Uralmash Yekaterinburg is a Russian professional

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team that plays in the

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. They won

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championships in 2022 and 2023.

History

Established in 1960, the team has history that stems back to the 1940s. Prior to a city name change, the team was known as Uralmash Sverdlovsk.

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member

Sergei Belov Sergei Alexandrovich Belov (; 23 January 1944 – 3 October 2013) was a Russian professional basketball player, most noted for playing for PBC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow and the senior Soviet Union national basketball team. He is considered to be on ...

played for Uralmash in the 1960s, as did several other members of the senior men's Soviet Union national team over the years, such as: Nikolai Kraev, Lev Reshetnikov, Aleksandr Kandel, Viacheslav Novikov,

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, and Stanislav Yeryomin.

Super League

After winning the Super League 3 championship in 2016–17, Uralmash was promoted to the Super League 2 for the 2017–18 season where they finished third. They were promoted to the Super League 1 for the 2018–19 season. The team finished second in the Super League 1 in 2020–21 and then won back-to-back championships in 2021–22 and 2022–23.

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was the team's head coach during the 2021–22 season.

VTB United League

In May 2023, Uralmash was promoted to the

. In March 2025, Uralmash won the

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Honours and distinctions

(2): 2022, 2023 * Russian Basketball Super League 3 : Gold medal icon

(1): 2017 *

(1): 2025

References

External links

Official website
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