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Azovmash Mariupol is a Ukrainian

Ukrainian Basketball Super League

The Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague is the top professional basketball league in Ukraine.-2010–2011 Teams:* Azovmash Mariupol* BC Kyiv* Khimik Yuzhny* MBС Mykolaiv* BC Donetsk* BC Budivelnik* BC Halychyna* BC Hoverla* BC Dnipro-Azot...

professional basketball

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club. It was founded in 1990 in the city of Mariupol

Mariupol

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in South-Eastern Ukraine

Ukraine

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. It now takes part in 3 competitions: Ukrainian SuperLeague

Ukrainian Basketball Super League

, Ukrainian Cup and the ULEB Eurocup. The home court is Azovmash Arena

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. It is one of the strongest teams in Ukraine along with BC Kyiv

BC Kyiv

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, Khimik Yuzhny

Khimik Yuzhny

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and, Cherkasy Mavpi

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. The great achievement of the club is reaching the EuroCup Final

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of 2007, against Akasvayu Girona.

History

The club was founded in 1990. Azovmash moved up from the Ukrainian third to first division by 1999. Azovmash won the 2002 Ukrainian SuperLeague

Ukrainian Basketball Super League

title. Azovmash added another Ukrainian title in 2004 and following the arrival of point guard

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, won the domestic championship again in 2006 and 2007.

In 2007, with players like Kenan Bajramović

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, Panagiotis Liadelis

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, Serhiy Lishchuk and El-Amin, Azovmash reached the FIBA EuroCup Final Four, defeating Italian Lega A club Virtus Bologna

Virtus Bologna

-Notable players: Marco Bonamico 9 seasons: '75-'76, '77-'78, '80-'86, '88-'89 Carlo Caglieris 6 seasons: '75-'81 Pietro Generali 6 seasons: '75-'76, '78-'83 Gianni Bertolotti 5 seasons: '75-'80 Terry Driscoll 3 seasons: '75-'78 Eric Luc Leclerc 1 season: '75-'76 Luigi Serafini 2 seasons: '75-'77...

by a point in the semis before falling to Spanish Liga ACB club Akasvayu Girona in the title game. In 2008, Azovmash reached the elimination rounds ULEB Cup

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and won the Ukrainian domestic championship and cup.

Roster

- Demetrius Alexander - center
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- Oleksandr Skutelnyk - guard
- Maksym Koliadov - guard
- Fred House
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  - guard
- Yevheniy Pidirvany - guard
- Ramel Curry - guard
- Viacheslav Bobrov - forward
- Yuriy Korshunov - forward
- Anton Buts - forward
- Artur Drozdov - forward
- Maksym Ivshyn - guard
- Bohdan Baida - guard
- Pierre Pierce
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  - guard
Coaches:
- Serhiy Zavalin
- Serhiy Moskalenko

Currently, the Azovmash head coach is Rolandas Jarutis.

Honors and titles

Ukrainian SuperLeague
Ukrainian Basketball Super League
The Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague is the top professional basketball league in Ukraine.-2010–2011 Teams:* Azovmash Mariupol* BC Kyiv* Khimik Yuzhny* MBС Mykolaiv* BC Donetsk* BC Budivelnik* BC Halychyna* BC Hoverla* BC Dnipro-Azot...

:
- Gold - 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Silver - 2005
- Bronze - 2001, 2002

Ukrainian Cup:
- Gold - 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009
- Silver - 2007

FIBA EuroCup:
- Finalist of the EuroCup 2006-07
  EuroCup 2006-07
  The EuroCup 2006–07 was a professional basketball tournament in Europe. The competition is regarded as the third-strongest pan-European club basketball competition. Akasvayu Girona became the champion, after beating Azovmash Mariupol in the final....

Notable players

Oleksandr Rayevsky Serhiy Lishchuk Oleksander Lokhmanchuk Kyrylo Fesenko

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Kenan Bajramović

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Aleksandar Ćapin

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Tomas Delininkaitis

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Simonas Serapinas

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Nikola Radulović

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Slaven Rimac

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Sandis Valters

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Panagiotis Liadelis

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Khalid El-Amin

Carlos Powell

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Tyus Edney

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