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2009–10 VTB United League
The VTB United League 2009–10 was the first complete season of the VTB United League, which is Eastern Europe's (and the Baltic region's) top-tier level competition for men's professional basketball clubs. Teams of the 2009–10 season Group stage Group A ;Game 1 ---- ;Game 2 ---- ;Game 3 ---- ;Game 4 ---- ;Game 5 ---- ;Game 6 ---- Group B ;Game 1 ---- ;Game 2 ---- ;Game 3 ---- ;Game 4 ---- ;Game 5 ---- ;Game 6 ---- Final four The Final Four took place between January 21 and 22, 2010 in Kaunas, Lithuania at Kaunas Sports Hall, the home court of Žalgiris Kaunas. The following teams qualified: * CSKA Moscow * Khimki Moscow Region * UNICS Kazan * Žalgiris Kaunas Semifinals ---- Third-place playoff Final Individual awards All-Round 1 Team *Andrey Vorontsevich – MVP (CSKA) *Timofey Mozgov (Khimki) * Chris Owens (Donetsk) *Martynas Mažeika (VEF) * Marko Popović (UNICS) All-Round 2 Team * Marko Popović – MVP (UNICS) *Kre ...
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2008 VTB United League Promo-Cup
VTB United League Promo-Cup 2008 was the first test run tournament of the VTB United League. The tournament was held during the 2008–09 basketball season on 20–22 December 2008, at the CSKA Universal Sports Hall in Moscow. The tournament included 8 teams from Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine. CSKA Moscow won the tournament by defeating Khimki Moscow Region in the final. Kyiv finished in third place by defeating Dynamo Moscow. Promo-Cup 2008 clubs Quarterfinals 5th-8th place Awards Final standings All-Tournament Team * J.R. Holden (CSKA Moscow) * Anton Ponkrashov (Khimki Moscow Region) * Manu Markoishvili (Kyiv) * Kenan Bajramović (Kyiv) * Mike Wilkinson (Khimki Moscow Region) External links Official Website Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Vtb United League Promo-Cup 2008 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than ...
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BC Žalgiris
Basketball Club Žalgiris ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Žalgiris) is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania, and competes domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL, Lithuanian Basketball League). Founded in 1944, it is one of the oldest teams in the EuroLeague. Žalgiris is one of 11 European clubs to hold long-term licenses with the EuroLeague, which provides a guaranteed place in the regular-season phase of this league. Since the 2011–12 season, Žalgiris plays its home games in Žalgiris Arena, which was built just before EuroBasket 2011. The club's name commemorates the victorious ''Battle of Žalgiris'' (Battle of Grunwald). Both ''Žalgiris'' and ''Grunwald'' translate to "green wood". Žalgiris has featured many Lithuanian basketball legends during its history, including Arvydas Sabonis, Modestas Paulauskas and Šarūnas Jasikevičius. Nine of the fifteen Lithuanian basketball players to play in the North American National Basketball Ass ...
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Krešimir Lončar
Krešimir Lončar (born February 12, 1983) is a Croatian former professional basketball player, currently working as manager of sport & scouting for s.Oliver Würzburg of the Basketball Bundesliga. Standing at , he played both the power forward and center positions. Professional career In July 2008, Lončar signed a two-year contract with UNICS Kazan. With UNICS he won the Russian Cup in 2009 and was also named the MVP. UNICS Kazan ended up third in the 2009–10 Russian Superleague season. In June 2010, he signed a two-year-deal with BC Khimki. In his first season with BC Khimki he was selected to play the All Star Game 2011. In April 2011, BC Khimki won the championship of VTB United League and Krešimir was voted the best power forward of the tournament. In June 2012, he extended his contract with Khimki for two more seasons. On 2 July 2014, he signed a two-year deal with Valencia Basket. He left Valencia after one season. On October 1, 2015, he signed a one-year contract ...
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Vladimir Veremeenko
Vladimir Veremeenko (born July 21, 1984) is a Belarusian professional basketball player who last played for Tsmoki-Minsk of the VTB United League. Professional career The son of professional basketball players, Veremeenko was an early bloomer as he started his career with local side Gomel aged 15, playing in the 1999–00 Korać Cup before making the Belarusian league All-Star Game the next season. He moved to Russian club Avtodor Saratov in 2002, averaging 14.2 points and 7 rebounds per game during his second season in the Russian Super League. When club owner Vladimir Radionov moved the club to Saint Petersburg to form Dynamo, Veremeenko followed him. He would contribute 12.6 points and 5.5 rebounds per game to the club's 2005 FIBA Europe League title. Veremeenko was drafted in the second round (48th pick) of the 2006 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards on 28 June 2006. He did not join the club, moving to another Super League side, BC Khimki, later that year following Dy ...
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Marko Popović (born 1982)
Marko Popović may refer to: *Marko Miljanov Popović (1833–1901), Montenegrin-Serbian general and writer * Marko Popović (basketball, born 1982), Croatian point guard/shooting guard * Marko Popović (basketball, born 1984), Serbian and Bosnian point guard *Marko Popović (basketball, born 1985), Montenegrin shooting guard * Marko Popović (footballer) (born 1982), Serbian soccer player * Marko Popović (volleyball) (born 1994), Serbian player for club OK Partizan Odbojkaški klub Partizan ( en, Volleyball club Partizan) commonly known as OK Partizan, is a volleyball club from Belgrade, Serbia. OK Partizan is a part of JSD Partizan. The club formed in 1946. In its history, Partizan won 11 national champi ...
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Arnas Labuckas
Arnas Labuckas (born December 28, 1987) is a former professional Lithuanian basketball player. Most of career spent in home country, he also played abroad for Russian, Spanish, Austrian and Latvian clubs. He was also member of youth and students' Lithuania men's national basketball team The Lithuania men's national basketball team ( lt, Lietuvos nacionalinė vyrų krepšinio rinktinė) represents Lithuania in international basketball competitions. They are controlled by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation, the governing body f .... References External links Arnas Labuckasat krepšinis.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Labuckas, Arnas 1987 births Living people Basketball players from Kaunas Lithuanian men's basketball players Forwards (basketball) ...
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Ingus Bankevics
Ingus Bankevics (born 18 April 1985) is a Latvian professional basketball player, who plays the small guard position for the English club Manchester Giants. He has previously played for Latvian national team, now a professional lifeguard. Throughout his playing career he was known for his shot accuracy, however the man is only 5ft 6 Pro clubs * BK Gulbenes Buki * BK Valmiera * BK VEF Rīga * Stade Olympique Maritime Boulonnais * Saint-Chamond Basket * BC Pieno žvaigždės BC Pieno žvaigždės ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Pieno žvaigždės) is a professional basketball club from Pasvalys, Lithuania which currently plays in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). The club name comes from the main sponsor Pieno žvaigžd ... * Manchester Giants External linksFIBA Europe Profile 1985 births Living people Latvian men's basketball players People from Auce 21st-century Latvian people {{Latvia-basketball-bio-stub ...
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BC Khimki Moscow Region
BC Khimki (russian: БК Химки) is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Khimki, Moscow Oblast. The club's senior men's first team participates in the Russian Basketball Super League 1. The club's full official name is BC Khimki Moscow Region. Khimki has a Moscow-based rivalry with the Russian club CSKA Moscow. History BC Khimki was founded on January 5, 1997, and won the first seasons' championship of its regional league, to earn a place in the Russian Superleague A. The following year, Khimki positioned itself among the top 10 basketball clubs in Russia, guaranteeing a place in the 3rd-tier European cup competition, the FIBA Korać Cup. There, the team competed against a group of defeated leaders of the Turkish Super League, YUBA Liga, and Bulgarian League. The team remained in a middle position in the Russian Super League until the 2002–03 season. That year the club finished in fourth place in the Russian Super League. During the subsequent years ...
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BC Donetsk
Basketball Club Donetsk ( uk, баскетбольний клуб Донецьк), commonly known as simply Donetsk, was a Ukrainian professional basketball club, based in Donetsk. The team played in the Ukrainian SuperLeague. The mascot of the team was a tiger, and this also appeared on their team logo; and "The Tigers" was also the team nickname. History In Soviet times, there was one professional basketball team in Donetsk, called Shakhtyor (which translates as Miners in English). It had built a reputation as a highly competitive team. In the years following Ukrainian independence, the Miners finished second in the country on one occasion and third place another season, and played 24 games in the Euro cup championships. In 2006, a new club - BC Donetsk was founded to continue the basketball traditions of the Donbass. The initiator and the founder of a new club was Valery Plekhanov, who also became its coach, and started playing in the Ukrainian First League, which is the third ...
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Azovmash Mariupol
MBK Mariupol ( uk, МБК «Маріуполь»") (former name: BK Azovmash)is a Ukrainian Basketball Super League, Ukrainian professional basketball club. It was founded in 1990 in the city of Mariupol in South-Eastern Ukraine. Mariupol was one of the strongest teams in Ukraine along with BC Kyiv, Kyiv, BC Khimik, Khimik and, BC Cherkasy, Cherkasy. The team's performance peak was an appearance in the EuroChallenge, EuroCup Final of 2007, against CB Girona, Akasvayu Girona. History The club was founded in 1990. Azovmash moved up from the Ukrainian third to first division by 1999. Azovmash won the 2002 Ukrainian Basketball Super League, Ukrainian SuperLeague title. Azovmash added another Ukrainian title in 2004 and following the arrival of point guard Khalid El-Amin, won the domestic championship again in 2006 and 2007. In 2007, with players like Kenan Bajramović, Panagiotis Liadelis, Serhiy Lishchuk and El-Amin, Azovmash reached the FIBA EuroCup Final Four, defeating Italian S ...
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Ukrainian Basketball Super League
The Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague (USL) ( uk, Українська баскетбольна суперліга) is the first-tier level of professional basketball league in Ukraine. Established in 1992, the league is currently contested by 10 clubs. It is a tier above the Ukrainian Higher League and allows for one season from the Higher League each season to be promoted. The league exists out of a regular season, in which team play for playoff-seeding, followed by playoffs to determine the Ukrainian champion. BC Budivelnyk, Budivelnyk is the most successful team in league history with 10 titles. The winners of the Superleague qualify for the qualifying rounds of the Basketball Champions League (BCL). 2020–21 season Teams 11 teams are in the competition. BC Ternopil, Ternopil is new team in the league. Champions * Note, there were two different leagues in the 2008–09 and 2015–16 season. * Ukrainian Basketball Federation, FBU-sanctioned league seasons marked in light ...
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Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invasion, it was the eighth-most populous country in Europe, with a population of around 41 million people. It is also bordered by Belarus to the north; by Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; and by Romania and Moldova to the southwest; with a coastline along the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and largest city. Ukraine's state language is Ukrainian; Russian is also widely spoken, especially in the east and south. During the Middle Ages, Ukraine was the site of early Slavic expansion and the area later became a key centre of East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. The state eventually disintegrated into rival regional po ...
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