Azovmash Mariupol

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Azovmash Mariupol is a Ukrainian Basketball club. It was founded in 1990 in the city of Mariupol in South-Eastern Ukraine. It now takes part in 3 competitions: Ukrainian Basketball Super League, Ukrainian Cup and the ULEB cup, and is one of the strongest teams in Ukraine along with BC Kyiv, Khimik Yuzhny and, Cherkasy Mavpi. The great achievement of club is the EuroCup final of 2007, against CB Girona. The home court is Azovmash Arena.

[edit] Current roster

As of July 8, 2007

Point Guard:
- - Aubrey Reese
- 5 Aleksandr Rayevskyy
- 8 Aleksandr Skutelnik
Shooting Guard:
- - Tomas Delinikaitis
- 6 Panagiotis Liadelis
- 13 Evgeny Padorvanniy
- 11 Igor Loktionov
Small Forward:
- - Yahor Meshcharnakou
- - Aaron Harper
- 14 Carlos Powell
Power Forward:
- 7 Andrej Botichev
- - () Robert Archibald
Center:
- - Remon van de Hare
- 12 Serhiy Lishchuk
- 17 Maxim Ivshyn
Coaches:
- Rimas Girskis
- Sergei Zavalin

Currently, the Azovmash head coach is Rimas Girskis.

Some notable Azovmash players include the following:

#4 Khalid El-Amin
#5 Aleksandr Rayevski
#13 Alexander Lokhmanchuk
#15 Kenan Bajramović

Club Trophies:

3 Ukrainian Champioship trophies
1 Ukrainian cup trophy
Finalist of the the 2006-07 FIBA EuroCup (2007) however, in the final they lost to basketball club Girona from Spain, who hosted the leagues Final Four tournament of the cup that year by the score of 79-72.

[edit] External links

Official Site

ULEB Cup 2007-08

v • d • e

Champion
DKV Joventut

Runner-up
Akasvayu Girona

Third place Dynamo Moscow | Fourth place Galatasaray Café Crown

Eliminated after Eighthfinals:
Artland Dragons • Hemofarm • BC Kyiv • Gran Canaria • Khimki • Lukoil Academic • Red Star • Zadar

Eliminated after Sixteenth Finals:
ASVEL Villeurbanne • Asco Śląsk Wrocław • Azovmash Mariupol • Benetton Treviso • BK Ventspils • ČEZ Nymburk • Elan Chalon • Hapoel Jerusalem • KK Bosna • KK Budućnost • Köln 99ers • Allianz Swans Gmunden • Telindus Oostende • Triumph Lyubertsy • Türk Telekom

Regular Season
Group A • Group B • Group C • Group D • Group E • Group F • Group G • Group H • Group I

Eliminated after Regular Season:
ALBA Berlin • Antwerp Giants • Anwil Wloclawek • ASK Riga • BC Kalev/Cramo • UPIM Bologna • Benetton Fribourg • CSU Asesoft • D. Bank Skyliners • EiffelTowers • FMP • Guildford Heat • Hanzevast Capitals • Hapoel Galil Elyon • Ludwigsburg • Ovarense Aerosoles • Panellinios GS • Pau-Orthez • Šiauliai • Spirou Charleroi • Strasbourg