Basketball Club Minsk ( be, Мінск) is a professional
basketball
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club that is based in the city of
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...
,
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
. They play in the
Belarus Premier League and the
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 an ...
. The team plays its home games at the
Minsk Arena
Minsk Arena ( be, Мінск-Арэна) is the main indoor arena in Minsk, Belarus. The Minsk-Arena complex includes the arena (hosting 15,000 spectators), a cycling track (hosting 2,000 spectators), and a skating stadium (3,000 spectators).
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Established in 2006 as BC Minsk-2006, the club has been the most successful team in Belarusian basketball. Since 2008, Tsmoki has won every Premier League title. In the
2009–10 season, Tsmoki made its European debut in the
FIBA EuroChallenge
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. Since then, the club has participated in a European competition each season. In 2012, the club adopted its current club name Tsmoki-Minsk.
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History
The club was founded in 2006, with the name of ''BC Minsk-2006''. In September 2012, the club changed its name to ''BC Tsmoki-Minsk''.[Теперь мы будем называться "Цмокi-Мінск"!]
Official club website. 14 September 2012 . In September 2020, Tsmoki-Minsk qualified for the Basketball Champions League
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(BCL) for the first time in club history after beating Neptunas in the qualifying final. As such, it became the first ever Belarusian team to play in the competition.
Logos
Tsmoki Minsk 2019 logo.png, Logo (2019–2022)
BC Minsk 2022 logo.png, Logo (2022–present)
Players
Current roster
Notable players
* Vidas Ginevičius
Vidas Ginevičius (born May 11, 1978) is a 1.93 m (6'4") in height, 93 kg (205 pound) in weight, Lithuanian professional basketball point guard born in Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union, USSR.
Pro career
His career started in 1999, when ...
* Keith Benson
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* Tierre Brown
Tierre Brown (born June 3, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player.
Career
Brown graduated from McNeese State University and began his career with the NBA's Houston Rockets in 2001. He played fifteen games for the Cleveland ...
Season by season
Honours
*Belarusian Premier League
The Belarusian Premier League or the Vyšejšaja Liha or the Vysheyshaya Liga ( be, Вышэйшая ліга, russian: Высшая лига, "Top League") is the top division of professional football in Belarus, and is organized by the Belarusi ...
**Champions (14): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
References
External links
Official website
Official website
Eurobasket.com page
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Basketball teams in Belarus
Sport in Minsk
Basketball teams established in 2006
2006 establishments in Belarus