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Ukraine

FIBA ranking	37 1 (26 November 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	FBU
Coach	Vitaly Stepanovsky
Nickname(s)	Синьо-жовті (The Blue and Yellow) Збірна (The National Team)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	1
Medals	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	9
Medals	None
Home Away
First international
Ukraine 87–76 England  (Wrocław, Poland; 30 May 1993)
Biggest win
Iceland 62–105 Ukraine  (Reykjavík, Iceland; 22 November 2000)
Biggest defeat
Italy 99–62 Ukraine  (Vršac, Serbia and Montenegro; 18 September 2005)

The Ukraine men's national basketball team (Ukrainian: збірна України з баскетболу) represents Ukraine in international basketball competitions. They are controlled by the Basketball Federation of Ukraine.

After Ukrainian Independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, and joining FIBA in 1992, the national team played their first official match against England on 30 May 1993. Their biggest success so far on the international stage has been qualifying for the EuroBasket nine times, and reaching the FIBA World Cup for the first time in 2014.

Before the Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukrainian players took part on the Soviet Union 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 match at the tournament was not a warm welcome for the national team, as they were demolished by Spain 54–82.^[2] With less than 24 hours to regroup for their next game, Ukraine faced Germany where they lost again, this time by the score of 81–60. In their final match of group play, they defeated Croatia 88–95, to earn their first ever win at the EuroBasket.^[3] Unfortunately, it wasn't enough for the team to advance to the knockout stage, as they were relegated to the classification rounds for 13th–16th place. There, the team defeated Latvia, and Slovenia to finish the tournament 13th overall.^[4]

After failing to qualify for the EuroBasket in 1999, along with uninspiring results at the finals in 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2011 respectively, Ukraine was eager to turn their fortunes around at EuroBasket 2013. Ukraine was placed into Group A to begin their tournament run. The national team was victorious in their first three matches of the tournament, against Belgium, Israel, and Germany. Heading into their fourth match against the heavily favoured France, Ukraine displayed genuine toughness in a losing effort to the eventual tournament champions 71–77. In their final game of the preliminary phase, the team turned around and displayed resilience in blowing out Great Britain 68–87 to advance to the second group phase. There, they were blasted in their first match of group play against Latvia, but redeemed themselves with a quality victory over Serbia a few days later.^[5] Ukraine went on to lose their final game in the group to Lithuania, however, it was enough to clinch a spot into the knockout rounds. In the quarter-finals, Ukraine was paired up against Croatia, although the national team would come 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 in sixth place. It was the best result for Ukraine at the EuroBasket to that point.^[6]

Ukraine made their first appearance on to the global stage at the 2014 FIBA World Cup, through their surprising performance at EuroBasket 2013.^[7] 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. However, Finland would pull out a narrow 81–76 victory to drop Ukraine to a record of (1–1). Entering their third match, Ukraine went up against Turkey, and the national team didn't disappoint. They eventually won a hard-fought 64–58 contest, before their pivotal game versus New Zealand.

With a berth into 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 their do-or-die game against the tournament favourite 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 first period. However, the Americans flexed their dominance thereafter, which led to the team being eliminated from the tournament altogether by the score of 71–95.^[8]

After failing to make it past the group stage in 2015, Ukraine looked to make amends on the continental stage at EuroBasket 2017. Ukraine went through qualifiers where the team finished at a record of (4–2), to earn a spot back to the EuroBasket finals.^[9] Placed into Group B to begin the tournament, Ukraine was defeated in their first two matches against Germany and Italy. In their third game, the national team would eventually pickup their first victory against Georgia 81–88. Sitting at a record of (1–2), Lithuania handed Ukraine a damaging 62–94 defeat. With one game remaining in group play, and a spot into the knockout stage on the line, the team was up against one of the tournament co-hosts Israel. The national team ultimately displayed supreme urgency to punch their ticket to advance, with a dominant 64–88 win.^[10] Entering the Round of 16, however, was where Ukraine would come up short, by getting thoroughly defeated by the eventual champions of the tournament Slovenia 55–79.^[11]

For the first round of qualifying to the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Ukraine was drawn into Group B. The national team would open up their qualifying campaign with a solid road victory against Sweden 76–84. They would eventually attain a (3–3) record in the group to advance to the second and final phase of qualifying. In the second group phase of qualifiers, Ukraine started things off with a strong home win against Spain.^[12] Although the team dropped their second match of group play to Montenegro 90–84 to fall to (1–1). After that loss for Ukraine, the team would finish the rest of the qualifiers at a record of (5–7) overall, and were eliminated from World Cup contention.^[13]

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Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 23 and 25 November 2024 against Israel.^[14]

Ukraine men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G/F 5 Ivan Tkachenko 27 – (1997-04-23)23 April 1997 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Mitteldeutscher BC SF 11 Oleksandr Lypovyy 33 – (1991-10-09)9 October 1991 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Lucentum G/F 12 Pavlo Krutous 32 – (1992-04-09)9 April 1992 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Melilla F/C 13 Vyacheslav Bobrov 32 – (1992-09-19)19 September 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) VEF Rīga PF 14 Serhii Pavlov 27 – (1997-07-18)18 July 1997 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Melilla PF 15 Rostyslav Novitskyi 24 – (2000-10-23)23 October 2000 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Valmiera Glass Via PF 17 Andrii Voinalovych 24 – (1999-12-11)11 December 1999 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Sabah C 23 Artem Pustovyi 31 – (1992-06-25)25 June 1992 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Joventut F 24 Volodymyr Koniev 35 – (1989-06-18)18 June 1989 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Dnipro PG 30 Issuf Sanon 25 – (1999-10-30)30 October 1999 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) VEF Rīga SG 32 Bogdan Bliznyuk 29 – (1995-03-31)31 March 1995 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Jonava G 50 Oleksandr Kovliar 22 – (2002-06-26)26 June 2002 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Lietkabelis PG 55 Illya Sydorov 27 – (1996-12-04)4 December 1996 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) VEF Rīga	Head coach Vitaly Stepanovsky Assistant coach(es) Oleh Honcharov Artem Slipenchuk Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 23 November 2024

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Alex Len	Artem Pustovyi	Dmytro Skapintsev
PF	Volodymyr Gerun	Vyacheslav Bobrov
SF	Svi Mykhailiuk	Ivan Tkachenko
SG	Bogdan Bliznyuk	Illya Sydorov
PG	Issuf Sanon	Vitaliy Zotov	Denys Lukashov

Current notable players who have played for the national team:

Players previously called up roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G/F Oleksandr Belikov 32 – (1992-05-31)31 May 1992 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Nitra Blue Wings F Bohdan Bryniuk 21 – (2003-08-23)23 August 2003 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Minyor Pernik PG Igor Boyarkin 29 – (1995-06-13)13 June 1995 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Kanazawa Samuraiz C Volodymyr Gerun 30 – (1994-03-25)25 March 1994 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Osaka Evessa G/F Oleksandr Kolchenko 36 – (1988-09-20)20 September 1988 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Naic Aces C Vladyslav Koreniuk 30 – (1994-01-08)8 January 1994 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Unattached F/C Maksym Korniyenko 37 – (1987-06-26)26 June 1987 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Unattached F Artem Kovalov 26 – (1997-11-28)28 November 1997 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Keila C Viacheslav Kravtsov 37 – (1987-08-25)25 August 1987 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Unattached C Alex Len 31 – (1993-06-16)16 June 1993 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Sacramento Kings PG Denys Lukashov 35 – (1989-04-30)30 April 1989 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Peja G/F Kyrylo Marchenko 27 – (1997-07-28)28 July 1997 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Cherkaski Mavpy SG Olexandr Mishula 32 – (1992-04-18)18 April 1992 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Dnipro SF Svi Mykhailiuk 27 – (1997-06-10)10 June 1997 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Utah Jazz F/C Viacheslav Petrov 30 – (1994-08-13)13 August 1994 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Unattached SF Maksym Pustozvonov 37 – (1987-04-16)16 April 1987 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Unattached SG Anatolii Shundel 30 – (1993-12-05)5 December 1993 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Ogre C Dmytro Skapintsev 26 – (1998-05-12)12 May 1998 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Maine Celtics PF Stanislav Tymofeyenko 35 – (1989-06-03)3 June 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Dnipro PG Ilya Tyrtyshnik 26 – (1998-09-07)7 September 1998 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Unattached F/C Ihor Zaytsev 35 – (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Taipei Taishin Mars PG Vitaliy Zotov 27 – (1997-03-03)3 March 1997 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Jonava	Legend Club – describes current club Age – describes age on 23 November 2024

1997 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams

4 Oleksandr Okunsky, 5 Grihoriy Khyzhniak, 6 Leonid Yaylo, 7 Ihor Molchanov, 8 Victor Savchenko, 9 Alexander Lokhmanchuk, 10 Denis Zhuravlov, 11 Roman Rubchenko, 12 Vadym Pudzyrey, 13 Yevheniy Murzin, 14 Dmytro Bazelevsky, 15 Ihor Kharchenko (Coach: Zaurbek Khromaev)

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2001 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

4 Andriy Lebedev, 5 Vadym Pudzyrey, 6 Viktor Kobzystyy, 7 Stanislav Balashov, 8 Viacheslav Ievstratenko, 9 Serhiy Lishchuk, 10 Nikolay Khryapa, 11 Oleksandr Okunsky, 12 Dmytro Markov, 13 Dmytro Korablov, 14 Oleksandr Rayevskyy, 15 Volodymyr Ryzhov (Coach: Gennadi Zaschuk)

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2003 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

4 Andrii Lebediev, 5 Oleksandr Rayevskyy, 6 Oleksandr Skutelnyk, 7 Stanislav Balashov, 8 Artur Drozdov, 9 Sergiy Moskalenko, 10 Nikolay Khryapa, 11 Oleksandr Okunsky, 12 Viacheslav Ievstratenko, 13 Alexander Lokhmanchuk, 14 Andriy Botichev, 15 Grigorij Khizhnyak (Coach: Gennadi Zaschuk)

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2005 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams

4 Andrii Lebediev, 5 Artem Butskyy, 6 Viktor Kobzystyy, 7 Stanislav Balashov, 8 Igor Kryvych, 9 Volodymyr Koval, 10 Oleksandr Rayevskyy, 11 Rostyslav Kryvych, 12 Serhiy Lishchuk, 13 Oleksiy Pecherov, 14 Volodymyr Gurtovyy, 15 Slava Medvedenko (Coach: Gennadi Zaschuk)

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2011 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 24 teams

4 Maksym Pustozvonov, 5 Denys Lukashov, 6 Steve Burtt Jr., 7 Oleksandr Kolchenko, 8 Oleksandr Lypovyy, 9 Dmytro Zabirchenko, 10 Oleg Saltovets, 11 Oleksiy Pecherov, 12 Serhiy Lishchuk, 13 Danylo Kozlov, 14 Kyrylo Fesenko, 15 Viacheslav Kravtsov (Coach: Mike Fratello)

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2013 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 24 teams

4 Maksym Pustozvonov, 5 Eugene Jeter, 6 Olexandr Mishula, 7 Dmytro Gliebov, 8 Sergiy Gladyr, 9 Oleksandr Lypovyy, 10 Kyrylo Natyazhko, 11 Dmytro Zabirchenko, 12 Maxym Korniyenko, 13 Ihor Zaytsev, 14 Artem Pustovyi, 15 Viacheslav Kravtsov (Coach: Mike Fratello)

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2014 FIBA World Cup: finished 18th among 24 teams

4 Maksym Pustozvonov, 5 Eugene Jeter, 6 Olexandr Mishula, 7 Svi Mykhailiuk, 8 Sergiy Gladyr, 9 Oleksandr Lypovyy, 10 Kyrylo Natyazhko, 11 Dmytro Zabirchenko, 12 Maksym Korniyenko, 13 Ihor Zaytsev, 14 Artem Pustovyi, 15 Viacheslav Kravtsov (Coach: Mike Fratello)

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2015 EuroBasket: finished 22nd among 24 teams

4 Maksym Pustozvonov, 5 Jerome Randle, 6 Olexandr Mishula, 7 Denys Lukashov, 8 Kyrylo Fesenko (C), 9 Oleksandr Sizov, 10 Stanislav Tymofeyenko, 11 Oleksandr Lypovyy, 12 Maksym Korniyenko, 13 Ihor Zaytsev, 14 Artem Pustovyi, 15 Pavlo Krutous (Coach: Yevgen Murzin)

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2017 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 24 teams

4 Maksym Pustozvonov, 5 Oleksandr Kolchenko, 7 Denys Lukashov, 9 Ruslan Otverchenko, 11 Oleksandr Lypovyy, 12 Maksym Korniyenko, 13 Vyacheslav Bobrov, 14 Ihor Zaytsev, 15 Viacheslav Kravtsov, 23 Artem Pustovyi, 24 Vladimir Konev, 31 Olexandr Mishula (Coach: Yevgen Murzin)

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2022 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 24 teams^[15]

5 Ivan Tkachenko, 7 Denys Lukashov, 10 Svi Mykhailiuk, 13 Vyacheslav Bobrov, 23 Artem Pustovyi, 25 Alex Len, 30 Issuf Sanon,
32 Bohdan Blyzniuk, 44 Dmytro Skapintsev, 45 Vitaliy Zotov, 52 Volodymyr Gerun, 55 Illya Sydorov (Coach: Ainars Bagatskis)

• Sport in Ukraine
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• Ukraine men's national under-20 basketball team
• Ukraine men's national under-18 basketball team
• Ukraine men's national under-16 basketball team
• Ukraine men's national 3x3 team

• Official website (in Ukrainian)
• Ukraine FIBA profile
• Ukraine National Team – Men at Eurobasket.com

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