BIPA Odesa ( uk, БІПА Одеса) is a professional
basketball
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club based in
Odesa
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative ...
,
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 inv ...
. In the
2015–16 season, the team entered the
Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague
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 c ...
, the top tier league in Ukraine. In December 2017, BIPA Odesa went under the ownership of BC Dynamo Odesa, but completed the
2017-2018 season under the name "BIPA". BC Dynamo Odesa was promoted to the Superleague for the season 2018-2019. BIPA and BC Dynamo merged and changed name to
BC Odesa.
However, refounded BIPA Odesa started to play in lower divisions. In 2020-21 season, club won
Higher League of Ukraine (second division).
In 2022-23 season team merged with
BC Khimik
Khimik Yuzhne ( uk, Хімік Южне) is a Ukrainian professional basketball club that is based in Yuzhne. The club plays in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. In 2006, the club reached the final of the EuroCup Challenge, where they were defe ...
and began to play in Superleague under the
war circumstances.
Season by season
References
External links
Official website
Basketball teams in Ukraine
Sport in Odesa
Basketball teams established in 2015
2015 establishments in Ukraine
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