Kyiv-Basket () is a Ukrainian professional basketball club based in Kyiv. Originally founded in 1992 and refounded in 2017, the team plays in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague (UBL). The re-established club made its debut in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague in the 2018–19 season. It replaced the previous club from Kyiv in the UBL, Budivelnyk.
History The club was founded in 1992 as Maccabi-Dandy () by politician and businessman Mykhailo Brodskyy. The team won several trophies in Ukraine. In 1998, the team ceased to exist because of the financial problems.
In November 2017, the club had a revival as a new team was established. The new logo of the team, featuring a bee, was revealed while it was announced that the club would have a women's team and two men's team in the 2017–18 season. The new home arena of the team was the Meridian Sports Complex.
In the 2018–19 season, Kyiv-Basket finished as runners-up as it was defeated by Khimik in the finals, 0–3. Currently the team sits in second place in the UBL and 1st in the second stage of Fiba Europe Cup
Honors + Honors of Kyiv-Basket League Result Years Ukrainian SuperLeague Champions – Runners-up 4 (1994, 1995, 2019, 2020) Third place 2 (1996, 1997)
Arenas ArenasArenaCapacityTenure Palace of Sports 7,000 1992–1998 2018–present Meridian Sports Complex 1,500 2017–2018
Season by season
Playoff berth Season Tier League Finish Wins Losses Win%PlayoffsOther competitionsHead coach Kyiv-Basket2018–191SuperLeague4th1513Won quarterfinals (Mykolaiv), 2–1Won semifinals (Zaporizhya), 2–1Lost finals (Khimik), 0–3– 2019–201SuperLeague2nd176–2019–20 FIBA Europe CupLost quarterfinals (Pınar Karşıyaka), 0–2Ainars Bagatskis
Coaches Ainars Bagatskis Alexander Lokhmanchuk Yevgen Murzin
Notable players Maurice Creek Greg Mangano Brandon Young Maksym Lutsenko Dmytro Skapintsev Malik Dime
References
External links Official website (in Ukrainian)