BC Prometey ( uk, БК Прометей), also known as Prometey Slobozhanske, is a Ukrainian

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club based in

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. It played in the

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, the highest tier of basketball in Ukraine, from 2019 to 2022. In the 2022–23 season team will play in

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, due to the ongoing war in Ukraine due to the 2022 Russian invasion.

History

The team was founded as Sports Club Prometey in September 2018, by Volodymyr Dubynsky and Pavlo Chukhno. The plans were to develop a basketball and volleyball team. In 2018, Prometey joined the Ukrainian Higher League, the national second tier. On October 8, 2018, they played their first game against Zolotyi Vik, winning 86–80. Prometey went on to win the league title at the first attempt. Therefore, it was promoted to the SuperLeague for the 2019–20 season. In its first SuperLeague season, Prometey was in third place before the season was shut down because of the

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. The following season, the club enrolled for the

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and made their European debut. In 2021, Prometey won its first Ukrainian SuperLeague championship. The following season, Prometey made its debut at the European stage when it played in the Qualifying Rounds of the

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. In its debut season, it immediately qualified for the regular season and then advanced to the

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. Following the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, Prometey withdrew from the competition and disbanded all teams of the club as club president Volodymyr Dubinsky cited: "All money and resources should go to the army. Win first. Then everything.". All the club's teams were dissolved in March 2022. On the 16th of June 2022 the club was included in the list of teams participating in the 2022–23 EuroCup Basketball. Prometey is expected to practice and play home games in

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Honours

* Ukrainian SuperLeague **Champions (1):

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*Ukrainian Higher League **Winners (1): 2018–19

Season by season

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Head coaches

Notable players

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1 season: 2020–21 * D. J. Stephens 1 season: 2020–21 *

Denys Lukashov Denys Lukashov (born 30 April 1989) is a Ukrainian basketball player for Prometey of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. He is a member of the Ukrainian national team, where he participated at the EuroBasket 2015. Honours Club ;Budivelnyk K ...

2 seasons: 2019–21 *

Oleksandr Lypovyy Oleksandr Lypovyy (born October 9, 1991) is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for Prometey of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and EuroCup. Professional career In March 2014, Lypovyy signed a contract with the Serbian team Crvena ...

1 season: 2020–21 *

Viacheslav Petrov Viacheslav Petrov (born August 13, 1994) is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for Prometey of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League The Latvian-Estonian Basketball League is the highest professional men's club basketball league in La ...

1 season: 2020–21 * Oleksandr Belikov 1 season: 2020–21

References

External links

Official website
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