BC Uralmash Yekaterinburg should not be confused with BC Ural Yekaterinburg.
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| Uralmash Yekaterinburg | |
| Leagues: | VTB United League |
| Founded: | 1960 |
| Arena: | Palace of Sporting Games (DIVS) |
| Capacity: | 5,000 |
| Location: | Yekaterinburg, Russia |
| Colors: | Orange, black and green |
| Championships: | Super League 1 2 (2022, 2023) |
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| Website: | bcuralmash.ru |
Uralmash Yekaterinburg is a Russian professional basketball team that plays in the VTB United League. They won Russian Basketball Super League 1 championships in 2022 and 2023.
Established in 1960,[1] the team has history that stems back to the 1940s.[2] Prior to a city name change, the team was known as Uralmash Sverdlovsk. FIBA Hall of Fame member Sergei Belov played for Uralmash in the 1960s,[3] 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, Ivan Dvorny, Anatoly Myshkin, and Stanislav Yeryomin.
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.[4] [5] Evgeniy Pashutin was the team's head coach during the 2021–22 season.[6]
In May 2023, Uralmash was promoted to the VTB United League.[7]