Ukraine national basketball team

Ukraine Україна
FIBA ranking	40 5
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Ukrainian Basketball Federation
Coach	Mike Fratello
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	1 (2014)
FIBA EuroBasket
Appearances	7
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	14	6	2	651	633	+18
Bosnia and Herzegovina	13	5	3	614	541	+73
Ukraine	11	3	5	602	620	−18
Hungary	11	3	5	582	607	−25
Macedonia	11	3	5	567	615	−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

At FIBA EuroBasket

FIBA EuroBasket
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
Spain 1997	13th Place	5	3	2
France 1999	Did not Qualify
Turkey 2001	14th Place	3	1	2
Sweden 2003	14th Place	3	0	3
Serbia and Montenegro 2005	16th Place	3	0	3
Spain 2007	Did not Qualify
Poland 2009
Lithuania 2011	17th Place	5	2	3
Slovenia 2013	6th Place	11	6	5
France / Croatia / Germany / Latvia 2015	Qualified	–	–	–
Total		30	12	18

At FIBA World Cup

FIBA World Cup
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
Spain 2014	18th place	5	2	3
Total		5	2	3

Roster

Ukraine National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. 3.5 !F 4 Pustozvonov, Maksym 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1987-04-16)April 16, 1987 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Azovmash UKR ! 1.0 !PG 5 Jeter, Eugene 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1983-12-02)December 2, 1983 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Shandong Lions CHN ! 1.0 !PG 6 Mishula, Olexandr 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1992-04-18)April 18, 1992 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) BC Dnipro UKR ! 3.0 !SF 7 Mykhailiuk, Sviatoslav 7001170000000000000♠17 – (1997-06-10)June 10, 1997 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Kansas Jayhawks USA ! 2.0 !SG 8 Gladyr, Sergii 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1989-10-17)October 17, 1989 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) JSF Nanterre FRA ! 2.0 !SG 9 Lypovyy, Oleksandr 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1991-10-09)October 9, 1991 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) BC Donetsk UKR ! 5.0 !C 10 Natyazhko, Kyryl 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1990-11-30)November 30, 1990 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Azovmash UKR ! 1.5 !G 11 Zabirchenko, Dmytro 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1984-06-15)June 15, 1984 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Azovmash UKR ! 4.0 !PF 12 Korniyenko, Maksym 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1987-06-26)June 26, 1987 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) BC Donetsk UKR ! 5.0 !C 13 Zaytsev, Ihor 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1989-05-11)May 11, 1989 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Azovmash UKR ! 5.0 !C 14 Pustovyi, Artem 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1992-06-25)June 25, 1992 86 !7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) BC Khimik UKR ! 5.0 !C 15 Kravtsov, Viacheslav 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1987-08-25)August 25, 1987 84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Foshan Dralions CHN !	Head coach Mike Fratello Assistant coach(es) Bob Hill Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Inactive
C	Viacheslav Kravtsov	Ihor Zaytsev		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)

2007 EuroBasket: did not qualify

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

2009 EuroBasket: did not qualify

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)

External links

• Basketball Federation of Ukraine (Ukrainian)
• Ukraine Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
• EuroBasket - Ukraine Men National Team
• Presentation on Facebook

References

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