PBK Nadezhda Orenburg (russian: ПБК «Надежда») is a Russian women's
basketball
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club from
Orenburg
Orenburg (russian: Оренбу́рг, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Ural River, southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is also very close to the Kazakhstan-Russia bor ...
founded in 1994.
Nadezhda has been 3rd in the
Russian Premier League
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in 2010 and 2011, and reached the Russian Cup's final from 2011–12, as well as from 2014-16, everytime losing to
UMMC Ekaterinburg
BC Ekaterinburg (russian: БК «УГМК») is a Russian women's basketball team based in Yekaterinburg competing in the Russian Premier League, and until February 2022 in FIBA Europe's EuroLeague Women. In reaction to the 2022 Russian inv ...
. In addition they have been regularly playing in
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is the administrative body for basketball in Europe, within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which includes all 50 national European basketball federations. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIBA Euro ...
competitions since 2005, reaching the final of the 2010 Eurocup. Additionally, they played in the Euroleague since
2008
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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 ...
FIBA Europe SuperCup Women
The SuperCup Women (or Women SuperCup) is a super cup competition organized by FIBA Europe and contested between the winners of EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women.
History
The first edition of the Cup took place on October 20, 2009, and was cont ...
** Runners-up:
2019
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Kara Braxton
Kara Liana Braxton (born February 18, 1983) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Early life
Kara and her twin sister Kim grew up in a house ...
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Renee Montgomery
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Zane Tamane
Zane Tamane (née Teilāne; born September 24, 1983) is a Latvian women's basketball player currently playing for Nadezhda Orenburg and Latvia women's national basketball team.
Tamane, who is 2.00m tall, was the first female basketball player in ...