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Legion Alma-Ata
Basketball Club "BC" Almaty (russian: Баскетбольный клуб "БК" Алматы) is a Kazakhstani professional basketball club based in the city of Almaty in southern Kazakhstan. Founded in 2006, it has played under the name Almaty Legion (russian: Алматинский легион) since 2014. The club has competed in the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship - losing twice in the championship final – and the Kazakhstan Basketball Cup, which they won in 2015. For the 2014–15 season, the team also competed in the Russian Basketball Super League, the professional second division league in Russia. History BC Almaty was founded in December 2006 by the municipality of Almaty, it was managed by the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of that city. In July 2014, the club became a limited liability partnership, with the municipality selling the totality (100%) of its shares in the club as part of a privatization campaign. In their first season in the Kazakhst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amiran Amirkhanov
Amiran Amirkhanov (born 27 February 1986) is an Armenian professional basketball player, currently playing for BC Urartu. He represented Armenia's national basketball team at the 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries in Ciorescu, Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ..., where he was his team's best passer and the third-best passer of the tournament. ARCHIVE.FIBA.com, acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazakhstan Basketball Championship
The Kazakhstan Basketball Championship (russian: Чемпионата Казахстана по баскетболу) is the highest professional basketball league in Kazakhstan, it is organised by the National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan. Its official designation in full is: Basketball Championship of the Republic of Kazakhstan for men's teams (National league) (russian: Чемпионата Республика Казахстан по баскетболу среди мужских команд (Национальной лиги)). Kazakhstan is a member of FIBA Asia, as the country lies partly in Asia, and Kazakhstan Championship sides have played in its competitions such as the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, however the country also partly lies in Europe, and the league's teams have participated in FIBA Europe competitions such as the FIBA EuroChallenge and the FIBA Europe Cup as well. The league's clubs therefore are also eligible to, and often do compete in, Eastern European reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USSR Premier Basketball League
The USSR Premier Basketball League, or Soviet Union Premier Basketball League (also called Supreme League), was the first-tier men's professional basketball league in the former Soviet Union. The league existed from 1923 to 1991, as the top professional basketball league of the Soviet Union, and from 1991 to 1992, as the top professional basketball league of the CIS. In the years 1924, 1928, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1956, 1959, 1963, and 1967, the league was contested by regional teams, rather than individual sports clubs. CSKA Moscow was the league's most successful club, having won the league's championship 24 times, including winning 9 consecutive championships, from 1976 to 1984. The league featured the players of the senior men's Soviet Union national basketball team. The league exists in a similar format today, as the VTB United League. Although, the VTB United League can include clubs from countries that were not a part of the Soviet Union. USSR League history * 1923–24 to 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Teams Established In 2006
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vyacheslav Bogdanov
Vyacheslav, also transliterated Viacheslav or Viatcheslav (russian: Вячеслав, Vjačeslav ; uk, В'ячеслав, V"jačeslav ), is a Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name. It is the equivalent of Belarusian Вячаслаў/Вацлаў (transliterated ''Viačasłaŭ/Vacłaŭ'', or ''Viachaslau/Vaclau''), Croatian ''Vjenceslav'', Czech ''Václav'' and Polish ''Wacław'' and Wieńczysław, which is Latinised as '' Wenceslaus''. It is a Slavic dithematic name (that is, composed of two lexemes) derived from the Slavic words ''vyache'', "great(er)", and ''slava'', "glory, fame". A common short form is ''Slava''. Notable people Notable people with the given name Vyacheslav include: Academia * Vyacheslav Ivanov (1929-2017), Russian philologist and scholar specialising in Indo-European studies * Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lebedev (1930–2010), Soviet and Russian mathematician, known for his work on numerical analysis and development of the Lebedev quadrature * Vyacheslav L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. It is the premier men's professional basketball league in the world. The league was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). It changed its name to the National Basketball Association on August 3, 1949, after merging with the competing National Basketball League (NBL). In 1976, the NBA and the American Basketball Association (ABA) merged, adding four franchises to the NBA. The NBA's regular season runs from October to April, with each team playing 82 games. The league's playoff tournament extends into June. , NBA players are the world's best paid athletes by average annual salary per player. The NBA is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaj Tanaseychuk
Nikolaj is a Danish given name, derived from the name Nicholas. Many different ways of spelling the name have been approved in Denmark. It may refer to: * Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, Danish artist * Nicolaj Agger, Danish professional football player * Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (; born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor and producer. He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993, and had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film '' Nightwatch'' (19 ..., Danish actor * Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig, Danish teacher, writer, poet, philosopher, historian, pastor and politician * Nikolaj Koppel, Danish musician Nikolaj Groth : (born in 1994) actor * Nikolaj Hansen (footballer, born 1987), Danish footballer for FC Roskilde * Nikolaj Hansen (footballer, born 1993), Danish footballer for Víkingur * Nikolaj Hübbe. balletmaster of the Royal Danish Ballet and former principal dancer at the New York City Balle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BC Astana
Astana Basketball Club ( kk, Astana Basketbol Kluby), commonly referred to as BC Astana, is a Kazakh professional basketball club that is based in Astana, Kazakhstan. Founded in 2011, it has competed in the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship and the VTB United League since, obtaining a slew of domestic titles in the process. History BC Astana was created in March 2011, with the aim of competing in the VTB United League. Valery Tikhonenko was chosen as the team's general director. There were doubts expressed by other clubs in the VTB United League, about whether or not the club would be a good addition to the competition, due to the lack of basketball tradition in Kazakhstan; but the side answered all the admission requirements, including their budget, stadium (a revamped Saryarka Velodrome) and the proximity of hotels, and an international airport. The side received the totality of its funding from the Samruk-Kazyna sovereign wealth fund. They would sign a number of Kazakhstan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 Kazakhstan Basketball Championship
The 2014–15 Kazakhstan Basketball Championship (russian: Чемпионата Казахстана по баскетболу сезон 2014–15) was the 23rd season of the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship, the highest professional basketball league in Kazakhstan. Its official designation in full was: XXIIth basketball Championship of the Republic of Kazakhstan for men's teams (National league) (russian: XXIII-го Чемпионата Республика Казахстан по баскетболу среди мужских команд (Национальной лиги)). The regular season ran from 8 October 2014 to 27 March 2015, May 9, 2004, 4 teams played 18 games each, with 6 confrontations between every side. The playoffs ran from 29 March 2015 to 10 April 2015, BC Astana won their fourth consecutive title by beating Almatynski Legion in the final. Teams Season narrative BC Astana finished in first place after the regular season, earning the top seed for the pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BC Tobol Kostanay
The Kazakhstan Basketball Championship (russian: Чемпионата Казахстана по баскетболу) is the highest professional basketball league in Kazakhstan, it is organised by the National Basketball Federation Kazakhstan. Its official designation in full is: Basketball Championship of the Republic of Kazakhstan for men's teams (National league) (russian: Чемпионата Республика Казахстан по баскетболу среди мужских команд (Национальной лиги)). Kazakhstan is a member of FIBA Asia, as the country lies partly in Asia, and Kazakhstan Championship sides have played in its competitions such as the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, however the country also partly lies in Europe, and the league's teams have participated in FIBA Europe competitions such as the FIBA EuroChallenge and the FIBA Europe Cup as well. The league's clubs therefore are also eligible to, and often do compete in, Eastern European reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Basketball Federation
Russian Basketball Federation (russian: Российская Федерация Баскетбола, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya Basketbola), also known as RBF, is a national governing body of basketball in Russia. It was founded in 1991, and is the successor to the Soviet Basketball Federation. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIBA banned Russian teams and officials from participating in FIBA basketball and FIBA 3x3 Basketball competitions. In February 2022, Russia and Belarus were suspended from international competitions until further notice due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It also banned Russia from hosting any competitions. In addition, FIBA Europe mandated that no official basketball competitions are to be held in Russia, while the teams of the Russian Basketball Federation were withdrawn from national team competitions and from the club competition season 2022-23. Leagues * * Russian Super League 1: Original premier men's basketball league, and current secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VTB United League
VTB United League (russian: Единая Лига ВТБ) is an international professional men's club basketball list of basketball leagues, league that was founded in 2008. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since VTB United League 2013–14, 2013, it is the Russian basketball league system, first tier of Russian professional club basketball. Therefore, the highest placed Russian team in the league is also named list of Russian basketball champions, Russian national champions. The league is sponsored by Russian state-owned VTB Bank. In 2008 PBC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow won VTB United League Promo-Cup, but this competition does not count as official VTB title. The current champions are BC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit Saint Petersburg, who secured their 1st ever title after defeating former champions PBC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow 4–3 in the 2021–22 VTB United League#Playoffs, 2022 Finals. CSKA have dominated the league, having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
