Ukrainian national basketball team

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Ukraine
Україна
UkraineUkraine
Association Federazija basketbolu Ukrajiny
( Ukrainian Федерація баскетболу України )
FIBA member since 1992
FIBA world rankings 50
Trainer Mike Fratello
World championships
Participation in the finals no
Best results
Olympic games
Participation in the finals no
Best results
Continental championships
championship European Championship
Participation in the finals 5
Best results 13th place ( 1997 )
(As of September 1, 2013)

The Ukrainian national basketball team for men represents Ukraine at international basketball matches.

history

The Ukrainian national basketball team was founded after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992. The most successful national players from Ukraine in the Soviet selection included the Olympic champions Anatolij Polywoda , Serhij Kovalenko , Olexandr Bilostinnyj and Oleksandr Volkov and Volodymyr Tkachenko . In contrast to the Russian national team , which was allowed to take the direct successor to the successful Soviet selection, the Ukrainian selection first had to qualify for participation in final tournaments through preliminary rounds. After missing participation in the European Championship finals in 1995 , they were represented for the first time at the finals of the 1997 European Basketball Championship in Catalonia . After two high defeats at the beginning against the hosts Spain and against Germany , a victory over Croatia was no longer enough to participate in the second round. In the placement round, after two wins, a 13th place was achieved, so that the tournament ended with a positive balance of three wins versus two defeats.

For the following European Championship in 1999 , like four years before, they again missed participation in the finals and thus also the opportunity to qualify for the basketball competition of the 2000 Olympic Games . For the EM 2001 , the qualification for the final tournament was successful, but after a victory over France in the second game, they missed the qualification for the intermediate round in the final group game after a high defeat against the Israeli national team , which thus won the direct comparison . Without a placement round at this tournament in Turkey , the team was classified third from last and 14th place in the final round. At the following European Championship finals in Sweden in 2003 they remained without a win in three group matches. Since the other three bottom of the group also remained without a win, there was another classification on the third from bottom and 14th place in the table. Something similar happened at the European Championship finals in 2005 . After an opening defeat against Russia with a difference of twelve points, two disastrous defeats against Germany and Italy followed, each with a difference of more than 25 points. Ukraine ended up in 16th and last place in the finals. Then twice failed to qualify for the finals of the European basketball championship .

For the finals of the European Championship 2011 they had again missed the qualification, but after increasing the number of participants they slipped into the field of now 24 teams. Two wins over Bulgaria and Belgium were not enough for participation in the intermediate round, as they lost to Georgia by 16 points. As the group penultimate, they were classified in 17th place, although they were in 13th place in the comparative ranking. At the finals of the EM 2013 you are represented again in the field of 24 teams and fight for a first-time qualification for a global finals. At the following European Championship finals in 2015 , you will automatically qualify as a host.

Current squad

Squad Ukraine at the 2014 World Cup
player
No. Surname birth size info Calls society
Guards ( PG , SG )
5 Eugene Jeter December 01, 1983 180 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Shandong Lions
6th Olexandr Mishula 04/18/1992 191 BK Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
7th Svyatoslav Mychajljuk 06/10/1997 199 United StatesUnited States University of Kansas
8th Serhiy Hladyr 10/17/1989 196 FranceFrance SLUC Nancy
9 Olexandr Lypowyj 10/09/1991 200 SerbiaSerbia KK Red Star Belgrade
11 Dmytro Sabirchenko 06/15/1987 201 BK Azovmash Mariupol
Forwards ( SF , PF )
4th Maksym Pustoswonov 04/16/1987 201 BK Azovmash Mariupol
12 Maksym Korniyenko 06/26/1987 207 BK Chimik Juschne
Center ( C )
10 Kyrylo Natjaschko 11/30/1990 207 LithuaniaLithuania Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
13 Ihor Sayzev 05/11/1989 210 BK Chimik Juschne
14th Artem Pustowyi 06/25/1992 215 BK Chimik Juschne
15th Vyacheslav Kravtsov 08/25/1987 215 United StatesUnited States Phoenix Suns
Trainer
Nat. Surname position
United StatesUnited States Mike Fratello Head coach
Legend
Abbr. meaning
swell
League homepage
As of September 9, 2014

Known players

Other well-known players who have played for the national team in the recent past include:

Performing in international tournaments

Olympic Summer Games

  • not yet qualified

World championships

European championship finals

  • 1993 - did not qualify
  • 1995 - did not qualify
  • 1997 - 13th place
  • 1999 - did not qualify
  • 2001 - 14th place
  • 2003 - 14th place
  • 2005 - 16th place
  • 2007 - did not qualify
  • 2009 - did not qualify
  • 2011 - 17th place

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Group Standings / 2011 EuroBasket. FIBA , accessed on September 1, 2013 (English, statistical evaluations).