PBC Ural Great Perm was a Russian professional basketball

Basketball

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 club

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 that was located in Perm

Perm

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, Russia. The club's home arena was Molot Sports Hall

Universal Sports Palace Molot

Universal Sports Palace Molot is an indoor sporting arena located in Perm, Russia. It was built in 1980 and has a seating capacity for 7,000 spectators. It is the home arena of the Molot-Prikamye Perm ice hockey team and was the home of the Ural Great basketball team.-External links:*...

. The team played in the Russian Super League

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.

History

The club was established in the year 1995 on the basis of the local Technical University team. Ural Great won the Russian League

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 championship on two occasions, in the years 2001 and 2002 and the Russian Cup

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 in the year 2004. They also won the NEBL

North European Basketball League

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 championship in the year 2001. Ural also won the EuroCup Challenge

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 championship in the year 2006.

On October 14, 2008, court bailiffs seized Ural Great's office furniture and equipment for unpaid debts. The team went bankrupt and did not participate in any further competitions.

Honors

• 2 Russian Championships
  Russian Basketball Super League
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  : (2001, 2002)
• 1 Russian Cup
  Russian Basketball Cup
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  : (2004)
• 1 EuroCup Challenge
  EuroCup Challenge
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   championship: (2006)
• 1 North European Basketball League
  North European Basketball League
  North European Basketball League - was short-lived basketball league founded in 1998 by Šarūnas Marčiulionis. This league was first commercial project of regional league in Europe, and initially intended for participation of best basketball teams from 5 countries - Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia,...
  
   championship: (2001)

Notable players

Sergei Chikalkin Sergei Chikalkin Sergei Chikalkin is a Russian professional basketball player. The 1.96 m 95 kg shooting guard is known for his long-range shooting accuracy. Started his career as a pro in 1995 with BK Samara...  Valeri Daineko Aleksandr Dedushkin Aleksandr Dedushkin Aleksandr Dedushkin is a Russian professional basketball player. He is a center. He is 2.07 m in height and 120 kg in weight.-Pro career:...  Vassili Karasev Vassili Karasev Vasily Nikolayevich Karasev ) is a Russian professional basketball player. He is a 1.96 m 93 kg point guard, currently playing for Triumph Lyubertsy.-Pro career:...  Sergei Panov Sergei Panov Sergei Yuryevich Panov is a retired Russian professional basketball player.-Previous teams:- 1991-93 - Spartak St. Petersburg;- 1993-94 - Yildirim ;- 1994-00 - CSKA Moscow;- 2000-2002 - Ural Great Perm;- 2002-2006 - CSKA Moscow...  Zakhar Pashutin Zakhar Pashutin Zakhar Yuryevich Pashutin is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 1.96 m in height and he weighs 95 kg . He plays at the shooting guard position. He is currently with UNICS Kazan. He was also a member of the Russian national team in the period of 1996-2008.-Pro Teams:...

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External links

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