BC Prometey explained

Prometey
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Leagues:Latvian-Estonian Basketball League
Dissolved:2024
History:BC Prometey
2018–2024
Arena:SC Prometey
Location:Kamianske, Ukraine (until summer 2021)
Slobozhanske, Ukraine (since summer 2021)
Riga, Latvia (until summer 2024)
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President:Volodymyr Dubinskyi
Gm:Kirill Vadimovich
Coach:Ronen Ginzburg
Championships:1 Ukrainian League
2 Higher League
2 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
Website:prometeybc.com
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BC Prometey (Ukrainian: БК Прометей), also known as Prometey Slobozhanske, was a Ukrainian basketball club based in Slobozhanske, previously based in Kamianske[1] It played in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague, the highest tier of basketball in Ukraine, from 2019 to 2022.

Since 2022 to 2024, the team was based in Riga and played in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

History

The team was founded as Sports Club Prometey in September 2018, by Volodymyr Dubynsky and Pavlo Chukhno.[2] The plans were to develop a basketball and volleyball team.

In 2018, Prometey joined the Ukrainian Higher League, the national second tier. On October 8, 2018, they played their first game against Zolotyi Vik, winning 86–80. Prometey went on to win the league title at the first attempt. Therefore, it was promoted to the SuperLeague for the 2019–20 season.[3]

In its first SuperLeague season, Prometey was in third place before the season was shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The following season, the club enrolled for the FIBA Europe Cup and made their European debut.

In 2021, Prometey won its first Ukrainian SuperLeague championship.[4] The following season, Prometey made its debut at the European stage when it played in the Qualifying Rounds of the 2021–22 Basketball Champions League. In its debut season, it immediately qualified for the regular season and then advanced to the round of 16. Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Prometey withdrew from the competition and disbanded all teams of the club as club president Volodymyr Dubinskyi cited: "All money and resources should go to the army. Win first. Then everything.".[5] All the club's teams were dissolved in March 2022.[6]

On the 16th of June 2022 the club was included in the list of teams participating in the 2022–23 EuroCup Basketball.[7] Prometey practice and play home games in Riga.[8]

Honours

Season by season

ChampionsRunners-upPromotedPlayoff berth
SeasonTierLeagueFinishWinsLossesWin%PlayoffsOther competitionsHead coach
Prometey Kamianske
2018–192Ukrainian Higher League1st262Won semi-finals (Khimik-2), 2–0
Won finals (Rivne), 3–0
Dmitry Markov
2019–201Ukrainian SuperLeague3rd168Curtailed due to COVID-19 pandemicKārlis Muižnieks
2020–211Ukrainian SuperLeague3rd2713Winners
Won quarterfinals (Khimik, 3–0)
Won semifinals (Dnipro, 3–1)
Won finals (Zaporizhzhia, 3–0)
FIBA Europe Cup
Round of 16
Vitaliy Cherniy
Ronen Ginzburg
2021–221Ukrainian SuperLeague1st251Curtailed and voided due to Russian invasion of UkraineChampions League
Round of 16
Ronen Ginzburg
2022–231Latvian–Estonian1st291Winners
Won quarterfinals (Viimsi, 2–1)
Won semifinal (Tartu, 89–69)
Won final (VEF Rīga, 77–62)
EuroCup Basketball
SF
Ronen Ginzburg

Head coaches

PeriodName
2018–2019 Dmitry Markov
2019–2020
2020–2021 Vitaliy Cherniy
2021–2024 Ronen Ginzburg

Notable players

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Статистика - Федерація баскетболу України. fbu.ua. 13 August 2019.
  2. Web site: BC "Prometey" . 2022-08-09 . BC "Prometey" . en.
  3. Web site: SC Prometey Kamianske. basketball.eurobasket.com. 13 August 2019.
  4. News: Prometey celebrate SuperLeague title . 23 June 2021 . Eurobasket.com . 14 June 2021.
  5. Web site: Prometey withdrawing from BCL . Eurohoops . 5 March 2022 . en . 5 March 2022.
  6. Web site: 5 March 2022 . Prometey disbands all the club's teams and refuses from the participation in Champions League! . 17 June 2022 . prometeybc.com .
  7. Web site: 2022-23 EuroLeague and EuroCup participating teams confirmed . 17 June 2022 . . 16 June 2022.
  8. Web site: Prometey, London Lions, Paris Basketball join EuroCup for 2022-23 season . Eurohoops . 17 June 2022 . 16 June 2022.