After signing a 4-year deal with the Ukrainian Basketball Federation, new men’s National Team head coach Valentin Melnichuk was introduced to the media on Tuesday.

 

“I am happy a Ukrainian specialist of such a caliber is taking over the National Team”, said Federation’s President Alexander Volkov at the press-conference, “Valentin [Melnichuk] has been very successful with the Portugal Team lately, achieving high results with it”.

 

Melnichuk’s primary goal is to lead Ukraine to Eurobasket ...   »»

Ukrainian Basketball Federation Presidium held a meeting last week, during which the following specialists were appointed to coach the national teams:

 

Iryna Nahorna – U20 Women

Yevgeniya Kochergina – U18 Women

Olena Fedchenko – U16 Women

 

Valentyn Melnichuk – Men’s National Team

Denys Zhuravliov – U20 Men

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Ukrainian Basketball Federation Presidium is to hold its next meeting on November 22.

 

The main issue on the agenda is the appointing of the Head coach for both men’s and women’s National Teams.

 

So far the Federation received an application from Valentin Melnichuk, who is currently the head coach of the Portugal National Team and who had led it to the 9th spot in last summer&rsqu ...   »»

Ukraine National Team lost their final game of the Eurobasket-2007 additional qualifying round to Denmark 90:85, still, they retained their place in the Division A.

 

The game was evenly matched during the first half resulting in a 40:40 draw at halftime. Ukraine started the 3rd quarter with a 7:0 run, but allowed the opponents to reply with a 26:10 blow to finish the stretch up by 9.

 

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Ukraine National Team started the additional qualifying round for Eurobasket-2007 with a 45:70 loss to Belgium.

 

Following the Friendship Cup in Kiev and a friendly tournament in Estonia, team morale seemed to have boosted within Ukraine, unfortunately, it didn’t show in the disappointing loss to Belgium.

 

The start of the game did not indicate the trouble was coming for the hosts. Poin ...   »»

Ukraine National Team finished their last stage of preparations for the additional qualifying round for Eurobasket-2007 with an 87:65 win over Sports Power.

Ukraine’s head coach Vitaliy Lebedintsev allowed leaders Serhiy Lishchuk, Artur Drozdov and Evgen Podorvanniy to have some rest, while most of the deep reserves managed to feel the game action heading into the most important matches.

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Ukraine National Team took part in an international friendly tournament that took part in Estonia.

The Ukrainian side won their opening contest against Estonia 70:68. Serhiy Lishchuk was the game’s top scorer with 27 points and 12 rebounds.

Lishchuk was once again fantastic the following day, but this time in a 69:80 loss to Latvia. He had 30 points and 14 rebounds.

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Ukraine National Team took the first place in the “Friendship Cup”, which was held in Kyiv last weekend.

4 teams took part in the tournament: Ukraine, Ukraine – 2, Russia – 2 and Belarus.

After losing to Ukraine – 2 during the first match-day 59:73, Ukraine bounced back to beat Belarus 88:61 and, later, Russia 81:73.

Azovmash Mariupol’s forward Serhiy Li ...   »»