BC Budivelnyk Kyiv (in

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: Будівельник Київ) is a

professional

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club based in

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. The club plays in the

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. In June 2018, it was forced to withdraw from the Superleague due to open debts. Two years later, the club returned its activities. The club holds a record ten Ukrainian championships and three Ukrainian Cups, as well as a Soviet championship (1989). Budivelnyk is owned and operated by the

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ing and

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company PrivatBank.

History

Founded in the club's current form in 1962, the club was one of the leading clubs in Soviet League basketball. It was formed out of another team from

, ''SKIF'', that was originally established in 1945. The team was established as a team of the Republican Trade Union Volunteer Sport Society '' Avanhard'', under sponsorship of the local municipal building company ''Kyivmiskbud-4'' (Kyiv-City-Construction-4). In Soviet times, the team played at the 7,000 seat Kyiv Sports Palace. The team won the

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in 1989, and the Ukrainian League six times. Following the team's long period of success, a period of time in which the team declined ensued, and it was relegated to the lower Ukrainian division, due to financial problems. However, in 2006, the team was rescued by a group of businessmen who invested considerable resources into it, thus allowing it to return to the top league of Ukrainian basketball. Within two years, the team once again became one of the strongest teams in the Ukraine, finishing second in the Ukrainian National League. In March 2010, the management of Budivelnyk held a joint press conference with the CEO and President of

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, announcing that they might join the EuroLeague in the next few years. Eventually, a

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was conceded to the team for the

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season. On 21 June 2018, the FBU announced Budivelnyk was not allowed to participate in the Ukrainian Superleague due to debts with their players. In the 2020 offseason, the Budivelnyk club restarted its activities and signed up for the 2020–21 SuperLeague season. Its transfer ban by the FIBA, which was enforced in 2018, was lifted.

Name

The original team played under the name of SKIF, from 1945 to 1962. The current team plays under the current name since 1962. The team's name means "Builder" in

. The team is nicknamed as, "Konstruktor" (Constructor) and "Stroitel" (

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for "Builder").

Arena

BC Budivelnyk played their home games at Kyiv Sport Palace. It was built in 1960 and it has capacity of 7,000 seats.

Current players

Current roster

Honors

* Soviet Union League (1): ** Gold medal blank

''Gold'' – 1989 ** Silver medal blank

''Silver'' - 1965, 1966, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982 ** Bronze medal blank

''Bronze'' – 1962, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1983, 1984, 1990 * Soviet Union Cup (0): ** Silver medal blank

''Runner Up'' - 1969, 1972 * Ukrainian SuperLeague (10): ** Gold medal blank

''Gold'' - 1992 - 1997, 2011,

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''Silver'' - 1998, 2010 ** Bronze medal blank

''Bronze'' - 1999 *

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(3): **

''Winner'' – 2012, 2014, 2015 Cup

Season by season

Notable players

* Volodymyr Tkachenko * Oleksandr Bilostinny *

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* Anatoliy Polyvoda *

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* Luis Flores *

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* Archie Goodwin *

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References

External links

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Eurobasket.com BC Budivelnyk Page
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