BC Borisfen

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Borisfen
Borisfen logo
NicknameKnights
LeaguesBelarusian Premier League
FIBA Europe Cup (suspended)
European North Basketball League (suspended)
Founded3 September 2010; 13 years ago (2010-09-03)
HistoryBC Borisfen
2010–present
ArenaOlympic Stadium
LocationMogilev, Belarus
PresidentAndrey Nikolaevich Kotov
Head coachAndrey Krivonos
Websitebcborisfen.by

BC Borisfen, also known as Borisfen Mogilev (in Belarusian: Барысфэн Магілёў; in Russian: Борисфен Могилёв), is a Belarusian basketball club based in Mogilev. It plays in the Belarusian Premier League[1] and played in the European North Basketball League until it was suspended.

History[edit]

The club was established on 3 September 2010.[2] The club was founded after BC Temp-OSHVSM disappeared from the highest Belarusian basketball league.[citation needed] In 2011, Borisfen played in the Belarusian Second League for one season.[citation needed]

In the 2016–17 season, Borisfen made its debut in the Baltic Basketball League. Domestically, in 2018 and 2019, Borisfen finished as runners-up behind BC Tsmoki-Minsk.[3] In the 2019–20 season, Borisfen made its debut in a European competition, playing in the qualifying rounds of the FIBA Europe Cup.[4] The team lost to BC Dnipro.[citation needed]

Borisfen qualified for the regular season of the 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup.,[5] but due to the discovery of COVID-19 in one of the members of the delegation, the team was unable to participate in the games and was sent to quarantine.[citation needed]

In 2021, in the fourth match in the final series, BC Borisfen lost to BC Tsmoki-Minsk by a score 52:85. Thus, BC Borisfen - four-time vice-champion of the Belarusian Basketball Championship. Also, on July 16, it became known that several players left the team, namely: Dupree McBrayer, Darol Hernandez-Zinenko, Tywain МcКee, Brooks DeBisschop and Anton Zaretsky.

In the 2021/2022 season, the club planned to compete in the newly formed European Northern League, where the opponents would also be: Anwil Wloclawek, Basket Brno, BK Liepaja, Enisey Krasnoyarsk, BK Siauliai, Tartu Ulikool Maks and Moorits and BC Valmiera GLASS VIA[citation needed]. The European North Basketball League has excluded BC Borisfen and BC Enisey from the competition from March 1, 2022 due to the war against Ukraine.

European record[edit]

Season Competition Round Club Home Away
2019–20 FIBA Europe Cup Qualifying round Ukraine Dnipro 76–101 81–71
2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup Regular season Netherlands Donar
DNP1
Netherlands Heroes Den Bosch
Russia Parma
^1 Borisfen withdrew from the 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup after players on the team were diagnosed with COVID-19.

Players[edit]

Current roster[edit]

BC Borisfen roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name
2 Belarus BLR SG Daniil Gorbachevsky
4 Belarus BLR PF Maxim Lyutych
5 United States USA SG Demetrius Lake
7 Russia RUS F Vadim Balyakin
12 Belarus BLR PG Dmitriy Bezruchenko
13 Belarus BLR PF Andrey Ageenko
14 Netherlands NED C Deion Bute
17 Belarus BLR SG Ilya Polonevich
21 Belarus BLR C Alexander Kopachev
35 United States USA PF Juran Ligond
41 Belarus BLR PG Anton Shchurko
73 Belarus BLR SG Artem Malkov (C)
77 Belarus BLR PG Yegor Yuriev
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Belarus Alexander Gulyaev
  • Belarus Denis Pastukhov

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: January 4, 2024

References[edit]

  1. ^ "COR-Borisfen Mogilev". www.eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  2. ^ "ИСТОРИЯ". BC Borisfen. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  3. ^ "History". www.eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  4. ^ "22 clubs register for 2019-20 FIBA Europe Cup". FIBA Europe. 23 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Teams registered for FIBA Europe Cup season 2020-21 confirmed". FIBA Europe. 12 August 2020.

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