-25)25 June 1992	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)	Barcelona
PG	3	Eugene Jeter	36 – (1983-12-02)2 December 1983	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Fujian Sturgeons
F/C		Ihor Zaytsev	31 – (1989-05-11)11 May 1989	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	Taipei Fubon Braves
SG	5	Oleksandr Kolchenko	32 – (1988-09-20)20 September 1988	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Cherkaski Mavpy
PG	3	Igor Boyarkin	25 – (1995-06-13)13 June 1995	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Kharkivski Sokoly
SF	32	Bogdan Bliznyuk	25 – (1995-03-31)31 March 1995	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Kyiv-Basket
SG	9	Ruslan Otverchenko	30 – (1990-01-06)6 January 1990	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Prometey
PF	12	Maksym Korniyenko	33 – (1987-06-26)26 June 1987	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	BC Dnipro
SF	24	Vladimir Konev	31 – (1989-06-18)18 June 1989	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Cherkaski Mavpy
SF	25	Kyrylo Marchenko	23 – (1997-09-23)23 September 1997	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	BC Khimik
SF	4	Maksym Pustozvonov	33 – (1987-04-16)16 April 1987	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Kyiv-Basket

Legend

Club – describes current club
Age – describes age
on 26 November 2020

Head coach position

Zaurbek Khromaev (1992-1997)
Vladislav Pustogarov (1997–1998)
Vladimir Ryzhov (1998–2000)
Gennadi Zaschuk (2000-2005)
Vitaly Lebedintsev (2006-2007)
Valentin Berestnev (2007)
Valentyn Melnychuk (2008 - 2009)
Vitaliy Cherniy (2010)
Mike Fratello (2011 - 2014)
Yevgen Murzin (2015–2019)
Ainars Bagatskis (2019–present)

Past rosters

1997 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams

4 Oleksandr Okunsky, 5 Grihoriy Khyzhniak, 6 Leonid Yaylo, 7 Ihor Molchanov, 8 Victor Savchenko, 9 Alexander Lokhmanchuk, 10 Denis Zhuravlov, 11 Roman Rubchenko, 12 Vadym Pudzyrey, 13 Yevheniy Murzin, 14 Dmytro Bazelevsky, 15 Ihor Kharchenko (Coach: Zaurbek Khromaev)

2001 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

4 Andriy Lebedev, 5 Vadym Pudzyrey, 6 Viktor Kobzystyy, 7 Stanislav Balashov, 8 Viacheslav Ievstratenko, 9 Serhiy Lishchuk, 10 Nikolay Khryapa, 11 Oleksandr Okunsky, 12 Dmytro Markov, 13 Dmytro Korablov, 14 Oleksandr Rayevskyy, 15 Volodymyr Ryzhov (Coach: Gennadi Zaschuk)

2003 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

4 Andrii Lebediev, 5 Oleksandr Rayevskyy, 6 Oleksandr Skutelnyk, 7 Stanislav Balashov, 8 Artur Drozdov, 9 Sergiy Moskalenko, 10 Nikolay Khryapa, 11 Oleksandr Okunsky, 12 Viacheslav Ievstratenko, 13 Alexander Lokhmanchuk, 14 Andriy Botichev, 15 Grigorij Khizhnyak (Coach: Gennadi Zaschuk)

2005 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams

4 Andrii Lebediev, 5 Artem Butskyy, 6 Viktor Kobzystyy, 7 Stanislav Balashov, 8 Igor Kryvych, 9 Volodymyr Koval, 10 Oleksandr Rayevskyy, 11 Rostyslav Kryvych, 12 Serhiy Lishchuk, 13 Oleksiy Pecherov, 14 Volodymyr Gurtovyy, 15 Slava Medvedenko (Coach: Gennadi Zaschuk)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 24 teams

4 Maksym Pustozvonov, 5 Denys Lukashov, 6 Steve Burtt Jr., 7 Oleksandr Kolchenko, 8 Oleksandr Lypovyy, 9 Dmytro Zabirchenko, 10 Oleg Saltovets, 11 Oleksiy Pecherov, 12 Serhiy Lishchuk, 13 Danylo Kozlov, 14 Kyrylo Fesenko, 15 Viacheslav Kravtsov (Coach: Mike Fratello)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 24 teams

4 Maksym Pustozvonov, 5 Eugene Jeter, 6 Olexandr Mishula, 7 Dmytro Gliebov, 8 Sergiy Gladyr, 9 Oleksandr Lypovyy, 10 Kyrylo Natyazhko, 11 Dmytro Zabirchenko, 12 Maxym Korniyenko, 13 Ihor Zaytsev, 14 Artem Pustovyi, 15 Viacheslav Kravtsov (Coach: Mike Fratello)

2014 FIBA World Cup: finished 18th among 24 teams

4 Maksym Pustozvonov, 5 Eugene Jeter, 6 Olexandr Mishula, 7 Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, 8 Sergiy Gladyr, 9 Oleksandr Lypovyy, 10 Kyrylo Natyazhko, 11 Dmytro Zabirchenko, 12 Maksym Korniyenko, 13 Ihor Zaytsev, 14 Artem Pustovyi, 15 Viacheslav Kravtsov (Coach: Mike Fratello)

2015 EuroBasket: finished 22nd among 24 teams

4 Maksym Pustozvonov, 5 Jerome Randle, 6 Olexandr Mishula, 7 Denys Lukashov, 8 Kyrylo Fesenko (C), 9 Oleksandr Sizov, 10 Stanislav Tymofeyenko, 11 Oleksandr Lypovyy, 12 Maksym Korniyenko, 13 Ihor Zaytsev, 14 Artem Pustovyi, 15 Pavlo Krutous (Coach: Yevgen Murzin)

2017 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 24 teams

4 Maksym Pustozvonov, 5 Oleksandr Kolchenko, 7 Denys Lukashov, 9 Ruslan Otverchenko, 11 Oleksandr Lypovyy, 12 Maksym Korniyenko, 13 Vyacheslav Bobrov, 14 Ihor Zaytsev, 15 Viacheslav Kravtsov, 23 Artem Pustovyi, 24 Vladimir Konev, 31 Olexandr Mishula (Coach: Yevgen Murzin)

References

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^ "Євробаскет: збірна України визначилася з остаточним складом на матч проти Австрії" (in Ukrainian). 20 February 2020.

External links

Official website (in Ukrainian)
Ukraine at FIBA site
Ukrainian National Team - Men at Eurobasket.com
Ukraine Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

Videos

Austria v Ukraine - Highlights - FIBA EuroBasket 2022 - Qualifiers Youtube.com video

[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.

[2] "Євробаскет: збірна України визначилася з остаточним складом на матч проти Австрії" (in Ukrainian). 20 February 2020.

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