BC Chevakata Vologda (russian: БК Вологда-Чеваката) is a Russian women's
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
club from
Vologda
Vologda ( rus, Вологда, p=ˈvoləɡdə) is a city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. Population:
The city serves as a major transport hu ...
playing in the
Russian Premier League
The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...
. Created in 1995 as Politehnik Vologda, it took its current name the following year after its founders Valentina Cherepanova and Tatiana Karamysheva. Usually ranking between the 5th and 8th positions in the championship, in 2001 it was 3rd and in 2008 it reached the play-off semifinals. Since 2001 it has been a regular in the
FIBA Eurocup
FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier level transnational men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run ...
, reaching the semifinals in 2011 and 2012.
Profile
in FIBA Europe's website
References
Women's basketball teams in Russia
Vologda
Basketball teams established in 1995
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