Prometey
Prometey logo
LeaguesLatvian-Estonian Basketball League
Founded2018; 6 years ago (2018)
HistoryBC Prometey
2018–present
ArenaSC Prometey
Arena Riga
Riga OC
Capacity1,000
11,200
830
LocationKamianske, Ukraine (until summer 2021)
Slobozhanske, Ukraine (since summer 2021)
Riga, Latvia (since summer 2022)
PresidentVolodymyr Dubinskyi
General managerKirill Vadimovich
Head coachRonen Ginzburg
Championships1 Ukrainian League
1 Higher League
1 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
Websiteprometeybc.com

BC Prometey (Ukrainian: БК Прометей), also known as Prometey Slobozhanske, is 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.

In the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons the team plays in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League, because of the ongoing war in Ukraine due to the 2022 Russian invasion.

History

The team logo used from 2018 to 2022

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

Champions Runners-up Promoted Playoff berth
Season Tier League Finish Wins Losses Win% Playoffs Other competitions Head coach
Prometey Kamianske
2018–19 2 Ukrainian Higher League 1st 26 2 .929 Won semi-finals (Khimik-2), 2–0
Won finals (Rivne), 3–0 		– Dmitry Markov
2019–20 1 Ukrainian SuperLeague 3rd 16 8 .667 Curtailed due to COVID-19 pandemic – Kārlis Muižnieks
2020–21 1 Ukrainian SuperLeague 3rd 27 13 .675 Winners
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
2021–22 1 Ukrainian SuperLeague 1st 25 1 .962 Curtailed and voided due to Russian invasion of Ukraine Champions League
Round of 16 		Ronen Ginzburg
2022–23 1 Latvian–Estonian 1st 29 1 .967 Winners
Won quarterfinals (Viimsi, 2–1)
Won semifinal (Tartu, 89–69)
Won final (VEF Rīga, 77–62) 		EuroCup Basketball
SF 		Ronen Ginzburg

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Prometey roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 0 Nigeria Agada, Caleb 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1994-08-31)31 August 1994
SG 3 Puerto Rico Clavell, Gian 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 30 – (1993-11-26)26 November 1993
G/F 4 United States March, Ronald 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 30 – (1993-07-24)24 July 1993
G/F 5 Ukraine Tkachenko, Ivan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 26 – (1997-04-23)23 April 1997
PG 7 Ukraine Lukashov, Denys 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 34 – (1989-04-30)30 April 1989
PF 8 Ukraine Bobrov, Vyacheslav 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 31 – (1992-09-19)19 September 1992
G/F 11 Ukraine Lypovyy, Oleksandr 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 32 – (1991-10-09)9 October 1991
C 12 Czech Republic Balvín, Ondřej 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 31 – (1992-09-20)20 September 1992
F 17 United States Kennedy, D. J. 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 34 – (1989-11-05)5 November 1989
C 21 United States Odiase, Tai 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 28 – (1995-09-21)21 September 1995
G 30 Ukraine Sanon, Issuf 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 24 – (1999-10-30)30 October 1999
PG 55 Ukraine Sydorov, Illia 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 27 – (1996-12-04)4 December 1996
F 98 Lithuania Kulboka, Arnoldas Injured 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1998-01-04)4 January 1998
Head coach

Czech Republic Ronen Ginzburg

Assistant coach(es)

Lithuania Mantas Šernius
Ukraine Serhii Alforov
Latvia Raimonds Feldmanis

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: February 10, 2024

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Tai Odiase Ondřej Balvín
PF Vyacheslav Bobrov D.J. Kennedy Arnoldas KulbokaInjured
SF Ronald March Oleksandr Lypovyy Ivan Tkachenko
SG Gian Clavell Issuf Sanon
PG Caleb Agada Illia Sydorov Denys Lukashov

Head coaches

Period Name
2018–2019 Ukraine Dmitry Markov
2019–2020 Latvia Kārlis Muižnieks
2020–2021 Ukraine Vitaliy Cherniy
2021–present Czech Republic Ronen Ginzburg

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

References

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

External links

Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague
Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
Prometey current roster
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