Dynamo Kursk

Dynamo Kursk
Leagues	Russian Premier League EuroLeague Women
Founded	1994 (1994)
History	Svetlana Kursk (1994–1997) Dynamo Kursk (1997–present)
Arena	Dynamo Arena Kursk Technic State University
Location	Kursk, Russia
Team colors	White, Blue
President	Alexander Yager
Head coach	Lucas Mondelo
Championships	1 EuroLeague Women 1 EuroCup Women 2 Russian Cups
Website	kurskbasket.ru
Uniforms
Home Away

"Dynamo" Kursk's Basketball players, 2012.

WBC Dynamo Kursk (Russian: ЖБК «Динамо» Курск) is a Russian women's basketball club from Kursk playing in the Russian Premier League.^[1] They won their first FIBA Eurocup title in 2012.^[2] In the 2016–17 season, Kursk won the EuroLeague Women after going undefeated in the competition.

History

• 1994: WBC "Svetlana" Kursk was formed.
• 1997: renamed as Dynamo Kursk.
• 1999: started participating in the Russian Women's Super League.
• 2008–09: first great achievement in European Arena – qualifying to Semi-final in FIBA Eurocup.
• 2009–10 and 2010–2011: took 4th place in the Russian Women's Super League.
• 2012: for the first time won the FIBA Eurocup.
• 2014–15: in their debut 2014–15 Euroleague won bronze.^[3]
• 2016–17: for the first time entered final of the 2016–17 Euroleague.

Titles

• FIBA Euroleague:
  • Winners: 2016–17
  • 03 ! Third place: 2014–15
• FIBA Eurocup:
  • Winners: 2012–12
  • Runners-up: 2013–14
• Russian Championships:
  • 03 ! Third place: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Russian Cup:
  • Winners: 2014–15, 2015–16
  • 03 ! Third place: 2013–14

Other achievements

• FIBA Euroleague: Quarterfinals (2015)
• FIBA Eurocup: Semi-Final (2009)
• Russian Women's Basketball Premier League: 4th place (2010, 2011)

Roster

Dynamo Kursk roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 5.0 !C 7000700000000000000♠7 Russia ! Vadeeva, Maria 7000194000000000000♠1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001820000000000000♠82 kg (181 lb) 000000001998-07-16-0000 19 – (1998-07-16)16 July 1998 5.0 !C 7000800000000000000♠8 France ! Ciak, Héléna 7000197000000000000♠1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001890000000000000♠89 kg (196 lb) 000000001989-12-15-0000 27 – (1989-12-15)15 December 1989 2.0 !SG 7001100000000000000♠10 Russia ! USA ! Prince, Epiphanny 7000175000000000000♠1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 7001760000000000000♠76 kg (168 lb) 000000001988-11-01-0000 28 – (1988-11-01)1 November 1988 3.5 !F 7001110000000000000♠11 Russia ! Logunova, Anastasia 7000192000000000000♠1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001820000000000000♠82 kg (181 lb) 000000001990-07-20-0000 27 – (1990-07-20)20 July 1990 3.5 !F 7001120000000000000♠12 Russia ! Vidmer, Tatiana 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001830000000000000♠83 kg (183 lb) 000000001986-01-08-0000 31 – (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 2.0 !SG 7001130000000000000♠13 Russia ! Kirillova, Elena 7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 7001700000000000000♠70 kg (154 lb) 000000001986-01-27-0000 31 – (1986-01-27)27 January 1986 1.0 !PG 7001150000000000000♠15 Spain ! Cruz, Anna 7000178000000000000♠1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 7001600000000000000♠60 kg (132 lb) 000000001986-10-27-0000 30 – (1986-10-27)27 October 1986 3.0 !SF 7001210000000000000♠21 Russia ! Dorosheva, Veronica 7000187000000000000♠1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001750000000000000♠75 kg (165 lb) 000000001991-03-04-0000 26 – (1991-03-04)4 March 1991 3.0 !SF 7001910000000000000♠91 Russia ! Medvedeva, Victoria 7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 7001830000000000000♠83 kg (183 lb) 000000001991-04-25-0000 26 – (1991-04-25)25 April 1991 1.0 !PG 7001990000000000000♠99 Russia ! Levchenko, Xenia 7000167000000000000♠1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) 7001540000000000000♠54 kg (119 lb) 000000001996-03-29-0000 21 – (1996-03-29)29 March 1996	Head coach Lucas Mondelo Assistant coach(es) Cesar Ruperez Martins Zibarts Vladimir Puzovic Physiotherapist(s) Igor Aksenenko Sergei Kaplin Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2017-03-07

Former notable players

• Anna Petrakova
• Gunta Baško
• Aušra Bimbaitė
• Temeka Johnson
• Michelle Snow

References

External links

• Official Website