BC Borisfen, also known as Borisfen Mogilev (in
Belarusian
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: ''Барысфэн Магілёў;'' in Russian: ''Борисфен Могилёв''), is a Belarusian
basketball club based in
Mogilev. It plays in the
Belarusian Premier League
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and played in the
European North Basketball League
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until it was suspended.
History
The club was established on 3 September 2010. The club was founded after BC Temp-OSHVSM disappeared from the highest Belarusian basketball league. In 2011, Borisfen played in the Belarusian Second League for one season.
In the
2016–17 season, Borisfen made its debut in the
Baltic Basketball League. Domestically, in
2018
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and
2019
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, Borisfen finished as runners-up behind
BC Tsmoki-Minsk
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Establis ...
. In the
2019–20 season, Borisfen made its debut in a European competition, playing in the qualifying rounds of the
FIBA Europe Cup.
The team lost to
BC Dnipro.
Borisfen qualified for the regular season of the
2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup
The 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup was the sixth season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The season started on 26 January 2021 as it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
I ...
.,
but due to the discovery of
COVID-19 in one of the members of the delegation, the team was unable to participate in the games and was sent to quarantine.
In 2021, in the fourth match in the final series, BC Borisfen lost to BC Tsmoki-Minsk by a score 52:85. Thus, BC Borisfen - four-time vice-champion of the Belarusian Basketball Championship. Also, on July 16, it became known that several players left the team, namely: Dupree McBrayer, Darol Hernandez-Zinenko, Tywain МcКee, Brooks DeBisschop and Anton Zaretsky.
In the
2021/2022 season, the club planned to compete in the newly formed European Northern League, where the opponents would also be:
Anwil Wloclawek
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History
Anwil is first mentioned in 1276.
Geography
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,
Basket Brno,
BK Liepaja,
Enisey Krasnoyarsk,
BK Siauliai,
Tartu Ulikool Maks and Moorits and
BC Valmiera GLASS VIA. The European North Basketball League has excluded BC Borisfen and BC Enisey from the competition from March 1, 2022 due to the
war against Ukraine
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.
European record
: Borisfen withdrew from the
2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup
The 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup was the sixth season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The season started on 26 January 2021 as it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
I ...
after players on the team were diagnosed with
COVID-19.
Players
Current roster
References
External links
Official websiteVK.com profile
Basketball teams in Belarus
Mogilev
Basketball teams established in 2010
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