Ukraine men's national basketball team

Before the Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukrainian players took part on the Soviet national team during international competition. The Soviets were one of the strongest national teams in the world during this period.

Ukraine made their EuroBasket debut in 1997. Their first official match at the tournament was not a warm welcome for the national team, as they were demolished by Spain 82-54. With less than 24 hours to regroup for their next tilt, Ukraine faced Germany where they lost again, this time by the score of 81-60. In their final match in group play, they defeated Croatia 95-88, to earn their first ever win at the European Basketball Championship. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough for the team to advance to the knockout stage so they were relegated to the classification rounds for 13th-16th place. There, they beat Latvia, and Slovenia to finish the tournament 13th overall.

At the EuroBasket 2013, the Ukraine was victorious in their first three matches of the tournament, against Belgium, Israel, and Germany. Heading into their 4th match versus heavily favored France, the national team displayed genuine toughness in a losing effort to the eventual tournament champions 77-71. In their final game of the preliminary round, the team showed resilience in blowing out Great Britain 87-68 to advance to the second group phase. There, they were blasted in their first match in group play against Latvia, but redeemed themselves with an quality victory over Serbia a few days later. They went on to lose their final game in the group to Lithuania, but it was enough to clinch a spot in the knockout phase. In the quarterfinals, Ukraine was paired up against Croatia, but the national team came up short 84-72. With the loss, Ukraine went on to play in classification matches to determine 5th-8th place. The team defeated Italy before falling to Slovenia to finish up at 6th place. It was the best result for the national team at the EuroBasket to that point.

Ukraine made their first appearance on the global stage at the 2014 FIBA World Cup. Led by former NBA head coach Mike Fratello, the national team won their first ever match in the World Cup, defeating the Dominican Republic 72-62. With their historic win under their belt, the team went into their second match of the tournament confident. Yet, Finland came out with an narrow 81-76 victory to drop Ukraine to an record of (1-1). Entering their third match, Ukraine went up against Turkey and the national team didn't disappoint. They eventually pulled out an hard fought 64-58 victory, before their pivotal match versus New Zealand.

With a berth to the Round of 16 on the line, Ukraine needed one more victory to advance. But they were unsuccessful in the crucial match as they lost 73-61 to head into the do-or-die tilt against the tournament favorite United States in a dire position. In the must win game for Ukraine, the national team got off to a strong start, to even possess the lead after the 1st period. But the Americans flexed their dominance thereafter, and ultimately led to the team being eliminated from the tournament all together by the score of 95-71.

For qualification to the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Ukraine opened their first-round qualifying campaign with a win over Sweden. They eventually attained a 3–3 record in their group to advance to the second and final phase of qualifying. In the second group phase of qualifiers, Ukraine started with a home win against Spain, although they dropped their second match of group play to Montenegro to fall to 1–1. After that loss the national team finished the rest of the qualifiers with a 5–7 overall record, and were eliminated from World Cup contention.

Roster for the EuroBasket 2021 qualification.[2]

Ukraine national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF Tymofeyenko, Stanislav 41 – (1989-06-03)3 June 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Dnipro SF Shundel, Anatolii 26 – (1993-12-05)5 December 1993 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Dnipro PF Kovalov, Artem 22 – (1997-11-28)28 November 1997 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Kyiv-Basket PF Belikov, Oleksandr 28 – (1992-05-31)31 May 1992 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Prometey PG 7 Lukashov, Denys 31 – (1989-04-30)30 April 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Prometey SF 10 Krutous, Pavlo 28 – (1992-04-09)9 April 1992 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Kyiv-Basket G/F 11 Lypovyy, Oleksandr 29 – (1991-10-09)9 October 1991 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Prometey SF 13 Bobrov, Vyacheslav 28 – (1992-09-19)19 September 1992 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Dnipro PF 14 Pavlov, Serhii 23 – (1997-07-18)18 July 1997 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Kyiv-Basket C 15 Kravtsov, Viacheslav 33 – (1987-08-25)25 August 1987 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) BC Dnipro PF 22 Petrov, Viacheslav 26 – (1994-08-13)13 August 1994 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Kyiv-Basket PG 30 Sanon, Issuf 20 – (1999-10-30)30 October 1999 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Dnipro PG 31 Mishula, Olexandr 28 – (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Kyiv-Basket G 45 Zotov, Vitalii 23 – (1997-03-03)3 March 1997 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) BC Khimik C 52 Gerun, Volodymyr 26 – (1994-03-25)25 March 1994 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Unicaja	Head coach Ainars Bagatskis Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 November 2020

Other current players from Ukraine:

Ukraine men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club SF 10 Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk 23 – (1997-06-14)14 June 1997 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Detroit Pistons C 25 Alex Len 27 – (1993-06-16)16 June 1993 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Atlanta Hawks C 23 Pustovyi, Artem 28 – (1992-06-25)25 June 1992 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) Barcelona PG 3 Jeter, Eugene 36 – (1983-12-02)2 December 1983 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Fujian Sturgeons F/C Zaytsev, Ihor 31 – (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Taipei Fubon Braves SG 5 Kolchenko, Oleksandr 32 – (1988-09-20)20 September 1988 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Cherkaski Mavpy PG 3 Boyarkin, Igor 25 – (1995-06-13)13 June 1995 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Kharkivski Sokoly SF 32 Bliznyuk, Bogdan 25 – (1995-03-31)31 March 1995 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Kyiv-Basket SG 9 Otverchenko, Ruslan 30 – (1990-01-06)6 January 1990 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Prometey PF 12 Korniyenko, Maksym 33 – (1987-06-26)26 June 1987 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Dnipro SF 24 Konev, Vladimir 31 – (1989-06-18)18 June 1989 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Cherkaski Mavpy SF 25 Marchenko, Kyrylo 23 – (1997-09-23)23 September 1997 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Khimik SF 4 Pustozvonov, Maksym 33 – (1987-04-16)16 April 1987 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Kyiv-Basket	Legend Club – describes current club Age – describes age on 26 November 2020

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